All Of Your Airwaves Are Belong To Us
by BSD on Aug 5, 2009 8:16 AM EDT
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The BSD mission of world media domination takes another step forward tonight when I make a radio appearance on WBGG-AM (970) at 6:25 PM in the Pittsburgh area. I'll mostly be promoting We Are Penn State 2009, but I'll also be talking a little Penn State football and the upcoming college football season. So those of you in the Pittsburgh area are expected to listen in. There will be a quiz afterwards.
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Isn't Joe Bendel on at that time?
He’s a big Pitt guy, isn’t he? Give him hell!!!
by Spats on Aug 5, 2009 9:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Correct
I’m on Joe Bendel’s show. Anything I should know?
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Aug 5, 2009 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He has a pretty good show, actually.
Especially when you consider ESPN Radio’s alternative. The content gets particularly Pitt-Basketball-heavy in the spring, but I believe he used to cover Pitt Basketball for the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
He did give Penn State a little love during the NIT, but it was almost in a back-handed way – the argument over whether a first round loss in the NCAA tourney is more significant than an NIT championship run.
He just seems like a typical “yinzer”.
by Spats on Aug 5, 2009 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Multiple choice, short answer, open book?
I was out in the trenches, which enables me to paint such a powerful picture, like Apocalypse Now.-Cormega
by OMEGAMAN on Aug 5, 2009 9:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
More importantly...will it be on the final?
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Aug 5, 2009 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Keep the quiz simple.
Settle it on the field!
by PSUncle1981 on Aug 5, 2009 9:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We Are Penn State, by the way...
…is on display at my local Turkey Hill. Buy, buy, buy!
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Order your copy of "We Are Penn State", like, now. One team, 128 pages.
by Run Up The Score on Aug 5, 2009 9:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Which Turkey Hill?
I was in State College this past weekend and stopped in McLanahan’s to pick up a copy. They didn’t have “We are Penn State”, but they did have the Stillers equivilent Maple Street Press magazine. WTF?
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Aug 5, 2009 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Near C.D. East High School outside of Harrisburg.
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Order your copy of "We Are Penn State", like, now. One team, 128 pages.
by Run Up The Score on Aug 5, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh, too bad
Buggy’s not allowed within 500 feet of there
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 5, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha
that’s my local turkey hill as well RUTS. I will be sure to pick up a copy on the way home today.
We are not normal. We are legends.
by NittanyAlum02 on Aug 5, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Ha! That's my local Turkey Hill as well!"
Talk about Too Country!
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Aug 5, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
East sucks go Rams
I know the exact store you’re talking about BTW
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
by showtime on Aug 5, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They had it at the CVS
in downtown Pittsburgh, which I thought was neat.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Aug 5, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You should have set up a table
and signed your article for the Maple Street Press Groupies that were invariably nearby.
by Cairo on Aug 5, 2009 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not going to lie
all the extra attention has been gratifying.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Aug 5, 2009 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you sit outside and set up a table for autographs?
I would’ve. Or at least stand near the stand where it’s on display, and if someone picks it up, you can walk over and say, “I wrote part of that, you know. Would you like me to sign it for you?”
by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 5, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny, someone I work with...
…bought it for her husband and saw my name in it, so she was asking me all about it earlier. I think I’ll set up a table outside the Turkey Hill and just offer to sign anything that people are carrying. Hot dog wrappers, cigarette packs, etc.
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Order your copy of "We Are Penn State", like, now. One team, 128 pages.
by Run Up The Score on Aug 5, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome
Please post pics.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Aug 5, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You forgot signing boobs and babies
How could they resist getting the sig of a celebrity like you?
by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 5, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Redacted
Please don’t post pics. Please don’t post pics.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Aug 6, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We have similar hair styles, at least.
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Order your copy of "We Are Penn State", like, now. One team, 128 pages.
by Run Up The Score on Aug 6, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, you kinda do
But do you rock the specs and can you see Russia from your house?
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Aug 6, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is she tattooing that baby or something?
The baby is either in the throws of ecstasy, or that pen is actually a tattooing tool and clearly everyone there is enjoying the pain that child is in.
by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 6, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Inopportune photos can happen to anyone...
Just do a google image search for “angry mccain” or “obama ogle”.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Aug 7, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No doubt, and that wasn't meant to be a political jab at Palin
I’ll admit I’m not a fan of hers, but I was mainly just joking about the position that child is in for this picture.
by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 8, 2009 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I understand that
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Aug 9, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Make sure you manufacture a good and proper
wardrobe malfunction outside the Turkey Hill as well!
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Aug 6, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In other words
jtothep is requesting that you go commando and “forget” to zip up your fly
by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 6, 2009 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bendel is definitely a Pitt homer
but I give him credit for at least discussing college sports, whereas the other shows in the area are pro-sports all the time. I think he can be reasonable, though, he’s not going to go on a “JoePa is evil for not playing Pitt” rant. He’s more of an apologetic and over-optimistic guy when it comes to Pitt rather than a pure PSU hater.
Goofy thing about Joe Bendel is that I think he may have the least amount of pure intellectual aptitude of all the sports guys in PGH (though he’s not far behind Savran or Crowe), but his show is probably the most listenable. Madden, Cannon, Paulsen and others are smarter guys, but drive me to change the dial constantly (especially the former two).
by PSU Mudder on Aug 5, 2009 11:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Savran
I think I’m doing his show next week. I’ll let you know.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Aug 5, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, that's a lot
of flying back and forth fromTexas to Pittsburgh.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
by rahpsu92 on Aug 5, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Savran will be very fair
and Junker (on the same show) is the voice of the Penn State Football story, so you know you’ll get fair treatment there.
by PSU Mudder on Aug 5, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Stan, first off….. love the show!”
Let's Go State
by rmcmillen50 on Aug 5, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
Bendel is pretty fair and is less confrontational than some of the other sports talk radio personalities in Pittsburgh. He seems to be more knowledgable about college sports than others as well, although understandably his takes are mostly all about Pitt. He has Beano Cook on as well on a regular basis. His show is definitely “more listenable” than some because of the lack of ranting as well.
by mundyscorner99 on Aug 5, 2009 1:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
He’s really not that knowledgeable about Penn State at all, much like the rest of the Pittsburgh media. You’ll be lucky if he knows any other players than Clark and Royster, and whatever names the intern writes puts in his notes.
I would try to keep the discussion as general as possible.
Bonus points if you can avoid talking about 1.) When PSU will play Pitt, and 2.) Joe Paterno.
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by fugimaster24 on Aug 5, 2009 2:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So did anyone listen?
I don’t think I’ll be asked to come back to the Joe Bindel show.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Aug 5, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
BUT TERRELLE PRYOR IS TEH AWESUM.
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Order your copy of "We Are Penn State", like, now. One team, 128 pages.
by Run Up The Score on Aug 5, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In reality, the post-commercial crapping on you...
…was just the host sticking up for the hometown kid, Pryor. But I don’t know what the hell Bindel expects a Penn State writer to say in response to a question of how Daryll Clark can live up to the legend of Terrelle Pryor.
The point of all this Pryor stuff isn’t to say that he’s a bad quarterback. He’s not. He’s just not a great quarterback yet.
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Order your copy of "We Are Penn State", like, now. One team, 128 pages.
by Run Up The Score on Aug 5, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did he really ask how Clark was going to live up to the Pryor legend? That is just backwards.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Aug 5, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty much.
The word “legend” wasn’t invoked — that’s creative license on my part — but the substance is the same. How is Daryll Clark going to compete with the best QB in the conference, Terrelle Pryor?
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Order your copy of "We Are Penn State", like, now. One team, 128 pages.
by Run Up The Score on Aug 5, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well that's bullshit
What the hell kind of question is that? I hope Clark runs away with the B10 honors again.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Aug 5, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How is Daryll Clark going to compete with thebestmost hyped QB in the conference, Terrelle Pryor?
Fixed it for you him.
by Screen Name 20 on Aug 6, 2009 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is there a recording of it anywhere?
I’m curious to hear why you won’t be coming back on the show. I hope you didn’t give the Pitters any material…
by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 5, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
See RUTS comment above
I was basically asked how Daryll Clark was going to beat out Terrelle Pryor as the best offensive player in the conference.
My response started out, “Are you kidding me Joe?”
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Aug 5, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha
I would have gone the total smart ass rout, and said something like.
“Wow Joe. Probably something crazy. I’d say, if he goes into Pryor’s building, beats him, and goes on to win the Big 10, then MAYBE, he might have a shot. Otherwise. Not much.”
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by fugimaster24 on Aug 6, 2009 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's it?
Oh, I didn’t realize that’s all it was, I thought you maybe discussed that with him told him why he was crazy. I’m with fugi, you could have gone for a total smartass comment (although that wouldn’t sell you many mags, but then again this was Pittsburgh radio), or just not stifle your laughter at the ridiculousness of the question.
Side note: where is the love for Royster? Is it really just down to Pryor and DC17 for best O-player in the conference? I know he’s got had his health issues, but the guy is a monster back, and at the very least, since most teams aren’t returning their big RB starters (Greene and OMG BEANIE are gone), he should be the most productive back in the Big10.
by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 6, 2009 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Granted, my first instinct is always to go the smartass route...
…but it would be well-warranted here. Something like, “How will the best Big Ten QB in 2008 match up against the QB of a passing offense that ranked 105th in the nation? I guess by doing what he did last year, only better. Everyone seems to give Pryor accolades because he’s ‘had another year of experience and looked great in spring practice,’ but are quick to forget that Clark has another year of experience as well and looked equally great in spring practice. Unlike Pryor, Clark also has a stable of experienced running backs in Royster and Green to open up the game for him as well. Until the first game of 2009 is played, Pryor is just Jimmy Clausen in a scarlet and gray uniform—a wait-and-see prospect.”
by Cairo on Aug 6, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This seems to be a bit of a new phenomenon
Where the recruting rankings and hype follow these kids in to school. I can’t remember anything like this ten years ago (except maybe Ron Pawlus). But it certainly isn’t helping these kids. The show up with big heads and wild expectations, 18 year old prima donna high school kids pitted against 22 & 23 year old men. How the hell does that ever work out well? In most situations it doesn’t.
What’s wild to me is how Tressel bought into this. You could see that his team wasn’t buying it, and they were pissed because they thought Boeckman gave them a better chance to win last year. I think that he lost his seniors with that move, and you can’t lose a senior class to make a freshman happy.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Aug 6, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice work Mike
It was nice to hear about PSU on the sports talk radio here in the ’Burgh.
by mundyscorner99 on Aug 5, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I actually was surprised
that he didn’t bring up PItt playing PSU. That’s the normal 1st question any of the Pittsburgh media cares about. I did like the comment about Pryor having to earn all of the preseason accolades his is getting.
by mundyscorner99 on Aug 5, 2009 7:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I didn't listen
I forgot.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Aug 5, 2009 7:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Do not pass GO
Do not collect $200
"We heard all that talk all week about the SEC and their speed, but we knew personally that they weren't nearly as tough as us."
-Tony Hunt
by Cpiritual27 on Aug 5, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
shit, I could have gotten $200 if I listened?
well…probably would have spent it all on gas anyway
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 6, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Um, yeah so...
I guess I should check the blog more often. Or at least TALK TO MY HUSBAND! I didn’t know about this. Not that I really could’ve listened, but still…
by PSUWifey on Aug 5, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Introductions
PSUWifey, this is Mike. Mike, meet PSUWifey—yours, btw.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
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