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  1. I remember he had to talk about hockey too. That was awful and embarrassing. I remember one playoff (I think it was the 99 run?) he was trying to wage some big crusade against Hasek.

     

    Lol. i remember his attempt at talking hockey. It was pathetic. I'll never forget Brian Holzinger had a show with Chuck. Everyone wanted to bar-b-q Holzinger for his lame effort trying to move Brett Hull in front of the net during No Goal. Chuck just gave him a pass. Really integrity there huh? Chuck did know football but you had to sit through all the obnoxious egotistical raving to get to it. Come to think of it, its been decades without a really good show. Last one I can think of was Murph's one on one sports in the late 80's/early 90's. Sad.

  2. This is without doubt fact. The NFL only allows two or so minutes and practice to be filmed before closing it. It was in this window that JJ observed Kelly practicing shovel passes. JJ thought it was odd because he never saw the Bills run it on any of the film he watched. The Bills noticed that Dallas he trouble with this play in a preseason game against Jacksonville and were hoping to exploit it. Everytime he mentions it to Kelly, Jimbo justs buries his head in his hands. JJ didn't cheat on that one. We were just idiots about it.

  3. Well, one episode left. A few things. One, the plot device of everything crumbling at once, is getting old. We all knew the Jax/Irish deal wouldn't come off clean but how about a little drama boys? You do have 90+ minutes to play with. Second, and this dovetails into the first point, Clay has to be immediately brought back into the fold, and privy to the moment by moment happenings of the club? Although this season is far better to lasts this plot device seems too contrived. On the plus side, Jax doping up Adriana (cant help but still call her that) was a great ending. The finale better be a show stopper.

  4. power ranking WGR people...

     

    1) Howard - professional and logical in his opinions, occasional epic rants

    2) Jeremy White - i tend to always agree with him

    3) Panther

    4) Dan Fisher - witty and funny

    5) Bulldog - strikes a good balance between being a fan and being realistic

    6) Greg Bauch - hilarious at times

    7) Schopp - subtly humerous if you listen close enough, respects nuances

    8) Joe B - Knowledgable

    9) Sal - Knowledgable

    10) Paul Hamilton

    11) Kevin Sylvester - i'll give him a pass for now because there is absolutely nothing for him to talk about

     

    Throw your rankings out there

     

    Not to be rude but what are you on?

    Do you have access to some secret government lab experiment? I know it would take something like that to make ANYONE on GR entertaining.

     

    Think about what you wrote for a second. You ranked a sound effect as #3. That says plenty whether you intended it or not.

    For me, I stopped listening about a year ago and it seems nothing has changed (haven't had the misfortune of catching the hockey show but I remember Sylvester's show with Bob Gaughn and Puff. That was brutal, almost as bad as the dreaded "Bob and Ann" show.)

     

    There really isn't a person much less a show that is any good on the station. LBlue was so right on about lame comedy bits by unfunny people. Bulldog is a mystery as to how he has lasted so long. Howard was so boring to me. But, they have no competition therefore no incentive to try and up their game at all. It sounds like college radio.

     

    I travel for work and there are some really good stations in the same market size. So glad I stopped listening but it's a shame to hear how Murph has toned it down. When he was on WBEN his show was a must listen.

  5. Good thoughts all the way around. At this point, what is the harm of a brutally honest retrospective piece ( ala Richards "A Life")? The Taylor omissions are glaring to say the least because some of us consider his contribution to be part of the band's best work. Maybe the guys had little to say in the production of it (which I find hard to fathom) and it comes across as sort of the piece you'd see if they died in a plane crash. On the bright side, we'll always have this:

     

  6. At least there was no gratuitous chase scenes lol. Ok, we get it, Jax is more ruthless. Did everyone else see the Otto request for his cherished cross a total setup too? I thought so. One thing about this episode I did like is the utter and total manipulation of Gemma and Juice by Clay.

  7. I agree. ESPN is totally unwatchable. I just wanted highlights, post game and previews. I don't need people yelling over the highlights and trotting out their lame comedy lines. The 1st and 10 crap is just more yammering and Mike and Mike are so boring. 30 for 30 however, is excellent.

  8. Great find. Everyone here has made great points. Even if TJ does run the route right, he is set up for a killshot unless the pass is perfect (insert laughter here) and even then it's close. SJ probably was the best choice but I have an issue with the play design. We needed 6 and with TJ pulling coverage to the middle I think Jones would have been open if the play called for him to run a flag or post corner.

  9. Since it's election time again...

     

    Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free

    Dizzy with eternity.

    Paint it with a skin of sky, brush in some clouds and sea

    Call it home for you and me.

    A peaceful place or so it looks from space

    A closer look reveals the human race.

    Full of hope, full of grace, is the human face.

    But afraid, we may our home to waste.

    There's a fear down here we can't forget hasn't got a name just yet

    Always awake, always around singing ashes to ashes all fall down.

    Now watch as the ball revolves and the nighttime calls

    And again the hunt begins and again the bloodwind calls

    By and by again, the morning sun will rise

    But the darkness never goes from some men's eyes.

    It strolls the sidewalks and it rolls the streets

    Stalking turf, dividing up meat.

    Nightmare spook, piece of heat, you and me, you and me.

    Click, flashblade in ghetto night. Rudies looking for a fight.

    Rat cat alley roll them bones. Need that cash to feed that jones

    And the politicians throwing stones

    Singing ashes, ashes all fall down.

    Commissars and pin-striped bosses role the dice

    Any way they fall guess who gets to pay the price.

    Money green or proletarian gray, selling guns instead of food today.

    So the kids they dance, they shake their bones

    While the politicians throwing stones

    Singing ashes, ashes all fall down.

    Heartless powers try to tell us what to think

    If the spirit's sleeping, then the flesh is ink.

    History's page, it is thusly carved in stone

    The future's here, we are it, we are on our own.

    If the game is lost then we're all the same

    No one left to place or take the blame.

    We will leave this place an empty stone

    Or this shinning ball of bule we can call our home

    So the kids they dance, they shake their bones

    While the politicians are throwing stones

    Singing ashes, ashes all fall down.

    Shipping powders back and forth

    Singing "black goes south while white comes north"

    And the whole world full of petty wars

    Singing "I got mine and you got yours."

    And the current fashions set the pace.

    Lose your step, fall out of grace.

    And the radical he rant and rage, Singing "someone got to turn the page"

    And the rich man in his summer home,

    Singing "Just leave well enough alone"

    But his pants are down, his cover's blown

    And the politicians are throwing stones

    So the kids they dance they shake their bones

    Cause its all too clear we're on our own

    Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free

    It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.

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