What the fuck? Did they get a "BFF" tatoo as well

[Killian]

This is extreemly questionable:

Aug. 31, 2006, 8:10AM

UT friendship leaves mark on Simms, Shanahan

College tattoos keep Bucs QB, Texans assistant bonded for life


By JOHN MCCLAIN
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

Chris Simms and Kyle Shanahan became such good friends at the University of Texas that they have their initials tattooed on each other's lower leg.

Simms, the Tampa Bay quarterback who will play briefly in tonight's preseason game against the Texans, enters the season as a starter for the first time since 2002, his last year with the Longhorns.

Shanahan, who was a quality control coach for the Buccaneers the last two years, is in his first season as the Texans' receivers coach.

"We're best friends, and we'll be best friends for life," Simms said about Shanahan this week. "We hit it off from day one. We had a common bond in that our fathers (former New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms and Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan) have been such a big part of the NFL for a long time.

"We talk at least once a week. We're obsessed with the game. We have a great love for football, and we're constantly talking about it."

Both players remember when they went with three other close friends and UT teammates — tight end Bo Scaife, defensive back Rod Babers and receiver Montrell Flowers — to get their tattoos.

"Kyle was a real wimp about it," Simms said. "He got a small one on his ankle. He was afraid his mom and dad would see it, so he keeps it hidden underneath his socks."

Shanahan has a different version of the experience in which each player got the initials of the other four tattooed on his lower leg.

"Let me tell you what really happened," Shanahan said. "Chris was dying to get a tattoo. When we got to the (tattoo parlor), I was the only one who already didn't have one. It wasn't any big deal for the others.

"I had to be a man about it. I got one out of loyalty to my buddies. Now, Chris, he got one the size of his calf, but I didn't want one that big because I didn't want to show off."


Indelibly inked
Before the Texans' kickoff luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Downtown on Wednesday, Shanahan lifted his pants leg to display the tattoo that binds him with his four close friends and former teammates.

"I met Chris for the first time right after I transferred to Texas (from Duke) in January (of 2000)," Shanahan said. "I was the new wide receiver, and one day I was in the dressing room. Chris came up, introduced himself and asked if I'd run some routes for him. I said, 'Sure.'

"Later, he invited me out to dinner. We hit it off immediately, and we've been best friends ever since."

When Simms was heavily criticized as a Longhorns quarterback who never did measure up the way UT fans demanded, Shanahan suffered with him.

"I'm so proud of Chris," Shanahan said. "He's one of the most mentally tough guys I've ever met. He experienced a lot of negativism in college, and I think it made him stronger and more determined.

"No matter what happened, no matter what was said about him, Chris always managed to stay focused."


Disappointed no more
When the Buccaneers used the last pick in the third round of the 2003 draft on Simms, he was devastated to be taken that low.

"Knowing what kind of guy he is, knowing how hard he worked and seeing what he went through, he deserves everything he's getting now," Shanahan said.

If new Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy wanted advice from a predecessor, he might be better off asking Simms rather than Vince Young. Simms' experience was much tougher than Young's.

"I would tell him (McCoy) to just play the game, to work hard, to listen to his coaches and to not read the local papers or watch the local news," Simms said. "There are going to be ups and downs. Learn from them. And most of all, just have fun."

Like other Longhorns, Simms celebrated last season's national championship.

"I was watching the game on the couch getting ready for our playoff game against the Redskins," he said. "I can't tell you how excited I was.

"Like everyone else watching, I was up and down. At times, I was cussing at the screen. At other times, I was cheering like crazy. When it was over, I was drained. I was just so happy. I couldn't believe we actually pulled it off."

Simms has a prediction for the Ohio State-Texas game on Sept. 9 at Austin.

"Texas 31, Ohio State 27," he said.

Looking back on the start of his NFL career, Simms benefited highly from being drafted at the end of the third round. He is playing for coach Jon Gruden, who is one of the league's best quarterback coaches. And Simms is starting for a playoff team that has Super Bowl aspirations.


Learning experience
"Coming here was a blessing in disguise," he said. "For lack of a better phrase, it (being drafted so low) does light my fire a little. I've learned so much, like how to handle myself on a day-to-day basis.

"Coach is a perfectionist. He's a tremendous worker, and he's relentless. The passion he has for the game is contagious. He's always going to be tough on his quarterbacks. He challenges you every day. He sure knows which one of my buttons to push."

This trip to Houston gives Simms special satisfaction, even though he is not expected to play much. He is the starting quarterback for a Super Bowl contender.

"This is a great opportunity for me to come back to Texas," he said. "I get to see a lot of old friends and, to a certain extent, show some of the doubters that I can play in this league."

john.mcclain@chron.com

[indyfrisco]

If "BFF" means Butt-Fucking-Forever, then probably yeah.

That's some pri-tay...pri-tay...pri-tay ghey chit right there, mang.

[King Crimson]

ick.

[Loganfan]

ick.

Pretty much.

[the_ouskull]

I FUCKING TOLD ALL OF YOU TEXAS ASSHOLES AND I TOLD YOU FROM DAY FREAKING ONE !!!

That's the real reason he didn't go to Tennessee. Either somebody at Tennessee found out "the truth," and threatened him with it, or he hit OilCan Harry's on a recruiting trip and never looked back. Either way...

Bwhahahahahaha !!!

the_ouskull

[Mr T]

Sooooo if Major Applewhite wouldve got a mans initials on his leg and took it up the butt, he wouldve started back then?

[the_ouskull]

Well, maybe taking it up the butt is arbitrary. I mean, Mack seemed to be cool with it on OR off the field, so, unlike the Gropie that replaced Opie, Applewhite wouldn't have had to go all-the-way gay -- lthough his 2000 RRS qualifies as both...

the_ouskull

[PSUFAN]

I only made it through the first third of the article. Sheesh.

[Sky]

I only made it through the first third of the article. Sheesh.

RACK that shit...I read about the same and wanted to puke. I always hated Simms for getting the starting job over Applewhite but who really says things like this. What kind of idiots do this and then actually tell people about this?

[Vito Corleone]

The article makes it sound like the only initials on his leg are Shan.

It was a group of guys that did it.

Babers
Scafie
Simms
Shanahan
and Flowers

Each guy got the big W with the other guys initials around it.

I have no idea what the W stands for, I think it refers to a Movie.

[Jimmy Medalions]

So it's five times ghey, not two times ghey. Great argument.

[campinfool]

No wonder Texas got their asses handed to them in big games during those years. They were fags. Can't believe with all the hot women in Austin that some of them boys preferred stick pussy.

[PrimeX]

No argument FOR them can be made. That is beyond the geigh. WAY beyond.

Read that in the paper yesterday while on the shitter. I had throw up come up into my mouth.

[indyfrisco]

No argument FOR them can be made. That is beyond the geigh. WAY beyond.

Read that in the paper yesterday while on the shitter. I had throw up come in my mouth.

[PSUFAN]

come up into my mouth.

...just...wtf? Do you have the tattoo also?

[PrimeX]

Way to use your queer eye on the straight guy, PSU. Count that 'bode money.

[Vito Corleone]

So it's five times ghey, not two times ghey. Great argument.

Yea its almost as ghey as taking a dance class for musicals.

[socal]

So it's five times ghey, not two times ghey. Great argument.

Yea its almost as ghey as taking a dance class for musicals.

I laughed.

Nope, it's not even half the gay of inking your bud's initials on your body. This coming from a UCLA fan.

Way to help yourself over a fence in this epoch smackfest.

[Jimmy Medalions]

I laughed as well. Rack the PrimeX for calling it right.

No real surprise that Vito is in full homer form before the first snap of the year.

[Terry in Crapchester]

Nothing to comment on here. This is perfectly normal behavior among varsity male athletes.

Sin,

Christian Laettner and Brian Davis

[Moby Dick]

SOMEONE'S gotta wytch a picture of the two as the brokeback mountain duo.

[Sky]

There is no validation here...whether it was two, five or the entire fucking team this is so amazingly gay.

I wouldn't even get a tat w/ my wife's initials unless I got sex for a month straight (yeah, like that is gonna happen). But then again, maybe this is how this all came about for these guys.