Bart Scott: Old-School Linebacker, Trash-Talker, Hulkamaniac

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The Jets broke the huddle at the end of Thursday's practice with an emphatic two-word exclamation. "Can't Wait!" they bellowed together, in mocking tribute to the punctuation Bart Scott put on his instantly-famous postgame interview with ESPN's Sal Paolantonio on Sunday night in New England. It's been a guaranteed giggle-maker all week here as the Jets have been preparing to face the Steelers in the AFC championship game, and Scott knows it's not going to stop anytime soon.

January 20, 2011 · 1 min · 110 words · Cody Hampton

"Just something funny that happened, spur of the moment," Scott said.

"Hulk Hogan," he said.

"I thought it looked pretty crazy," he said.

"So you have someone in there thinking, ‘Hey, this guy is acting like crazy.

Is he crazy?’

and those guys can say, ‘Yes, he is.’

I think he takes a lot of unnecessary shots.

It was pure entertainment, which is part of what Bart Scott brings to these very entertaining Jets.

Surely, everyone who’ll be there to cover the Super Bowl feels the same way about that possibility.

"He’s an old-school football player.

Talks a lot of trash, but when he gets on the field, he’s hardcore.