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All Things Denver XXXVI

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BigBossMan said:
If you’re going make it through the season listening to Monty, you’ll need a Cliché to English translator. Google does an adequate job but I prefer Durham Bull - Life Lessons by Crash Davis. :cool:
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:)
Where does Gwoz speak fall?
 
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Nominated for NCHC Honors
Offensive Player of the Week
Quentin Shore, So., F, Denver – Totaled three points on the weekend, scoring a goal in each game while also recording an assist in Friday’s win over Niagara as the two points tied a career high

Defenseman of the Week
David Makowski, Sr., D, Denver – Tallied a career-high three points in Friday’s win over Niagara, including a career-best two goals, one of which was the game-winner, while blocking three shots on the weekend
 
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BigBossMan said:
If you’re going make it through the season listening to Monty, you’ll need a Cliché to English translator. Google does an adequate job but I prefer Durham Bull - Life Lessons by Crash Davis. :cool:
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vizoroo said:
:)
Where does Gwoz speak fall?
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Montreal English is clearly a different sort of approach than Ontario English. I'm still adjusting. (I also haven't listened to the show yet)


Reminds me of "Ronspeak" in Formula 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Dennis#.22Ronspeak.22
 
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Its 20 minutes of commercials. Frankly, I think they're hurting for callers....even last year. They should atleast have ghost callers at the ready, with scripted questions. But I do think having a student there will help. Providing an Email address to send questions to would help too. By the time I was going to text a question, there was only like 10 mins left, and I figured they had another commercial break coming, so didn't bother.
 
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32 Degrees! said:
Its 20 minutes of commercials. Frankly, I think they're hurting for callers....even last year. They should atleast have ghost callers at the ready, with scripted questions. But I do think having a student there will help. Providing an Email address to send questions to would help too. By the time I was going to text a question, there was only like 10 mins left, and I figured they had another commercial break coming, so didn't bother.
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Seems like a dedicated 10 minutes would be better than trying to stretch it to 30 minutes. Bump it for the first couple hours of the show and then get it all done at once. There's only so much to say to the casual fan on sports radio.
 
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32 Degrees! said:
Its 20 minutes of commercials. Frankly, I think they're hurting for callers....even last year. They should atleast have ghost callers at the ready, with scripted questions. But I do think having a student there will help. Providing an Email address to send questions to would help too. By the time I was going to text a question, there was only like 10 mins left, and I figured they had another commercial break coming, so didn't bother.
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It's a producer's job to prime the pump. Have a list of reliable DU fans (or staff members) available and reach out to them. It's not even necessary to have questions written in advance. Just let "Jim in Arvada" ask whatever's on his mind. Generally that's all that's necessary to get the ball rolling.

I recall a consultant jumping out of his skin when my producer told him "Pio likes it when calls are slow." He quickly disabused her of that. Frequently these folks are given zero guidance other than "answer the call and post it on the telos." They've got to be proactive, especially early on.

Years ago I was called on occasionally to host a weekly sports talk show in San Antonio with Tex Schramm, ostensibly about the Cowboys. But we would always get some clown who wanted to know "what do you think about Ernie Pudknocker?" Ernie, it turned out, was a distinguished local fullback from Churchill H.S. who was languishing on the bench at Lamar University. Responding "I don't know and don't care" was out of the question. So you just turn the question around, "what do you think of Ernie?" That's generally all it took.
 
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32 Degrees! said:
Its 20 minutes of commercials. Frankly, I think they're hurting for callers....even last year. They should atleast have ghost callers at the ready, with scripted questions. But I do think having a student there will help. Providing an Email address to send questions to would help too. By the time I was going to text a question, there was only like 10 mins left, and I figured they had another commercial break coming, so didn't bother.
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Next time you get the chance, call in early. That'll insure that you get on. And that Monty will have something to talk about. And encourage others to call. Hosts have program logs which list the spots to be played. The idea is to avoid having the show sound like "spot-a-rama." You want to alternate between calls and spots. And when you're breaking you can tease that "Jim from Arvada" will be next (to encourage him to hang on). Texting questions is also a good idea. Lots of folks don't want to be on the air. Of course, you can also fake questions that are texted: "Jim from Arvada wants to know what you think of NCHC officiating."
 
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Football playoffs begin tonight, so I'll be watching Oak Park's first round game. I'll be JIP the scoring thread and hope the usual gaggle of reprobates won't disappoint and have the Pioneers safely in front by the time I catch up.
 
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Dmann said:
bump!!!
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Pretty sad nowadays that this thread has to be bumped. The University of Denver has essentially alienated everyone that has cared about the program. There are a lot of fences to be mended however, this administration seems intent on letting them rot.
 
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dubbie31 said:
Pretty sad nowadays that this thread has to be bumped. The University of Denver has essentially alienated everyone that has cared about the program. There are a lot of fences to be mended however, this administration seems intent on letting them rot.
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It's almost like they've got a check list. Let's see: invite back the '68 & '69 national championship teams then don't honor them on the ice during homecoming. Check.

Keep that g.d. jelly donut in our locker room. Check.

Don't honor Masterton and Magnuson. Check

Threaten the kid in the Boone costume. Check.
 
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Old Pio said:
It's almost like they've got a check list. Let's see: invite back the '68 & '69 national championship teams then don't honor them on the ice during homecoming. Check.

Keep that g.d. jelly donut in our locker room. Check.

Don't honor Masterton and Magnuson. Check

Threaten the kid in the Boone costume. Check.
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Put words in students' mouths to pass the blame on the $100k mascot debacle: Check.

Have a spokesperson state, without much paraphrasing, that "alumni don't matter": Check.

All in the same sentence, no less:

"Alumni are great and needed and incredible supporters of our athletic events, but the current student body wants a mascot to call their own. I think that is really important."

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_23416542/denver-boone-wins-suppressed-
 
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