Jauronimo Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) Since this is the home of the most passionate fans in America, how many of you have shared your hot takes over the air waves? How many of you stable geniuses have gone toe to toe with Schopp and/or Bulldog? Share your stories here. What made you want to call in? How was your opinion received? Would you do it again? What is your employment situation? Edited March 29, 2019 by Jauronimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Just now, Jauronimo said: Since this is the home of the most passionate fans in America, how many of you have shared your hot takes over the air waves? How many of you stable geniuses have gone toe to toe with Schopp and/or Bulldog? I did a couple times. Just on a weeknight show to talk junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 No, never. I want to let the idiots get through b.c it's more entertaining. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, Boca BIlls said: No, never. I want to let the idiots get through b.c it's more entertaining. Don't sell yourself short. Your opinion is just as good as theirs. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuSeYiN_NYC Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I called the overtime show and my call got through... i sounded ghetto as hell... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwoz Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I occasionally called the Sabres post-game show on the now-defunct Empire Sports Network. My favorite reaction was when later in the show, they referred to me as "the gentleman from Virginia." It's been years since I called WGR for anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 “I’ve got two comments and a question, and I’ll hang up and listen. Go Bills.” 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technobot Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I did once way back in 2005, after the Bills got torched by the Chargers. It started well, I was calling out the Bills for being soft, carrying over from the previous year (getting rolled by Pittsburgh in Buffalo on the final game of the season in a game Buffalo needed and Pittsburgh didn't). This got me worked up, frothing at the mouth angry. I then called out Nate Clements for wanting big money as a UFA in the offseason. He wanted premium shutdown corner money after he got lit up by Eric Parker? HOW DARE HE??? They cut me off at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) Years ago one of the call in shows was going to "cast a movie of the whole Doug Flutie vs Rob Johnson fiasco" and I called in to say I'd have Adrian Zmed star as Doug, Ben Affleck as RJ but ended up winning movie tickets for recommending Eric Cartman play former offensive line coach Carl Mauck. Edited March 29, 2019 by The Jokeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Never Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I've called a couple of times with Petrino, quite a few years ago. 1st time was a postgame show in the 90s during preseason and we called the post game show together, he got on the phone in my kitchen & I got on the phone in my bedroom so we were both on the air at the same time. The 2nd time I was driving & Petrino called The Coach Dickerson's postgame show from my car on the Thruway. We mentioned how I had security come down after I wrote in the snow on the roof of the indoor seats below the 1st row of the club level endzone "Fire Mularkey" and they made me brush the writing off. Coach responded "Did he write it in yellow?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Called Rome once, put me at the end of the third hour before the huge call, got about three words out before the buzzer. Called Dopp and the Bullfrog once. I disagreed with their take on kid's sports (shocking, since neither one of them had a kid in a sport), and they shouted me down. Never bothered listening after that. Used to call the Coach all the time post-game. Then one day I made a joke about him stirring the pot, he called me the worst caller ever, and hung up on me. Never listened to him after that. Calling into a radio talk show if you disagree with the host is stupid, you're asking for it. Calling a radio talk show if you agree with the host is meaningless. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I may have been drunk enough once but I don’t remember. *hic* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince88 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Jauronimo said: Since this is the home of the most passionate fans in America, how many of you have shared your hot takes over the air waves? How many of you stable geniuses have gone toe to toe with Schopp and/or Bulldog? Share your stories here. What made you want to call in? How was your opinion received? Would you do it again? What is your employment situation? I cant even stomach more than 5 minutes of Schopp's egotistical talk. It would be more bearable if he had a clue. 30 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said: Called Rome once, put me at the end of the third hour before the huge call, got about three words out before the buzzer. Called Dopp and the Bullfrog once. I disagreed with their take on kid's sports (shocking, since neither one of them had a kid in a sport), and they shouted me down. Never bothered listening after that. Used to call the Coach all the time post-game. Then one day I made a joke about him stirring the pot, he called me the worst caller ever, and hung up on me. Never listened to him after that. Calling into a radio talk show if you disagree with the host is stupid, you're asking for it. Calling a radio talk show if you agree with the host is meaningless. They talk down to the callers so much I honestly dont know how they get ratings. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protocal69 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jauronimo said: Since this is the home of the most passionate fans in America, how many of you have shared your hot takes over the air waves? How many of you stable geniuses have gone toe to toe with Schopp and/or Bulldog? Share your stories here. What made you want to call in? How was your opinion received? Would you do it again? What is your employment situation? Yeah I’ve call in plenty of times. One of the best calls I’ve made was during training camp the year that we got Mario Williams and the WGR guys ( Schoop and Bulldog) was talking like the rest of us on how good the pass rush was going to be and my call was me stating that I was worried about the run defense. So of course they ran me off the phone and dismissed what saying. Right after my call they brought Chan Gailey on the line and not even 1 minute into the segment Chan was telling them he was worried about the Dline being able to defend the run. It was almost like he heard my call while waiting and wanted to rub it in their face that I had a valid point. BTW If I recall correctly the run defense did suck that year. Edited March 30, 2019 by Protocal69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyWhiteShows Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 The Bills post game game show is hilarious because they get the worst takes from emotional callers. Sometimes its hard to tell whether the caller is trolling or just really misinformed. Sal especially, seems to get the worst callers. One time after the Miami loss, a caller told Sal that he legitimately would have left Charles Clay in Miami while the team flew back to Buffalo. Sal was like "That's your solution? Leave a teammate behind your team lost? I hope that I never end up working for you." LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Jauronimo said: Since this is the home of the most passionate fans in America, how many of you have shared your hot takes over the air waves? How many of you stable geniuses have gone toe to toe with Schopp and/or Bulldog? Share your stories here. What made you want to call in? How was your opinion received? Would you do it again? What is your employment situation? I bet you're a regular. the shoe fits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Yes, tried a few times back in the day when it was Coach Chuck Dickerson running the postgame show. Never made it on air, though 13 minutes ago, BillyWhiteShows said: The Bills post game game show is hilarious because they get the worst takes from emotional callers. Sometimes its hard to tell whether the caller is trolling or just really misinformed. Sal especially, seems to get the worst callers. One time after the Miami loss, a caller told Sal that he legitimately would have left Charles Clay in Miami while the team flew back to Buffalo. Sal was like "That's your solution? Leave a teammate behind your team lost? I hope that I never end up working for you." LOL haha. And the callers always sound like drunk 40-55 year old men. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Jauronimo said: Since this is the home of the most passionate fans in America, how many of you have shared your hot takes over the air waves? How many of you stable geniuses have gone toe to toe with Schopp and/or Bulldog? Share your stories here. What made you want to call in? How was your opinion received? Would you do it again? What is your employment situation? I am gainfully employed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Before there was a TBD..........Bill from NYC was a regular post game caller to the Dickerson show..........it's part of our memories of those 90's Bills teams and A LOT of great Sundays. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick the Greek Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I called in when Brent Axe was doing the post game.. that was back when I had season tix during the Jauron era.. I'm never a rude guy when I call in. Man, I miss those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 About 7 years ago, I called in and requested, "I'm All Out of Love," by Air Supply. Beerball had just given me a one-week suspension for calling Dog90210 a stupid ***** ####### in the Shoutbox. I thought, maybe, he might be listening and realize that I'd learned from my mistake. They didn't play the song. I did my time. Now I bag groceries. #so was red 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Called into the Marv Levy show once. Asked Marv about his decision to punt on a 4th down and 2 or 3 when inside the other team's 40 when trailing on scoreboard in 3rd quarter or so. He explained that the league average going for it at that distance was something like only 30% success. I pointed out that a punt into end zone was worth less than 20 yards and he politely again defended his decision. Next game the Bills were in a very similar situation and decided to go for it. Could it be? Nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 6 hours ago, Gugny said: About 7 years ago, I called in and requested, "I'm All Out of Love," by Air Supply. Beerball had just given me a one-week suspension for calling Dog90210 a stupid ***** ####### in the Shoutbox. I thought, maybe, he might be listening and realize that I'd learned from my mistake. They didn't play the song. I did my time. Now I bag groceries. #so was red the Ball O’ Suds was a **** as a Mod! Loved him!? Having left WNY in ‘96, Sunday Ticket & more recently web-based radio has been my ticket for the games. After the games, I head to the car for the WGR post game. Aside from my love of the team, I don’t know why. It doesn’t take long to shut it off and go back inside, hoping against Hope that only the dumbest, drunkest and the very worst of Bills fans are the lone callers to the program. Not that the hosts are any better. Step Up your game, WNY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Technically, no. I did call Murphy’s Monday evening show on WBEN with Larry Felser to question Todd Collins’ imitation of Shaggy (“wasn’t me!”), when post game press conference reporters would critique his performance. Offensive team failures were NEVER Todd’s fault (according to Todd). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 14 hours ago, Jauronimo said: Since this is the home of the most passionate fans in America, how many of you have shared your hot takes over the air waves? How many of you stable geniuses have gone toe to toe with Schopp and/or Bulldog? Share your stories here. What made you want to call in? How was your opinion received? Would you do it again? What is your employment situation? I wont even listen to that show on any day, much less call intothose buffoons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 13 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: I may have been drunk enough once but I don’t remember. *hic* I always thought that you behaved soberly. Now, I have to do a reassessment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 9 minutes ago, JohnC said: Now, I have to do a reassessment. Actually, it’s called an ‘intervention’... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 24 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Actually, it’s called an ‘intervention’... What's the definition of irredeemable? As long as he is happy and isn't behind the wheel just let him be. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
first_and_ten Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Murphy/Tasker are homers. I suppose there Isn't anything wrong with that but I like to get a more unbiased take sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thurst44 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 18 hours ago, Jauronimo said: Since this is the home of the most passionate fans in America, how many of you have shared your hot takes over the air waves? How many of you stable geniuses have gone toe to toe with Schopp and/or Bulldog? Share your stories here. What made you want to call in? How was your opinion received? Would you do it again? What is your employment situation? Yep. I called The Coach's show on the day Flutie was signed b/c it annoyed me that he was attacking a guy so mean-spiritedly before he even got there -- mostly because, if memory serves, he had another player on and was trying to get him to say bad things about Flutie. I started to say something silly about how anyone with a ruler can see how tall he is, what matters is he's won games in the NFL and maybe should not be run out of football." -- but he hung up on me pretty fast. At the time I was working at a record store on Main St. while in college, but within weeks would be out of Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I have real life friends (and all message board!), so no. I don’t get calling into a radio show and waiting to talking for 2 minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, Misterbluesky said: I bet you're a regular. the shoe fits. Oh, I thought you were @Gugny . You should really consider changing your avatar to avoid confusion. Perhaps to something that demonstrates your support for the transgendered community? Edited March 30, 2019 by Jauronimo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, C.Biscuit97 said: I don’t get calling into a radio show and waiting to talking for 2 minutes. With that fractured syntax, we hope not...? Edited March 30, 2019 by Ridgewaycynic2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsfaninChicago Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) Back in the 7th grade I talked to “The Coach” Chuck Dickerson. It was just after the Bills to this date won their last playoff game. Edited March 30, 2019 by Leonhart2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I did call in 1997, they put me on hold. I am still waiting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 5 hours ago, first_and_ten said: Murphy/Tasker are homers. I suppose there Isn't anything wrong with that but I like to get a more unbiased take sometimes. And Schoop and the Bulldog are unbiased. I respectfully disagree. I can’t stand how if you don’t agree with them, they slam them either when the caller is on, or after. Im not saying you make a good point Murph and Tasker can be a bit of homers, but the two are the JERRY Sullivan of the radio. Sorry for the caps on Jerry. That was an auto correct on my IPad. My fault for not checking before posting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Murica Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Eh, isn't there an age restriction where you have to be at least 50+? I mean, I feel like that is the demographic that will call into WGR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not at the table Karlos Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I have a voice for silent films. If i called i would most likely be introduced as former Bills CB Leodis McKelvin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) I called into GR when I was a kid after a Sabres game. I had to be about 12 years old. Anyway, I thought I knew hockey and couldn’t understand why the Sabres would put Larry Playfair on the ice in a tight game, protecting the lead, when he led the team in penalty minutes. The host took the time to school me and I think he enjoyed beating up on a kid that didn’t know what he was talking about. That was back when kids could take a tongue lashing without having to go see a psychologist after. Edited March 30, 2019 by Binghamton Beast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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