Ol Dirty B Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 Just throwing an idea out there since they seem to get a lot of mentions and I think it could be amusing. I lurk on a Jets board and they have or had a Mike Francesa that was pretty amusing. I just think it could be decent material be it laughing at them, agreeing or disagreeing with them. What prompted this is I'm listening to your 1 on demand and Bulldog just said he can't stand Gumbel because he sounds sloppy, trips up over words and stutters. How does Bulldog feel like he can criticize him for that when he's constantly messing up names, results, is always stammering. It's a god damn joke. Seriously if I could record him and change his voice I'd love to play it back for him. Or watch him try to call a game, that would be ugly.
T-Bomb Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) So many Bills fans have this butthurt hatred for those two, put down the Kool Aid and grow up, or just restrict yourself to just listening to Murph from homerville USA. Edited November 28, 2017 by T-Bomb 1
PromoTheRobot Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, Ol Dirty B said: Just throwing an idea out there since they seem to get a lot of mentions and I think it could be amusing. I lurk on a Jets board and they have or had a Mike Francesa that was pretty amusing. I just think it could be decent material be it laughing at them, agreeing or disagreeing with them. What prompted this is I'm listening to your 1 on demand and Bulldog just said he can't stand Gumbel because he sounds sloppy, trips up over words and stutters. How does Bulldog feel like he can criticize him for that when he's constantly messing up names, results, is always stammering. It's a god damn joke. Seriously if I could record him and change his voice I'd love to play it back for him. Or watch him try to call a game, that would be ugly. S&B built a career doing a sports talk show nearly devoid of actual sports talk. 1
RiotAct Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 come on now, they have to fill all that pesky time between commercials with SOMETHING.
PromoTheRobot Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 Just now, RiotAct said: come on now, they have to fill all that pesky time between commercials with SOMETHING. Cookie drafts. 1
Fadingpain Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) I've commented on this before, but it is getting to the point where it is really hard for me to listen to Bulldog. He stammers, hesitates, and generally misspeaks constantly as part of his general speech pattern. If you start focusing on it, it's all you can hear and you can't un-hear it. It's really distracting. That's kind of funny, as he is paid to speak for a living in a purely audio medium. The other weird habit of his is to deliver a particularly long passage, and forget to breathe while speaking, such that he is literally out of breath by the end of his sentence and struggling to speak b/c he doesn't have enough air left in his lungs to produce words at normal volume without fluttering. That one is really annoying too, as it cause me to feel out of breath myself! Edited November 28, 2017 by Fadingpain 3
Ol Dirty B Posted November 28, 2017 Author Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Fadingpain said: I've commented on this before, but it is getting to the point where it is really hard for me to listen to Bulldog. He stammers, hesitates, and generally misspeaks constantly as part of his general speech pattern. If you start focusing on it, it's all you can hear and you can't un-hear it. It's really distracting. That's kind of funny, as he is paid to speak for a living in a purely audio medium. The other weird habit of his is to deliver a particularly long passage, and forget to breathe while speaking, such that he is literally out of breath by the end of his sentence and struggling to speak b/c he doesn't have enough air left in his lungs to produce words at normal volume with fluttering. Which is why I almost spit out my drink just now when I listened to him go on about how he can't stand Gumbel and called him sloppy. 6 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: Cookie drafts. Have you ever read the description of their show on the wgr website. I can just imagine Schopp reading it with his hand on hip and some "sas" "Schopp keeps the callers in line while dishing out his unique perspective and opinions, and creating on-air fantasy drafts of anything from favorite candy and meats, to actors, presidents and bands." Edited November 28, 2017 by Ol Dirty B
Captain Murica Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 Only thing I think Schopp is a little ridiculous about is his statement that the Browns are in a better position than the Bills. I don't get it.
dulles Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 A face best suited for radio and a voice made for print? 1
PromoTheRobot Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 4 minutes ago, Ol Dirty B said: Which is why I almost spit out my drink just now when I listened to him go on about how he can't stand Gumbel and called him sloppy. Have you ever read the description of their show on the wgr website. I can just imagine Schopp reading it with his hand on hip and some "sas" "Schopp keeps the callers in line while dishing out his unique perspective and opinions, and creating on-air fantasy drafts of anything from favorite candy and meats, to actors, presidents and bands."
BuffaloRush Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, Fadingpain said: I've commented on this before, but it is getting to the point where it is really hard for me to listen to Bulldog. He stammers, hesitates, and generally misspeaks constantly as part of his general speech pattern. If you start focusing on it, it's all you can hear and you can't un-hear it. It's really distracting. That's kind of funny, as he is paid to speak for a living in a purely audio medium. The other weird habit of his is to deliver a particularly long passage, and forget to breathe while speaking, such that he is literally out of breath by the end of his sentence and struggling to speak b/c he doesn't have enough air left in his lungs to produce words at normal volume without fluttering. That one is really annoying too, as it cause me to feel out of breath myself! YES I know exactly what you mean about Bulldog. I agree with this 100% and I can add, I just don't like the sound of his voice. There are shows where Schoop is not on and it's unbearable listening to Bulldog. Schopp is ok. Not my favorite but I can tolerate him. I will say he does bring up some good, intelligent points from time to time. But he is very snarky and acts like the smartest guy in the room. He's also rude to callers in a passive aggressive way. He tends to also cram politics into situations where it doesn't need to be added, like when he supporters others claims that racism had something to do with Tyrod having less of chance. Overall Schoop and The Bulldog are just tough to listen to. I prefer Howard and Jeremy any day.
Ol Dirty B Posted November 28, 2017 Author Posted November 28, 2017 9 minutes ago, T-Bomb said: So many Bills fans have this butthurt hatred for those two, put down the Kool Aid and grow up, or just restrict yourself to just listening to Murph from homerville USA. I think they make legit points, well I think Schopp does at times. I actually have defended him a few times too on here. Can't stand Murph and he isn't entertaining. I just think these two are entertaining in their lack of self awareness at times. It's just a thread, no one is forcing you to participate. 1
PromoTheRobot Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 Yeah. Their tag line is "sports talk should be entertaining." They should add "but it rarely is."
metzelaars_lives Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) The Schopp and Bulldog criticism is so played out. They're good. I live in Denver, which is a substantially bigger sports market than Buffalo, and the afternoon drive guys are the worst. They have two guys, just like Schopp and the Bulldog, and one of them, former NFL linebacker Alfred Williams, posed the question a few weeks ago as to whether or not Martellus Bennett is a Hall of Famer. It has become apparent that the only people who incessantly complain about Schopp and the Bulldog are people who have never left Buffalo and never listened to drive time sports talk radio in other cities, as to have a frame of reference. They're good at what they do. If I had one complaint, it would be that they always agree with each other (aka Bulldog doesn't possess the wit to argue with Schopp) and they never really have differing opinions. But the dialogue is much smarter and high level than what you find here in Denver. And NY sports talk radio is terrible also. Relax with the Schopp and Bulldog bashing already. Not to mention, this thread has been posted at least 50 times, this is nothing new. Edited November 28, 2017 by metzelaars_lives 1
Kelly the Dog Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 Try this. Get a bunch of beer and booze. Just call them, and then say anything whatsoever about anything, and then listen for them to disagree with it. Then drink all of the beer and booze. It's a fun drinking game.
PromoTheRobot Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 Just now, metzelaars_lives said: The Schopp and Bulldog criticism is so played out. They're good. I live in Denver, which is a substantially bigger sports market and the afternoon drive guys are the worst. They have two guys, just like Schopp and the Bulldog, and one of them, former NFL linebacker Alfred Williams, posed the question a few weeks ago as to whether or not Martellus Bennett is a Hall of Famer. They are the worst. It has become apparent that the only people who complain about Schopp and the Bulldog are people who have never left Buffalo and never listened to drive time sports talk radio in other cities, as to have a frame of reference. They're good at what they do. If I had one complaint, it would be that they always agree with each other (aka Bulldog doesn't have the wit to argue with Schopp) and they never really having differing opinions. But the dialogue is much smarter and high level than what you fid here in Denver. And NY sports talk radio is terrible also. Relax with the Schopp and Bulldog bashing already. Not to mention, this thread has been posted at least 50 times, this is nothing new. I live near Boston where they have two competing sports talk FM's. And any show at any time of day is light years better than S&B. The difference is these stations hire people who actually know sports. They are usually paired with former players. So you get knowledgeable conversations and real insight. But in Buffalo negativity sells. So you end up with shows that just talk about bad stuff, bad stuff in history or how good stuff could have easily been bad stuff. The fact that S&B have time to hold dessert drafts just shows how lacking their sports knowledge is. 1
aceman_16 Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 As pretty much anything media related... IF enough people dont tune in then they go away. Otherwise, do yard work during time slot!
BuffaloRush Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: I live near Boston where they have two competing sports talk FM's. And any show at any time of day is light years better than S&B. The difference is these stations hire people who actually know sports. They are usually paired with former players. So you get knowledgeable conversations and real insight. But in Buffalo negativity sells. So you end up with shows that just talk about bad stuff, bad stuff in history or how good stuff could have easily been bad stuff. The fact that S&B have time to hold dessert drafts just shows how lacking their sports knowledge is. Nah I've heard Fred Smerlas and he was about as unbearable and terrible to listen to as The Bulldog. He sounds way worse - like he is drowsy and could pass out at any time. I used to listen to Fred on The Bob Matthews Show in Rochester years ago and between the two of them, it was brutal as all hell.
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