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RandySF

(58,884 posts)
Sun Jan 5, 2014, 04:07 PM Jan 2014

49er Anthony Davis rips Wisconsin town

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- San Francisco 49ers right tackle Anthony Davis tweeted disparaging words about Appleton, Wis. on Saturday night on the eve of his team's NFC wild-card game against the Green Bay Packers.

Davis tweeted that former pro wrestler Ric Flair was addressing the 49ers in a meeting Saturday night at their team hotel in Appleton.

"Nature Boy Ric Flair flew into this s---hole to show us some love," Davis tweeted.

After receiving unhappy responses to his initial tweet about Appleton, Davis took to Twitter once again to disparage the town.

"Ok everybody that strongly disagrees w me can you defend your argument on this place not being a s---hole? lol btw that is not Rhetorical," Davis tweeted.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2013/story/_/id/10246383/anthony-davis-san-francisco-49ers-rips-wisconsin-town-twitter-prior-game-green-bay-packers

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49er Anthony Davis rips Wisconsin town (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2014 OP
lol! HappyMe Jan 2014 #1
I've been to Appleton Mopar151 Jan 2014 #2
I felt that way about Columbus, OH... a la izquierda Jan 2014 #4
Now that the game is over.. yuiyoshida Jan 2014 #3
Title Town. Much maligned, yet to be equaled. idendoit Jan 2014 #5
John McKay, former USC and TB Bucs coach... Purrfessor Jan 2014 #6
I like Appleton. murielm99 Jan 2014 #7
Well to be fair to Davis, he's from North Jersey so he's an expert judge on shitholes... Blue_Tires Jan 2014 #8
That's why everyone from North Jersey sharp_stick Jan 2014 #9

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
1. lol!
Sun Jan 5, 2014, 04:26 PM
Jan 2014


Whatever, Davis.

Somehow a guy that's sitting around listening to a fool like Ric Flair judging Appleton is pretty funny.

Mopar151

(9,983 posts)
2. I've been to Appleton
Sun Jan 5, 2014, 04:59 PM
Jan 2014

Davis ain't wrong.... It's less a geography thing than a people thing - but many there are seriously stuck on themselves, and not in a good way.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
3. Now that the game is over..
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 06:08 AM
Jan 2014

I don't think anyone will care what he said. Still, I am not a 49er fan, but it was not a class act.

 

idendoit

(505 posts)
5. Title Town. Much maligned, yet to be equaled.
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 05:48 PM
Jan 2014

This won't be the first or last time somebody whined about winter on the Frozen Tundra. I'm a long suffering Vikings fan (got an Alan Page jersey to prove it). It takes a certain breed to show up for an outside game in the middle of a Polar vortex. Something folks from milder climes rarely get to experience. How many 'Frisco fans will venture out side the boxes to get up close to the bikini clad (both genders) cheeseheads?

Purrfessor

(1,188 posts)
6. John McKay, former USC and TB Bucs coach...
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 09:22 PM
Jan 2014

once said of Green Bay, "If a contest had 97 prizes, the 98th prize would be a trip to Green Bay."

murielm99

(30,742 posts)
7. I like Appleton.
Tue Jan 7, 2014, 12:56 AM
Jan 2014

My daughter did her undergrad work there, at Lawrence. It is the hometown of Houdini and Edna Ferber. And...(cough, cough Joe McCarthy).

I like Wisconsin in general.

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