Of course First Take credits Skip Bayless for Joe Flacco's Super Bowl MVP
Because in the end... it's all about Skip Bayless. Every great athletic performance in the history can somehow be attributed to the words of the First Take carnival barker. Try to digest this tweet from First Take without gouging something out...
First @kingjames then @teamflacco. @realskipbayless is truly the master motivator! #PrimeTake
— ESPN First Take (@ESPN_FirstTake) February 4, 2013
It wasn't Joe Flacco's ability or skill that won him Super Bowl MVP, no, it was a loudmouth contrarian on an ESPN2 morning show picking the other guy. I'm sure if David Akers or Justin Tucker had kicked a game winning field goal, First Take would have said it was because Skip Bayless motivated them because he wrote a nonsensical column calling for kickers to be banned from football.
It's a patented move from the Skip Bayless playbook...
1) Predict Team A to beat Team B in Game C.
2) If Team A wins, bask in the glow of your own self-importance for being right in picking Team A.
3) If Team A loses, bask in the glow of your own self-importance and give yourself credit for "motivating" Team B.
4) Troll America.
5) Tebow.
While it is one thing to pick the right team, it is a completely other thing to take the credit for the player who won MVP in the NBA Finals and Super Bowl!
Skip is a sad little man. Always dreaming of things he can never have and taking credit for things he can never do.
Is there any effective way to completely ignore this show by way of zero ratings and zero online discussions? It seems like any attention fed to the beast makes it grow stronger.
when you guys constantly write about first take (even negatively), i hope you realize you're doing exactly what they want you to do...give their tv show attention and free publicity.
