USC Player Tony Burnett Apologized For Tweet Making Fun of El Paso
USC players will reach a bowl game for the first time since 2009. Not all of them are finding the experience magical. Trojan linebacker Tony Burnett tweeted his frustration about spending New Year’s Eve being toasted by El Paso. He was forced to issue a public apology.
“Georgia Tech!? El Paso, Texas!? New Years Eve!? FML,” Burnett stated on his Twitter account, @NoCutz. FML is slang meaning “(expletive) my life.”
The account is under the name Benjamin S. Button but has a photo of Burnett and is listed as Burnett’s account on the USC athletics website.
Burnett, a 22-year-old former walk-on player from Watts, Calif., in other messages said that no one wants to be in El Paso on New Year’s Eve and “if you never seen a real life giant tumbleweed get ready.”
Burnett just does not appreciate the romance of getting sent to a remote Texas town over the Holidays to toil for free against a 6-7 Georgia Tech team so a TV network can sell ads and a city can sell hotel room packages. Once in a lifetime experience. In related news, joking about El Paso can be no laughing matter. Lisa Horne had to take down a satirical column after receiving death threats.
[Photo via Presswire]
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December 6th, 2012 at 2:18 PM
I’d be pissed about New Year’s Eve (any day, but this one especially) in El Paso. You’re only one wrong, drunken turn away from a kidnapping.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
i just noticed how furry fabini’s arms were
December 6th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
i have nothing but love for el paso, as i had a really fun fling with a girl from there
December 6th, 2012 at 2:21 PM
Shut up and apologize to the vendors serf, they were good enough to front the cash to herd the chattel out there, ingrate.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
And word from the El Paso Times if this is soccer specific slang?
December 6th, 2012 at 2:23 PM
http://www.businessinsider.com/future-of-digital-slides-2012-11#-34
Mentioned this in an earlier post…the whole presentation is fascinating (I think)…but slide 34-40 (or so) talks about TV ratings and why they are dropping. Look at the huge drop in percentage of people watching live TV since 2008.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:23 PM
New Year’s Eve at a hotel with hordes of road beef? Sounds terrible.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
Song girls and coeds a short jaunt away from the femicide capital of the world, nothing could possibligh go wrong.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
let’s try this out…
i live paycheck to paycheck
/(E)ML
December 6th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Chubby Mexican road beef. Which is fine if you’re into that sort of thing. Road beef is overrated when you play at SC
December 6th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
i just noticed how furry fabini’s arms were
I noticed something weird but just thought it was a blurry picture.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Nothing like raw dogging some road beef to work up an appetite.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:28 PM
Could be worse, Odessa could host a bowl.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:28 PM
Carne del curtains?
December 6th, 2012 at 2:29 PM
The Sun Bowl swag: Timely watch, Majestic fleece, Top of the World cap, coin, Helen of Troy hair dryer
If you can’t get excited about a free Helen of Troy hair dryer perhaps you shouldn’t be playing college football Tony
December 6th, 2012 at 2:29 PM
When South Florida played in the International Bowl in Toronto they did not look happy about it.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:29 PM
I’m sure he’ll be able to find some time to do some coloring at night
December 6th, 2012 at 2:31 PM
Mucho te amo carne del curtains. Ocho cinqo grande cerveza por favor.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:33 PM
you hispanics are scaring me
December 6th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Helen of Troy hair dryer
and Smellin of Troy cologne.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:35 PM
I’d be more excited if it was Troy McClure’s personal fragrance: Smellin’ of Troy.
/top 10 episode’d
December 6th, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Damn you MP, damn you to hell.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:36 PM
Damn you MP, damn you to hell.
that episode is so great. so many great troy quotes.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:38 PM
Jury duty technically counts as work, my friend.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:38 PM
LOCKER ROOM TOWEL FIGHT: THE BLINDING OF LARRY DRISCOLL
December 6th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Jury duty technically counts as work, my friend.
funny you should mention that. my wife was foreman for a jury in a federal case these past four days. they just finished up. ng one count, g the other
weapons and drugs, former felon
December 6th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Mole, in Simpsons Trivia if there is a tie it goes to whichever team can name the most Troy movies.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Almost went to UTEP for college, but me being racist is partially why I decided against it. How is the talent in El Paso?
December 6th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
a remote Texas town
El Paso is a city of 665,000 and it’s no more “remote” than any other city in Texas.
The Sun Bowl is a shithole though.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Mole, in Simpsons Trivia if there is a tie it goes to whichever team can name the most Troy movies.
Lead Paint: Delicious but Deadly
December 6th, 2012 at 2:46 PM
“They Came to Burgle Carnegie Hall” was always a favorite.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Tons of SC groupies will be there. Think, brother, think.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:47 PM
5 yo has long wanted a mohawk. He just started wrestling so i think ill say yes finally
Do it while you’re young
December 6th, 2012 at 2:48 PM
I don’t understand what that has to do with straws, vez.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Being the mathemagician that I am One Minue Two Equal Negative Fun! has always been my personal favorite
December 6th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Pippen i can only vouch for one and she was a dutch/mexican delight
December 6th, 2012 at 2:51 PM
Next time don’t lose to Az and UCLA and you might to get to play in a “better” city.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
Kinda like interns, eh?
/ Standing up for ROY Ronny, FSU Girl
December 6th, 2012 at 2:53 PM
Straws are a vital cog in the sucking machine ms
December 6th, 2012 at 2:53 PM
I would guess largely headless.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
The remake of Straw Dogs did indeed suck.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
The kid is right, though. El Paso is a shit hole.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:55 PM
I would guess largely headless.
That’s Juarez. Learn how to duck bullets if you’re in El Paso.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:55 PM
I would guess largely headless.
They get smuggled across the border from Ciudad Juarez.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:55 PM
I hope people finally listen to duffy’s snark, people stop making money off of college football, and thousands of people lose their jobs as a result, so that the unemployment rate drops a hundredth of a point, and duffy can realize his dream.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
Does Cormac McCarthy still live in El Paso? Always wanted to drive over there and see if I could hang out with that bro.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
The kid is right, though. El Paso is a shit hole.
I’ve been going there since I was a kid to visit relatives. I’m afraid you’re right.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Could be worse, Odessa could host a bowl.
They wouldn’t be able to find hotels in Odessa. There’s a boom on.
December 6th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
Is El Paso America’s worst city with over 500,000 ppl? Tough to beat
December 6th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
Equating paying the labour force with an uptick in unemployment is just about as old school American economics as you can get.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Wait, did I mean the unemployment rate would raise a hundredth of a point? Yes, I did.
Odessa can get stabby these days, too.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Gladys the Groovy Mule
December 6th, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Is El Paso America’s worst city with over 500,000 ppl? Tough to beat
You’ve never heard of Detroit? Memphis?
December 6th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Probably because it is cold up there. Yes, I know the game was in a dome, but still.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:04 PM
I’ve been to Detroit. It’s awful, but it isn’t El Paso bad. Never been to Memphis.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:04 PM
The Revenge of Abe Lincoln
December 6th, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Toronto may be a top five North American city. Tampa is warm, but it’s also a weird shithole, like most of Florida
December 6th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
I’ve been to Detroit. It’s awful, but it isn’t El Paso bad. Never been to Memphis.
Elvis used to live there. That’s all.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
I’ve heard some good things about Memphis and I’ve never been to Detroit. But El Paso is pretty bad. At least Detroit has sports, music and boxing.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:08 PM
I love Toronto but there was maybe 3,000 people at the game and it was -15 that night(5 in gun crime math).
December 6th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
El Paso has boots. I bought some really good Lucchese boots on the cheap in El Paso. So there’s that.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Does Cormac McCarthy still live in El Paso? Always wanted to drive over there and see if I could hang out with that bro.
i want to go with you. cormac writes some fine stuff.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
yeah that was pretty interesting, thanks babar. main lesson is TBL needs a mobile site.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
Downtown Memphis is actually pretty cool. A minor-league stadium is smack dab in the middle of the city. Good food and clubs. West Memphis?? Holy fuck.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Memphis is on the “First 48″ circuit, along with Birmingham, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Dallas.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:18 PM
Memphis is on the “First 48″ circuit, along with Birmingham, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Dallas.
Their B Roll footage for Dallas is always Central Expressway which is northeast of downtown. They do this despite the fact that all the crime they show is most definitely in south Dallas or west Dallas.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:19 PM
Her name wasn’t Feleena by any chance?
December 6th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Good lord.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:36 PM
Isn’t every city a shit hole?
December 6th, 2012 at 3:36 PM
plus, El Paso is no worse than Austin or San Antonio.
December 6th, 2012 at 3:56 PM
Depends on where you’re looking. Graduated from UTEP back in ’05.
December 6th, 2012 at 4:01 PM
plus, El Paso is no worse than Austin or San Antonio.
/needle scratch…
Huh? This could not possibly be more incorrect unless you include something along the lines of “Austin is named for Stephen F. Austin, the creator of mayonnaise and Cheez-Its”.
December 6th, 2012 at 4:02 PM
Anyone else getting a free trip to a warm climate this Holiday season and a bag full of non-taxable goodies just for showing up?….
If I’m Lane Kiffin I give him his wish – go ahead and go home for the Holidays, we won’t be needing you in El Paso. Let him lose that last shot to impress a pro scout…
December 6th, 2012 at 4:12 PM
I won a bunch of money at the dog track in w. Memphis. Scary place tho
December 6th, 2012 at 4:16 PM
You crazy commenters with your wacky jokes…why is feleena funny?
December 6th, 2012 at 5:27 PM
Ha ha, I guess the city of Austin is fine. It’s the people that move to it that drive me crazy. Within five minutes of meeting them they make sure to let you know they live in Austin…ugh.
December 6th, 2012 at 9:18 PM
El Paso aint never been the same since Llewelyn Moss got machine gunned down at that nice motel.