School Days

Here's the Friday Five!

Yes, I know its Saturday night...I was busy! Heck I haven't even had time to decide what I'm going to start calling the blog now that I've already turned 40!

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I had heard that it was homecoming week at WVU this weekend and it got me thinking about songs that are associated with the local sports teams.

West Virginia, for example, has adopted this song from John Denver as their theme over the years.

Much closer to home The University of Pittsburgh also had their homecoming this weekend. I had to reach out to an old friend and ask if there was a song they used to get the fans up or something they called their own....and he came through for me!

(And kudos to the guy who did that video!)

Once you get to the pro teams its a lot easier!

Starting with the Pirates...yes they are pros...its hard to believe its been 30 years since Pittsburgh won a World Series. OK, not that hard to believe. But back then there was a real family feel between the team and the city.

(By the way...best use of this song since 1979? Right here!)

Onward and upward and I'm not sure the reigning Stanley Cup Champions, your Pittsburgh Penguins, still use this song as Gary Glitter ran into a little bit of trouble in the recent past.

And of course there is the six-time and current Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers with their 4th quarter anthem!

So there you have it! The Friday Five!

Enjoy and if you have any suggestions for a future list drop me a line or leave a comment!

~ Glenn

Here We Go!

I put it off long enough.

Every year I dread this, but I HAVE to do it.

Please forgive me..



Here is my Pittsburgh Steelers Preview for the season!

Offense:
Of course the question is whether Ben can recover from the horrible season he had last year...wait, no. The question is whether he'll LIVE through the season because of the offensive line.

The short answer is Yes.

You don't need the long answer, but to sum up the line will be better. They will have had the advantage of playing to together for another year and they will feed off the success they had in the playoffs.

Ben is Ben (to quote Coach Tomlin) and will do what he does. No worries.

Parker is in a contract season and has something to prove. Mendenhall wants to show that he's no bust.

Ward and Holmes are stars and watch for Sweed and Wallace will stretch the field like we have seen in this town in a long time.

Defense:

Is this really a question? Injuries aside they should dominate much the same way they did last year.

If I have to pick on one thing its that the defensive line is still getting older, but Big Snack Hampton is also in a contract year and should continue to dominate and Ziggy is gonna get some looks too.

Special Teams:

Another player in a contract year and one of the most consistent players in the Steelers organization is Jeff Reed. He'll be fine and he'll be here next year too.

Sepulveda is healthy so fans don't have to hold their breath and cross their fingers every time the Steelers have to punt.

And you may have heard that they signed Stefan Logan:

So while anything can happen look for another great year. The schedule is easier than the famous "toughest schedule in the history of the NFL" from last year too.

But remember no matter what happens week to week the goal is to make the playoffs and then to get to the Super Bowl and then to win it all.

That never changes and I don't expect the Steelers chances to change either!

Daddy's home...

Man...been awhile since I posted a blog and I apologize! Life has a way of doing that to you, but I have a bunch of stuff so look fore more frequent updates again!

Today I wanted to talk about Tom Brady who says he is healthy and ready to play football again after a season ending injury in game one last year.

Well, who gives a rat's ass?

I mean we're talking about ONE player injured in the NFL.

A man* who plays for a known cheater and philanderer.

A guy who got one woman pregnant...and then married another.

A guy who's stats suddenly got inflated when one of the greatest receivers (when he feels like it) joined his team. Hell, Randy Moss can make ANY QB look good!

So he says he's ready to play.

Whoo hoo.

Listen to me NFL...the fans of the OTHER teams get tired of the ass-kissing of Tom Brady (although I'm sure he doesn't).

Mr. Brady is another player who played on a good team and in a smart system. He was part of three teams that won Super Bowls (thanks to one of the most accurate kickers in NFL history as much as Tom.)

I don't want to see anyone injured for life...but please...he had the best docotrs and round the clock care. He didn't have to worry about where he next check was coming from or if he could afford to feed his family (or families as it is).

He's another over-paid athlete that has been deified by a star-worshiping media.

So lets kock the crap off now and no one will get hurt.

~ Glenn

Do it again...

Hey!

I just got around to putting together some videos from our Super Bowl Party.

Here we are watching Pittsburgh score the winning touchdown!




~ Glenn

You can't always get want you want...

For the man who has everything?




(via my inbox...keep 'em coming kids!)

~ Glenn

Super Bowl Shuffle

Six-burgh!

The six-pack!

One for the other thumb!

Call it what you want it was a finish for the ages and a game that no Steeler fan will forget!

First things first...the Cardinals played one heck of a game and if they had won it would have been fair and square. Their history may not be much (no championships since 1947) but they have some classy players and a good coaching staff.

Now on to celebrating!

First (again) the records:

Mike Tomiln becomes the youngest coach in a Super Bowl and the youngest coach to WIN a Super Bowl!

The Steelers (who were the first team to win four super bowls) become the only team to win SIX Super Bowls. For perspective here: The Steelers have one 6 of the 43 games played...13%. Fifteen teams in the league have NEVER won a Super Bowl.

James Harrison set a record with the longest play in the history of the Super Bowl. A rumbling 100 YARD INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN!!!!

Now the fun stuff:

What a game! For the last Super Bowl the Steelers were in I was so nervous I couldn't even drink!

This time I was more relaxed and with a 17-7 half time lead and the Cardinals looks unworthy it was a fun time!

Then things got out of hand...quickly.

My main thought as the Cardinals scored the go ahead touchdown? Man the Larry Fitzerald is fast!!!

So with just over two minutes left I was hanging head and ready to give up. Something I have never done during the playoffs.

I went to the bathroom and as I was looking the mirror I could not process the thought that the Steelers might lose! It couldn't happen!

I started asking for some sort of miracle.

I started talking to people I knew were on the other side to pull some strings!

Anything!

And they did it! The Steelers drove down the field and won the game!

Of course I though it might have cost me my soul...until I realized that there were probably a lot of other people doing the same thing!

I just hope there was someone else they wanted more than me!

So the celebration went long in to the night and we Steeler fans will bask in it for quite some time!

How long, you ask?

As a Steeler fan I can say that we will believe in our team until they eliminated next season...when and IF that happens!

Congratulations Steelers and thank you for ANOTHER great season!

Oh...and one more thing:

~ Glenn

I love this bar...

We have a great time getting together to watch Steeler games!

Win or lose it is always an adventure!

I never liked to get with other people to watch a football game because I tend to get loud and upset when the team I am rooting for is doing poorly.

But for the last three years a group of us have been taking turns hosting the games and its turned into great fun.

However the best place so far is at my in-laws house.

They have the best set up in their basement with a full-sized bar, dart board, big screen television (with speakers even in the bathroom!), a pool table...its a great place to watch a game!

Not that this is an earth-shattering revelation to anyone but I thought I should at least thank them for putting up with all of us most of the time!

~ Glenn

Radio Gaga

Show 36 Links!


Happy Thanksgiving!

It was tough going on air this week with the Steeler-Bengal game still undecided, but I had faith on my home team and they came through!

By the way...the REFS SUCK! Honestly, can't the NFL afford to hire younger guys who can keep up with the play? How can they make a call when they can't even breath after running downfield!?!?

Still, I have to give props to the fans of the Bengals...they have to go through some really tough times with that team!

So since it was the Thanksgiving show we had some great comedy bits from Lewis Black, Adam Sandler and some wonderful older stuff from Andy Griffith!

After the closing credits it was time for weird news!

1) A cougar attacked! And it wasn't the hot kind of courgar either!
2) A German supermarket chain got caught poisoning their garbage to keep the homeless away. Funny, maybe they could just have GIVEN it to them since they were throwing it away anyway?3) A woman hid a rotting corpse in her bathroom so she could continue collecting the social security for her religious leader. I had two jokes...listen to hear them...they're funnier that way!4) Wisconsin water authority threatned a lien on a blind, 74 year old woman's house because she owed 1 cent from last year. Yea, she never saw that one coming....


NEXT WEEK:

A one hour show!

I'm going back to my love for local radio and playing back a 45 minute program recorded live at a local hospital and performed by my daughters school. Its Christmas carols and musical presentations.

I feel its important to support our local communities even in the age of a global community via the world wide web.

Join me!




~ Glenn

Here we go...

Frustrating loss for the Steelers today.

Everything seemed to bounce the right way for the colts with a tipped pass going for a touchdown (btw...the most used phrase used during a Steeler broadcast? "In front of Ike Taylor") and another tipped ball completed for a first down.

Add in some untimely Big Ben INTs and it added up to a game the Steelers could have won bu did not.

So now they find themselves tied for first place with the Baltimore Ravens and holding the tie-breaker at this point.

I have two complaints about the game:

1) Bruce Arians calls an awful game. He mixes everything perfectly for about two drives a game...the rest of the time he has a knack for calling the exact wrong play.

2) I spent the better part of 30 minutes explaining to my guests during the game that the left tackle of the Colts was regularly tackling our DE. Yet ZERO holding penalties were called on the Colts.

The inconsistency of calls (especially holding) is very frustrating for me. It seems like certain teams never get called and holding only gets called during plays that go for positive yardage...even if the hold had nothing to do with the play.

But this loss falls on the Steelers who played fairly well despite their injury situation.

They are in the middle of a tough stretch and a win today would have been great...but they are professionals and need to shake it off and get ready for next Sunday!

GO STEELERS!!