COMMENTS FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY!Written by: Mike in DADate posted: 9/12/2010FROM THE MAILBAG:This is what they’ve been saying about some of the local talk shows and hosts. Names have been omitted to protect the innocent:
“I listen to KNFC because I like Colin Cowherd and Scott Van Pelt and the intelligent, thought-provoking content they bring. I've tried listening to 1560 on a few occasions, but can't seem to spend more than 10 or 15 minutes there. 1560 has the feel of one sitting in a sports bar listening to those around you talk, but find that more annoying than enjoyable. I've just never found enjoyment in listening to two or three or more people all talking at the same time and over each other. That’s another reason why I like Charlie Pallilo and Matt Thomas. They go solo”.
“I have no use for the local 1560 fellows. They try and be comedians. If I wanted comedy I'd go to a comedy club. I listen for pertinent sports information. I am not a sports junkie but I do enjoy stats and projections instead of BS. The saving grace of 1560's offerings is the 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. time slot. The rest is crap.”
“Despite all their flaws (too much emphasis on SEC football, gambling, Lance's attempts at being a comedian, etc.) I still really like John and Lance in the morning. Those guys are greater than the sum of their parts.”
“Four sports stations is too much for Houston. Houston just isn't a big sports radio town and more than two stations is too much. 97.5 is a train wreck. That is 97.5 The Ticket in the afternoon!”
“Lopez, Innes and Vandermeer - When they yuck it up in the morning I feel like throwing up. They are just laughing to be laughing. They think they are part of the 93Q Zoo or something.”
“I enjoy Granato and his dry humor. Dude cracks me up.”
“Lance Zierlein is solid when he is talking about football, but his need to be the czar of pop culture has always nauseated me. However, my largest complaint with him is he can't ask a simple question and let the guest be the expert. He'll start a question and then break off in a new direction because he has to let the guest know how smart he is.”
“Marc Vandermeer almost serves no purpose in bringing fresh sports takes and seems too willing to yield to whatever John Lopez says. However, Marc is excellent on Texans broadcasts and I will listen to him and Andre Ware every Sunday at gametime. I just don't want to hear him every morning during the week.”
“I can understand why some folks don't like Matt Jackson for the way he delivers his opinions. I didn't dig MJ at first, but he's grown on me as I learned to take whatever he says with a grain of salt. Matt and Adam Wexler appeal directly to my age demographic (30 something). Wexler is like a younger (Charlie) Pallilo, in my opinion, and he is great in balancing MJ's over the top style.”
“(John) Granato became annoying and unlistenable, more like a gaudy cartoon character than a real person. I found Lance to be fun to listen to, but he doesn't interview well. He gets a bit too technical about stuff most of us don't care about.”“I’m glad LZ and JG left 610. It’s been nice listening to 610 without them the last few years. Now everytime I try to listen to them I'm reminded why I stopped listening. No knowledge of sports and they both came off as jerks”
“Will HMW tell 97.5 to boost the signal so we can hear it in Ft. Bend......except for Charlie Pallilo, there is no reason to listen to H-town sports talk.....period”
“For a good while John and Lance were the #1 sports radio show in Houston and had probably the most loyal fan base. I knew one day it would end.”"Mr. Devil's Advocate himself. I used to like John (Lopez), but his role is clearly being defined at 610. The whole station is bubble gum talk radio. None of those guys outside of the black dude (ND Kalu)and (Barry) Warner know football. My flavor is by way of 1560 and 790...." FAMILY ALWAYS COMES FIRST TO NBA PLAYERS – YEAH RIGHT!
I read where LeBron James tweeted some advice to Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets with regard to Paul’s impending free agency: “Do what’s best for you and your family.”
Athletes love to use the bullshit “family is my priority" rule of: “I have to do what’s best for my family”. Will Paul’s family be wanting, lacking, poverty-stricken, or down-and-out if he doesn’t make the right choice. Even if he stays in New Orleans or signs to play for the Atlanta Vision, Texas City Rangers, Westchester Phantoms, Detroit Hoops, Mississippi Blues, Sacramento Heatwave, San Francisco Rumble, Las Vegas Aces, or the Mauritania Marauders, Paul’s family will live in the lap of luxury the rest of their lives. Hey guys, stop hiding behind your family and go for the money like real men do.ANOTHER GREAT IDEA?! The WNBA Finals begin today (Sunday, 9/12). That is the same day that 26 NFL teams are playing their first game of the season. Do you know who is playing in those Finals without using the computer or looking in the Houston Chronicle? What Einstein genius decided that today would be the perfect day to start those Finals? NO FLUB, BUT WE COULD HAVE BEEN TOLD SOME MORE INFORMATION! During the first half of Thursday’s (9/9) Saints-Vikings game on NBC, the announcers, Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth pointed out that both coaches, Sean Payton (Saints) and Brad Childress (Vikes) had attended Eastern Illinois and coincidentally so did Mike Shanahan who will be the coach of the Redskins on NBC’s Sunday night game this week.
That might give you the idea that Eastern Illinois is some sort of factory for cranking out major football coaches. I’m not counting it as a flub and I’m not knocking those three successful coaches, but the coincidence of where they went to school does not match another small football program that cranks out successful coaches and which should have gotten some mention as a comparison.
That school is Miami-OH that has eight coaches who attended and/or coached at Miami-OH. In alphabetical order, they are: Bill Arnsparger, Paul Brown, Weeb Ewbank, Sid Gilman, Woody Hayes, Ara Parseghian, Bo Schembechler, and Jim Tressel.AUDIO: DA MIKE ON A MOBILE
If you're interested, you can check out the audio of the August 6 call in to the John and Lance Morning Show (1560 KGOW) by “DA Mike on a Mobile” (http://thegame.podbean.com/2010/08/06/da-mike-on-a-mobile). It lasts about five minutes."TO BLACKOUT OR NOT TO BLACKOUT": THAT IS THE QUESTION!Local talk hosts have been mentioning this past week that the NFL has seen a decrease in attendance for the past two years and there is a possibility that a number of home games again will not be seen in certain cities this season due to the fact that games are not sellouts.
It’s a no-brainer that the economy has been a major part of that decline, but that’s not all. The NFL’s competition in terms of getting fans to the stadiums (“stadia” for my former high school English teacher, Mrs. Lazerson) is not a competing league or sport. The real competition is TV. Many people have now joined me and stay home to watch games instead of paying expensive ticket, food, and parking prices. They have come to realize what I have known for years that the home football experience is great and in some ways is much better than the far more expensive and time-consuming stadium experience. Of course, you may disagree with me, but when you're past 65, I don't think you'll still feel that way.
I read that even though attendance is down about 5% over the past couple of years and expected to fall another 1-2% this year, TV ratings are on the increase. That means more advertising dollars for the networks and that means more money for the league in terms of TV rights fees. I don't think the NFL is in danger of folding; however, they do need to recognize this new form of competition that they face and figure out how to manage their response to that new competition.
I don't see the NFL proclaiming the statistic that will plague one of its teams this year. One team will have the most blackouts - and miss sellouts by the greatest number of empty seats. The NFL will not honor them with a "blackout" trophy. That team could be one of the annual contenders for this title, Jacksonville or Oakland, but Tampa Bay could be a dark horse this season. The race is on to be the "blackout" king!REG-GIE! REG-GIE!The last couple of weeks, Reggie Bush and his Heisman Trophy have been a big topic on local sports talk.I'm a big fan of sports history, but I think the Heisman Trust is making a mistake by taking back Reggie's Heisman and leaving the year vacant though some are saying that the award should be given to second-place finisher, Vince Young. You can't tell me that other past Heisman winners didn't get booster cash, gifts, favors, etc. And I'm sure VY was taken care of by the UT family.
This reminds me of Jose Canseco's MVP award in 1988. Some people wanted him stripped of his award because he admitted to steroid use. What about Barry Bonds' awards and other questionable players? Do you strip Canseco and leave it vacant? Give it to second place finisher Mike Greenwell?
Baseball is right in just leaving it be and the Heisman Trust would have been wise to have done the same thing. If it’s trophies they want, I’m sure Reggie would part with one of his Pop Warner trophies, but let his mom keep the Heisman.
“F” GRADE FOR SHOWER DISCIPLINE IN KNOXVILLE?
I might have missed it, but I didn’t hear any sports talkers mention a story last week that I came across while reading USA Today (9/9). If they did bring it up, I'm sure there was a lot of joking going on about it.
When he took over as coach of the University of Tennessee, Derek Dooley knew he'd have some cleaning up to do, but personal hygiene probably wasn't on his list of things that needed improvements, as the coaches had to do some teaching last Tuesday when it comes to taking a shower. A staph infection for defensive tackle Minor “Ice Box” Bowens (pictured) among others prompted a clinic on cleanliness for the Vols on Tuesday (9/7).
Dooley said that some of the players did not know how to take a shower properly. From the article, Dooley went on to say: “We had, I told them, the worst shower discipline of any team I’ve ever been around. So we talked a little bit about application of soap to the rag and making sure you hit all your body. You know, you can neglect it trying to cut corners, and it shows in how you practice and elsewhere. I’m hoping we show some improvement in that.”
I think we are getting into “too much information” territory here, but I wonder how long it will be until a school has a course that athletes can take for credit called “Shower Mechanics” or “Cleanliness Science.”.
I’m sure their opponents last night, Oregon, appreciated their hygienic efforts, too. In the Tennessee locker room now, when someone mentions “SEC”, rather than Southeastern Conference, they may be referring to "Soap Every Crevice."
ANOTHER URBAN LEGEND THAT PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE!On Friday's (9/10) night show on SR610, Barry Warner made reference to something that PT Barnum (1810-91) was supposed to have said. Barry, like most people, credited Barnum with saying, "There's a sucker born every day”. WRONG!First of all, Barry, the phrase is “There’s a sucker born every minute." For those not familiar with it, it is generally taken to mean that there are and always will be a lot of gullible people in the world. If there was a sucker born every day as Barry said, that means that approximately one out of every 11,000 born would be a sucker and that is no big deal because "suckers" would be few and far between. But if there was one born every minute, then about one out of every eight people would be a “sucker”, which makes more sense.
The phrase is credited to Barnum, the American showman, but he never said it. That would been out of character for him and would have hurt his business. "There's a customer born every minute" was his credo, as he wanted to find ways to draw new customers in all the time because competition was fierce in the second half of the 19th century.
The phrase was actually said by David Hannum, spoken in reference to Barnum's part in the Cardiff Giant hoax (google it if you’re interested). Hannum, who was exhibiting the "original" giant and had unsuccessfully sued Barnum for exhibiting a copy and claiming it was the original, was referring to the crowds continuing to pay to see Barnum's exhibit even after both it and the original had been proven to be fakes.
As the newspapers reported Barnum's version of the story, Hannum was quoted as saying, "There's a sucker born every minute" in reference to spectators paying to see Barnum's giant. Over time, the quotation has been misattributed to Barnum himself. However, Barnum never denied making the quote. He even thanked Hannum for the free publicity he had given him.FLUB OF THE DAY!On Friday (9/10) night on the Houston Cougars' pre-game show on Sports Talk 790, Matt Jackson closed the show by saying the Cougars were going to Hollywood next week to play UCLA. However, UCLA plays their home games in the Rose Bowl, which is in Pasadena.A FUTURE LOS ANGELES GIANT?The Los Angeles Angels traded away relief pitcher, Brian Fuentes, to the Twins late last month for a player to be named later. That player has now been named and it is a mid-level pitching prospect, Loek Van Mil, who is from the Netherlands. There is something unusual about this guy besides his name; he is 7 feet 1 inch tall. I'd like to see this guy pitch just to see if his leg lands on the grass in front of the pitching mound. Imagine this guy with a high-kick pitching motion like "Juan-derful" Juan Marichal.MIKE IN DAHMWEmail: houstonmediawatch@yahoo.comBlog: http://www.houstonmediawatch.com/Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lesbiancraigFacebook Search: Hmw SheltonUtube Search: HoustonMediaWatch
“I listen to KNFC because I like Colin Cowherd and Scott Van Pelt and the intelligent, thought-provoking content they bring. I've tried listening to 1560 on a few occasions, but can't seem to spend more than 10 or 15 minutes there. 1560 has the feel of one sitting in a sports bar listening to those around you talk, but find that more annoying than enjoyable. I've just never found enjoyment in listening to two or three or more people all talking at the same time and over each other. That’s another reason why I like Charlie Pallilo and Matt Thomas. They go solo”. 
“Lopez, Innes and Vandermeer - When they yuck it up in the morning I feel like throwing up. They are just laughing to be laughing. They think they are part of the 93Q Zoo or something.” 
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