As the end of each year, we’ll take a look back and honor those that have hung up the pencil and have their moment of IMMORTALITY! Or, as immortal as a sub-section of a small fight blog can grant you. So, not much.
In 2014, our ballots had but one name, TIM FREAKING BERNIER.
Tim was a founding father of Undercard Superstar, coming on in February as a charter member and kicked all kinds of ass until stepping down to focus on his studies. Tim was one of the original guys who stepped out on a ledge into the unknown and trusted in me and the site, and for that, he gets ALL THE BEERS whenever I’m in Chicago. Plus, he’s a kindred spirit when it comes to long-suffering baseball team fandom. His love of cheap bars, cheap beer, and cheap women are still felt around the hallways here.
Josh Hall:
“There are men that participate in death pools, and there are men that WIN death pools. Doing this in spite of being a Cubs fans is Hall of Fame worthy in itself. Congrats to the first member of the Undercard Superstar HOF, Tim Bernier.”
TC Engel:
“There are few people I have met online whose friendship I treasure as much as Tim Bernier’s. chicubs23, as he was originally known, is one of the coolest and most down to earth people I know. He’s always down for a chat about Javier Baez or the Blackhawks, and always down for butt stuff. While his writing has and will be missed, myself and the rest of the staff of UCS wish Tim and the Cubs the best in his future endeavours.”
Nolan Howell:
“Tim Bernier is a helluva nice guy and a good writer. Shame to see him go, even if we didn’t see eye to eye on everything under the sun. Big things for him in the future and I enjoyed seeing his work here on Undercard. Tim, I wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavors.”
Here are some of Tim’s best pieces here.
Fox and the UFC Are Gaining Sponsors: Can a Pay-Per-View-less Business Model Succeed?
Chris Weidman’s Giant Balls
Could the UFC Survive a Death in the Octagon?
MMA Needs its own Marvin Miller
And with that, we raise Bernier’s jersey to the rafters of UCS, to be awed and admired and thrown hot dogs at.
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