What happens in the alley, stays in the alley, or look for the Seven Blocks of Granite to get crunk at Freeman's

Exciting times for sports fans. In particular, Bears fans, who got to see their DT Dusty Dvoracek arrested during a trip to his college stomping grounds in Norman, OK. But the good part is that the establishment where the incident went down, Seven 47*, opted to taunt Dvoracek via Twitter:

Seeeee ya Dusty Dvoracek. Why don't u try heading northeast? I think you & your fighting friends would fit in much better there #jerseyshore 6:11 AM Jan 16th 

There are layers here. First of all, I thought they liked football in Oklahoma. A returning NFL pro has a misunderstanding in public and the restaurant where that happens compares the former Sooner to a member of a much-reviled MTV reality show? One might think that returning football heroes would get more respect than that. The Cod asked a selection of restaurateurs if, in the event of a football player being removed from their establishment by the local constabulary, would they taunt said player via Twitter. The range of responses was considerable.

Chris Todaro, of Todaro's in Clemson, SC: "Not again."

The enigmatic exchange with Hugh Acheson,  of the National and 5&10  in Athens, GA is worth quoting verbatim:

Cod: "If, like, Knowshon came back to town, acted a fool, and got arrested, would you Tweet about it?"

Acheson: "Hell yeah."

Cod: "Can I quote you?"

Acheson: "Never go to a bar called seven47."

From out west, Jay Porter of the Linkery offers a more restrained approach to tomfoolery from returning SDSU Aztecs:

"Aztec Hero" is a pretty small universe...Fred Dean, Brian Sipe, Marshall Faulk, anyone else?.  Maybe there's an elevator movie script in that for you.  They're all riding up to Don Coryell's penthouse at the Sahara to plan a caper... As I've matured, I've learned to keep my taunting personal and private.  Broadcast media seem better suited for other purposes, such as, you know, blog posts about important issues of our day."

Surprisingly, the place most willing to turn a blind eye is in New York. William Tigertt, of Freeman's opined:

"I would never comment about or directly name a customer in the restaurant on social media networks.  It's bad policy to not respect your guests privacy.  Twitter is a public forum.  There is no upside unless you're on of those trashy places that is always trying to get into page 6. "

So, um, have at it lads. Lob a devil on horseback at your tablemate, have a chicken fight in the alley while you wait for your coats.  The only trouble is that not many football players have collegiate stomping grounds that include the Lower East Side. NYU has an undistinguished history that tails off in the Eisenhower era, so we have to look farther afield for the folks likely to take advantage of this tolerant attitude -- Fordham's legendary O-Line of the 1930s, aka "The Seven Blocks of Granite."

Comments

[Jay Porter]

Dryer, I meant to say "Fred Dryer"!

[Marco]

My Godfather and favorite uncle, who didn't live a much longer life than Vince Lombardi, idolized him. He taught me baseball and I became a Yankee fan in BoSox heavy Rhode Island. Yet when I routed for the NY Giants, I was surprised that he depised them in favor of the Packers. As a kid this didn't make sense. I know now that Vince Lombardi was the key. Thanks for the Seven Blocks of Granite link.

[Homer]

I think the issue with Dusty is that he's really from Texas although he played at Okiehomo U and that he's a well known and rampantly repeat offender. Not a guy you would care to know.