Peter King Thread No. 57

As was the one where he went behind the scenes with the officiating crew.

 

I think Nashville Kats was on my 1970s “Goofy Greats” album from K-Tel.

 

Some of us of a certain vintage around these parts might remember when King's weekly column was fodder for Boom to interpret it

 

Does this mean he is let off Roger Goodell's leash?

Probably stole the joke.

 

As I've mentioned here before, I have long been an unabashed Peter King fan despite his status as a punching bag around here. Part of that is personal -- I was a nobody from nowhere and he was super nice to me when there was no reason whatsoever for him to be. Plus, when I was in a career crisis and needed help, he stepped up to do so in a big way. But he also really knows his stuff and has done a lot of great work over the years.

 

Peter’s wine recommendation being a Mondavi cab is note perfect. He’s had a great run.

 

This remains a must-read for me every Black Friday:

Annoying Shopping Note of The Week:

Before a late flight to Greenbay on Saturday I decided to get up early and do a little Christmas shopping. I had noticed that Walmart was selling a DVD player for $6:50 and decided to get a few for the family and Brett.

The alarm went off at 4:45 am . Got out of bed quickly dressed and headed down stairs. As I headed out I noticed Mary Beth and the tight end were on the couch stretching. They must be headed out for early run I thought.

Stopped by to local 24 hour Starbucks and grabbed a venti egg nog latte with double whip cream-- $ 9.50 - what a country. It cost more to buy a latte then it does to buy a dvd player.

Pulled into the Walmart parking lot at 5:20. There was already a long line at the door which did not open till 6am. Got in line - the man in front of me had on his Nutley High School Football letter jacket. He had to be in his late 50's. Why does every one in Jersey still wear their letter jackets after they graduate.
By 5:40 the latte had run through me and I needed the bathroom. went to manager at door and said I'm Peter King I need to use the Mens room. The manager did not seem to recognize me and said I would have to wait. Good thing I had dark slacks on.

Finally the door opened at 6 am and there was a huge rush to the door. As I got inside I hear "Peter King what's up" It was Freddy Mitchel former receiver for the Eagles now the official greater for Walmart. I quickly said hi and told him I would see him on way out. I wanted to get a few of those DVD players before they were all gone.

Got to the electronics isle and noticed there was only one player left. A boy of 10 was pushing his grandmother in a wheel chair in direction of player. I needed that DVD more than she did. I stuck my foot out and tripped the boy and as he went down let go of the wheel chair and sent his grandmother careening into a candy cane display. Quickly grabbed the last DVD player and headed to check out.

 

Haha, that's the one I always remember, Mary Beth and the tight end.....

 

Without him, I wouldn't have had my handle.

Nice to hear him on Tony Kornheiser and DP this week.

 

I’m in a very large CFB pick-em pool, like 500 in it. The guy who runs it asked me to write something for each week’s newsletter with the updated standings. For the longest time, I called it “Things I think I think about last weekend’s games” as a tribute.

 

The things that made Peter easy to parody, his compulsive openness about every aspect of his life, are part of what made him so gracious and friendly in real life. I think it also was why he was a great reporter. People trusted him because he was open with them. So they were open back.
PS: The best part for me of his last column was the reveal that Valdes-Scantling came up with the suggestion for the play call on 4th and 1 in the Super Bowl overtime. I think it speaks volumes about Mahomes and Reid that they listened to him.