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Attn: Sullivan

by John Cole|  November 11, 201010:56 am| 35 Comments

This post is in: Sports, Blogospheric Navel-Gazing, General Stupidity

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Now THIS is a beard:

That’s Pittsburgh Steeler defensive lineman Brett “the Diesel” Keisel, rocking what I think is the premiere beard in sports. Sorry to get involved in all this, but Sullivan keeps posting beard pictures, so I had to show him what a real one looks like.

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  1. 1.

    Bnut

    November 11, 2010 at 11:02 am

    Logan Mankins. Or anyone who lays O-line for the Pats pretty much.

  2. 2.

    Kryptik

    November 11, 2010 at 11:03 am

    That’s not a beard, John.

    This is a beard.

  3. 3.

    mr. whipple

    November 11, 2010 at 11:04 am

    This is a beard.

  4. 4.

    Murc

    November 11, 2010 at 11:09 am

    I’d like to know what his regimen is.

    That is an EXTREMELY well-groomed beard. It’s very obviously combed often and thoroughly, that’s some salon-quality edging going on there on the upper cheeks and sideburns, and I’m guessing he uses some very good shampoo and conditioner; it has body and silkiness.

    Impressive.

  5. 5.

    Nathan

    November 11, 2010 at 11:09 am

    Good enough for the Taliban, not quite there for an indie band.

  6. 6.

    Culture of Truth

    November 11, 2010 at 11:11 am

    If he were a lumberjack he’d be okay.

  7. 7.

    BGinCHI

    November 11, 2010 at 11:12 am

    No.

    This is a beard.

    “Beard is a slang term describing a person who is used, knowingly or unknowingly, as a date, romantic partner, or spouse either to conceal infidelity or to conceal one’s sexual orientation.”

    (wiki)

  8. 8.

    Marmot

    November 11, 2010 at 11:12 am

    I so rarely get to trot this out from Planet of the Apes, that I’ll take any opportunity.

    In my world, when I left it, only kids your age wore beards.

    Beards? I don’t go in for fads. Somehow it [shaving] makes you look less intelligent.

    I don’t know. Carry on.

  9. 9.

    taylormattd

    November 11, 2010 at 11:12 am

    God, get a room already.

  10. 10.

    sloan

    November 11, 2010 at 11:12 am

    The Last Post

  11. 11.

    Hal

    November 11, 2010 at 11:13 am

    Wait, so this isn’t a thread about gay men who date straight women for cover?

  12. 12.

    Dyzo Bandit

    November 11, 2010 at 11:14 am

    As a guy who appreciates beards for the same reason Sullivan does- yeah, this is a damn fine beard.

  13. 13.

    kindness

    November 11, 2010 at 11:15 am

    I’ll go with the Fear the Beard any day.

    He at least helped win the World Series. What has Pittsburg done lately?

  14. 14.

    BGinCHI

    November 11, 2010 at 11:18 am

    @kindness: Made sweet love to Pat Toomey via the ballot box.

  15. 15.

    GregB

    November 11, 2010 at 11:19 am

    I’m much more partial to this braided number on Techno Viking.

  16. 16.

    Hawes

    November 11, 2010 at 11:21 am

    If you want a picture of a beard, have one of Liza Minelli and David Gest.

  17. 17.

    L Boom

    November 11, 2010 at 11:22 am

    I’ll put my money on the beard on the left.

  18. 18.

    Crusty Dem

    November 11, 2010 at 11:23 am

    Come on guys, THIS is a beard

  19. 19.

    4tehlulz

    November 11, 2010 at 11:29 am

    *sigh* When will we ever learn?

  20. 20.

    chopper

    November 11, 2010 at 11:32 am

    that’s what my beard looks like when it gets all long. it rarely gets that long, cause the wife threatens to divorce me before it gets that epic.

  21. 21.

    jacy

    November 11, 2010 at 11:34 am

    The important thing is, how will Hamsher react? Will she throw out an accusation of anti-clean-shavedness?

  22. 22.

    Davebo

    November 11, 2010 at 11:36 am

    Actually, that’s just a guy who never shaves.

    A beard should really have some shaping. And I say this as someone who can grow a beard almost overnight, yet hates shaving.

  23. 23.

    Jay in Oregon

    November 11, 2010 at 11:41 am

    @GregB:
    You had that holstered and ready to go, didn’t you?

  24. 24.

    Punchy

    November 11, 2010 at 11:45 am

    These guys all rock some nice facial keratin…..

  25. 25.

    Jack

    November 11, 2010 at 11:48 am

    You wanna talk beards?

  26. 26.

    meh

    November 11, 2010 at 11:51 am

    where’s ray ray and his shank when you need him?

  27. 27.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    November 11, 2010 at 11:52 am

    @Dyzo Bandit:

    As a guy who appreciates beards for the same reason Sullivan does– yeah, this is a damn fine beard.

    You share a fetish with Andrew Sullivan?

    an object or bodily part whose real or fantasied presence is psychologically necessary for sexual gratification and that is an object of fixation to the extent that it may interfere with complete sexual expression

  28. 28.

    Nathan Wind as Cochise

    November 11, 2010 at 11:59 am

    @kindness:

    Brian Wilson’s was a great playoff beard, but it would look ridiculous in other contexts. Keisel’s is more natural.

  29. 29.

    Egypt Steve

    November 11, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    Sorry, but a real NFL beard has ice in it. Check out those old films of the Packers vs. the Vikings, in the days before indoor stadiums. If the QB is at no risk of losing a finger to frostbite, it ain’t football.

  30. 30.

    twiffer

    November 11, 2010 at 12:24 pm

    just send him a link to this: worldbeardchampionships.com/

    there, done.

  31. 31.

    Julie

    November 11, 2010 at 12:40 pm

    Ick.

  32. 32.

    fraught

    November 11, 2010 at 12:43 pm

    Sorry, I think Andrew has problems with his own concerns about not appearing masculine enough. All that talk about bears and beards and still he reads gay to anyone with a smidgen of gaydar. As soon as he opens his mouth he becomes the bearded lady for me, and he makes it worse by all this posturing about hair and hairy animals. He needs to grow up.

  33. 33.

    shoutingattherain

    November 11, 2010 at 1:12 pm

    Worst. Pittsburgh. Beard.
    Ever.

  34. 34.

    Yutsano

    November 11, 2010 at 6:07 pm

    @shoutingattherain: Heh. You may inspire the wrath of RedKitten for that one. Plus it drives me nuts when Sidney gets too lazy for his razor too.

  35. 35.

    andrea

    November 11, 2010 at 7:01 pm

    Sid’s playoff beard is too pathetic.

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