TheAristocrat
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I'm excited for his debut because I expect it to be about an hour of this.
It's a long wait, though.
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It's a long wait, though.
roadkill1292
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What's the gripe du jour about the NFL?
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Barring Seau's family from speaking at his HOF induction or stringing up Brady on flimsy evidence, take your pick.
belljr
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In 2010 the hall of fame started the rule of no family member to speak poshtumously.
You can argue whether the NFL suggested this but this is not new and the HOF allegedly runs independently from the nfl
It's dumb but was in place before Seau even committed suicide
You can argue whether the NFL suggested this but this is not new and the HOF allegedly runs independently from the nfl
It's dumb but was in place before Seau even committed suicide
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TobiasFunke
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The popular theory is that they put this rule in place because they could see inductions of former players like Seau who had suffered from CTE coming down the pike- in fact he's only the second player inducted for whom the rule has applied. Not sure if I buy that, but with the NFL I'm not sure they deserve the benefit of the doubt on CTE. Especially since the rule seems kind of pointless and heartless otherwise.
roadkill1292
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I didn't give it much thought because of my personal distancing from those awful people but the censorship of Seau's family seemed pretty despicable.Bruce Dickinson
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IT'S TOM CRUISE WEEK!
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Hinton, Borcas and Holly Anderson have funny, irreverant attitudes about college football. I don't follow the game very much but I usually read their stuff.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
You can take Bill out of Grantland, but you can't take...wait, you can take Bill out of Grantland, but you can't take the spirit of Bill out of Grantland, I should just put this in the garbage can thread.
TobiasFunke
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I went though this exact same thought process for like 2 minutes before giving up on the post.
Long Ball Larry
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You can take B.S. out of Grantland, but you can't take the B.S. out of Grantland.
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Good Posting Judge
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LBL wins the week!
Old Smiley
Footballguy
Agreed. But in amongst it all is the fact that they're long time fans who've learned a thing or two. They'll often call out shaky teams or sleepers before it becomes the norm. Just big-picture, eyeball stuff, but sometimes other, more invested analysts out-think themselves. I wouldn't want to just listen to those two, but they're valuable.
And as you say, they're fun.
John Bender
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facook
Footballguy
Also said Cousin Sal will have to do "Guess the Lines" without him the first 3 weeks of NFL.
Lame.
mphtrilogy
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from simmons on his instagram:
RUSF18
Footballguy
I follow Barnwell and Mays on Twitter so I saw a pic they posted of the two of them at their live podcast taping. Seems like Barnwell lost a lot of weight recently and while he still skeeves me out a bit, I have no idea how a guy who looks like this today can have his byline pic on a well known website still be this .
John Bender
Footballguy
That live podcast was horrible. I like Barnwell and Mays and always listen to their podcasts but they had a bunch of unfunny stuff/people up on stage making unfunny jokes. It was terrible.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
I have a thing now where I can't listen to two meek-voiced dudes Skyping each other, even if the subject matter is interesting. Maybe it's a function of being old enough to have grown up listening to "real radio".
Gill Alexander's podcast "Beating The Book" has a guess the lines segment this week, haven't listened to it yet.
belljr
Footballguy
Same here
rockaction
Footballguy
Anybody read the 'Yankees Suck!' article about the Boston T-shirt sales and the kids who profited from it? From Sept. 1st.
Wild. Hardcore punk, gangs selling t-shirts, straight edge, drugs after failed straight edge, so much money from t-shirt sales that they were touring Asia, what?
It's an ultimately depressing read, and sort of nihilistic and fatalistic, but it's interesting.
http://grantland.com/features/yankees-suck-t-shirts-boston-red-sox/
Wild. Hardcore punk, gangs selling t-shirts, straight edge, drugs after failed straight edge, so much money from t-shirt sales that they were touring Asia, what?
It's an ultimately depressing read, and sort of nihilistic and fatalistic, but it's interesting.
http://grantland.com/features/yankees-suck-t-shirts-boston-red-sox/
freeannyong
Footballguy
Good news! Guess the lines pod is back on 10/1 with Sal!
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PatsWillWin
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John Bender
Footballguy
"CANT WAIT"
-Bart Scott
-Bart Scott
Billy Bats
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"The Bill Simmons podcast" is available for subscription with cousin Sal doing a Simmons impersonation on a 2 minute teaser. Guess the lines podcast on Mondays, NFL picks podcast on Fridays with House and a third weekly podcast with a random celebrity or his dad. Premiers 10/1. HBO show starts in the spring.
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John Bender
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I am too. I posted here earlier that his best bet with this was building a pirate ship and going the Carolla route. The advertisers will come in, plenty to sustain things.
He can now say whatever he wants with no one to answer to.
Can't wait.
He can now say whatever he wants with no one to answer to.
Can't wait.
After his 150th unhinged tweet about deflategate I came to the conclusion that unfiltered Simmons sounded better in theory than practice.
John Bender
Footballguy
He's a Patriots fan.
I know he's Hollywood Bill now, but a lot of the attraction is the candor and authenticity between him and his crew on the pod. If the Patriot fan thing bothers you, (he was just like all the other million fans losing their mind over it), he was likely never your thing.
TheAristocrat
Footballguy
PatsWillWin
Footballguy
This is kinda how I feel when I listen to a 75 minute Simmons podcast on 90210, which I never watched or care about at all.
I've been reading his stuff for more than a decade. The homerism is just fine in small doses.
RUSF18
Footballguy
Listening to the first one now, I'm surprised he couldn't get something a little more solid in terms of a sponsor than the same Squarespace/Me Undies referral links that every other podcast has. I'm sure he'll do better with them comparatively as a result of his audience size but anyone who listens to his podcasts has been hearing Squarespace ads on other podcasts for two years already.John Bender said:
Bogart
Footballguy
Listening to the first one as well, and it feels a little incomplete overall. Lack of any production value, cheaper audio equipment. The content is there like always and excited to listen, just seems off.
Almost like ESPN told Simmons that he could start broadcasting in October and HBO told Simmons they would supply him with support come springtime, so Bill is just doing this on his own right now.
Brony
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RUSF18
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I had to come back here just to say that you, my friend, are going to really be happy around the 45 minute mark of the initial podcast.
John Bender
Footballguy
This wasn't a small dose story though from any side though. It was a huge dose issue from everyone from ESPN to CNN with their side of thing. It was a very big deal and I don't fault him for making a big deal out of his opinion as well. That's all.thecatch said:John Bender said:
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RUSF18
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You should be able to get them from iTunes and any other podcast app you have on your phone.
