Here is my list of ten people who make me cry in bed, for ESPN, just like I do otherwise. Feel free to add to your list, I’m sure I hurt some feelings and well… I know there are many people who are on other people’s lists (Skip Bayless, Jim Rome, etc.). Let nothing go here;
10. All of the following do not belong to ESPN and do not require sufficient respect for their place in the list. The first take of Reischea Canidata is the worst. Herm Edwards (Ineptitude: New draft guru and NFL consultant won 6 games in the past 2 years, yuck ), Sage Steele (for knowing nothing about sports and blatantly insipid), Bill Plaschke, Kevin Blackiston, Jackie MacMullen, and Howie Schwab (miserable in countless ways) and the Stewart brothers (who?).
9. Lou Holtz, This is not your fault. You are a coaching legend who should be respected and retired. Premature speeches are the stuff of YouTube weekly, and every male college senior has tried to impersonate you at one point or another. ESPN is pretty sick of making fun of Lou. And I’ll never forget when we watched, and Michigan was congratulated on a big win with a game in the fourth quarter early in the morning.
8. Kenny Mayne- If someone likes sarcasm and this person has a dry sense of humor, Kenny Mayne is nothing short of sarcastic and nauseating. Why is ESPN insisting on joining the tired Will Ferrell type of humor running today? It makes me laugh from time to time, but everything is just plain bad and I really could do without a new golf commercial.
7. Trey Wingo- Ruins the NFL Live when he walks the camera to provide some smart-ass commentary. I didn’t do it before but every event now only moves me.
Chris Berman- you were fun when I was 8 but now I’m not hip, and you need to turn more and more into the likes of ESPN for everything you have. I’m sure you’ve been there all along but I’m just sick of your shtick. Now try too hard and flash the news: the Bills and the Niners won’t win your Super Bowl. life seems so quiet.
5. Lee Corso- Not so fast hearted, constantly making mistakes and ruining ESPN’s otherwise best duo of Fowler and Herbstreit, he’s a homer, big and approachable, and typically stubborn video games.
4. Tony Kornheiser- He wasn’t the first to kill his chance on Monday Night Football. What is ESPN thinking? He knows next to nothing about football and tries to land one spot or be funny, but even Dennis Miller will shake his head once in a while. I’m a big Wilbon fan, but Tony is so ambitious, East-coast centric, and independent that I’m not a big fan of PTI. He won’t even fly on a plane, what a chump.
3. Digger Phelps- He obviously hates KU and I’m just annoyed when he hits homers against other teams. It was a bad night outside, while Rece, Hubert, and Jay were all standing guys, the ESPN guys met. He didn’t even want to shoot with us. Why are you laughing! Color coordinating light and tie, WHOAAAA!
2. Dana Jacobsen- What a classy woman. It must have been fired after a drunken tirade at Mike and Mike’s Roast. Notre Dame and Jesus and Jesus Touchdown is one of the saddest, most irresponsible sports journalism. I heard She would be in this anyway as the worst interviewer since Sage Steele, besides being the terrible director of 1st and Ten, so badly dressed.
1. Josh Elliott- This is personal. Too many busy hours and they belong in the mailroom or the attorney’s office. You are a silversmith who thinks the whole world must listen to you. You are not funny, you are not funny, you are not smart… I see through you. Look at him closely and tell me it’s not fair. He struggles through every show, it’s tough. In the focus circle, he was picked as the worst ESPN anchor ever.
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