So a long while back i ranted and raved about the sports scene here in my new home of Denver. I am still impressed these days, Denver is a great sports town, 5 major teams in every popular league in America (Broncos, Nuggets, Avalanche, Rockies, Rapids). Combine all of those sport teams with the highest concentration of micro-breweries in the country and you will understand why people are moving to Colorado in a hurry. This town is great!
My rant today though, was something i just couldn't ignore anymore. 5 years ago when i was impressed with the sports scene here, there were 2 fulltime AM sports station, one was purely local, The Fan, and the other was an extension of ESPN having some national shows, and some local shows. Since then though, the ESPN extension has left, and The Fan has taken over everything sports radio out here. And i hate The Fan.
The local talent here in Denver is terrible. Well at least the talent that is put forward. Apparently the masterminds that are pulling the strings behind The Fan, Altitude, and Fox Sports Rocky Mountains think that washed up former Denver notables are the people who should be telling me about the Nuggets. I'm sorry but Scott Hastings is an idiot. He is nothing but a blow-hard fan, he brings no new info to the table, doesn't keep tabs on the rest of the league (NBA) and talks more about his time in the league than anything else, and we don't care. But he's not the only one that sucks here, Reggie Rivers and Dave Logan could ride the train outta town as well.
Today though, The Fan reminded me why i turned off sports radio in Denver about 3 years ago. For some reason i decided to tune into The Fan for my ride home, apparently during the Alfred and D-Mac show, Tagline: "Former Bronco Alfred Williams brings his "A" game to afternoon drive. He played the game...He knows the game...He can even talk a good game...". The topic of the afternoon was whether or not the 3-0 Bronco's are for real. I'll get to my feelings on that in a minute, but first i want to touch on what got me all riled up.
A caller called in to rave about he believed in this Broncos team, and how their Defense is dominating. the Caller said that he looked at the paper and was "surprised" to see that the Broncos were leading the league in Points Against, giving up only 19 so far in 3 games. the next closest was the Jets with like 31 points. Alfred, who "knows the game", totally agreed and went on a 5 minute rant about how the defense was shutting teams down, dominating and whatnot.
Really?
The Broncos opened the season against the Bengals and the game was ugly. The Broncos defense was good, i'll give them that. but then week 2 was in Denver, against the Browns. The same Browns that hadn't scored 1 meaningful touchdown since November of last season. The Browns who are the worst team in the league, no question. The dominating Broncos defense gave up 3 points. congrats. Well i'll give you a free week, so who did they play in week 3? oh, Jamarcus Russell?! If the Browns are the worst TEAM in the league, then Jamarcus Russell is the worst QUARTERBACK in the league. His passer rating on Sunday was 22. he threw for 1 yard in the 2nd half. You think that was the Denver Defense?? c'mon!
Meanwhile, the 2nd best defense, according to Alfred, was the Jets, but they've given up a whopping 31 points!! who did they play? Oh week 2 against Tom Brady and the Patriots. The Jets shut the Brady/Moss train down! a real team. How about week 3? The Jets hosted the 0-2 Titans, a team coached by a top coach in Jeff Fisher, a team that went 13-3 last season and wasn't about to roll over this season. The Jets basically shut the Titans down in the last 5 minutes to seal the game and go 3-0. The Broncos haven't even played a real team yet.
These Broncos could be legit, and that's cool, but c'mon Denver, lets just be a little realistic. Until then i'll stick to Mike & Mike and continue to boycott the local media!
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no doubt. Usually it's Mike and Sandy who are way better. Alfred and Scott are terrible on the radio (and Dmac and Oren by the way).
Denver is the worst 3-0 team in league history. Here's the catch, though, Dallas doesn't look unbeatable, so they might be the worst 4-0 team in league history.
Bottom line, our offense doesn't take us there. I'd like to see us take on the Ravens. heh.
I feel so relieved that you commented on this subject. I was just talking with Orf about how horrible Alfred and Scott are. Alfred can't stop saying "man" every other word, and Scott not only doesn't have anything meaningful to say but when he does ramble on he doesn't even do it in complete sentences. Drives me nuts.
I have to disagree with you on Logan, though. He is head and shoulders above either one of these two guys. Even the national guys like Rome are somewhat annoying, as he spends the last 15 minutes of every show reading pointless texts from fans who no doubt hurt their brain trying to come up with the funniest text of the day. (sorry, that's mean but I had to rant)
Mike and Mike instead of anything in Denver? Newsflash, bro, they all suck. DMac was busted 13 years ago here for the infamous mosque stunt in retaliation to Mahmoud Abdul Rauf's refusing to stand for the National Anthem and his idiocy still shows today. He's a failed rock DJ with an annoying nasal voice and doesn't understand the art of broadcasting.
Scott Hastings is a stuttering fool and it's amazing he has an FCC broadcasting license. How many times can I guy stutter on the radio? Infinitely, it seems.
Sandy Clough acts like we're impressed he's been with the radio/newspaper for 30 years. There's a reason he's not a national personality by now. Mike Evans has nothing to say. Alfred Williams can't discuss anything but football.
The best host on The Fan is Oren and they moved him to late night, when nobody's listening.
Mike Greenberg is a whiny little bitch and calls upon his Bulls coverage from years ago too often. Mike Golic can't discuss anything but football.
The entire station sucks save for Jim Rome. At least it's given me a reason to revisit some of my old CDs. The programmer for The Fan should not be telling people at parties what he does for a living.
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