r/sports Dallas Mavericks 1d ago

Football Kansas State’s Starting Quarterback, Avery Johnson’s Father and Brother Spotted Fighting Each Other In A Parking Lot After Kansas State’s Loss Against Iowa State, Which Took Place in Ireland

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u/lucasd11 1d ago

Fightin' round the world!

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u/Kalopsiate Mclaren F1 1d ago

Man I didn’t know Russel Crow was playing for Kansas state! 

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u/Kittentoast79 1d ago

He’s not! Tugger jr is. Trouble seems to follow the tugger fam.

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u/y-Gamma 16h ago

This has me in stitches

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u/JohnGacyIsInnocent 1d ago

Makin’ movies makin’ songs

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u/IllTrytoTry 20h ago

Not makin first downs ..

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u/CaptainCastle1 Western Michigan 1d ago

YA TESTICLE!

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u/KentConnor 1d ago

"OH MY GOD IT'S RUSSELL CROWE!!!!"

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u/UnfairStrategy780 1d ago

oh my god its russe crowe

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u/chatshitgetbanged24 13h ago

oh my god bluhbluhbluhbluh

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u/neaux_geaux New Orleans Saints 20h ago

Why don't you mind your own business ya scrowder!

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u/Mean_median_mo 20h ago

Makin' movies, makin' songs...

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u/RinPasta Houston Texans 20h ago

He loves football but he loves one thing more

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u/ndrulez15 20h ago

TUGGAH!

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u/tugga12 19h ago

Honk honk

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u/LFCReds8 22h ago

He fights his directors and he fights his fans…

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u/jpopimpin777 16h ago

It's a problem no one understands...

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u/DariosDentist 19h ago

Some fathers and sons will do a tour to go a football stadium or have a pint in every country in Europe and some want to have a tussle. ITS CALLED BONDING

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u/edu5150 19h ago

You can’t take Americans anywhere.

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u/itsalonghotsummer 17h ago

A lad having a fight with his dad after a few jars is authentically Irish though

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u/Mike_with_Wings 17h ago

Isn’t this a nightly thing at soccer matches around the world?

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u/finnjakefionnacake 1d ago

i'm sorry, but this kind of behavior is unbelievably pathetic

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u/Cleavon_Littlefinger 20h ago

It also makes for a very awkward fifteen or so hours on the plane back home.

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u/Milo_Minderbinding 18h ago

https://ymcawichita.org/blog/father-top-k-state-recruit-avery-johnson-reveals-what-y-taught-him

Wait till you read about his dad getting kicked out of YMCA youth sports games for being a dick...

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u/wordyplayer Minnesota Vikings 12h ago

OMG this needs top billing.

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u/Binji_the_dog 1d ago

But also hilarious. 

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u/Potential-Jury3661 1d ago

Unlike rampage jacksons son killing that dude on video less than an hour ago, this is funny

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u/readrOccasionalpostr 1d ago

Excuse me, huh?!?!

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u/assinyourpants 1d ago

It’s not good.

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u/IrishWeegee 5h ago

Yeah, he went to some indie show and was backstage, Stuart Smith approached Raja Jackson in character, did some posturing and and popped a beer can on Jackson's head. Not sure if this was set up before hand and the can was 'gimmicked' to not hurt as much but Jackson and Smith had to be separated and things looked to have cooled off. But when the actual match is going on is time for Jackson to do this thing, he slams Smith down and just started throwing haymakers on Smith, shattering his face and Smith reportedly died in ring but was resuscitated before being taken to the hospital. His current condition is unclear. https://youtu.be/m7TZ6t9doTc?si=UWLi3UI5qDpTBv6o

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u/FearlessNewt3636 1d ago

He didn’t die or is confirmed dead, but it didn’t look good.

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u/CaptAhabsMobyDick 23h ago

Unresponsive and said to have flatlined in the ring. It ain’t looking good for sykostu

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u/vietnamtom69 21h ago

It was reported 5 hours ago that he's awake and stable.

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u/Jaybru17 19h ago

Yeah the only one reporting that is Rampage

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u/TekkenExposer 17h ago

lmao rampage and his son have been in 3 stories that went viral in less than a week or two.

first it was him being upset Jr almost got flatlined in sparring. then being a dick to a fan wanting a picture and autograph AND NOW this? lol

these dudes are very dimwitted huh? lol

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u/MCFRESH01 10h ago

They are mma fighters

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u/Thedmfw 1d ago

Just found that and dude is cooked for that. If he didn't kill the dude then he's lucky.

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u/assinyourpants 1d ago

Wait did he actually die?!

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u/takeme2tendieztown 1d ago

Dude was knocked out and the POS kept punching him. Might as well be brain dead after that.

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u/assinyourpants 1d ago

I saw it. So fucked up.

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u/HoweHaTrick 22h ago

I think sad and immature. Committing crimes in foreign country is reckless to say the least.

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u/Sendittor 19h ago

Crimes? They are fighting. This is Ireland.

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u/Binji_the_dog 17h ago

They were just partaking in Ireland’s national pastime, getting drunk and fighting 

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u/TakenIsUsernameThis 22h ago

Weak, overly emotional men at it again.

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u/chupacadabradoo 19h ago

It’s the title of this post that really pisses me off.

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u/finnjakefionnacake 19h ago

lol i mean yeah this is definitely r/titlegore material

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u/FACEMELTER720 18h ago

Nah, Father and son fighting in a parking lot is Ireland’s national pastime. They are just engaging in local tradition that goes back generations, as long as they share a pint of the black stuff after and shake hands without ever sharing their feelings or emotions with each other.

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u/Saneless 18h ago

Pretty typical for any family/parent that is obsessed with their kid being a big deal in sports

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u/SirTainLee 1d ago

The headline or the fight?

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u/Ed_herbie 1d ago

So, the question is, which one was talking shit on Avery and which one was defending him?

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u/throwaway5882300 18h ago

As a father, I would never allow an argument between me and one of my grown ass children devolve into a fist fight. Doesn't matter who started it. Dad fucked up.

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u/Clean_Gas2558 17h ago

Literally. Can't ever imagine being on top of my sons and in their face like that. Granted, mine are still little, but still. Can't imagine ever needing to be in that position

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u/oif2010vet 17h ago

You haven’t gotten to the video game shit talk phase yet, those little fuckers need some humbling from time to time /s

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u/samuraipanda85 15h ago

Just tell them you fucked their Mom.

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u/EffectiveSoil3789 14h ago

More shit they talk now, the harder moms cheeks getting clapped tonight

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u/chuckart9 10h ago

I can confirm this works

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u/z3speed4me 13h ago

They'll never be in a COD lobby in the early 2000s they don't know what game shit talking is....

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u/lamposteds 16h ago

the trick is to first drink 10 beers and 3 hotdogs!

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u/Lil_ah_stadium 14h ago

I’ve drank the the hot dogs, starting in the beers now.

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u/lamposteds 14h ago

everybody's chaser is different

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u/Realistic0ptimist 21h ago

I wouldn’t be shocked if one of them bet on the game and when the Loss came the other called them an idiot and then it got to this point.

That or there’s some unresolved family tension they tried to put aside for Avery and then were like nah can’t do it once the game was over

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u/PopcornDrift 17h ago

My first thought is that this started as a disagreement over the new Cracker Barrel rebrand.

Isn’t making stuff up fun!

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u/Treezy_F_Baby 21h ago

My first thought was one of them dragged the other into a hefty bet on their brother/son winning the game. Money makes people do crazy things

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u/ZachOf_AllTrades 18h ago

Fun story we've concocted for ourselves here!

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u/philfrysluckypants 17h ago

Right? Like just pulled that straight out of there ass and people are like "ya! That makes total sense and I definitely think that's what happened now."

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u/finnjakefionnacake 16h ago

i mean that's reddit in a nutshell lol

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u/y-Gamma 16h ago

*life

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u/skoomski Philadelphia Flyers 18h ago

Maybe it was over if they should go to McDonald’s or Burger King?

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u/Tuscanlord 17h ago

AJ must be thrilled to find this out after a tough loss. Dad of the year!

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u/Reganomics82 20h ago

It’s a shame the people of Dublin had to be exposed to a drunken brawl.

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u/BaggyLarjjj 13h ago

I think this is Irish cultural appropriation

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u/JackBurton3465 17h ago

And domestic violence.

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u/Binji_the_dog 16h ago

Wouldn’t this actually be international violence?

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u/JackBurton3465 14h ago

International publicly intoxicated domestic abuse? Someone call Team America!

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u/shevbo 1d ago

At least they kept it in the family

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u/rgar1981 21h ago

I laughed at this and then thought, you know they are right. I’m glad they didn’t go over there and fight a local person that was just there enjoying a sport they don’t normally get to see. Still not a good look.

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u/shevbo 20h ago

Yep, look is awful - shows what sort of family it is.

Some call it 'passion'. But in reality, it's very primal and an awful example.

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u/symbolic503 15h ago

"boy i brought you in this world i can take you out of it!"

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u/Enemyofusall 1d ago

Read that headline 5 times, and I’m still confused. Lmao.

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u/Ha55aN1337 1d ago

English in not my first language and we do commas differently here, but my take is:

There is a Kansas State Quarterback.

His name is Avery Johnson.

He played a game against Iowa state.

The game was played in Ireland.

They lost.

He has a father and a brother.

They fought eachother after the game.

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u/PriorStatement 1d ago

English is my first language and this makes sense to me. The headline is just poorly worded.

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u/gen_alcazar 1d ago

To be honest, that's exactly how I read it, but I was still confused. Why, you ask?

  • American College football in Ireland! Wha??
  • Father and son fighting of the quarterback fighting?? In the street?

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u/head-home 1d ago

There's a college game played in Ireland every year.

Can't really comment on the second bullet point.

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u/P-Funkadelic1723 23h ago

As a second generation Irish American, the answer to bullet point two is Ireland

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u/head-home 23h ago

as an irishman, my answer here is just americans doing america.

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u/AnybodySeeMyKeys 21h ago

I've been to Ireland. On one trip, I saw two different fights outside pubs on two different days.

So, hey, when in Rome....

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u/Garlicholywater 22h ago

Doesn't Ireland have football hooligans? I tell ya I go to Ireland and ask for a shamrock shake from McDonald's I'm an "uncultured swine." I try to share in the rich Irish culture of beating on a family member after a sporting event, I'm also "uncultured swine." Ain't no winning with some people.

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u/stateside_irishman 16h ago

There is not a culture of football hooligans in Ireland. Football (soccer) is not the most popular sport. In fact, it's not even in the top 3.

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u/Malvania 21h ago

I read it as (1) the quarterback, (2) Avery Johnson's father, and (3) Avery Johnson's brother were all involved in a fight.

Yes, the title is missing commas, but doing it properly, Oxford comma or not, would not help comprehension. It's just poorly written.

It would have been better if they omitted "Avery Johnson" and just said that the quarterback's brother and father fought

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u/mrjimi16 1d ago

The wording was fine, it just had an apostrophe "s" and a random comma it didn't need.

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u/amo1337 22h ago

OPs comma use is abhorrent.

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u/BeeWeird7940 22h ago

Worst limerick I’ve ever read.

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u/walkman312 20h ago

It should have been titled:

“The father and brother of Kansas State’s starting quarterback, Avery Johnson, were spotted fighting each other after Kansas State played Iowa State in Ireland and lost.”

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u/minimallyviablehuman 19h ago

That’s some top tier English you just dropped there! Makes it super clear.

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u/voxx2020 19h ago

Thank you!

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u/davisyoung 1d ago

What I gathered is that Kansas State’s starting quarterback was fighting the brother and father, who must be in his mid ‘80s by now, of former basketball player and coach Avery Johnson in a parking lot. 

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u/Doyoulikemypace Los Angeles Lakers 1d ago

All of which took place in Ireland, maybe? Somehow?

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u/TonyNickels 1d ago

It's just the brother and father fighting each other no?

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u/dont_shoot_jr 1d ago

Avery Johnson  the Kansas State QB shares the name with the NBA player

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u/godspareme 16h ago

Its the capitalization of every damn word thats confusing the hell out of me. My brain is having a hard time processing the multiple proper nouns hidden amongst every word that it expects to be a proper noun.

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u/Defizient 17h ago

I went to school with the family and the dad was always a problem. He showed up one time to drop the kids off and was screaming at other kids cursing causing a massive scene. This family is drama heavy

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u/enTernamehereonce 20h ago

not the Jordan 3s in the puddle

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u/Darwin343 13h ago

No wonder why he wanted to keep on going. He had nothing left to lose at that point.

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u/seth928 1d ago

A fight, after a football match in Ireland? This is unprecedented!

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u/ComprehensiveAd8166 1d ago

It actually is. Our national sport (football/hurling) is played at venues across the county (main area holds 80,000 people) without segregated seating or any significant need for police presence outside of for traffic control purposes.

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u/wet-leg 1d ago

I’m not going to lie I thought hurling was a made up sport for an episode of bob’s burgers. I did not know it was real until right now

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u/ComprehensiveAd8166 1d ago

The fastest field game in the world. Simple sport to understand - well worth watching a game sometime.

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u/bro_salad 23h ago

I was in Ireland 9 years ago for the NCAA football game that happens every year now, and the hurling championship finals(I think that’s what it was called?) was the very next day. Ended up going to the match. It was an amazing experience!

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u/LimerickJim 16h ago

All Ireland finals

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u/wet-leg 1d ago

I’ll definitely look up a match and give it a watch

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u/Gante033 1d ago

You clever bloke

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u/GrandFated 19h ago

Let me guess, you don’t live in Ireland but pretend to know how it is. 🥱

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u/RollingMoss1 Seattle Seahawks 1d ago

Too much Jameson.

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u/spacejoint 23h ago

Some people just can’t handle Dublin/Jameson

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u/eli5howtifu 1d ago

Headline written by a sack of rocks holy shit

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u/kshucker 22h ago

After looking at OP’s posts I’m going to go out on a limb and say the profile is some sort of bot/AI. I’m usually not one to judge people but literally every single person I’ve known that has as much interest in anime as OP’s account does literally gives zero fucks about football let alone college football, a schools starting QB’s name, and knowing that the starting QB’s father and brother are fighting in another country.

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u/stonehaens 21h ago

I just let AI proofread that headline and it rephrased it very nicely. I don't think AI is the excuse here.

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u/sasksasquatch 1d ago

They definitely put the fun in dysfunctional.

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u/everything_is_holy Kansas 1d ago

Feel sorry for Avery, who is a talented QB…this comes from a KU fan. Can’t help but think if they would’ve won, they wouldn’t have been so angry.

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u/fantasyoutsider 1d ago

It was bound to come out sooner or later.

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u/NeverFlyFrontier 21h ago

You think maybe?

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u/RickyManeuvre 20h ago

“In my opinion, a desirable outcome produces more pleasant feelings” lol

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u/Lower-Acanthaceae460 1d ago

well, this will make for an awkward Thanksgiving get together

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u/sucobe 1d ago

Well. That’s a headline.

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u/BigGameJamesFight 19h ago

A good ol’ Donnybrook

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u/Bossross90 20h ago

Interesting read I found.  This situation seems on brand now:

https://ymcawichita.org/blog/father-top-k-state-recruit-avery-johnson-reveals-what-y-taught-him

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u/Sendittor 18h ago

Commentor in this or another thread said they went to school with Avery and his father was an asshole yelling at sports events. Hearsay fwiw

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u/ForwardCut3311 18h ago

I mean, that's exactly what that article states. Dad is an asshole, took the game personally, probably said a bunch of dumb shit. 

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u/bigpoppa85 17h ago

The dad admits it in the article and was proud of it. These kinds of parents are complete trash. And he has not changed apparently.

What an embarrassment.

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u/Botboy141 14h ago

I mean, this guy basically says he can't control himself in the article, and had to be sat in the corner by himself in order to not routinely blow up and cause issues at sporting events.

I'm blaming old man here, son was probably just trying to direct the anger at himself and keep the old fuck from killing some random.

Such a disgrace of a man.

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u/nudestatue 1d ago

Was I the only one looking for the famed Spurs point guard, only to be lead onto an episode of Jerry Springer?

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u/dont_shoot_jr 1d ago

TIL Avery Johnson is not just a former NBA player/coach

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u/Salt_Environment9799 21h ago

And for some reason I’m not shocked!

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u/baldntattedoldman 19h ago

Their beer hits diffrent over there…….

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u/jacobsjvj 1d ago

Did Avery Johnson dad at least win the fight? It's a bad day when father & son both take Ls.

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u/squintyshrew9 1d ago

This is incredibly sad hope they work it out

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u/whinenaught 1d ago

They took “fightin Irish” way too literally

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u/Msanborn8087 20h ago

Can't handle their Guinness!

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u/Justherebecausemeh 17h ago

Thanksgiving dinner is going to be extra awkward this year…

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u/MonkeyCobraFight 13h ago

Even in college, parents are the worst part of sports

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u/magnoliaAveGooner 19h ago

No one has ever cared this much for Kansas State football.

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u/ogb2gnasty 1d ago

Dad strength only last for 5 seconds...everyone knows that

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u/Windpuppet 20h ago

But it looks like the old man is winning

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u/texo_optimo 1d ago

People of Walmart...

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u/swabbubba 23h ago

The plane back should be fun.... at 39000 ft rd 2

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u/PsyrusTheGreat Jamaica 20h ago

The pints in Ireland hit different.

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u/YoungPutrid3672 20h ago

Let me fix the headline: Trashy people are acting trashy .

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u/RINewsJunkie 18h ago

Thanksgiving must be a blast at their house!

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u/rco8786 18h ago

Really representing the US well guys.

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u/Choice-Suspect-808 14h ago

This about as embarrassing as it gets Jesus. How big of white trash are these people

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u/Tokyoodown 13h ago

Avery Johnson has to be mortified. What an embarrassment to the kid

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u/Milo_Minderbinding 11h ago

Read this nice little blog he offered where he talks about how he got banned from coaching and kicked out multiple times as a parent for being a total dickhead to the refs at YMCA ball.

https://ymcawichita.org/blog/father-top-k-state-recruit-avery-johnson-reveals-what-y-taught-him

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u/OutlandishnessNo1950 1d ago

Classy family.

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u/Spare_Lobster_4390 1d ago

Just fortunate no one drowned.

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u/Unfiltered_Tool 1d ago

He must have been fun to have around in Pop Warner.

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u/alwaysoffended22 17h ago

Ugh. Embarrassing

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u/iamblindfornow 16h ago

TIL athletes are assholes bred in asshole environments.

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u/B00marangTrotter 16h ago

These are supposed to be schools of higher education, but in reality, they're just making money as a farm system for the professional sports machines, and content to sell booze, gambling, sports gear, sports drinks, video games, cars, trucks, insurance, and junk food.

This behavior is a byproduct of communities with nothing held higher than religion and sports.

It's toxic.

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u/SupesDepressed 16h ago

I guess it’s not considered child abuse when you’re adults, but like, fuuuuuuuck I can’t imagine ever wanting to harm my own child

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u/cleanyour_room 16h ago

Classy Americans

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u/yoppee 16h ago

Exporting college football to foreign countries is dumb

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u/Mindless-wanderer 16h ago

Ahhhhhhh...another pleasant family get together!

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u/mannyluu 16h ago

Why did they fight right next to the puddle ? That is bothering me as much as them fighting over concrete.

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u/mccusk 15h ago

That’s the worst ‘fight’ ever seen in Dublin.

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u/Ragazzocolbass8 14h ago

in... Ireland?

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u/Powerful_Error9608 14h ago

Nothing beats a jet2 holiday….

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u/Classsssy 11h ago

What a quick way to embarrass the whole family. In another country to boot.

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u/simple_onehand 10h ago

There are bad looks, and then there are BAD looks. This is BAD.

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u/ZZ-Groundhog 20h ago

Can you imagine what’s gonna happen when Avery doesn’t make the league and now all 3 working together at Walmart

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u/charface1 19h ago

"I thought this was America!"

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u/SessionIndependent17 11h ago

besides qualifying for r/titlegore, every aspect of what is ostensibly happening here is moronic. Most moronic of all: why Tf are these two teams playing each other in Ireland? Why would you ask both sets of fans to go all that way?

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u/BeefStrykker 1d ago

American tourist in Ireland here. I’ve seen the I & K State fans in town all week, everywhere I’ve gone. Many of them have been involved in some spicy interactions. I’ve been trying to avoid them as much as possible. They’re embarrassing.

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u/IllTrytoTry 20h ago

Weird, I’m here as an American tourist and I’ve had the exact opposite experience! 

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u/O_its_that_guy_again 15h ago

KState is generally one of the better tailgates in terms of opposing fan experience but I would imagine the most entitled of our fans are going to be the ones shelling out 4 grand to go to Ireland

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u/Mead_Man_Detroit Detroit Tigers 20h ago

Alcohol may have played a factor.

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u/FTWkansas 20h ago

I’m a KSU grad and this is pathetic and sad. As an American, when you go overseas, you represent our entire nation to the world…and this is how you choose to do it?

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u/Cocrawfo 20h ago

college ball started?

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u/lucasjackson87 18h ago

Man I am so glad my family is relatively normal.

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u/Crazy-Project3858 18h ago

Football is BACKKKKKK!!!

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u/gratefulgirl 17h ago

Keep it classy

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u/parallaxdecision 17h ago

That Irish whiskey hit different.

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u/OMGHart Carolina Panthers 17h ago

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u/frosties00 17h ago

Are they sharing a hotel room???

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u/mike194827 16h ago

And the Jayhawks won 😁 Good weekend, good weekend 😂

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u/Theecryingbearbigsad 16h ago

Naturally violent type of people

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u/Important-Trash6028 16h ago

+120 dad

-130 son

Brought to you by fanduel

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u/JohnnyEvs 12h ago

How is he so bald when his son has so much hair?

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u/StuntRocker 11h ago

I feel like “get drunk and fight your dad” is the punchline to every hack comedians jokes about Irish people. LoL

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u/Decent_Cheesecake362 8h ago

wtf is this title?

Are there 3 people in this fight?

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u/jcbknght 8h ago

I thought this was AMERICA!!!

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u/moose4130 8h ago

So, Kansas State's quarterback vs someone named Avery Johnson's father and brother? In Ireland? Wow, a once in a lifetime opportunity.