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Mouth of the Midwest/ 10:25 Tonight-KCCI News Channel 8
Thursday 08-21-2008 10:12am CT
GET READY FOR A 'FAVRE-FEST OF FOOTBALL THE SUITS HERE AT KCCI POINT TO RESEARCH OF THE FAN FOLLOWING OF THE NFL IN ANNOITING THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS A TELEVISION PRIORITY ...THIS YEAR AND IN YEARS PAST. THAT IS NOT TO SAY THE VIKINGS, BEARS AND FAVRE-LESS PACKERS DON'T MATTER... BUT FAVRE TO THE JETS AND THE NFL SCHDULE THIS YEAR HAS THE SUITS SWEATING TO WIT: WEEK #1 YOUR GETTING JETS AT MIAMI...FAVRE'S DEBUT...THE RIGHT CALL...EVEN JILTED CHEESEHEADS WILL WATCH THIS GAME...AND, PERHAPS, HOPE FAVRE FALLS ON HIS FACE. WEEK #2 CBS DOUBLEADER....EARLY GAME KC HOSTING DA RAIDERS; VIKING FANS WILL BE CLAMORING FOR THEIR GAME AS THEY HOST PEYTON MANNING AND THE COLTS...BOB SANDERS, DALLAS CLARK FORMER HAWKS IN THE MIX... THE LATE GAME...JETS AND PATRIOTS...FAVRE VERSUS TOM BRADY...NO BRAINER! WEEK 3 FAVRE AND JETS HIT THE NATIONAL STAGE AGAIN...THIS TIME IN SAN DIEGO AGAINST THE CHARGERS... THE SUITS ALMOST GOT THIS PERFECT...IF YOU STARVE FOR FAVRE..YOUR COVERED...THE WEEK 2 SLIGHT OF THE VIKES IS HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE...KC IS A SIX WIN TEAM AT BEST... MEATLOAF SANG IT... DON'T BE SAD...CUZ TWO OUTTA THREE AINT BAD 62 and even! The Power of the Panther/Marty Tirrell
Tuesday 08-19-2008 9:16am CT
Having the University of Northern Iowa in the fold at KXnO this fall, ah let's just say, a nice little coup.
NCAA Sub-Division football is on the rise to wit: App. State over Michigan, New Hampshire knocking off Northwestern, Cal Davis shocking Stanford and Maine beating Mississippi State. There will be more. UNI has a shot at BYU in week #1.
The old Division 1AA is solid football; their post-season 16 team playoff system is a model the big boys should follow in some indoctrination.
Newly-minted UNI AD Troy Dannen is on major fund-raising expedition and he snuffed out his political Panther ties at Clear Channel and put them into action. This will hurt Drake in the metro as these schools will battle for dollars. Football doesn't matter at Drake like it does in Cedar Falls and the PantherNation (10,000 alums in Polk County) will give the Bulldog backers a run for their money.
Keno Davis' defection, as much as a "I gotta take the money" is also a hint that Drake's hoop success is deemed aberrational in many minds...the Panthers point to their multiple years of NCCA success and say, Game On in Des Moines and all of Central Iowa.
62 and even!
Sports Closet of My Mind..../Marty Tirrell
Monday 08-18-2008 2:30pm CT
Getting ready for, gulp, fall...
KCCI's Andy Ireland tossed into Saturday's discourse with us; the palacial accomodations afforded Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Johnson. So be it, an insurance company
foot the bill as I recall. Whispers of past financial problems, Lo Lo Jones' $12, 500 gift have some people annoyed at the Johnson Camp. I don't care if they filed bankruptcy 10 times---they are entitled to a private life outside the glare of the media.
Ireland, for his part, only mentioned the Johnson digs as a point of fact and wasn't
hinting at largesse at all.
Gosh, if she wins gold tomorrow what will they be saying. We build em' up to shoot em' down.
Brewers and Cards to the wire in the NL card race. Brewers get in, look out! Sabbathia and Sheets can get anyone in an 0-2 hole in a hurry.
Iowa has a bad scrimmage and people are flipping out? What if they lose to Maine? And...they could!
The most G-O-L-D wins the Olympics right? U.S. Silver's again...
Two for Augusta: Zach Johnson for life and Jack Newman via his US Public Links title for 2009.
Mind Games football supplement in the Register Sunday well done. Notice the KXnO logo in the brain on the cover. Great minds think alike is what they are saying, perhaps!
62 and even!
SporTView/Marty Tirrell
Wednesday 08-13-2008 10:35am CT
WHO TV Sports Director Keith Murphy captured the true essence of last night's women's team final gymnastics when he served up, "edge of your seat", "nerve-wracking" to characterize the night. Kudos to Keith as he summed up what we all had to feel. Erin Keirnan piped in with with solid analysis as well, and that is a refreshing deviation from the hum-drum, tepid, forced banter on most news sets.
Two knocks on 13, however. Andy Fales should have been positioned at PF Chang's in West Des Moines. Great locale, very fitting and he excels in slots like that. Instead, ill-fitting USA garb and not funny reparte. This is a clean up hitter being asked to bunt.
And, 13 went cheap with their correspondent from 'heaven knows where' making it look like that had a reportert there. This is where Andy Ireland and KCCI are really connecting with Iowans. Irelands's star is rising big time. Full disclosure: He is our "Marty & Miller" guy at the Olympics and will deliver some spicy material from Bela Karolyi tonight at 6:05 on KXnO. Ireland says Karolyi lays out China's blatant cheating to win gymnastics gold.
I tried to weigh in on WOI ABC 5. Sorry...Dish Network...no go!
62 and even!
This is Unfair!/Marty Tirrell
Friday 08-08-2008 10:56am CT
The 'Marty & Miller' show will not be at the Iowa State Fair for our 9 day run. Yes, we will be there Monday with Direct Satellite TV for a big NFL Sunday Ticket/ Big Ten Network push; Varied Industries building from 4p-7p.
But, we will miss tonight's East Side Class Reunion night; Miller being very nasty about being there and ripping anyone/anything in sight. And, the weather normally oppressive and sticky, will be beautiful!
So, we need you to burn up the Vantus Bank Whiner Line today (Friday)...245-8844 with your State Fair stories, reviews and general fair fodder. Get after it like only you
people can do!!!
245-8844...we play em' back tonight at 5:40pm.
62 and even!
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