Mark Sanchez Joins ESPN
Mark Sanchez is joining ESPN! He will be an analyst, which is the catch-all term for “guy they will randomly trot out for mostly pointless segments”. How exciting!
I’m pretty happy for him, honestly. Mark has always been extremely good on camera and I think he’ll be great on TV. He’s always come across in interviews as well spoken and he has a natural charisma and is very likeable. I legit think he’s a good hire. It’ll also be a great opportunity to keep the Buttfumble alive.
Part of me really wants to one day get Sanchez in a room and ask him about the Buttfumble to get his honest, candid answer. What does it feel like to be a part of NFL lore and history, but not for the reasons you’d want to be? This is one of those things that feels kind of impossible to really imagine unless you’ve been a part of it somehow. Sanchez would be a largely forgotten QB if it wasn’t for that play. He had a good run for a short period there but I doubt anyone but die-hards and Jets fans would really remember Sanchez in 10 years without it. But with it? Sanchez will be remembered forever. The highlight of that play became Not-Top 10 legend and had to be retired.
What is it like to be the butt of a legendary joke? Pun absolutely intended. Sanchez will forever have his name tied to an embarrassing blooper. That’s his mark on the sport. That’s his legacy. Is it exhausting? It has to be awful to know that anything he does will immediately be followed up with buttfumble cracks by everyone. Does it bother him? Has he largely come to terms with it? Has he learned to embrace it, to wear it like a set of armor? I hope he has, for his own sake.
I look forward to seeing him break stuff down. Maybe they can stick him in the booth to replace Booger. Please get rid of Booger.
There’s a great internet photo of Dan Orlovsky’s signature on a picture of him stepping out of the back of the endzone for a safety saying “I’m such an idiot”.
So he definitely embraced a similar infamous situation that will keep him remembered long after even Lions fans would be going “Dan who?”
I dunno, man, considering that that play was the epitome of the disaster that was the Lions’ 08 season when they went 0-16, I don’t think any Lions fans would be forgetting Orlovsky’s name anytime soon, at least until fans born after the fact become the majority of Lions fans.
Then my colts got him and tried to replicate 0-16 but he they finally broke through. Thanks texans.
Orlovsky won’t be forgotten. Fans of bad teams don’t forget. Weeden is still a meme here, both for getting run over by the flag and for Spinterception.
Mark Sanchez brings his own Booger.
https://youtu.be/EHtttx6P7kg
They’ll get a show together in a year or two. “Booger and the Buttfumble Guy!” now on ESPN Radio on Westwood One.
Sanchez over Booger would be a huge upgrade. I’d take a potted plant over Booger, especially if it’s in the Booger mobile and still travels up & down the sideline. Maybe they can even cut to it once in a while.
The Buttfumble is the greatest thing to ever grace Sports, because fumbles are funny in football, and butts are funny in general, combining the two.
>anything he does will immediately be followed up with buttfumble cracks
Zing!
One of the best things for me about the buttfumble is that if you rewatch the tape you can almost see the look on Sanchez’s face change as he realizes this is going to be his career defining moment.
Two things to remember about the buttfumble:
1.) It was against a division rival, which always stings a little more for fans
and
2.) It was THANKSGIVING! Not just Jets and Patriots fans were watching. All of football fandom was watching that day. Probably a few million more people that are not football fans witnessed it as well just because a relative had it on the tube.
Quite a butt monkey isn’t he?
yes, we absolutely need to start a “Flick the Booger” campaign