In case you’re interested, I live-blogged the fuck out of last night’s Saints/Falcons game, and then wrote about Tony Kornheiser’s performance. You can find them both here.
September26
I Tweet- Maybe The Voice won't be so bad. 2 days ago
- Of course, now I have to choose between Chris Berman and Deion Sanders singing "I beliEVE in Eli" 829 times in the next 30 minutes. 2 days ago
- I accidentally saw two seconds of The Voice. 2 days ago
- He's gone full Ruxin. RT @nickkroll: Congrats, eli manning, you goddam super bowl MVP mouth breathing dummy. 2 days ago
- If I were in that line, I'd lick every inch of that trophy just to make it super icky for anyone else who wanted to kiss it. 2 days ago
Matt Moore
You said a couple of times that when Spike was asked if he was pessimistic or optimistic about New Orleans that he just laughed uncomfortably, but I could swear he said something like, “I’m not gonna pull a Kanye on Monday Night Football!”
Did I just imagine that? I’ll be really disappointed if I did, that was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while.
September 26, 2006 at 10:04 am
Unsilent Majority
matt, after a beat he said he wasn’t gonna pull a kanye, then he laughed for a minute while the guys waited on the edge of their seats hoping.
September 26, 2006 at 4:39 pm
Skip Oliva
Didn’t see MNF myself, but I’m listening to a media reporter on John Riggins’s D.C. radio show praising TK for bringing “balance” and “perspective” to last night’s broadcast. Riggins is taking the exact opposite view of mjd, arguing that TK is “growing into the job” and properly shuffling Joe T. to the sideline.
I’m TK-neutral, but I suspect that his media compadres are circling the wagons here.
September 26, 2006 at 5:31 pm
BoSox Siobhan
I thought Spike showed remarkable restraint when Theesmann said something like “So, you want more done here, then?”
September 26, 2006 at 6:44 pm
James
The problem with last nights game is that everyone feels the need to show so much reverence and depth when talking about New Orleans that they completely overdo it and it just sounds dumb and redundant.
Evidently there was a flood there last year and the city has had a rough time. I wasnt aware.
Play football already for crissakes!
September 26, 2006 at 9:13 pm
WBRS Sports Blog
good stuff mjd!
September 26, 2006 at 9:46 pm
hippster
I’m with James. I’d like to hear just one person say “You know what? I went to New Orleans before Katrina, and I can tell you that New Orleans was a shithole. No wonder people aren’t in a hurry to move back there or rebuild the place.”
I also would have liked to see ESPN mention that before Katrina struck (I’m not sure what the deal is now), the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana were paying the Saints about $18 million/year to play in New Orleans. Yes, what a wonderful story these Saints are!
http://bizneworleans.com/109+M531f65aed99.html
September 26, 2006 at 10:28 pm
theotheruw
Has anyone noticed that whenever there’s a guest in the booth, Theesman will interrupt to make blathering comments about plays? It’s like he can barely handle TC getting airtime let alone anyone else. I know that mjd liked the break from Katrina crap, but I appreciate a break from Theesman too.
“So, Jessica, in your next movie it seems you get naked and” “GREAT REVERSE FOR A TWO YARD LOSS”.
September 27, 2006 at 2:26 am
Matt Moore
UM – Thanks, glad I didn’t make that up.
Theotheruw – Like MJD, it’s a weird day when I take Theesman’s side, but no matter who is in the booth it is the announcer’s job to interrupt and “blather” about plays. He’s an announcer for a football game, fer crissakes, he’d better be talking about the game.
The booth celebrity thing is lame lame lame. I know it has pedigree, that Robert Mitchum or somesuch wanker used to show up to chat with Cosell, Gifford, and Meredith, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
September 27, 2006 at 8:07 am