WACO _ For those women who has some interest in him, Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin is off the market.
About 90 minutes after the Bears became bowl eligible with a wild 47-42 victory over Kansas State this past Saturday, Griffin got on his knees and proposed marriage to his girlfriend, Rebecca Liddicoat of Boulder, Colo.
"She said yes and she cried,'' Griffin said. "So I did a pretty good job.''
So how did Griffin propose?
"Well, there's lies involved in proposals, so I told her after the game that I had to go to the (indoor football practice) facility,'' Griffin said. "I told her me and the team leaders had to do something in there.
"So I told her I could do mine (Saturday night), and they were going to do theirs (Sunday), which makes it a bold-face lie. But she believed it, so I told her to come in there.''
That's when the romantic in Griffin surfaced.
"I went in the bathroom and my dad gave me the ring, and I walked in the indoor (facility), and I had candles everywhere,'' Griffin said. "I had one of my teammates playing the guitar, so I talked to her and serenaded her. I walked into the middle where her family was standing with candles and I popped the question.
"I couldn't see her face to see her crying, because it was so dark. But when I kissed her I felt the wetness on her cheeks.''
Griffin said no wedding date has been set yet.
"I've got to get out of college to provide for my family before I get married,'' Griffin said. "I'm still going to school after this.
"I'm going to grad school and get my Master's (degree).''
By NCAA rules, Griffin can apply for the NFL Draft after this season since this is his third college year.
-- Dwain Price
This is the single most poorly written article I've ever read. Romatic? What word is that? There are just verbs and nouns aplenty missing in action in half of these sentences...I also hope the grammar are a result of the author's foibles, and not Griffin, they are horrible as well.
Posted by: Chris | October 26, 2010 at 05:05 PM
Hey Chris, pretty much par for the course on "College Confidential"... It might be under the Star-Telegram.com banner, but I don't think they have editors and the writer's obviously don't care enough to proof their own pieces.
I can sure remember when you could at least count on print media to give a rat's ass about proper use of the English language. Guess nowadays we keep producing adults that don't read and can't write.
Posted by: Rotten Arsenal | October 26, 2010 at 09:18 PM
Pretty sure the previous comments come from grown men and or college age guys who are upset that they can't get Griffin's balls in their mouths now.
Posted by: Josh | November 02, 2010 at 11:04 AM
Oh you really got them good with that one, Josh.
Because everybody knows that changing the subject from someone caring about proper use of grammar and spelling to
questioning the sexuality of those that point out grammatical errors in an article is obviously PURE PWNAGE and the people you just laid waste to will never show their faces on the internet again.
Think before you type, please.
Posted by: Bean | November 02, 2010 at 08:35 PM
Hey Josh... I don't give a rip about Griffin other than he's helping TCU's strength of schedule by winning games after being shutdown by the Frogs.
I do, however, give a rip about supposed "journalists" who don't bother to proofread.
Hell, RG3 could write a better entry.
Posted by: Rotten Arsenal | November 02, 2010 at 09:04 PM