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ESPN Throws Strahan a Bone

By Brinson | October 16, 2007

If you hung around long enough for the Monday Night Football game (or were so involved in a Panthers quarterback controversy post that you forgot to watch Matt Holliday swinging the God-stick), then you were probably surprised when Michael Strahan appeared on the Monday Night postgame. Of course, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise since he’s secretly been everywhere–firing out a book and making an appearance on Conan O’Brien earlier this week. We’re sure this has nothing to do with the recent de-pantsing he took from his wife in their divorce settlement.

And the WWL is throwing him a bone too, as after the game and initial Emmitt Smith “analysis”, we were treated to a brilliant, atypical ESPN segue by Stu:

“…the last four games the Giants are 4-0, they’re stingy, they’re mean, they’re allowing almost 200 yards less a game than they did the first two games. Which begs the question, what in the heck happened the first two games? I could ask Steve, I could ask Emmitt, or I could ask a guy who got 438 yards a game put on him for the first two games…Michael Strahan joining us now…”

Some highlights, besides the fact that Michael Strahan can whistle and talk at the same time for eight consecutive minutes:

- On not making a postseason collapse happen: “Just stay healthy.” That’s worth the 15k right there, Mike.

- Some mild lisping.

- Stu and Strahan explaining things about England and saying stuff like “Tally ho, chap!” in British accents. (We wish we could have made that up.) But seriously. Wait. We totally forgot that they’re playing in London in two weeks. Stupid absinthe. And a quick Google-blog-search immediately disqualifies us as manly or knowledgable, as Blonde Across the Pond was all over this well in advance of our stupid Americanized asses.

- Steve Young points out that going to England is “…in many ways, like going to San Francisco.”

- Strahan points out that “you always respect your opponent, never underestimate anybody…” before Emmitt points out that they’re not here to talk about his domestic relations. (Well, the quote was real.)

- And Stu closing out by dropping something about “…might have room for a third analyst sitting back there all season…”.

Holler at your boy with some job offers! Booya!
Look, no one wants to make light about the fact that Strahan got absolutely beat down in his divorce settlement, and as Scott Van Pelt pointed out, “he’ll be working in the TV business as soon as he quits”, but how was this not a shameless backdoor deal to land Strahan a little extra cash? Are we turning away from the WWL too early, missing out on the rest of the times when they bring out a player from the locker room to make Emmitt Smith look like a horrible mistake?

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