A frequently held axiom in broadcast media is that the most legitimate analysis comes from the athletes. There are lots of people who have opinions about the president who have never been president… If only guys who played the game could talk about the game, where would this leave us in terms of content?
On a radio program or a TV show? So, I know what I am, I speak for the fan. Cosell was no man of the people. He fancied himself rather brilliant, had earned a law degree, even for a time toyed with running for Senate. Cosell would tell it to you, in another of his pet terms, like it is.
To listen to Rome, born and raised in Los Angeles, is to see the conversation around sports as more of a sprawl. Cosell, alas, began and ended believing he knew more than anyone. To get an idea of how sports-obsessed Rome has always been, head back to and the period prior to his 16th birthday.
Rome had grown up comfortable since the age of 12 in Calabasas, a suburb west of L. As that 16th birthday neared, the Steelers had won four of the last six Super Bowls. His passion for sports began at an early age. Weeks later came an autographed picture.
As is the case for the vast majority of adolescents who both play and watch sports, Rome soon enough saw that there was no way he was going to become a professional athlete. The obsession only accelerated. To read Sports Illustrated and Sport Magazine. To listen to such L. To attend various games with Jay. Well, I could talk about the game. And who is the kid now who will one day query Rome? Jim Rome. Ross Porter got an early taste of the tough, quick questioning that so many sports fans and pro athletes would later be subject to.
Upon arrival at the University of California at Santa Barbara in the fall of , Rome rapidly made his way to the campus radio station. There came an internship opportunity, Rome willingly waking many a morning at to work for free. Then came a hurdle that briefly took Rome off his mission.
Passed over at the last minute for a job at a Santa Barbara radio station, Rome felt angered at the rather random aspect of the hiring process—how events, as it were, had taken the bat out of his hands. The best way to control his destiny, Rome determined, would be to join the family business. Jay resisted, pointing out that Jim had never paid a minute of attention to it. The legendary sports radio personality has been talking into a microphone since the s.
After more than 30 years in the industry, Rome has perfected his craft. From the minute Jim Rome stepped onto his college campus, he knew what he wanted to do with his life. Rome got his radio career started at the University of California Santa Barbara. Oh yeah, and he also reads a teleprompter like a 4th grader reading a book report. I have a feeling some people hate him because he's so popular. It seems simple but it makes sense. Think of all the other things that are uber popular that people bag on.
Rome's interviews are terrible. Every one is the same. You did it. How does that make you feel? Rome has phoned it in for years. He has the sense of humor of a 13 year old and he repeats the same thing over and over with tons of dead air. Yeah, I want to listen to that. Listen to his burn on Michigan courtesy of Cuba and Dhani Jones after he said everyone would still want to go to Michigan despite losing to Appalachian State.
Peanut appreciate it, but you are way of base with this one. People are not piling it on because it happened to Michigan; they're piling it on because it was the biggest upset in the history of college football. And believe me, if it happened at The Horseshoe or L. Collesium, it would be just as bad In fact, it would be worse, because both USC and Ohio State have both won national titles in the past decade.
And believe me, if it happened in the shadow of Field Goal Jesus, the Domers would get heat as well. And as for everybody being jealous of and wanting to go to Michigan Well I don't know what it was like before, but I'm pretty sure they don't now. There is usually no in between on Rome, you either love him or hate him. MMA star Chael Sonnen tried to wrestle away the title. You still doing this? These days, tweets replace faxes.
Sons and daughters of clones are now upping their games. Additional podcasts augment the regular content at jimrome. Some who lost it have found it again. CBS has made me still feel relevant. But some stations are hesitant about taking syndicated shows.
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