English sounds good on the radio (no pun)

I said that I would scream at the TV had we taken Knowshon Moreno or Beanie Wells with our first round pick last Saturday. Running back was not a need in 2009. We want to win a Super Bowl in 2009.....get us players that will be the means to that end, AJ.

Then we used the 16th pick to draft a pass rush specialist? Is something wrong with Merriman (aside from the fact that when his contract expires it is believed he will be allowed to walk to get his "Albert Haynesworth-type" compensation else where)? No shouting at the TV...bewilderment and betrayal, yes.

Why an OLB? Who's Larry English? What were people posting on the UT message boards? Most everyone was pissed as they continued to clamor for Rey Maualuga.....(incidentally Maualuga turned out to be the one of the most overrated things going into the draft as he plummeted to #38 where he was taken by the Criminality Bengals). Given time to think about the English pick however, I have surmised the following:

• This is Ron Rivera's unit now. If there is anyone who can utilize the skills of Larry English it is the man who cut his teeth under 46 Guru, Buddy Ryan. The 1985 Bears were the first team to truly bring the house....we'll bring so many athletes at the QB from so many different angles/directions/gaps that your QB will crap himself.....the result: sack/hurried pass/int.....pick your poison. Don't believe Larry English can strike fear into the opposition? Look at the fear in this Gopher's eyes:

The eyes say it all:.......awwwww fuuuuu-dge!

I have to believe that if they find ways to get English on the field our defense could return to being a devastating unit. We have the fastest corner in the league in Antonio Cromartie (although he might not actually be very good) and one of the better cover corners in Quentin Jammer......man up and bring the house!!!!

Of course if none of that happens and the English pick was solely for the purpose of replacing Merriman when his contract expires then I ........ well, I'll probably yell at the TV.

Anyways, I heard Larry English on with Scott & BR right after his coach from NIU, Larry Kill. I was impressed. It sounds like we've got a talented football player who is also a pretty quality guy. So at least we've got that going for us....

Here's some audio from the last two days:

NIU Head Coach Larry Kill on XX1090 [Scott & BR-Monday]
1st Round Pick-Larry English [Scott & BR-Monday]
4th Round Pick/Project-Gigantic Canadian/Jamaican Vaughn Martin [Darren Smith-Monday]

AJ Smith on XTRA Sports 1360 [Josh and Brian-Monday]
3rd round pick, G Luis Vazquez [Josh and Brian-Monday]

The English Debate and kool-aid drinking [619 Sports-Tuesday]
Looking at the Picks on day two of the draft [619 Sports-Tuesday]

The Heath Bell Effect

Below you'll find the Heath Bell Effect. What's that you say? It's what happens when he pitches and then opens his mouth: Padres win, people start talking.

After Bell saved game #1 in Citi Field's history he proceeded to bash ESPN's Baseball Tonight for never featuring the Padres and never even mentioning SD in the build-up to the Mets' opening night. Fair enough....we know that on the West Coast we play second fiddle. So I shall propose two things to you, San Diego Sports fan:

1. Check out the time-line below.....it is the chronology of The Heath Bell Effect.
2. After reading the chronology (and listening if you have the time) follow Heath Bell's lead and make a little noise....I have a suggestion.
   

April 14th: Heath Bell dogged ESPN in an interview with Scott & BR on Tuesday morning:
[XX1090-Audio]

April 16th: HB then went on Baseball Tonight and spoke with Karl Ravech:

Click:[ESPN Video Link]

April 17th: The following afternoon Baseball Tonight's Tim Kurkjian spoke with Darren Smith:

[XX1090-Audio]

April 17th: Miami radio personality Sid Rosenberg (a native New Yorker and Met Fan) and Scott & BR regular hooked up to talk about a few things...the last of which was a brief commentary on the Padres where he bashed them mercilessly!
[XX1090-Audio]

April 19th: Bell's remarks ring true about almighty ESPN
[Union Tribune-Nick Canepa]

That folks, is the Heath Bell Effect:

1. Heath Saves Games:
2. Heath Drops Mad Quotes:
3. People Start Talking About Heath....And The Padres.
   

This folks, is my proposal:

1. Let's E-mail Scott & BR's regular Radio Active guest: Sidney Arthur Rosenberg
   

Listening to that guy Rosenberg reminded me of Bleacher Bum Jordan (if you added a brain). Brash, loud, opinionated and completely New York-East Coast-Centric. He came off as an extension of the ESPN bias that Heath Bell justly attacked earlier in the week....so let us join Heath Bell in appealing to Common Sense......here's Sid Rosenberg's email address:

sidsback2001@yahoo.com

Dear Sid:
We ruined your opening night and took the series from you....we know, we know...we listened to your interview with Scott & BR---"The Mets didn't take the series seriously"---"The Padres are an awful baseball team"---"We only have two players, and some guy named Headly who gets lucky every once in a while"---"And when the season's over the Padres will be where they belong...in last place".

Well let's look at last year: The (last place) Padres took 5 of 7 from the Mets and the Phillies won the East by 3 games....do the math and chew on that Mighty New York Fan. Your overpriced team will likely cave again and we'll just keep on battling....see you on August 8th!

For those of you who are the regular rebel-rousing-Thomas Paine-types but lack the time required of a full-time insurrectionist: feel free to copy & paste the above gibberish. Or get creative as you keep in mind that the national information outlets think San Diego and its fans are a joke....so you don't have to be nice.

How many e-mails can we inundate ol' Sidney Arthur Rosenberg with?

Editor's Note: It appears that there is another component to The Heath Bell Effect......when someone else tries to close a game......it's kind of ugly. Well, you can't win 'em all. A great week had by both the Padres and....Dodgers.

Charger Fan Polling and KT on Donald Trump's Hair

Kevin Towers was on XX1090 today with Darren Smith discussing Monday night's opener at Citi Field......and the discussion began with an assessment of Trump's rug.....KT was up close and personal and his take on it was pretty funny. You should listen to it. They also talk baseball.
Kevin Towers on with Darren Smith
[XX1090-Audio 4/15]

Also catch Jody Gerut comparing Citi Field to playing a game on the Strip in Vegas.....a reference to garish billboards, not the Girls of Glitter Gulch.
Jody Gerut on with Darren Smith
[XX1090-Audio 4/15]

San Diego Union Tribune readers have been polled and here's what they say:

C'mon......6-10? That's moronic.....64 morons feverishly clicking away.
What say you, San Diego Sports Fans?

Editor's Note:
Check out the new 619 Sports website including Craig Elsten and Chris Ello podcasts.
[619Sports.net]

Donnie Baseball in LA

When I say I hate the Yankees people laugh and threaten that they can produce a picture of me wearing a Yankees Starter jacket. It's all very true.

I grew up with Don Mattingly as my my baseball idol.....and I hate George Steinbrenner for not having delivered a World Series ring to ol' Donnie Baseball.

Now in my old age I have come to hate the Yanks for more analytical reasons.....they swept the Padres in '98 and they are upsetting the current economic balance of the free world....and of course I hate Tino Martinez for replacing Don Mattingly and then rocking Mark Langston in Game 1 of the '98 Series when we all know it should have been a called third strike on the previous pitch. I'm over it.

Today, Don Mattingly is the hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers and he joined Darren Smith yesterday afternoon. It put a smile on my face despite his current association with that miserable team from up the I5...

Don Mattingly with Darren Smith
[XX1090-Audio]

...and I do have gray #23 hanging in the closet. I really should try to get it signed since he makes frequent visits with those Douchey Dodgers.

Bleacher Bums, Karma, Reincarnation

The first incarnation of XX1090's Bleacher Bums (Earl & Jordan/Jordan & Earl), has passed on to another dimension.....one in which other cancelled programs like The Magic Hour and The Chevy Chase Show pollute the lives of an unsuspecting and alternate version of us....

Bleacher Bum Line-up numero dos = Ted Mendenhall, DI Earl and "The Hammer" Hal Brown....
Let us hope it is not a deuce...

We turned on the radio at 2:43 pm to hear Darren Smith say that "The Hammer" (program director) was holding a press conference at 3 pm. Good news came in the form of the charlatan carpetbagger Jordan being removed from XX1090. First question came from the UT's Jay Posner.....Hammer wasn't going to yield regarding his inclination to put untrained fans on air.... blah, blah, blah.....and so here we are.....

The show today was ten times better than it ever was in the previous 2 1/2 months. We got the impression that "The Hammer" is part of the line-up to lend his support for the concept. Within a few weeks however, it'll be Ted Mendenhall (a San Diego native) and DI Earl (the skeptical point of view) running the show. It was nice to be able to listen to the radio in peace and "choose" to alternate with XTRA 1360 rather than be "driven" to it out of rage.

We're willing to give Earl the benefit of the doubt for two reasons:

1. He's not a complete dickhead like Jordan.
2. His only option was failure when paired with a partner like Jordan....and that's "The Hammer's" fault.

Imagine you or We showing up in Philadelphia in 2005 and then being thrown on the radio as the voice of the fans. You or We proceed to tell Philly Fan that Donovan McNabb and Brian Dawkins have done absolutely nothing for the city. Forget the NFC Championship game appearances for who knows how many years in a row (see...we don't even know for sure because we haven't been in Philly long enough) and forget the Super Bowl appearance....it was a LOSS!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!! Donovan McNabb can't hold Tom Brady's Jock!!!!! Just keepin' it real Philadelphia!

How would that go over?

So now You or We move on to baseball where we proceed to tell Philly Fan that there is NOBODY who loves the Phillies more than We! We love 'em so much we shit maroon and that oddly tinted blue from their 1980's Uniforms each and every day!

Who cares that We can't name half of the roster from the 1980 World Series winner, which happened to be the only championship in the previous 126 years of the franchise.....of course until We got on the air and celebrated the 2008 win over that team from Tampa Bay.....

Would that ever happen? Would a San Diego fan showing up in Philadelphia ever get on the radio when he says things like, "bummer bra!", or "...can I get some Avocado on that?" .....Hell and No!!!!

(We never say 'bra'....we do love Avocado though)

Would a San Diegan get on the air after only 5 years of living there and not knowing any of the franchises' histories? Enough questions because all sentient beings know that it would NEVER happen!!!!

In summation: Today's drive time radio was improved. Chicago on a Bun's pizza is good so we'll accept the line-up change and quell boycott...for now. "The Hammer" F#$%ed up with Jordan....seeks redemption with Ted Mendenhall. Finally, we'd scrap the California Love Intro music and go with something a little more So-Cal...

This Is The End: March 15th Round-up

This week was weird...

So LT is staying and the Chargers avoid having to take a RB in the 1st round....hopefully.

Bleacher Bums have on-air meltdown. We laugh, cringe and begin organizing boycotts. Enjoy the photo-shop by Blue in the upper right hand corner. That is your "Un-official" complaint link for the Bums. If they're on air tomorrow....Chicago On A Bun will see a lot more of these:

To whom it may concern:

I have long been a visitor to Di Crescenzos in Rancho Bernardo. Since the change in ownership (to Chicago on a Bun) I have continued to visit your store because, as someone who was born in Chicago, I find the food fantastic. Therefore it pains me to say that I will no longer be giving you my patronage due to your sponsorship of the Bleacher Bums on XX1090.

I am a SAN DIEGO sports fan. Not JUST a fan but a SAN DIEGO sports fan and that is an important distinction to make. I feel as though I am being berated by both Jordan and Earl for simply being from San Diego and following teams that unfortunately lack a winning tradition. As most San Diegans (including myself) are transplants to America's Finest City, I find no problem with the fact that Jordan and Earl hail from other parts of the country. Nor is it an issue that they are both critical of San Diego teams: All good fans should expect a lot of their teams and hold management accountable. I cringe but can live with their inaccurate dissemination of information because I do a fair amount of reading on my own. The issue at hand however, is simply a case of decency towards people who choose to call San Diego home. When someone chooses to go on the air and yell at San Diegans, proclaiming that we, "suck"......there will be repercussions.

Who will pay the price for the indiscretions of the Bleacher Bums? Because XX1090 believes that pawning off a defective product on its consumers is a sound business practice there is only one group to make accountable. I believe that Chicago on a Bun falls within the purview of that group: sponsorship.

My intention is to mobilize support for a boycott of your stores if you continue to run any type of sponsorship with XX1090 and the Bleacher Bums radio program. I will allow you to make the choice during these difficult economic times and this shall remain confidential until I receive word from you.

In the mean time I invite you to view the following link. There are only 44 comments but my software tells me that over 1800 people viewed the post....not one person felt inclined to leave a positive piece of feedback regarding the Bleacher Bums' program. Now if I actually made an effort to consolidate all of the dissatisfied XX1090 listeners, I can promise that you will feel the affects.

In the end this is your choice: do you feel that San Diegans are apathetic and will choose to sit pat or are you worried about the economic viability of your restaurant and your ability to continue to profit and provide employment?

Sincerely

A Concerned San Diegan

If everyone follows suit with a committed effort to make sponsorship pay we should be free of this horrible broadcasting burden. The grassroots effort begins with you...

You all were apprised of the Holy Trinity Polling: Alba a close 2% second to Biel in Extra Mustard's Hottest Jessica Poll......the gap did not close. We refuse to believe you are apathetic so we'll applaud your taste in another fine Jessica named Biel.
[Here is where we link to ourself because its that good of a post]

SDSU has a great week in baseball sweeping UNLV. I get shut out of Friday Strasburg start when parking garage refuses to take my $20 bill....something about only accepting ones and fives. Alternative neighborhood street parking is also uncooperative.....no parking until 7pm....I drive home and listen to SS, K the first seven batters he faces. At least it was on the radio...
[619 Sports]

That is what you know....here's what you might not know:

Jay Cutler has gone crazy. He's selling house in Denver. Parents are selling house in Denver. The city of Denver is unhappy with boy and his bad haircut.
[Denver Post]

Former NFL RB, Travis Henry, is in prison for a coke bust, is flat broke, and owes child support.....for his nine kids....by nine different women. The next time your life gives you lemons...forget the lemonade and ponder the plight of Travis Henry.
[Denver Post]

The United States beat the Netherlands, 9-3, to stay alive in the World Baseball Classic. Played in Miami, 157 people watched it all unfold. What a terrible baseball city yet they have two World Series Championships.......ahhhh, the torture.
[SD-Union Tribune (AP)]

There's a lot of other stuff that happened too but as far as I'm concerned its the end of the week as we know it...

One Half of Circus Fired?

Has one half of the circus been dismissed? According to a Gaslamp Ball secret source, Jordan/Jordan Downtown/JDT/Sideshow Bob/Raging Douche has been dismissed by XX1090.

Please God..........do not forsake us.......bestow upon us, your heavenly grace, in our time of need...

Bleacher Bum Jordan Fired!!!
[Gaslamp Ball]

The Stockholm Syndrome, Hal Brown's Clowns, and Making a Claim For San Diego

Hal Brown's Bleacher Clowns

Help unplug this decade's version of Ryan Leaf. Here in San Diego we have a distinct lineage of abject failures, ranging from the crybaby antics of Ryan Leaf ("Knock it off!") to the foolish proclamations of Matt Bush ("I'm Matt "Fucking" Bush....Fuck East County!"). They have embarrassed us both locally and nationally.

I sincerely doubt that the the Guy From New York and the Guy Who Claims Atlanta with the show named after Chicago Cubs Fans will ever make national headlines but that is no reason to accept any further abuse from XX1090's Program Director. It makes no economic sense to retain the clowns known as The Bleacher Bums. Sponsorship will soon attest to that.

For those suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, I say to you:

"Snap the fuck out of it!!!"

Just because it is cool to regularly hear your voice on the radio doesn't make it a good idea. We are ALL dumber for having been subjected to this program for the last 10 weeks.....including you, Mr. Regular caller. Break the shackles that bind you....you need not be a hostage anymore.

To those transplants who yearn to call in because it is a friendly environment and proceed to start every call with, "I'm a (insert stupid non-San Diego team name here) fan, and I love your show......".........

"You can go Fuck yourself!!!"

This is San Diego and shit like that doesn't fly elsewhere so it shouldn't fly here. Start supporting the place you live!

Here is the official XX 1090 Bleacher Bum Removal Petition: Click here.

There's 291 signatures and that ain't enough to remove these clowns by Monday so get after it fellow San Diegans. In the words of Joey Ramone:

"We want the airwaves....that's right, that's right..."

Why LT really stayed in SD......to make the Bleacher Bums Miserable! Thanks LT!

Housing Market Bad..... Sports Radio Worse

We recall listening to the Bleacher Bums last week ( forced to do it! long drive...sports addicted...XTRA 1360 didn't tune in...) and they continued to maintain that they did not believe that LT would be returning, which is their opinion and that's fair. Part of their supporting argument was that LT's ego was too big to accept a pay-cut which made for a fairly weak rationale. Are they in LT's inner-circle? What was strange however was how they continued to maintain that LT would not return but qualified the opinion with the following remark:

"WE want LT to stay with the Chargers."

So were Jordan and Earl happy when the LT restructuring news came in? Apparently not. Jordan has spent the last two days talking about LT's ear rings and style, damning his community work, proclaiming that LT has accomplished NOTHING because there is no Lombardi trophy in SD, and worst of all.............insulting San Diego fans and residents alike. Is it professional to say that your listeners, "suck!"?

Where does he think he's broadcasting? Is this not San Diego? Are we not San Diegans? Are we so apathetic that we could accept this sort of treatment?

These are questions for us all to ponder....

For more Steve Breen Political Cartoon Excellence: Click here

For the original, "What the hell has XX1090 done with our Drive-Time Show?", post and comment thread: Click Here

Editor's note:

At the time of this post we were not aware that the Dynamic Douche-o had been suspended. Glorious! Darren Smith had to listen to callers complain and then LT's business manager came on the air to talk about all of the texts he received regarding Jordan's comments about LT's charity work. In case you didn't hear:

“I'm listening to Mama LT this morning with Scott and BR, and God bless them, too, bringing up the turkeys again – do me a favor, stick the turkeys up your ass. I don't care about the turkeys. I don't care about your charity.”

After Darren's show was inundated with complaints the Coach took over the barrage of comments. Nice job Bums...

Radio team "Jordan and Earl" off air for 2 days:
[SD Union Tribune]
Time to talk about turkeys and drive-time radio:
[SD Union Tribune]
Pull the plug: Radio duo's latest stunt nets a suspension, and should end the awful experiment
[North County Times]
LOL Bleacher Bums
[619 Sports]
(11:01 pm)

The XX1090 Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good

"We don't need a Hall of Fame Running Back"

-Chargers' General Manager AJ Smith

There are those of you who have read the above quote and you're ready to stone an effigy of AJ and then light it ablaze on the flagpole of Charger Park.....and rightfully so! Those are AJ's words! How dare he talk about future Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson in such a way!

Then there are the rest of you. Those who are active readers, the ones who ask questions and make inferences. Right now you are asking whether or not that is the quote in its entirety. You've also probably asked, "What was the subject of the article?". What you have asked for is the all important "Context". With creative editing absent context we could be trumping up charges of treason on half of the Cable News talking heads out there.

This....the 57th day since XX1090 Decided to Ruin Your Daily Drive Home

Why do we bring this up? Oh, yes.... another gripe with XX1090's Bleacher Bums!

The afternoon drive team selected a three day old UT article to try and illustrate how AJ is disrespecting LT yet again. For the record we are NOT AJ Smith apologists, by any stretch. We put him on blast for the last pissing contest he had with LT because he was in the wrong but the quote from the UT on Friday was innocuous and given by the Bleacher Bums without any context. Let's examine, because reading comprehension is important...

"I like them," General Manager AJ Smith said of this year's class of backs. "There's a lot of them. There are a bunch of guys who can help us. We don't need a Hall of Fame running back. You need a guy who can help you win championships."

DAMN AJ SMITH!

How about a little bit of context? The article was regarding the 2009 Draft and how the Chargers could seek to find the eventual replacement for LT. Not enough? O.K. here's the title of the article:

Chargers are looking to the draft to tab future running back

Click For Full Text

So what did AJ mean by not needing a HOF running back? O.K. We can provide more context...here ya go...

"You don't go out and draft a Hall of Fame running back. They become Hall of Fame running backs on their own merit. You go out and draft championship-level running backs. In the early stages, from what I see, there are championship-level running backs out there."

AJ Smith is a dick, no doubt, but we don't see this in any way as a slight against LT. He is assessing the current and future needs of the Chargers and adeptly makes the point that quality running backs can be found in later rounds of the draft (see: Michael Turner (5th) and Darren Sproles (4th)). The 1st round guys may be talented (Wells and Moreno) but they only become HOF caliber through dedication and hard work. Drafting HOFs is not the goal of a GM. Drafting players who can contribute to a championship is the criterion a GM looks for. To label guys as future Hall of Famers in April is foolhardy.

Now if this story was actually a "story" then we'd be hearing a national media uproar similar to the whole 'mocking LT' bit last month. SI.com's Jim Trotter would be calling in to Darren Smith's show talking about the arrogance of AJ. Kevin Acee would be running damage control for AJ's loose lips and Shannon Sharpe would be flapping that gigantic tongue of his all the way from Georgia. Not to mention the Charger Fan backlash that would have overwhelmed the UT blogs and all local radio programs. Have any of these things happened after an article that was written three days ago? Not word one until today..... by the Bleacher Bums.

Too much bad information and poor analysis coming out of these guys. If XTRA1360 is talking about golf we should be able to turn on XX1090 without the fear of being inundated with falsehoods and off base commentary. In addition to the analysis gone awry we were continually told by DI Earl that this quote was on Kevin Acee's blog and was entirely separate from the aforementioned article. This just wasn't the case. Acee's Bolt Blog said nothing regarding the above quotes.

Charger and Padre fans deserve better. We should be able to turn on the radio and acquire up to date and unfiltered information even if it's absent the analysis we feel we deserve. The Bleacher Bums have improved some of the technical aspects of their show but today was just straight junk. They would have you believe that this was their "interpretation" of the story.......we say it was the sort of reading comprehension snafu that generally occurs in students prior to reaching high school.

We'll go ahead and apologize to the Bums if a national uproar ensues regarding AJ's quote but in the meantime this is something that John Lynch needs to examine.

The $7 Buck Cup?

Word on the Street.........cheaper beer at Petco this season. Darren Smith of XX1090 spoke with Sandy Alderson today and many things were said....the only thing we heard was cheaper beer. Hooray Beer!

We asked for it, not two weeks ago.

Click and hear about beer.......

The cheap beer news does create a conundrum for this blog, though.

We have been contemplating a URL name change as our current name is too Masshole-centric. The name that seemed to be best suited for us was a spin off of how we have been labeling all of our Padre Posts: The $9 Buck Cup Of Misery...

www.the9buckcup.blogspot.com

Cheaper beer prices for '09 squashes that plan......not that we're complaining.

As of today we are soliciting any suggestions for a new URL...

A Bone To Pick with XX

The Monday night XX1090 Bleacher Bum broadcast brought us the following:

"NFL EXPERT Peter King said, 'I think the Chargers would be wise to move on from LT'. That's SI.com writer and NFL EXPERT Peter King's opinion, not mine".

This bit of information was popped in right before a commercial break by Jordan Downtown and there was no further elaboration. The point seemed to be that there was an Expert out there who felt it.....an Expert out there who said it.....Peter King is an authority and Expert on the NFL....Therefore Peter King's opinion should be accepted in good faith and taken as NFL gospel.....Peter King said it San Diego and, 'You need to accept it'......don't shoot the messenger (Jordan).

Whether LT should stay or go is incidental. Nor is it of primary importance that the comment was incendiary in nature as there was no legitimate set-up to the quote or discussion afterwards. It was simply dropped in before the break.....and the listener was asked to accept it as sound analysis due to the source: Peter King......Your NFL "Expert".

There are many people who are granted the title of "Expert" in a wide array of fields. Look at any case that makes it to court. The Defense always counters the Prosecution's "Experts" with their own set of "Experts". Their goal....to convince the jury that their opinion on the matter is MORE "Expert" than the opinion that stands in opposition.

How about Experts in terrorism? Richard Clarke held the title of "Terror Czar" leading up to the 9/11/2001 attacks which essentially meant he was thee terrorism Expert. He was the Expert who was most correct in his analysis of the threat by a terror organization known as al Qaeda. But there was another group of Experts who thought his national security assessment was a bit too dire and did not require immediate attention. Those Experts carried titles such as National Security Adviser, Secretary of Defense and a few other notable positions at the top of our government's hierarchy. Ironically it was Richard Clarke who offered apologies in the wake of this tragedy.

Those two examples serve to illustrate the point that anybody can be called an Expert but that the label in and of itself does not signify infallibility. We know this to be true. Infallibility is not a common trait amongst men.

Here is the big issue though. When you have a wide reaching forum (a XX1090 Radio Program) and you throw out a statement such as, "Peter King is an Expert. Here's what he said. Accept it as fact because I attached the Expert label.", it creates a problem because it gives the audience license to accept the author's opinion as a given. Why do any research on our own? We've already been told that an expert said it! The question, good listener/reader, should really be: Who is this Peter King fellow, Expert of NFL Goings On?

Obey

I am here, XX listeners, to share with you some valuable insight regarding Mr. Peter King. On Sunday evenings as well as Super Bowl Sunday we are treated to what amounts to the game of the week and it is broadcast by NBC (Forget MNF-It's DEAD). There are many Experts who sit on the pre-game panel for NBC's game of the week....broadcast Experts such as Bob Costas, Dan Patrick, Keith Olberman, ET AL. Then you have your former football players who are Experts in game strategy, formations, and general information that only former Grid Iron Greats have experienced and understand therefore seem best equipped to explain to the lay fan. Then there is your print journalist who contributes to the show. He is also an "Expert" and he shares all of his scoops with the public. This Expert's Name is Peter King.

Oh where to begin?

The panel of Experts for NBC included Matt Millen during the Super Bowl. Matt Millen is the worst General Manager in the history of football. This is not hyperbole nor is it opinion! It is an indisputable fact yet NBC saw fit to have him espousing his views cultivated as an NFL Insider for the last two decades...installed as an EXPERT. Be weary of the man who bears the crown of Expert (and engineers 0-16 teams).

You see, the hallmark of any successful franchise, is the stockpiling of WRs

Question anyone who would pawn off Matt Millen as an Expert in educating football minds! This new found skepticism will then force you to more closely analyze Peter King's viewpoints. Peter King, the Expert, chose the following teams for his Final Four this year: New England, Jacksonville, Dallas, and Minnesota. Not very Expert. Do you know who he picked to win the AFC North? Browns. Wild card Picks? Colts and Jets. Hmmm....what's missing?

Steelers missed the playoffs!?!?!?!
Expert?

Bleacher Bum Jordan expects you to take his word that Peter King is an "Expert" but we will ask that you suspend acceptance of that belief until you read a part of his weekly SI.com article:

Enjoyable/Aggravating Travel Note of the Week

Sight to behold on the day after the Super Bowl at the Orlando Airport: Group of Steelers fans, getting ready to fly home, seated in the Continental departure area, waiting for a flight to Newark. They're happy. They're disheveled. One 40-ish man, portly, has a black Penguins T-shirt on, and he's eating some chicken, and he doesn't have a napkin, and when he finishes, he takes the bottom of his T-shirt, lifts it up, wipes his mouth with it -- revealing a huge and hairy stomach --and then wipes his hands with it.

Would you take those crazed rambling as those of an Expert? It sounds like the lunacy of a blogger who writes of inane concepts like The Holy Trinity of Jessicas and somehow tries to equate Brett Favre of the Jets to the Pussycat Dolls. Writing about "stupid shit" is in the realm of expertise for this blog so please don't ever confuse my football "Opinions" to be that of an "Expert".....unless I'm discussing "stupid shit" as my credentials are unmatched. In short, don't let Peter King do your thinking for you (he's frequently wrong).

Peter King Musing About A Fat Steeler Fan or Pictures of Jessica Alba?

This has been a treatise on the misapplication of the "Expert" label in all aspects of life. It was not so much an attempt to nitpick XX1090's host but to emphasize the importance of inquiry as opposed to the acceptance of random opinions as dogma.

The intended purpose was also to speak for the Fans.....The fans of San Diego Sports.

That loyal group of Fans who oddly enough seem to be in the minority these days.....never the less, our loyalty to the Chargers and Padres will be rewarded......someday.

Just Tryin' to Keep it Real....

~For More Peter King "Ridiculousness": Click Here

The Bleacher Bums: On Your Drive Home

These are the guys that man the new afternoon drive time show (3pm-7pm) from Monday through Friday on XX1090. The Bleacher Bums are Earl and Jordan. We wanted to put out something with a little bit more detail, a commentary, but we'll hold off on it for the time being....

There's an important correction that needs to be made regarding the information Jordan was propagating this afternoon. Jordan was reading part of NFL.com's blog by Gil Brandt. Brandt met with Spanos and said the following...

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Exactly what Gil Brandt said, regarding his meeting with Dean Spanos, is in the graphic above or you can click the link. This however, is not the quote which was attributed to Gil Brandt by Jordan. This is what Jordan was attributing to Gil Brandt....

The above is from Rotoworld.com. Jordan read the entire part in blue as being Brandt's quote and stirred up a mini controversy as to how fucked up the Charger's F.O. is and made a nice little segue into a Jim Rome interview where Rodney Harrison ranted and raved about how fucked up they are "out there" (Earl seemed to revel in SD being dissed so forcefully by the dirtiest player in the league).

Look at the writing in blue....only part of it has quotations around it....that means that someone at Rotoworld.com added some commentary to Brandt's blog.

That's a pretty big oversight.....which brings us to the following question:

How do you feel about the new XX1090 guys talking Chargers and Padres during your drive home?

Post your comments below...