Special Forces

[Mr. Scot]

The Fox reality show with Cam Newton as a contestant premiers tonight at 8pm.

[LinvilleGorge]

Cam is my favorite all time Panther and I wish him nothing but the best in all of his media ventures but reality TV and sports talk /podcasts just ain't it for me. 

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Cam is my favorite all time Panther and I wish him nothing but the best in all of his media ventures but reality TV and sports talk /podcasts just ain't it for me. 

Honestly, it's a pretty good show, probably even more so for anyone with a military background.

The celebrities who take part tend to get their asses kicked.

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Honestly, it's a pretty good show, probably even more so for anyone with a military background.

The celebrities who take part tend to get their asses kicked.

Hell, I don't even have network television. LOL

I stream sports and that's my only exposure to network television 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

Hell, I don't even have network television. LOL

I stream sports and that's my only exposure to network television 

You can probably stream this from Fox somewhere...

[Mr. Scot]

Newton promoting the show...

 

[PortCityPanther]

40 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

You can probably stream this from Fox somewhere...

You can stream it on Hulu tomorrow

[NAS]

Kind of strange seeing Cam in normal clothes lol

[Otters]

About pulled that copter into the ocean.

[OneBadCat]

Kind of curious to see how he does. Hes an athletic freak. 

[Jon Snow]

That was a good watch.

[Mr. Scot]

55 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

That was a good watch.

It's a fun show. Lady Cowboy Fan and I have been watching from the start.

This is, I think, their third season. They've had a lot of former athletes on from the NFL (Danny Amendola was on the last one) NBA and others, but they haven't won. The winners of the first two seasons included one women's soccer star (Carli Lloyd) and some reality show personalities, mostly from The Bachelor or The Bachelorette.

The physical challenges are certainly tough, especially on some of the older folks, but what tends to derail people is the mental side of it. Some can't keep their attitudes under control, others just tap out. Many are doing the show because they have demons to deal with, and you see a lot of that come out.

You definitely can't assume you know who will succeed and who won't either. Last year, Dez Bryant flamed out in spectacular fashion while Jojo Siwa actually went much further than I'd have thought. 

And as you might expect, you come away from it with a real appreciation for just how badass some of these special forces guys really are.

[Mr. Scot]

Re: Cam

As you could probably guess, his personality didn't initially mesh well with the no-nonsense special forces guys, but they respected his performance in the challenges and he's been a good "teammate" to some of the others on the show.

FYI: Also appearing this season is Golden Tate, who per his own words seems to be kind of lost in his post football life.

After completing a challenge, Newton went to give Tate a high-five and somehow inexplicably wound up punching him in the stomach

That incident got him yelled at. The leaders further followed that up by punishing the entire crew with an exercise that I can best describe by saying...imagine waterboarding yourself.

Edited January 9 by Mr. Scot

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Cam is my favorite all time Panther and I wish him nothing but the best in all of his media ventures but reality TV and sports talk /podcasts just ain't it for me. 

Yeah, First Take sucks balls. Even if multiple Panthers were on there