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ProFootballTalk.com: NFL says ref didn't give Vince Young a high five
Total Pro Sports: NFL: “The Vince Young-Referee High-Five Never Really Happened”
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This explanation for the Vince Young high five is hilarious lmao http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/6737994.html 11/26/2009 |
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Haha: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/6737994.html Best accidental high five in a while. 11/25/2009 |
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haha VY! >RT: @TouchByAM: NFL says referee's high five with Titans QB Vince Young was unintentional http://bit.ly/66wpJu (via @dsportsdaily) 11/25/2009 |
NFL says ref didn't give Vince Young a high five
ProFootballTalk.com —
After the Tennessee Titans beat the Houston Texans on Monday night, Titans quarterback Vince Young appeared to exchange a high five with referee Jerome Boger. The league says that's not what happened. After the apparent high five became a topic of conversation on sports talk radio and on ESPN, the Houston Chronicle called the league to ask about it. And the league said there was no high five. " It was not Jerome Boger's intent to exchange a high-five with the player," a league spokesman told the paper. "As Vince Young took a knee on the game's final play, Jerome Boger jogged ...
NFL: “The Vince Young-Referee High-Five Never Really Happened”
Total Pro Sports —
... “As Young turned around, he saw Boger approaching the line of scrimmage with his arm raised. “As Boger moved toward the line of scrimmage, he started to bring his arm down. However, before he lowered his arm, Young, moving towards the referee, raised his own arm and the two exchanged what appeared to be a quick high-five,” the spokesman added. [The Houston Chronicle] ...
Illicit High-Five Is Apparently A Thing Now [Nfl]
Deadspin —
The NFL actually had to release a statement explaining that what happened between referee Jerome Boger and Vince Young on Monday was not technically a high five. You say "tomato," I say "terrorist palm slap." [Houston Chronicle, PFT]
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FanSided —
... . According to the NFL, however, the high-five never happened. There is a tortured, completely unconvincing explanation of what actually did happen , for connoisseurs of hastily-fabricated vaguely Orwellian corporate jive. 5. I Guess Chuck and Jay Won’t be Going Clubbing Anytime Soon. You hate Jay Mariotti and Skip Bayless , I hate Jay Mariotti and Skip Bayless, and Charles Barkley ...
NFL referee didn't mean to high-five Vince Young
Shutdown Corner —
... today clarifying that the veteran official did not intend to celebrate with Titans QB at the end of the team's 20-17 victory over the Houston Texans. Young had walked past Boger and gave him a high-five after kneeling down to preserve the victory. It was funny and spontaneous, the sort of feel-good moment that's becoming all too rare in an increasingly humorless NFL. And then the league had to go and ruin it by releasing this statement: Said an NFL spokesman (via The Houston Chronicle): "It was not Jerome Boger's intent to exchange a ...
End of the Week Link Roundup
No, You're a Towel —
Since it's sort of the end of the week, I'm going to run through some leftover links though I won't comment on Vince Young high-fiving the refs after ruining my spread league week. ...
Referee: I Did Not High Five Vince Young
TheScore.com Blog —
... “It was not Jerome Boger's intent to exchange a high-five with the player,” said an NFL spokesman, according to the Houston Chronicle, via Pro Football Talk. ...
