We can't stop wondering ....

if it happened to Tiger, do any of us stand a chance? I mean seriously, if a man, that disciplined, with a wife that hot, with that kind of family in place and two children, can't keep his hands off of some nice nice, than what chance do a couple of schmohawks like Mike and I have? Granted, I probably haven't even dreamt about the random ass that gets thrown upon him everywhere he goes, but still, it shakes me a bit to think that despite everything he had, he couldn't control the urge to go on the prowl for strange.

Another thing that shakes me is how stupid he was in going about it. Despite celebrity infidelity becoming more and more common, they seem to get dumber and dumber in how they go about it. Text messages and voicemails? Really? Next thing we're going to learn is that she has a sex tape of him where he's screaming "Call me the Cheetah, bitch." Once again, the world would be better off it had one more Wire fanatic. It's been well documented that women are insane - of course she was going to keep every record of any interaction she had with him. Apparently, he didn't take this into account, and because of it, had to live through this.

I'd also like to extend a little Can't Stop, Won't stop hatred in his direction. Thanks to Tiger, every woman on the planet is going to be crowing about how awful men are and how none of them can be trusted once again. While men may have a monopoly on public infidelity, in the lives of me and my friends (and my boy Rhymefest), women seem to have that title. Because the only people in the public spotlight who seem to get caught are men, the larger point is obscured: the X-Files had it right, Trust No One. So Tiger, for once again giving women the moral high ground when it's clear we both are below sea level, and for making Phil Mickelson look like a decent guy, you're now dead to us.
Rhymefest - All Girls Cheat

Keep reading for Mike's take
Tightness here. Here is my opinion of this whole thing. First, being Jewish I never really knew what it was like to believe in Santa Clause, but for all of you heathens out there, this must be how you felt when you found out the jolly man in the red suit was really just mom and dad. I grew up idolizing sports heroes in a probably unhealthy way. In college interviews when they asked me how my hero was I responded John Elway because it was the truth. Now it just seems like all athletes are shams. The popular belief is that during the 80's just as many athletes were doing just as many stupid things, but the media just ignored them. I'm sure that's partially true, but it also seems like more and more athletes are buying into their own infallibility leading them to do stupid things. Did Tiger really think his wife would never find out? It seems like the hype machines that create these mega stars is also adding to their perverted sense of self which may result in their demise? Sort of a sick cycle.

Second, as Josh points out Tiger is a moron. Everyone knows texts and VMs never go away. Tiger clearly never watched the Wire because otherwise he would have known to get a pre-paid phone so his shit could never be traced. Also - can someone explain to me why he didn't have a password on his phone? If you are doing dumb shit like sneaking around, the first thing you do is put a password on your phone to make sure no one else can get into it. Even some of my less than intelligent friends figured that one out (not going to put anyone on blast here, but you were fooling no one). Honestly, I think this probably goes back to a bigger problem in Tiger's life which is that he never had a normal teenage upbringing so he never figured out good ways of sneaking around. So, not only is he amoral he is an idiot to boot.

So, I'm really disappointed in Tiger - he seemed like the one athlete who was amazing at his sport and you didn't have to justify rooting for. Because of this disappointment, I am giving him the Lily Aldrin/Erikson "You are Dead to me" look. And Tiger, don't try to come back to my apartment and win me back bringing me a stupid board game - we all saw how that ended. Try some humility, a real apology and any indication that you have respect for your wife and children. Until then LET'S GO PHIL!