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03 Feb 2010

Reggie Bush Out Partying Till 3:30 AM In Miami

Oh, the 21st century. Reggie Bush and other (unnamed) Saints were apparently out partying till 3:30 AM last night, according to TMZ.

Posted by: Bill Barnwell on 03 Feb 2010

56 comments, Last at 05 Feb 2010, 5:37pm by TomC

Comments

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by MilkmanDanimal :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:10pm

"Mr. Bush? There's a Eugene Robinson on the phone for you. He apparently has some advice on what not to do during Super Bowl week."

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by TomC :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 2:29pm

I understand that you're making a joke, but the two situations are completely different, the main difference (in my mind) being that Robinson was out the night before the game, not the night before Media Day.

And, of course, Robinson was arrested for offering an undercover cop $40 for a blow-job; all we can say for sure about Bush is that he was not in bed at 3:30 AM --- which isn't even a violation of his team rules, much less an actual crime. But, for the record, I wouldn't have even cared if Bush was caught soliciting. The reason people made such a big deal out of Robinson's arrest is that he was married with kids and was a proselytizing, Atheletes-in-Action, look-at-me Christian. Whereas Bush is kicking it to Kim Kardashian, 'nuff said.

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by Phil Osopher :: Thu, 02/04/2010 - 2:14pm

Best part of Super Bowl will be the 1 million shots of KimmyK Superstar in the loge, worst part is they won't be showing her booty (or anything being put in said round mound of love)

But on the partying???!?!?! does anyone really care that football players are out drinking? That is what they do before they die 20-25 years before all of us. They live hard and die ealry

Eugene Robinson also won man of the year (maybe the Wlter Payton award) for being the best dude in the NFL off the field that year. Irony ensued

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by Raiderjoe :: Thu, 02/04/2010 - 10:05pm

robinson didnt win man of year award aka walter Payton award. what he won was alesser known citizienship award of some kind.
Bart Starrr award maybe? that souns aboudbt right. think named after starr

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by TomC :: Fri, 02/05/2010 - 5:37pm

Raiderjoe is correct, as usual. Robinson won the Bart Starr Award --- which is given by Atheletes In Action to "an NFL player who best exemplifies outstanding character and leadership in the home, on the field and in the community." That was part of what I was alluding to in my snarky reference to AIA.

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by Parker (The First One) (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:11pm

Oh, my! How will a group of world class athletes ever recoup by Sunday?

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by bird jam :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:20pm

Damn your faster wit and fingers...

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by Dean :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:18pm

Nonstory. Must be a slow news day. I'm surprised FO would even waste their time tagging this as an XP.

If this were Friday or Saturday, maybe it'd be minor news.

But a backup running back chose to enjoy some nightlife a week before a game? Nothing to see here.

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by The Ninjalectual :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 4:45pm

Perhaps the point isn't that this is NEWS, as much as an opportunity for us to make some funny jokes here in the comments threads. I say thanks, Bill and FO!

"Just look at that pumpkin."
-John Madden, looking at the moon.

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by velvetglove99 (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 7:33pm

Soon, my son (or daughter), you will come to realize that anything can be posted as an FO XP.

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by bird jam :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:20pm

Oh, no! How will he ever get ready for the game in time?

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by Paul R :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:24pm

*cough* "South Florida" *cough*

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by Temo :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:30pm

The '95 Cowboys laugh at their conservative ways.

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by Marko :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:46pm

So do Jim McMahon and the '85 Bears. And the 1980 Oakland Raiders.

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by Crosseyed and Painless (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:38pm

You really posted a link to this?

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by Paul R :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:39pm

The more I think about it, the more this kind of makes sense.
If the Colts stay secluded in their hotel rooms and practice compound all week, watching game films and rehearsing blocking schemes, while the Saints party all week and crawl up the tunnel Sunday on their hands and knees with Tequila breath and bloodshot eyes, we can be assured that both teams are bringing their A-game.
Colts will be Colts, and Saints will be Saints.

Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez, boys! And Peyton, let's see another hundred snaps before lunch.

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by Bobman :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 6:11pm

Exactly.

The only problem for me would be if the Saints' partying somehow disrupted the Manning-Garcon 3 am film study session, making it run overtime into the Manning-Clark 4 am session, and truncating the Manning-Raymond Berry session slated for 6 am. (Roger Carr and Billy Brooks are still waiting in the hotel/bunker lobby for a slot to open up.)

Then it would confer an unfair advantage on the Saints.

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by Paul R :: Thu, 02/04/2010 - 10:19am

You must not have gotten the September 18th memo titled, "Contingency Plan #4C: Manning-Garcon 3AM Film Study Disruption, Alternative Schedule."

Meanwhile, in the Saints huddle:
"Ummmm...okay, everybody go long. Jeremy, *burp* go in motion, or run around or something. Make it look good. On three."

Result: Touchdown.

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by MurphyZero :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:05pm

I think it Colts will be Saints and Saints will be partying like its Mardi Gras (also known as Sinners by some, but fortunately not all).

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by dsouten :: Thu, 02/04/2010 - 1:17pm

....what?

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by GregQ (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:39pm

Max McGee would have approved!

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by johonny (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 6:01pm

That's what popped into my mind too.

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by Sophandros :: Thu, 02/04/2010 - 2:30pm

Great reference, as McGee played his college ball in New Orleans.

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by Anonimoose (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:44pm

Only 3:30?

Amateurs.

Everyone in New Orleans knows the party isn't over until breakfast.

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by Sancho Gaucho (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 5:25pm

They were probably arriving...

13
by Brian :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:51pm

His grim expression in TMZ's photograph made me laugh.

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by Sophandros :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 1:03pm

1) It was from Monday night. You know, the day prior to ***gasp*** media day.

2) No one had a curfew on that night, and not surprisingly, no one seemed worse for the wear on media day.

3) Hardly any surprise that TMZ focused only on Bush and no other players.

4) Hardly any surprise that Barnwell, a well known Bush hater, jumped at the opportunity to post this as an extra point. Why didn't you repeat your Reggie Bush DYAR bet this season, Barnwell?

Football Outsiders is much, much better than this. You know it, I know it, and other readers know it. You should be ashamed of yourself for linking to TMZ in the first place, let alone linking to TMZ for a NON-STORY.
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by The Ninjalectual :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 4:49pm

Oh give me a break. Your post doesn't even include one joke anywhere. No wonder you would think like that.

"Just look at that pumpkin."
-John Madden, looking at the moon.

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by Bobman :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 6:12pm

zing!

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by velvetglove99 (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 7:34pm

Agreed.

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by CoachDave :: Thu, 02/04/2010 - 2:01pm

Dude?

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by Dice :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 1:16pm

At his age, I could work all day, drink all night, get an hour or two of sleep and do it again. Reggie is a grown man, and if he wanted a drink, let the man drink.

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by Sophandros :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 1:18pm

Dude doesn't drink much, if at all, when he's out in NOLA...

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by Signor Sack (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 1:51pm

Not that anyone said this here, but I love how when photographs are sometimes interpreted as someone looking worse for wear or "blitzed", etc. (The Eli Manning one comes to mind with the beer in his hand). People do realize that sometimes pictures catch people blinking, or yawning, or whatever right? And this sometimes makes them seem "out of it", when they really aren't.

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by Signor Sack (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 2:01pm

Forgot to add -- I know Eli had a beer in his hand in that picture, but to me it still looks like he was caught mid blink. I am well aware of that look, it seems every picture ever taken of me I am caught blinking. :-)

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by Jerry F. (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 4:20pm

Great point--plus, tell somebody some pictures are from a party, and they're going to read the subjects' body language differently from if you tell them they're from a wake.

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by Bobman :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 6:14pm

True, but how do you explain candids of Ben Roethlisberger? It seems that every photo out of uniform makes him look like he just ate 17 pizzas or downed a keg. What's he doing in his spare time, working on a biography of Babe Ruth? I guess everybody's gotta have a role model.

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by hubcap (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 7:03pm

"People do realize that sometimes pictures catch people blinking, or yawning, or whatever right? And this sometimes makes them seem "out of it", when they really aren't."
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Last week SI had a story on snow/skateboarder Shaun White (the Flying Tomato). He went down to the lodge restaurant and a woman kept trying to get him to hold her drink while a guy waited, poised to take a photo. White left and said just what you said - they'll take 100 photos and print the one where you look ridiculous because you were laughing, or rolling your eyes, or sneezing, with the caption "WASTED AGAIN!"

It's kind of the same deal with Roethlisberger except there they wait and wait for the one photo where he looks sober.

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by Joe T. :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 2:53pm

We know who Reggie Bush is, but what does he DO?

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by Raiderjoe :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:30pm

kim karsahdsian

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by Eddo :: Thu, 02/04/2010 - 3:00am

You're on fire tonight, Raiderjoe.

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by Jim B. (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:38pm

Best second overall draft pick ever.

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by Temo :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 5:40pm

Not better than Ryan Leaf.

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by Bobman :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 6:16pm

Hmmmm, Bush... Leaf... a shame Deion Branch wasn't a #2 overall pick back in the day. There's something going on here and I intend to get to the root of it.

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by Purds :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:32pm

Well, I think you might be able to get Cory Ivy out of semi-retirement to help you with that investigation, though I wouldn't really scratch more than the surface with him. Oh, and hedge your bets if you invite Michael Crabtree, as he's often late.

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by Mr Shush :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 8:53pm

At least Leaf was taken after Manning was already gone. Matt Millen's selection of Charles Rogers at #2 with Andre Johnson still available has to rank as the finest moment in the breathtaking career of the modern game's most celebrated personnel man.

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by Theo :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 9:24pm

Hmmm. It was bad, but the guy broke his collar bone twice.

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by Raiderjoe :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 8:16pm

what was he drinkgikn?

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by Theo :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 9:22pm

I can't grasp your genius. It all stands or falls with that question.

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by Theo :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 9:19pm

WWPMD?

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by John (not verified) :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:32pm

Y'know, as much as I love Peyton, we may be happier not knowing, after learning the answer to WWTWD.

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by Raiderjoe :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:46pm

TW?

tramon Williams?
troy Willaimson?

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by Raiderjoe :: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:29pm

To Theo,

wasnt asking what Manning drunk was asking what did reggie bush drink when otu to 3:30.

guess is he drank girly stuff like apple martini and sex on beach or seagreams wine cooller.

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by Parker (the first one) (not verified) :: Thu, 02/04/2010 - 12:27am

Zima!!

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by Anonimoose (not verified) :: Thu, 02/04/2010 - 2:54am

I have it on good authority that he enjoys Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka.

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by Raiderjoe :: Thu, 02/04/2010 - 1:25am

Peyton manning seem more ike milk drinker. Maybe might have one budweiser if relaly feeling silly.

climt seession seems like guy who drink 40z of olde enl;gish.
reggie wayne seem like gin and tonic drinker.

Austin collie hardest drink ever either grapce juice or V8.Probably wasnt even allowed to drnk tea at BYU. Maybe this why he looks like 15 year odl schoolboy

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