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Veterans haze Titans rookies | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean
Keith Bulluck searched for rookie Cary Williams, and found him near the end of the line. Williams was injured, unable to take part in the annual rookie dizzy bat race, which marked the end of Titans training camp on Wednesday. "Let's go," Bulluck said in a matter-of-fact tone. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way." In the end, it was the hard way for all first-year Titans — no matter ...
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THURSDAY AFTERNOON AFC ONE-PER-CLUB ONE-LINERS
ProFootballTalk.com — ... . The hazing of the Titans’ rookies included being tied to a pole and soaked with water, flour, ketchup, and mustard .  (DT Albert Haynesworth was salivating like Newman when Kramer was shaving with butter.) Regardless of whether the Broncos’ top three tailbacks are short on talent, ...

Titans tie-up Rookies: Harmless Fun or Creepy Sojurn into the Subconscious?
The Big Lead — ... The Tennessee Titans, a franchise flush with tradition, apparently enjoy a good hazing. Most rookies run through the “dizzy bat race,” where they spin in circle with their head on a bat while getting doused with condiments, water and other assorted fluids. The injured get taped to the goalpost for similar treatment, while beat-writers snicker with false insider glee. ...

Titans Haze Injured Rookies By Taping Them to Goalpost, Covering Them In Food [NFL]
Deadspin — ... It's good to see that NFL hazing will never die. At least not until someone tears an ACL or suffocates while taped to a goal post. The Titans held their annual dizzy bat race for the healthy players. But they reserved their true scorn for the players who were too injured to participate in the dizzy bat race. Namely, Lavelle Hawkins and Cary Williams. Protest was futile. ...

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