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@sherrodharris tests fans' character (limit)
Former Longhorn back-up QB Sherrod Harris (@sherrodharris) treated his 1700+ Twitter followers to a story yesterday...
He's bashing other cats from the teams in the past and especially last year & keeps getting it going on me and asks his friend to come over.
Was talking to a guy about football. Long story short, he tried to argue me down about MY career. I was like "I don't think that happened."
Tearing his stories to pieces and he kept saying he had a person close to Sherrod. I was like "Damn, how close?" He said "horses mouth." LOL
I said "I'm a good friend of Sherrod's I've heard damn near most things about his life. Our parents are cool & I've known him since birth."
He just kept going... So I kept listening? Apparently, I've been married and his friend was at the wedding. That's the funniest one.
So outta nowhere he starts bashing me. I started cracking up. "He was awful, I used to go to practice with my friend and he was terrible."
I started laughing. He was like, I don't mean to bash your friend. I said "he'll be alright. Not like I'm going to tell him."
So I ask him... "Could Sherrod have played another position?" This man said, "of course, he has quick feet... Not smart enough to play qb."
I'm cracking up. Trying to give dude the benefit of the doubt so I'm like "Can I buy you a drink?" A lemonade? Wait, you're not drinking? Ha
Then he starts hitting me about my personality... "I heard he's a terrible person. Thinks he's better than folks. Left his team hanging..."
So he's like "yeah, they said he's a bad locker room guy." I'm dying now. Damn near crying. I'm egging him on too. Hard. Want to hear more.
So I'm eating my nachos soooo hard and dude comes over and is trying to figure out what we're talking about. I was "Longhorn Football."
So his friend comes over and starts going hard about black qb's!!! I'm like Got Damn!!! Wow. Cam, Jerrod, Me, Jay Chiles, Pryor, and Taylor.
I'm thinking "so tell me what you really think about us." LOL I ask him about Vince and he says... "Well, he's different." I was like ok.
That ran me a little hot, but I kept that smile. I'm thinking "do ya'll realize I'll put my hands on ya'll. I am black, fellas."
Finish my nachos. Order another lemonade and ask them if they're sure they haven't been drinking cause I'll get them one. "Nah, we're ok."So we start talking football concepts. Blocking schemes, route patters, what to through against certain coverages and shit.
He's talking cover 2, man, cover 3, cover 4 and cover 6. I'm like, I haven't played since HS (fact LOL)... Then drew plays for each coverage
I explain why each play would work. They are completely mind fucked now. Like wow. Why did you know that? "I play a lot of video games."
Ok, so they want to go deeper... Blitz pick ups, hot routes, check downs, "sideline screens" (ha ha ha), audibles. I'm like cool.
I'm like ummmm... Ok, they draw a couple blitzes. I name them for 'em. Tell them what would pick 'em up or what you have to do to get out.
They start celebrating and shit. I'm like "WTF." I'm thinking they have to be high on something. Nope. Asking how I know so much. LOL
I'm like video games and HS. They tell me they record the UT games and Cowboys games and understand all the offenses/defenses.
So jokingly I say "So, ya'll can pretty much do what Jason Garrett or Greg Davis does, probably better?" These muh fuggas say "hell yeah."
I'm crying now. I swear tears came out of my eyes, my stomach starting hurting. I'm like do ya'll coach? Pee Wee? Wait, what? Bahahahaha
So I'm trying to pay, and I keep missing the bartender/waiter because they keep speaking and I keep looking at them and he walks by.
So, they start asking about Sherrod's and mine relationship (#Pause) and the last time I spoke to him I was like... "We spoke this morning."
He's like "I'm so glad he never played. It would have been terrible. You thought the K-State game was bad for Gilbert. Whew!!" Wow.
I'm like yeah, we would have surely lost if he would have had a day worse than that. "Do you think he would have completed a pass?"
He couldn't hit the side of a barn. I was like "How big would the barn have been though? Like a real barn?" Figure of speech I guess!"
I know the bartender/waiter and I'm like can I get the check. Dude tells me I'm a really nice guy. I'm like thanks man.
So a little kid comes up to me and is like "Hey, just wanted to come and tell you I follow you on twitter. Can I get an autograph?" LOL
I'm thinking only today would this happen. So I'm like of course. Sign a napkin and the guys are looking at me all funny. So "who are you?"
"I'm just on this thing called Twitter. I do a bunch of random thoughts on there. A couple kids follow me. It's cool. Something fun."
So bartender comes back and he's like I appreciate ya Rod. See you soon? I'm like, yeah I'll be back fam. Holla at you later.
I turn to walk away and the lil' kid, Marcus, brought his parents over and they are like "Thanks Sherrod. We appreciate it...
They gone on like "we wish you would have gotten a shot. We've watched you since you were at Bowie." I'm like thank you. *finger over mouth*
So I point at the guys and the family gives me a hug and wishes me the best. The guys are looking at me all sorts of weird. I hug Marcus.
I'm like alright guys nice to meet you. I'm like you too. One of the dudes is like, "you're on twitter right?" I'm like yeah...
So he's like we're both on twitter my name is Chris and this is my friend Steve, we'll follow you bro, what's your twitter name?
I bust out laughing. I'm fawking dying now. I sit back down ask the bartender to shoot me a pen real quick, grab a napkin, scribble the name
Slammed that hoe on the counter like I just got 35 on the domino table!!! My hand still burns. Oooooooooooweeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
Was like "This was such an entertaining conversation guys. Enjoy your drinks" then patted them on the back and walked off. Bahahahahahaha
So I'm outside and these two crazy men chase me down and apologize to me for damn near 20 mins? I'm WAS NOT having it though. Not at all.
I came to the crib and had to tell ya'll. My roommates were gone so I had to tweet it. There's a moral to the story but I don't know it yet.
I don't think people are understanding how hard I slammed it on the counter. Do you realize how hard it is to get 35 in dominoes? Golleee!!!
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So his friend comes over and starts going hard about black qb’s!!! I’m like Got Damn!!! Wow. Cam, Jerrod, Me, Jay Chiles, Pryor, and Taylor.
I’m thinking “so tell me what you really think about us.” LOL I ask him about Vince and he says… “Well, he’s different.” I was like ok.
Sherrod’s self control is what impresses me the most about that whole story; he would have been within his rights to beat the everloving hell out of him, but he didn’t. Impressive.
Re: Self control
What baffles me is that I’ve never heard ANYTHING bad about Sherrod. That they had apparently heard bad about him just blows my mind. It’s not surprising to me that he was able to keep his cool. I really wanted him to succeed here so I was watching him during his career and he never had anything but a smile on his face. From all accounts, an amazing kid. I wish him nothing but success in his life.
From what I remember
I met him a handful of times at a couple of club parties, and even though there was plenty of underage drinking going on, he refused every drink that was offered to him. Didn’t want to drink before he was 21. Just a real stand up dude from what I recall.
Proud adoptee of Dick Tidrow the mastermind behind Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Buster Posey and many more. Also known as "The Reason".
Even giving this guy the benefit of the doubt
It’s idiotic to think that we, the fans, have any basis for evaluating Harris or Chiles as QBs. We saw them in fewer than 25 plays, in mop up, or in Chiles’ case, as a running-only wildcat QB.
Weird story. I appreciate Sherrod Harris for sharing it. How perfect was the timing of the family asking for his autograph!
Getting abused on Shaggy Bevo for it and for a paper written about him recently
Some journalism major wrote this piece on him. Granted, it’s a heavily slanted sob story but some of the shaggy guys are totally out of line. Calling him and untalented and questioning his character. Somehow Harris’ phone number was posted and they were spamming his phone. I don’t get it. The guy busts his ass for 4 years, never gets to throw one freaking pass in college and stays out of trouble and STILL gets bashed. What gives?
I remember when Colt got hurt in the NCG
and thinking ‘This is supposed to be our year. SH just might pull a VY’. Then GG goes in. I wasn’t too upset since I read some negative things about SH’s accuracy. But after GG had a horrible first half, I fugured for sure the staff would go with the mobile RS Jr just to throw some wrinkles at Bama’s defense. Not like we had receivers (besides Shipley) who could get beat press. But sure enough in Mack fashion, GG goes back out to protect GG’s confidence.
Although GG had a better 2nd half, the more I look at it, the more reasonable it is to think Bama’s defense got lax and was less aggressive until Texas actually had a shot. You know what happened next.
It Ain't Easy, But It's Worth It.
“…in Mack fashion, GG goes back out to protect GG’s confidence.”
Had nothing to do with protecting his confidence. Maybe with the ‘10 KSU game but not that title game. GG gave us a better chance to win … & nearly did. I woulda liked to have seen Sherrod in, at least, the 1st half that day, since the playcalls were so vanilla, but the offense woulda been one-dimensional & couldn’t have come back.
Loved the story.
An amazing young man with an even more amazing sense of humor that still has what it takes to wear the burnt orange with pride. 35 in dominoes? Unheard of!
There is not a situation or individual that cannot be improved by the addition of chocolate.
Oh man.
Slammed that hoe on the counter like I just got 35 on the domino table!!..
Thats my new tagline for sure.
Great story. thanks for sharing
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"Slammed that hoe on the counter like I just got 35 on the domino table!!"
Sherrod Harris
an amazing young man indeed
I wish him all the sucess in the world, what a class act………
"Nobody leaves this field until we beat the hell out of them".................... L.J."Louis"Jordan in 1913 before kickoff of the Texas/ou game.
WOW!
serious respect
"A job well done is better than a job well said."
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