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| Daily Herald Sports Editor Darnell Dickson checks in on all things BYU sports. |
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| So far, the response has been mixed to the Daily Herald's Game Day article on a Ben Olson-Benedict Arnold comparison. Some people realize it was supposed to funny (Hello, did you see we also compared Olson to Jafar from Disney's "Aladdin?") and others are offended we would even print it. To those who get the joke - thank you. Our intent was to poke fun at the whole "Ben Olson is a vile betrayer" thing. Whether you think Olson is a traitor or not, that's what people have been talking about ever since he left, and even more so now that UCLA is playing BYU. A lot of BYU fans are lobbing out the "We wish Ben Olson the best" line while secretly hoping he gets his head handed to him against the Cougars. To those who are outraged - I'm sorry you lost your sense of humor. Was it shot off during the war? Did you lose it at Macey's when you got your groceries? Did you loan it to your neighbor and they never gave it back? Sheesh. Life's to short to be upset all the time. Have some fun with it. | ||
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| The front page of today's newspaper compared a good man and a good football player to the likes of assassins, traitors, and criminals. I was shocked and rather offended, and I know I wasn't the only one. My mom was so upset at the juvenile jabs that she canceled her subscription to the Daily Herald! I am a lifelong fan of BYU and avidly watch each football season, but I have a hard time believing that even the most zealous fan could condone such slander - regardless of the fact that he chose to attend another school. If it was supposed to be all in fun, most of us did not find it funny at all. I hope that Ben Olson never gets a hold of one today's issues, but since I'm sure someone will pass it along, I ask that the author write a retraction and a well deserved apology. | |||
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| I love byu, and I love a good laugh. I have not lost my sense of humor. Its totally understandable that you wrote the article intending to poke fun at the fans who call him "Benedict". But you didn't lay on the jabs at the fans thick enough, it all came out more serious than you probably had intended.
<br> I was frustrated at the article, the tone you were trying to set did not come across very well. I've talked to a few people about it and they all had the same reaction. <br> If you guys would have put a few more lines directed at the ridiculous fans who call him Benedict, then you would have gotten away with the humor. | |||
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