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Greatest Football Story I've Ever Read

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Ilmater

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The article is about Jake Scott, a former Superbowl MVP that turned into a recluse after his playing days were over. Here are some quotes from the article that might help explain what he's like and what to expect:

  • Jake Scott doesn't do interviews, rarely surfaces in public, divorced himself from the Dolphins, declined a College Football Hall of Fame bid, didn't join most other Super Bowl MVPs again last year in Detroit and has pulled such a Howard Hughes that a sports memorabilia dealer, showing the kind of focus that sends others in search of Sasquatch, once hired a private investigator to contact him. It took two years.

  • A Colorado mountain man once heard Scott was a football player and picked a bar fight, saying, "I'm the toughest guy in here." Scott dropped him like a shirt off a hanger, and then asked, "No one's tougher in here than him?"

  • [Scott] says, "I'm not hard to find." He says, "I don't want a story written." He says, "If you'd ask questions, then I'd have to tell the truth." He says, "I live the simplest life you can imagine -- wake up every day and decide whether to golf, fish or have a drink."

Jake Scott, former Superbowl MVP
 
I hear al bundy once scored 4 touchdowns in a high school football game. Greatest football story ever!
 
Very good story. But why the heck did the reporter disrespect Scott's wish to not tell people where he lived? I found it amusing that he decided to drive around Alaska so he can urinate in the Arctic Ocean.

 
Originally posted by: Qacer
Very good story. But why the heck did the reporter disrespect Scott's wish to not tell people where he lived? I found it amusing that he decided to drive around Alaska so he can urinate in the Arctic Ocean.
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IIRC, Scott never asked that the reporter not disclose where he lived (and might I add, it's not like the reporter gave an address or a map to his place), what he asked was not to tell people what a beautiful place that was. The reporter didn't - he just repeated the quote.

I think Scott would be generally pleased with the article. He didn't gush or sensationalize, just told it like it was.
 
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