{"id":305728,"date":"2026-05-23T08:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305728\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T08:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:46:12","slug":"tom-brady-has-no-right-to-call-texas-tech-a-glorified-community-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305728\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady Has No Right to Call Texas Tech a \u201cGlorified Community College”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Texas Tech<\/a> wide receiver Danny Amendola had an unlikely NFL career. A product of The Woodlands High School, in greater Houston, he started his Red Raiders<\/a> career as a punt returner, in 2004, and ended it as a gritty ball catcher, in 2007. Still, sub-six-foot white guys with average speed aren\u2019t considered great pro prospects, and Amendola went undrafted, spending time on the Dallas Cowboys<\/a>\u2019 and Philadelphia Eagles\u2019 practice squads. His first two years in the NFL, he never played a down of regular-season football.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But he was a gutsy, hardworking competitor, and he eventually found an opportunity to see the field as a member of the St. Louis Rams, in 2009, before signing with Bill Belichick\u2019s New England Patriots four years later. There, he exhibited a scrappiness that saw him become one of quarterback Tom Brady\u2019s favorite targets, one of Boston\u2019s favorite players, and a two-time Super Bowl champion. He wound down his career with stints in Miami, Detroit, and\u2014finally\u2014his hometown of Houston<\/a>, before retiring in 2022 with a pair of rings and more than six thousand career receiving yards.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brady, during a commencement address<\/a> at Georgetown University\u2019s business school last weekend, touted Amendola\u2019s circuitous path to glory while advising the class of 2026 on how to find people to trust. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t the tallest, he wasn\u2019t the fastest, but he had a huge heart. And he played his ass off in the biggest moments. And I hope you guys find colleagues like Danny,\u201d Brady said. \u201cHaving business-school friends [is] great, don\u2019t get me wrong, but sometimes you need a kid from a glorified community college who can bail your ass out of any jam.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

To which we say\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0\u201cglorified community college\u201d? Texas Tech has roughly the same number of undergraduates as the University of Michigan, Brady\u2019s alma mater, and\u2014rather famously\u2014produced Patrick Mahomes<\/a>, the greatest quarterback the National Football League has ever seen. While we\u2019re sure that Brady, as the second-best signal-caller in NFL history, was merely razzing his pal Danny, it was quite a stray shot from a man who has proven himself to be extremely good at precisely one thing (playing quarterback) and pretty bad at everything else. In the spirit of defending our turf, taking unnecessary potshots, and illustrating the glass house from which Brady throws, let\u2019s run down a quick list of things far more embarrassing than Brady seems to think attending Texas Tech is.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are two reasons Brady is a bad broadcaster<\/a>: his reedy, annoying voice, and the things he uses it to say. None of us choose our voices, of course, but we do choose what careers we pursue. Why Brady chooses to commentate only in clich\u00e9s and generalities rather than bring his expertise and knowledge of the game to bear is a mystery. Perhaps he\u2019s only capable of thinking on his feet with a ball in hand. (Brady: We hear Tech\u2019s College of Media & Communication is superb.) Fortunately, Fox has been wise enough to pair Brady in the booth with Kevin Burkhardt, who presumably sees Brady as the equivalent of one of the business-school friends mentioned in the Georgetown speech and probably wishes he had an Amendola on hand instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His Acting<\/p>\n

There is no shortage of former athletes whose magnetic charisma ensured they\u2019d enjoy a career on the big screen after their playing career ended. Former University of Miami defensive tackle Dwayne \u201cthe Rock\u201d Johnson is one of the more bankable names in Hollywood; Seattle Seahawks great Marshawn Lynch was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his scene-stealing turn in the 2023 comedy Bottoms; O.\u200aJ. Simpson was\u2014well, never mind, but he wasn\u2019t bad on camera.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tom Brady, meanwhile, is bad even when he\u2019s playing Tom Brady, which he\u2019s done in such esteemed shows and movies as Entourage and Ted 2. Even in 2023\u2019s 80 for Brady, a thespian\u2019s playground that he produced and that is in fact named for him, he\u2019s the worst part of the movie. Remember, this is a film that features Guy Fieri. (Tech, once again, offers a BFA in theater.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

His Snake Oil Salesmanship<\/p>\n

During his playing career, Brady began marketing a nutrition brand called TB12. He sold protein bars, snacks, and something called recovery pajamas<\/a>; he offered bold nutritional advice like \u201cavoid processed foods\u201d and \u201cdrink a lot of water.\u201d (Who let this guy speak at a prestigious university, again?) Alas, this year Brady announced<\/a> that TB12 would be \u201cwinding down,\u201d leaving those seeking further biochemical insight from the former great to glue themselves to Fox NFL broadcasts, in the hope that he might attribute Dak Prescott\u2019s woes to dehydration or insufficient pajamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His Choice of Friends<\/p>\n

In January, Belichick became eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He didn\u2019t make it in\u2014a shock for a guy who won six Super Bowls as head coach and only cheated to get to the big game<\/a> twice (that we\u2019re aware of). Brady took offense at the snub, telling a Seattle sports radio show that \u201cthere\u2019s no coach I\u2019d rather play for.\u201d That\u2019s not technically true, of course; back in 2020, Brady decided that he\u2019d rather play for Tampa Bay Bucs head Coach Bruce Arians, with whom he won an additional Super Bowl. Meanwhile, Belichick faded his way out of being a first-ballot Hall of Famer by way of a string of middling Pats seasons and a foray into college ball\u2014he just wrapped his first year as the head coach of the UNC Tar Heels, in which the team tied for thirteenth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Does all of that suggest that Belichick was perhaps the weakhearted \u201cbusiness-school friend\u201d of the duo? Who can say\u2014but we do know that Belichick is one of the least likable coaches to ever don a headset. If Brady\u2019s loyalty to him is admirable, we\u2019ll assume he learned it from the \u201cglorified community college\u201d alumni in his life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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