Ezekiel Elliott Passed on Mizzou Due to Lacking Media Coverage
Sensationalism is seizing on a small fraction of an interview and then disingenuously making it into the entire story. One writer who covers the football team representing the best journalism school in the country has done exactly that to Ohio State's star running back recruit:
Over the years I've heard recruits and their families cite just about every reason for the decisions they make when it comes to choosing a school. This might be a first.
If you're looking for someone to blame for Missouri not landing St. Louis running back Ezekiel Elliott, here's a new one. The local media. That's right. Me and my colleagues who cover the Tigers.
"Mizzou lacked the same type of influence Ohio State had," (Scout.com's Ari) Wasserman wrote. "They used Elliott's multiple visits to Mizzou and the fact that nobody wrote about it as an example.
Stacy Elliott admitted that the passion, the coverage and just the overall following at Ohio State blows Mizzou out of the water.
I'm crushed by guilt. If only I could have done more to help the Tigers land Elliott. Where's Will Hunting's psychiatrist when you need him? Give it to me straight, Robin Williams. "It's not your fault. It's not your fault. It's not your fault. … "
In fairness, the Elliotts discussed other reasons that factored into the decision. But this one I'd describe as, well, unique.
That ain't right, man. You're making it sound like that's exclusively why he left home for Ohio, when that's not even close to the truth - which you buried at the very end of the story.
It didn't take very long for EzE to respond:
These Missouri reporters just need to spot being butt hurt and trying to twist my family's words.
— #⃣1⃣5⃣ Ezekiel(@EzekielElliott) March 6, 2013
Missouri's lack of media coverage did not effect my college decision
— #⃣1⃣5⃣ Ezekiel(@EzekielElliott) March 6, 2013
That was only a small part of the interview. I don't see why people are blowing it out of proportion
— #⃣1⃣5⃣ Ezekiel(@EzekielElliott) March 6, 2013
And just for good measure:
Spring ball starts today. Good luck @cb6era @jt_theqb @primetime_lewis @tsprinkle93 @eliapple_9 #BuckeyeNation
— #⃣1⃣5⃣ Ezekiel(@EzekielElliott) March 5, 2013
Comments
i approve of any football player saying media butt hurt
haha i agree
Good to hear. Eze gonna be good man
Like I have always said about Mizzou. Wannabe program with little to no pull and a serious inferiority complex.
vacuuming sucks
And with good reason.....not too many teams in the SEC that didn't use them as a welcome mat during the year
Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates. Football is no different, the guys down in the trenches win the games, not the coach.
Bitter much, Mizzou press?
"Success - it's what you do with what you got" - Woody Hayes
Exactly. They want to feel all self important.
But let's be honest. If I were a reporter in Columbia, would I be excited to cover this, this, this, or this?
Nope. Didn't think so. Something tells me if he wanted to win, EzE chose the right place to be.
"There is a force that makes us all brothers, no one goes his way alone." --Woody Hayes
This was awesome.
"In fairness, the Elliotts discussed other reasons that factored into the decision. But this one I'd describe as, well, unique."
Not too much fairness here at all.
yeah the media have power over the universe and 18-19-year old teenagers. And I'm going to be the next Pope. Happy to have you, Zeke. Going to be great watching you help us beat the SEC teams Mizzou will never beat.
"Sherman ran an option play right through the south" - Greatest.Civil.War.Analogy.Ever
For being 'the best journalism school in America' you would think the writer could/would do a little better than throwing a kid still in high school under the bus in a questionable attempt on providing an excuse on why he chose not to attend the school.
Then again, Pat Forde went to Missouri and he's been writing questionable content for years.
Well, EzE won't have to worry about sub par journalism once he starts at tOSU with 11W covering him!
Love how reporting is becoming more about the reporters and less about the reported.
Its a trickle down effect from a certain sports network.
Nothing like dancing on the field in 02...
Well said....
i guess zeke is gonna rock #15 this year
Pat Forde went to Mizzou.
Taquitos.
Loved his first tweet...good stuff;-)
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
"I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose."
Woody Hayes 1913 - 1987
Meh. If you saw some of the tweets he was getting after NSD, you wouldn't find this surprising.
I really like his mom. She's so pro-Buckeye it's almost like she's the one that got the scholarship. lol It seems she even reads 11w.
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
oh they read....they read...