Barstool New York is Being Repeatedly Murdered By Ohio's Tate

Before we start I would like it on the record that this is the FIRST blog I've written under the influence of Adderall (technically Vyvanse). Up until this point I've done all my Barstool writing sober (except for when I'm drunk but that's only on nights on weekends). I've never written for Barstool on ADHD medication until now. I feel great. I honestly can't believe my co-workers have had this advantage on me the whole time while I've been out here raw dogging blogs for 18 months. What the fuck have I been doing? I need to find a doctor who's willing to play ball immediately.

And one more thing about that... Hey Google... can we fucking relax a bit with this?....

Jesus Google I was literally just curious. I'm 32 years old, I take my Vyvanse orally like an adult. Chill out. I'm just trying to do my job.

Ohio's Tate, and the internet in general, has the Barstool New York office by the balls. We're in shambles. I don't know if all my co-workers would admit that publicly, but it's sure seems to be true. He is dominating us right now. Whether we think his blogs are justified or not, Ohio's Tate is perched squarely on the frontal lobe of our brains. 

To be fair, the shambles are not all because of him. Tate was dealt a stacked hand and took advantage. Barstool New York doesn't have the best PR with the fans right now. But to his credit, he was the catalyst and the cherry on top of what was an unfortunate series of events for all of us. We ate a shit sandwich on Ohio's Tate bread. The contents of the sandwich being a juicy "Dave cancelling Barstool Radio" burger on a bed of "Mark Titus roasting Picks Central" lettuce. 

I'm not sure if that sandwich analogy fully makes sense but I think you get my point. It's been a rough week for New York and Ohio's Tate has been a part of it.

Just in case you haven't been paying attention to our office since last Friday, here's a quick rundown of events.

Last Friday (1/26), Ohio's Tate wrote a Kelly Keegs hit piece. The blog stemmed from last Thursday's episode of Barstool Radio where Kelly Keegs made a comment about how she likes to work from home on Friday's because she doesn't want to put on makeup. Probably not the best choice of words.

Later that day (1/26), Kelly wrote a response blog. Which was followed by an Ohio's Tate response to the response blog. A lot of responses happened that day, try to keep up. In short, Ohio's Tate called Kelly Keegs lazy, so Kelly Keegs defended herself and called Ohio's Tate a small penis loser (or something along those lines I forget her wording)

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Monday (1/29), After the weekend, Kelly and Francis hosted Barstool Radio for the final time. They had 5,000 viewers tuned in ready to hear Kelly's response to Ohio's Tate, as well as the events of Nate Friday. They didn't address any of it. They ignored the drama entirely. 

Later Monday (1/29), Dave cancelled Barstool Radio all together. He was upset that Kelly and Francis ignored the Ohio's Tate drama (nobody sends a scarier email than Dave)

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Tuesday (1/30), Dave announces that Barstool Radio is turning into a once per week live show featuring himself, Kirk Minihane, and Ryan Whitney (kind of the best case scenario if you really think about it, you could argue that Kelly and Francis created one of the best trios in Barstool history)

Later Tuesday (1/30), This doesn't really have anything to do with Ohio's Tate, but Mark Titus of Mostly Sports had some pent of anger about the "time slot wars" between their show and Picks Central. He took his anger out on them Tuesday. Again, that shouldn't have anything to do with this blog, but my point is that stress levels were high. Everybody seemed to be on edge about something.

Wednesday (1/31), Ohio's Tate wrote a new hit piece. This time on Nate. I guess he was mad because Nate, who is our Editor-in-Chief, didn't approve one of his blogs fast enough. He also called out Nate for not blogging enough, and called him replaceable (I thought his thumbnail picture of Nate being pied was a bit much).

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Wednesday through now (1/31 - TBD), our whole office remains shook. Vibes are low. Everybody is rattled.

It's been a bad week. Ohio's Tate is picking people off one by one and the Stoolies have scored each round 10-1 in favor of Ohio's Tate. 

I'm not really sure why I'm bothering to write this. I just thought as a long time Stoolie who fell ass backwards into a job at Barstool, I feel like I can understand both sides of this beef as well as anyone. Ohio's Tate's blogs are crushing right now. He's doing huge numbers at the expense of his co-workers. I don't begrudge him for that. He clearly writing things people want to read, and a lot of our fans agree with him. Or at least the comment section does. But I feel like the comment section/Reddit can be a decent representation of how die-hard Stoolies feel. A lot of people say they don't understand why our own fans love to watch us dragged across the internet, but I just equate it to sports. Big Cat loves the Chicago Bears. When he sees something from them that he doesn't like, he's going to be vocal about it. He's going to celebrate when Chase Claypool gets cut. Just cause he wants the Bears to succeed as a team doesn't mean he didn't want Matt Nagy drawn and quartered. I think that's a decent comparison  It's a harsh truth for some people to accept, but there's always going to be a place for that type of content on the blog and Rumble.com. 

Now that I've qualified myself as an unbiased king sitting a top my objective ivory tower, and proved to you how much I get it, let me play the other side for a minute. Ohio's Tate is winning big right now, but there's some stuff he should probably be called out for.

First off, Ohio's Tate, you're being a coward. I know you're a great writer and you want to go back and forth on the blog where you have an advantage. Trust me, I'd want to do the same thing. But you've taken it far enough that you gotta give them a chance to have it out on a live call. Something for content. You gotta find a time that works. It could be right now, on your lunch break, during recess, halftime of a game when there's not time sensitive OSU transfer news to break, whenever. You say you were ready and willing to talk and during Thursday radio and Kelly never gave you a chance. That's on her. But I can't help but question how ready you were, considering on one point this week I witnessed you answer a FaceTime, then hang up the instant you saw it was Kelly on the other end. That was tough to watch. If I'm wrong then prove me wrong and set it up.

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But the beef between you and Kelly is whatever. I feel like that's old at this point. Your Nate blog was kinda wild. It was very good, and very well written. I've been frustrated by a lot of the same stuff with him. Not having a blog go up on time is infuriating. But some of what you said was bullshit. 

Comparing yourself to Nate like you bring more to the company than him because you've outblogged him a few times is insane. It's just wrong. Apologies to Reags, but if blog numbers were what's most important Reags would be running the company. I know Nate has said this at nauseum lately, but Nate has really been the main storyline in New York for 2 weeks. You think you could make a moment like this happen?

I kinda doubt that. Also, writing a Nate hit piece is weak. That's low hanging fruit and you know it. Just regurgitate a few tropes from the comment section and it's a home run with the Stoolies. You did the same thing with Kelly. Trust me, I know. I do that all the time too. It's very fun, and it always. I'm probably going to regret pointing that out, but it's true. Good hit piece, but that was like taking batting practice. 

The craziest part though was when you said, "Don’t fuck with someone that has nothing to lose." 

Now don't get me wrong, Nate or Kelly nor anybody at Barstool would ever even consider going there, but like… you are a teacher right? That's something to lose. You're writing about how Nate and Kelly don't deserve their careers, and you're posting receipts to back it up. You're boasting that you have "nothing to lose" and attacking people's livelihoods while being a school teacher who secretly writes for Barstool Sports. Damn dude. It's bold to be dancing on their graves and coming at their jobs under the premise that there's not POSSIBLY anything that could do to you. Although in fairness to you, you're absolutely right. You have this massive shield protecting you that nobody will ever attempt to penetrate.

So between that, never having to answer for anything in person, and never having to deal with anybody to their face, you can see how it's not necessarily a level playing field. Then to take that huge advantage and use it to pick on the easiest targets at our company because Kelly said some dumb shit about makeup and Nate didn't publish a Caleb Downs blog in time… You see why they're fucking pissed right? There's just a sense that you're allowed to say whatever the hell you want about whoever you want, and in response people here have to treat you with kid gloves. But that's all I got. They were great blogs. You did your job very well this week. But somebody had to point that stuff out, and it would sound bitter coming from them. I just can't keep watching my co-workers get dunked on like this without sticking up for them a bit. Keep up the good work, sir. Pull my blog numbers if you must.