A Sea Of Red

Got this in the email this morning from Rich Roth...and I know there are at least a few Sportsline listeners.

Just a heads up ... The Sportsline may be gone but the Song Parody Contest lives on! Please come out and join us on Tuesday Nov. 25 at 6pm at the Original Big Lick Tropical Grill ... and pass this on to friends and folks who might be interested in attending. Special thanks to this years sponsor ... and my new employer ... UBS Financial Services.

There are now zero Sportsline listeners on here.

+1 (back to the Bob Sturm days, an LU alum).

Cider Jim wrote:+1 (back to the Bob Sturm days, an LU alum).

Every now and then I still listen to parts of Sturm's show from Dallas in podcast form. From an LU standpoint, the sportsline really went downhill when he left. RR denies having any anti-LU bias, but once he was making the decisions, there was almost no discussion of anything LU related until our Athletic Department started buying advertising time on WLNI.

I for one think there is a market for a show with a bit more of a local flavor than RR and Larry did, where LU, and some limited local HS sports (maybe even LC) are all open for discussion as well as UVA, Tech, the ACC as a whole, and professional and college sports of national interest.

Another interesting concept would be an on-air version of FF, where LU athletics are the centerpiece, but other sports, as well as non sports related topics of local or national interest would be included.

olldflame wrote:

Cider Jim wrote:+1 (back to the Bob Sturm days, an LU alum).

Every now and then I still listen to parts of Sturm's show from Dallas in podcast form. From an LU standpoint, the sportsline really went downhill when he left. RR denies having any anti-LU bias, but once he was making the decisions, there was almost no discussion of anything LU related until our Athletic Department started buying advertising time on WLNI.

I for one think there is a market for a show with a bit more of a local flavor than RR and Larry did, where LU, and some limited local HS sports (maybe even LC) are all open for discussion as well as UVA, Tech, the ACC as a whole, and professional and college sports of national interest.

Another interesting concept would be an on-air version of FF, where LU athletics are the centerpiece, but other sports, as well as non sports related topics of local or national interest would be included.

I think this would be a pretty successful 90.9 show. Do they have any sports shows anymore?

LUconn wrote:

olldflame wrote:

Cider Jim wrote:+1 (back to the Bob Sturm days, an LU alum).

Every now and then I still listen to parts of Sturm's show from Dallas in podcast form. From an LU standpoint, the sportsline really went downhill when he left. RR denies having any anti-LU bias, but once he was making the decisions, there was almost no discussion of anything LU related until our Athletic Department started buying advertising time on WLNI.

I for one think there is a market for a show with a bit more of a local flavor than RR and Larry did, where LU, and some limited local HS sports (maybe even LC) are all open for discussion as well as UVA, Tech, the ACC as a whole, and professional and college sports of national interest.

Another interesting concept would be an on-air version of FF, where LU athletics are the centerpiece, but other sports, as well as non sports related topics of local or national interest would be included.

I think this would be a pretty successful 90.9 show. Do they have any sports shows anymore?

i agree with the stipulation....it depends completly on who is hosting/co-hosting.......

I actually recorded Sturm's farewell show years ago, and even Doc called in to wish Bob well on his move to Dallas.

Bob has dropped by FlameFans in the past.

I've never heard the parody songs in the past. Is this karaoke with sports humor?

Some of the contestants are actually talented musicians Sly, and in addition to singing, they play their own instruments or come with their own live bands. The songs are generally parodys of popular tunes with lyrics ripping the opposing team. More than one has pushed the boundries of what is acceptable in "polite society". A few have been laugh-out-loud funny.

olldflame wrote:Some of the contestants are actually talented musicians Sly, and in addition to singing, they play their own instruments or come with their own live bands. The songs are generally parodys of popular tunes with lyrics ripping the opposing team. More than one has pushed the boundries of what is acceptable in "polite society". A few have been laugh-out-loud funny.

As opposed to the West Virginia joke contests which were downright hilarious.

Fumblerooskies wrote:

olldflame wrote:Some of the contestants are actually talented musicians Sly, and in addition to singing, they play their own instruments or come with their own live bands. The songs are generally parodys of popular tunes with lyrics ripping the opposing team. More than one has pushed the boundries of what is acceptable in "polite society". A few have been laugh-out-loud funny.

As opposed to the West Virginia joke contests which were downright hilarious.

Agreed, and almost ALL of them were in at least somewhat questionable taste!

Usually the best songs are about the moonshine drinkin', truck drivin', overall wearin' Tech fans (and the women who love them).

Cider Jim wrote:Usually the best songs are about the zima drinkin', beemer drivin', pastel wearin' UVA fans (and the men who love them).

FIFY!

I did a song the year Tech moved out of the Big East to the ACC to the tune of Garth Brooks "Friends in Low Places".

I didn't win the UVA/Tech tickets, but I did get a copy of NHL 0something for my XBOX.

(My lyrics would pass the Liberty Way test, haha - it was a very clean song).

LUconn wrote:

olldflame wrote:

Cider Jim wrote:+1 (back to the Bob Sturm days, an LU alum).

Every now and then I still listen to parts of Sturm's show from Dallas in podcast form. From an LU standpoint, the sportsline really went downhill when he left. RR denies having any anti-LU bias, but once he was making the decisions, there was almost no discussion of anything LU related until our Athletic Department started buying advertising time on WLNI.

I for one think there is a market for a show with a bit more of a local flavor than RR and Larry did, where LU, and some limited local HS sports (maybe even LC) are all open for discussion as well as UVA, Tech, the ACC as a whole, and professional and college sports of national interest.

Another interesting concept would be an on-air version of FF, where LU athletics are the centerpiece, but other sports, as well as non sports related topics of local or national interest would be included.

I think this would be a pretty successful 90.9 show. Do they have any sports shows anymore?

I did one for two years and then stopped to help Rich and Larry when we went to syndication... I am looking forward to tomorrow, if you are a Hokie or a Wahoo fan make sure you get there early... The place will be packed!!!

Here is a link to some of the songs from last year (Some songs might not be suitable for everybody) but they are very funny!

http://sportslineradio.com/mp/player.html

what about the 90.9 sports show from a couple of years ago gmtm?? I know you loooooved that one

How was the contest? Any link to the new songs?

It was a packed house!! There were some really funny songs... Wes and Jamie won there classes..

http://www.sportslineradio.com/song-par ... ntest.html

Rocketfan wrote:

LUconn wrote:

olldflame wrote: Another interesting concept would be an on-air version of FF, where LU athletics are the centerpiece, but other sports, as well as non sports related topics of local or national interest would be included.

I think this would be a pretty successful 90.9 show. Do they have any sports shows anymore?

i agree with the stipulation....it depends completly on who is hosting/co-hosting.......

And how much leverage those co-hosts get... 'cuz if the show isn't allowed to get good footing because people don't want other shows looking bad by comparison, well then you're stuck.

(Oh, did I just go there?)