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Pat McAfee Doesn’t Mind Colin Cowherd Questioning His Journalistic Integrity

“Wednesday McAfee joked that while elite journalism schools did initially show interest in him as a football player, most of them backed away once they saw hi’s grades.”

Published

3 years ago

January 27, 2021

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Colin Cowherd took what could be considered a shot at Pat McAfee on Wednesday’s edition of The Herd. In discussing Aaron Rodgers, Cowherd said that the Green Bay Packers’ quarterback likes going on McAfee’s SiriusXM show because he knows McAfee will not ask him hard questions.

McAfee responded to that accusation with tongue planted firmly in cheek, saying that he has never thought of himself as a journalist and the same goes for most of his show’s staff.

“I am not a journalist and thank God for that. But I can respect people that are,” McAfee said “The Jeff Passans, the Colin Cowherds. I respect that job. I can exist in a similar space as you, but it’s much different.”

Wednesday McAfee joked that while elite journalism schools did initially show interest in him as a football player, most of them backed away once they saw his grades. He said that Northwestern compared his low grades to his high SAT score and said it showed admissions officers that McAfee was “academically lazy”.

“What I’m saying is, I haven’s finished my journalism degree yet, but I’m gonna try my best, Colin. And I will cross-examine Aaron next time I talk to him,” McAfee said at the end of the segment on Wednesday.

Well I guess @ColinCowherd questioned my journalistic credibility..

The good thing for him is I've often questioned that of myself as well. Pretty much every time I get on to a microphone.

I am not a journalist.. & thank God for that #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/FdIW8kJvM7
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) January 27, 2021

Rodgers made regular appearances on McAfee’s show on SiriusXM throughout the football season. McAfee would ask a number of football questions but often the conversations would be derailed by questions about movies, Rodgers’s celebrity friendships, and food.

During the visits, Rodgers also was not shy about his feelings towards more traditional media types, saying that he preferred the regular visits with McAfee and former Packers teammate AJ Hawk to talking to reporters or going on other sports talk shows.

“What it’s allowed me to do is silence all the douchebags out there who are talking for me and either making themselves more relevant by using my name or running with stories that were not really based on any type of fact,” the presumed MVP said during his visit to the show on Tuesday. “And look, I’ve grown as a person and I’ve said things and done things I wish I’d handled a little better, but this was a great natural, authentic — whatever.”

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Jim Rome: I Don’t Want to Talk About How the NFL Sucks Every Day

Rome argued that “hate is the new dopamine” while noting that he doesn’t want to talk about what he hates all day.

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3 hours ago

November 29, 2023

Jordan Bondurant

(Photo: CBS Sports Radio)

Jim Rome didn’t want to have to be that guy on Tuesday, but he had no choice.

Rome opened his CBS Sports Radio show by prefacing his comments on Monday night’s Bears/Vikings game by saying his goal isn’t to just ridicule the NFL schedule into oblivion.

“I don’t come in here every single day looking to bag on and hate on NFL primetime games,” Rome said. “And yes, I’m the one who said it – hate is the new dopamine. But that’s not how I get down. That’s not my deal.”

Jim Rome added that just saying everything sucks isn’t a sports take. But he pivoted from there saying that it’s OK to say 95% of the primetime games in the NFL suck because it’s true.

“Then not only is it a take, it’s the only take,” he said. “How are these games actually managing in primetime to get worse and worse? And how is anything going to top the atrocity that we sat through last night?”

Fans in theory should get a more competitive, high-scoring affair on Thursday night when the Seahawks take on the Cowboys. But Rome just couldn’t believe how torturous Monday night’s contest really was.

“Technically, the Bears did win that game. But technically, really, we all lost,” he said.

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Mad Dog: Gus Johnson ‘Bothered The Hell Out of Me’ Saturday

“For crying out loud, Michigan/Ohio State isn’t even better than North Carolina/Duke, who play twice a year. So let’s be careful with the hype machine.”

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12 hours ago

November 28, 2023

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FOX Sports college football voice Gus Johnson has made no bones about his affinity for Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. However, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo has heard enough.

During his Mad Dog Unleashed program on SiriusXM, Russo shared that not only was Johnson obnoxious for the constant use of a nickname he bestowed up Harrison, but he was also misguided for calling Ohio State/Michigan the greatest rivalry in sports.

“Gus Johnson — the hype machine that he is — please, when you broadcast a ballgame, I don’t need to hear about Maserati Marv, number one. And number two, that’s not the greatest rivalry in sports history. Have you heard of the Yankees and the Red Sox? Giants and the Dodgers? How about Bears/Packers? Have you heard about that?

“For crying out loud, Michigan/Ohio State isn’t even better than North Carolina/Duke, who play twice a year. So let’s be careful with the hype machine. That bothered the hell out of me.”

When a caller pushed back on Russo’s opinion on the Michigan/Ohio State rivalry, he continued by saying “That rivalry’s not Yankees/Red Sox. To compare college football to the Yankees and the Red Sox is ludicrous.”

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Nashville Predators Radio Voice Pete Weber Calling 2,000th Game Tuesday

“I always wanted to be there for the birth of a team. I feel like I’ve been a pretty fair midwife here.”

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12 hours ago

November 28, 2023

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Nashville Predators radio voice Pete Weber is set to hit a career milestone Tuesday, as he’ll call his 2,000th game for the NHL franchise.

Weber told The Tennessean that he has relished the opportunity to be the voice of a team since its inception. He claimed he applied for and was a finalist for the radio play-by-play job when the Carolina Panthers were conceived, before ultimately landing with the Predators.

“I always wanted to be there for the birth of a team,” said Weber. “I feel like I’ve been a pretty fair midwife here.”

Despite missing time late last season due to a rare brain condition, Weber said he has no plans of retiring anytime soon.

“I have not thought about it, other than when I thought about how (former Philadelphia Phillies announcer) Harry Kalas was carried dead out of the broadcast booth in Washington,” Pete Weber said. “I thought, ‘Well, that’s an interesting way to go. I don’t necessarily know that I want to do it like that. But it could happen. I’m not going to say no.”

Weber’s 2,000th game will come as the Nashville Predators play host to the Pittsburgh Penguins. 102.5 The Game is the flagship home of the Predators Radio Network.

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