(Fake) Asante predicts Super Bowl victory
Asante Samuel, via Twitter, predicts the Eagles will win the Super Bowl.
(Fake) Asante predicts Super Bowl victory
Daily News staff
UPDATED: The Daily News got duped. Below you will find a blog post that contains a Super Bowl prediction by Eagles cornerback Asante Samuel and information about Eagles defensive end Trent Cole posted on Twitter pages that were presented as if they were written by the players. An Eagles spokesman said Monday that neither player has a Twitter account. “We spoke to both players,” spokesman Derek Boyko said. “They were misrepresented. It was not their posts. They don’t belong to those Web sites.” The Daily News apologizes to Samuel, Cole, the Eagles and our readers.
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Eagles cornerback Asante Samuel and defensive end Trent Cole have joined the Twitter revolution in the last week and Asante, in particular, seems to be enjoying the interaction, especially for a guy who rarely talks to the media other than after games. (This is a post about athletes and Twitter and we won't even go on about Drew Rosenhaus.)
Samuel has jumped right in,with his prediction for the Eagles: "this is about to be a superbowl winning season fareal."
"Defence wins championships," declare several other posts
In other predictions, Samuel says Jeremy Maclin will be one of the top five rookies in the league.
He also talks about his training runs to stay in shape, promotes buying Eagles tickets and talks about his struggles playing the Madden video game.
"I'm losin madden at the moment, maybe its those superbowl rings weighing my hand down.......dunno."
Samuel also writes of a trip to San Francisco, his watching of the Sopranos DVD (Season 5, by the way) and his pursuit of an Italian restaurant in San Fran.
We particularly like this one: "just saw some guys playin football down from my hotel. I ran up and just intercepted a pass then ran away...they didn't find it too funny"
Can you imagine playing street football with your buddies and all of a sudden an Pro Bowl cornerback jumps in the game and zips the other way with your errant pass?
Cole introduces his page with this: "Whats up ladies and gents, Trent Cole here, the 6foot3 DT of the PHILADELPHIA EAGLES. Cole Train conductin that Sack Express and it is right on time."
He also takes a shot at Samuel in response to a message from him: "Im finna get more picks than you haha just playin cuz"
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A Final Four appearance last year + upgrades? Possible, but I think much stock is being put on the rookies.— Philly Fan in Kuwait- lonepuppy does mcnabb with samuel going to new jersey beating poor eli twice even register.— mongoS
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- Still shaking my head at all the '5' haters. No, he is NOT the best QB of all time. But, YES he is the best in this franchises last 40 years. And as much as I am forcibly willing myself not to get excited this early.....this roster (at present) is one of the best in my memory for this time of year. As I am constantly saying though, we still need a solid, veteran, large-bodied pass catcher to shield defenders away from short passes in or near the end-zone. Wide reciever or Tight end......I don't care. ( I'm still grinding my teeth that we did not meet the price for KC's tight end last year.) And in a perfect world, another GOOD pass-rusher would just about Gar-on-TEE a Superbowl berth......siiiiiiiggggghhhhh.— TBear
There's wolf, the "eagles fan", showing his enthusiasm for the upcoming year. I never heard anybody who purports to be an Eagles fan knock "his" team the way he does and ignore the facts about DM. What the lovefest is with Eli I don't know. One fluke SB win, and it was a fluke, doesn't make a HOFer. Wolf's Eagles jersey must be blue.— tpizza- i have a funny football player story too.couple years ago i was a porter at the 8th floor(nightclub on delaware ave)Ricky Alligator arms Watters used to have his monday night show there.I was taking some food to a customer and Raleigh Mackenzie stopped me and took the food right off the plate,I wasnt about to stop him he just looked at me and said thanx,i had to tell the people waiting for it they would have to wait for like another 45 minutes...they were pi**ed to say the least— bdawkisgod
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- lonewolf, superbowl MVP should have gone to the Defense of the giants, not Eli Manning. Eli didn't put Tom Brady on the ground 5 times.— Danimal
- jet3to, dont forget this D caves at inopportune moments (c.f. Every important game since 2004 S.B.). Still it was an exciting offseason and hope springs eternal— Tracer41
- Can you post a link to Joe Banner's twitters about cap space? Thanks.— Nico Lange
- The Eagles should not say the word Super Bowl until January 15 ! Just shut up ! Practice hard. Play hard ! And win ! And let the other 31 teams get hung up on the words ... Super Bowl ...— Gringo4
- What is Andy Reid's twitter acct? i want to find the best cheeseburgers in the region. i know he knows where to find them.— Huge
- lonepuppy, it means Mcnabb with Samuel went on the road twice and whipped your beloved Eli.That includes a playoff road win against the media favorite Giants team. That simple— mongoS
- lonepuppy, so do you not appreciate Eli in those two home losses he put up against Mcnabb in the most recent season? Or it simply does not register in your brain. You have like selective appreciation for players. similar to your Brett Farve love affair. He last won a super bowl was when I was in Jr High. Does his other near 20 seasons not register?— mongoS
