Topic: Must read Randy Moss article from Boston Globe

[W0lfman]

Moss's blessing, and curse
Achievement and controversy follow star receiver
By Jackie MacMullan
Globe Staff / January 20, 2008

He mattered because of his exceptional athletic ability. Regardless of which sport Randy Moss conquered in his native West Virginia, whether it was plucking a football out of the sky, running down a baseball in center field, slam-dunking a basketball, or sprinting past everyone on the track, he invariably became the focus. This was not because he craved attention - quite the opposite, actually - but because at any moment, the locals knew he was capable of doing something spectacular, and they wanted to be able to say they were there.

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2008/01/20/mosss_blessing_and_curse/?page=1

[Thundering Accountant]

I thought Moss went to Du Pont. What is Dunlop?

[marshall fanatic]

very good article. I know for a fact that while at Marshall Randy would wear a hoody covering his face while on campus so no one will recongnize him.

[W0lfman]

Without Pruett and MU who knows where Randy would be today.

[Thundering Accountant]

Without Moss, who knows were Marshall football would be today.

[Thunders]

Randy does not like attention like some athletes crave (Pac man). Randy likes to keep low key and always has. He comes to Huntington a lot but people never know about it because he never announces it. He just doesn't like all the attention he gets with it, because I am guessing it makes him uncomfortable and he is probably tired of it since he has been a fishbowl since he was in middle school!  Can you imagine everyone being up your ass since middle school, asking you for autographs, getting pictures, critisizing you in the papers, etc. It would get tiresome. That is the life of a celebrity. Tons of money but no privacy.

[greenskeeper]

Good article.