2012 MVD Results, CDOTY, Wing Winner & More

        Moments in Sports 2012

Deep in thought, Roger Penske

Since this was the final show of the year, the overall show topic was what was the 2012 sports moment, either on or off the field of play. Everyone had something that was special for them, either positive or negative. I’m staying positive and recognizing Roger Penske, who was finally able to obtain a NASCAR Cup Championship after being in the sport for 39 years, with driver Brad Keselowski, crew chief Paul Wolfe, the Miller Lite crew and Penske Racing shop. They were the only Dodge team, the last year in the sport for Dodge, Penske relied on their own engines and didn’t have an engine failure in any of the 39 total races they ran in 2012. Have you thought of what was your 2012 sports moment? Maybe it was something negative that happened. Maybe it was something positive. Was it something that stayed within the game? Or did it transcend to the mainstream? Was it a milestone? Was it something that was trending or something that touched you in personal way?

BK making his owner and sponsor proud

Wing Winner

The contest winner for the Buffalo Wild Wing Bowl experience was a former Air Force veteran of 6 years who served as a mechanic, Carl Allen from Tucson. The bowl game is at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, AZ December 29^th. No need for airfare, he plans on doing the hour trip as a road warrior. While there he’ll get a chance to meet the man himself, DP. Congrats Carl! Hope you have a great time!

BDub Bowl - where cheerleaders are prickly

           He Doesn’t Need a Dog

Appearance tag for the dog-less

The Mothership doesn’t take kindly to any of its talent interacting with Dan or the Danettes whether on the air or off. That makes Michael Wilbon’s courageous appearances on the show even more special. How he got the hall pass I don’t know. He must know something that no one else does to be able to pull it off.


            Dan’s New Year Wish

Similar to the scene at the studio  this morning

                                            Actually, he has two wishes.  One - loose the use of the phrase "high motor". It’s worn, it’s old, there has to be something else out there. Two – a new roof for the building they’re in. Mother Nature took her fury out on the building the studio is in and damaged the part of the roof that’s near the portion of the desk Seton and Paulie share that holds the audio control board Seton operates for the show. At one point Dan heard "I need a bucket, I need a bucket, I need a bucket!" I wasn’t because Seton was hung over and sick from partying the night before, it’s because the tainted rainwater was dripping from the roof and splashing onto the console. Seton sacrificed his body shielding the equipment until help arrived.

   Dan’s Mom Comes to Celebrate

Fill trophy with above, consume and repeat

We were treated today to an abbreviated visit by Dan’s mom. No time for stories today. At her advanced age, she’s still known to knock down a few beers and was going with Dan and the boys to celebrate at Bdubs after the show. Dan had said before that at an ESPN party one time his mom had a couple of mind erasers just because someone said she should try them. Love it. Dan’s mom also doesn’t have a filter. Dan told her the night before that she couldn’t give a shout out to all of her friends on the radio. What did she do? A Merry Christmas shout out to all her friends. She also told Dan he had four really great guys that worked for him. She is Queen of the Danettes. No wonder Seton picked her as COTW when he filled in for Fritzy one week. She was after Dan during one of the breaks for being so serious and Dan decided to do a word wrap around the word serious claiming he wasn’t but admitted to his mom there are so many moving parts and that he was very lucky.


Long Ago in an Attic Far Away

Climbed the stairs 5 years ago
to the top of the heap

Dan reminisced about how five years ago when they were doing the radio show from the attic in his house he was on the edge of filing bankruptcy or having to mortgage the house to keep the show going. There were times he didn’t know if he could make payroll for the guys. Paulie would ask, how we doin’? Dan would say good and then turn around and tell his wife, I just lied to Paulie. You could still feel some angst in his voice recalling the past.



2012 MVD Results

Although Dan swore only he and his mother knew the results, Jay Glazer scooped them by calling in and announcing the results for both MVD and CBDOTY.

#4 Andrew "McLovin" Perloff - Andy took this award the second year. Then his desk mate ran away with the next two years. The back row magic seems to have faded. Although McLovin continues to gain national recognition, there have been problems: failure to create poll questions, more downs than ups in his Against the Grain segments, not showering, then showering at work and not using his own towel, too many hat days and too many contributions to the passion bucket for having his mic off are just a few examples. The final blow came when he didn’t take home his Christmas gift from Dan or the tie he so needed to borrow. When asked to move the gift he clumsily dropped it under his side of the desk. So close, yet so far. McLovin’s motto for 2013, every day is the Pro Bowl. Much more attainable than every day is the Super Bowl like everyone else.

Maybe if he wrote his piece while drinking his sponsor
the segment would soar

#3 Todd "Fritzy" Fritz - What kept him out of making this three years in a row? Hard to really tell, but here are a few ideas: One too many mock headline clunkers? Too many visits by the IT guy from down loading porn? Cougars of the Week that were really Alley Cats? Routinely leaving COTW material in the fax machine? Hmmm.

Would more grit equal more glory in 2013?

#2 Paul "Paulie" Pabst - Five years in a row at the runner up position. As Paulie says, C’s equal degrees. Paulie is a sure and steady soldier keeping the arms and legs of the operation moving. Breaking the picture of Dan with Jennifer Anniston and Adam Sandler that was above the fireplace and not saying anything today surely didn’t help. Maybe if Paulie can find true joy in doing the show in 2013 he can become MVD. But would that mean he would need to loose his Meanest Danette title to do so?

If only Paulie could really enjoy himself
(fake, fake, fake, fake smile)

#1 Patrick "Seton" O’Connor - This Danettes willingness to share: share stories, share photos, share info and share the spotlight with others in Stat of the Day must surely have rocketed him to the top of the Danette heap this year. Add to the list: Wearing underwear outside of his jeans in public, Tiger suit and face paint day and getting his wrist inked live on the air were all unique contributions. Congratulations Seton in receiving the trophy and dedicated photo for the next 12 months. Seton gave his speech from the heart and off the cuff. The highlight was when he used the words of Sally Field: You like me, you really like me!" 

Click the link below to see the award.

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MVD Winner Recap

Paulie for 2013 MVD
Campaign needs to start sometime!

Seton 2008

McLovin 2009

Fritzy 2010

Fritzy 2011

Seton 2012

Paulie 2013???

Inaugural Comeback Danette of the Year

Fill, consume, repeat

No count down here, just flat out announcement of who won the award. After being disappointed by not winning the MVD, one Danette clinched his fists, closed his eyes and tightened his body in anticipation of hearing his name for the last award. When he heard his name called he leaped for joy and pumped his fist in celebration. The winner was….McLovin. McLovin was prepared whether it was MVD or CBDOTY with his words written down and ready to go. Wearing his navy suit coat and Dan’s tie, he thanked his two girls, the same two that the day before he said ruined his life. Too funny. He was awarded a large gold         trophy cup filled with Bdub wings that he didn’t eat although Dan kept encouraging him to do so.


Note:  Dan and the boys won't be back live until January 2nd. 

Random Adam Sandler, Creepy Yet Flattering, & More

Random Adam Sandler
How was it that Adam Sandler had a soundless guitar at the 121212 Concert? A trap door closed on top of his guitar cord, so no sound. Although he’s a Knicks fan, because he lives in LA he’ll be seen at those games more likely and either on or near the floor or up in his agency’s suite eating chicken. Kobe indicated in an interview with Dan that he’d like to be in a Sandler movie. Sandler was up for that. The next role for Dan will be in a Sandler western themed movie wearing cowboy gear head to toe including what sounds like ass chaps and a possible love interest. Script to be in Dan’s hands in about two weeks. Sandler guaranteed he’ll be a cool, funny cowboy that’s solid and more manly than Dan’s role in Grown Ups 2. There was no talk of parts for the Danettes. They were given one shot to prove themselves in That’s My Boy and they must not have gotten it done. No background extras, no ranch hands, no little buckaroos, no Danettes. Sounds like the closest they’ll get now is a possible invite to the next NYC premier whenever that happens. The Danettes were one and done like a Kentucky freshman basketball player.

Limited Danette Love

Happy Friday Fritzy
John Elway will be calling in tomorrow and Fritzy will be additionally nervous and jumping to answer the phone. He may stumble on his words a bit, but who wouldn’t after getting a chance to speak to one of their sports idols. If this were Joe Montana or David Beckham calling in, it would be Paulie doing the same thing.

Will John's smile be as wide after Fritzy answers the phone? 

Naughty Not Nice
While looking at more ornaments that came in, in the back room, Seton noticed that someone sent in one of his favorite treats, boxes of TastyKakes. There was one box that was opened, and TastyKakes were missing. The finger was pointed at Wild Bill, one of the cameramen, but he may not have been the culprit. Which BRG, back room guy, or Danette just couldn’t wait to fulfill the need of their sweet tooth? That’s yet to be learned. Just another man cave mystery. Dan and the boys found themselves coming back from break when they were still in the back room. Everyone was scrambling to get back. Dan was stuck behind Fritzy who was not moving as quickly as others were and received a "Let’s go! Move your fat ass!" from Dan as a motivator.

Has Seton introduced his son to these delights? 
Betcha he did!

Seeking Heat Seeking Missile
The Seton/DP favorite yellow football is still missing. The focus shifted to Paulie today who denied knowing where the football was. The intensity of questions from DP picked up after Paulie made a remark about not being able to catch the ball normally. Fritzy chimed in that he never saw Paulie play with it. Paulie said after the questioning he felt like Tommy Tuberville did after he was peppered with questions from Dan about college coaches not finishing out their contracts when those same coaches preach that the program is all about the kids. Something to keep in mind, Paulie never directly answered Dan’s questions. The yellow football mystery continues as well. While Seton was taking a quick look around the front of the desk area he a Paulie share, he pulled out a black sombrero that has a back story that couldn’t be talked about. Hmmm, saying there’s something that can’t be talked about means they need to talk about this. We can only hope it will be sometime soon.

What dark secret does this hat hold?

TMS
You’ve heard of TMI, today the BRG (back room guys) had TMS, too much sound. The sound of Dan using the bathroom was most likely not desired. Better to hear Dan than when Fritzy is in here.

Add no mic to the sign please, 
Thank you - BRG

Fritzy’s Joy
Nothing was more satisfying for Fritzy today, when he was having a mediocre day, than someone else trying to do what he does, without success. Sven in CA called in with his mock headlines and struggled big time. Chanukah joy for Fritzy.

If Fritzy could, he would 

They Remembered Me!
Dan let us know that he got a Christmas card from someone at the Mothership. He wouldn’t say who because they’re all on scholarships there. Wonder how Seton’s doing on his occupy ESPN Christmas tree project.

There were wishes of holiday happiness from an  ESPN person to DP 

Creepy, Yet Flattering
An ornament grouping that came in from CA was revealed today. Dan’s head was on the star for the top of the tree. Each Danette head was covering the face of four different SI swimsuit models from the wall of morale. For the Danette’s, the new images are etched in their minds and they’ll never look at the wall of morale quite the same.

Thanks for sharing???

O Christmas Tree, Calling a Spade a Spade, & More

Dan Calls a Spade a Spade
Did you know that in order to recruit players in the NCAA you need to pass an annual recruiting test of thirty questions on NCAA rules? If you did know before today, GOOD FOR YOU! Bobby Petrino, the Kentucky football head coach, found out he passed his test and can go out and recruit. That was probably the most informative part of the interview. What could have made it better? Petrino being open and honest and not skirt the issues when Dan threw the tough questions his way. Dan isn’t disingenuous with his guests or with his audience. If he calls a spade a spade on the air before they come on, he does it while they’re on the air too. Unlike other radio shows that say one thing when the guest isn’t on the air and another when they are. It wasn’t Petrino’s affair that Dan was after, it was that he hired his mistress for an opening at the Arkansas athletic department violating rules and how when he left the Atlanta Falcons he told the players by leaving a note in their lockers. 

How far will Petrino’s remorse get him?

O Brother Where Art Thou?
Fritzy needed his brother’s help in more ways then one today. One of the problems was the mock headlines on the Patriots/Texans game that only earned a "That’s terrible" from Seton and groans from everyone else on the first submission. From there, not a single sound effect, not even crickets. To top that, he was followed by Sven who didn’t have to do anything more than breathe to be better than Fritzy. The writer brother was so missed and needed.

Even dogs can get in on Fritzy's first mock headline!

Sven in CA’s Grudenisms only Jon understands:

Wham break

Dagger squad combination

Short area quickness

Peek-a-boo sack 

And my favorite:

Big iron gear on your lawn

Football linguist from another planet

Second problem Fritzy encountered was the report of his time with the make up artist for the NYC promo shoot yesterday. Poor Lana. She was probably just short of saying "My eyes are up here!" and putting in some ear plugs. Fritzy is a chatterer. The kind that either out of nervousness or because they like hearing the sound of their voice, or they just don’t know any better, talk and talk and talk and talk. Even if you’ve tuned them out, and they know you have tuned them out, continue to talk. 

Did Lana really need to know Fritzy had a hernia surgery coming up?

Can Danette Deficiency Help Dan Win?

Dan was nominated for the National Sportscaster of the Year award with a bunch of play by play guys. They have it easy, watch a game, talk with analyst, talk with players, go home.  The voting committee needs to factor in difficulty before deciding the award. The difficulty of who you work with each day determines your worth. If the voting committee did that, Dan would be a multi-time winner. Dan was able to put the Danettes in what will probably be their one and only movie! That should garner a lifetime achievement award! As a reminder this is what Dan is working with:

Fritzy – mock headlines, cougar of the day, constant emailing pictures of women
Paulie – has no joy, obsessed with soccer, meanest Danette
Seton – can’t figure out who the winner of a TV is, fights with McLovin like a brother
McLovin – Where do you start? Where do you stop?

Here’s a list of other nominees in Dan’s category:

National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association 

National Sportscaster Nominees 

Al Michaels, NBC

Bob Costas, NBC/MLB Network

Dan Patrick, NBC/"The Dan Patrick Show"

Dan Shulman, ESPN

Brad Nessler, ABC/ESPN/NFL Network

Jim Nantz, CBS

Joe Buck, Fox

Mike Tirico, ESPN/ABC

Mike Emrick, NBC

Kevin Harlan, CBS/TNT

Could any other nominee than Dan win with this support staff?

O Christmas Tree!

Back in the Miford man cave and we find that the Christmas tree is up and the Menorah is lit. 2012 ornaments are starting to come in. Dan and the Danettes did a viewing of the ornaments received so far and Dan has a message for one special audience member: He can’t be bribed, because of it’s questionable content he can’t take it home, and it can’t go up on the tree but he can be entertained. For someone at the Mothership that still knows a good thing when they see/hear it, he did receive your ESPN ornament for the tree. He has no problem with that. Dan loves his ESPN staff audience. Would ESPN have a problem with an ornament from DP’s show up on the ESPN Christmas tree in their lobby? Seton’s current mission is occupy Christmas tree but he needs to do it in a covert manner, so no help from the audience please. He knows you’re enthusiastic helpers, but for this one he needs to go it alone.

His sleepy look is only cover for his trickery

O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!

You have no balls but the lights are neat.

O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!

You need a hot chick to make you sweet.

Fritzy creeps the girls away, 

Danny Jaw Face hates those days.

O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!

It may be only men that touch thee.

Will Chrissy make a return appearance this year?

You can send your 2012 ornament to:

The Dan Patrick Show

P.O. Box 591 

Milford, CT 06460

Ornaments will be eligible win a gift!

You called me what?!? You did what?!?

The audio open this morning brought back fond memories of yesterday reliving the second life of the Eddie Curry jersey. Long may the jersey wave over the skin of all those that wore it. Thank you engineers and editors for the great remix. 

You could only hope to look this good in this jersey

He’s had enough and he’s letting everyone know.  Jay Glazer is fed up with ESPN not giving him credit when credit is due for breaking stories. As Dan has educated us, if they don’t outright steal the credit when they don’t break the story, they avoid the story as longs as they can or they’ll just call you "a source". Check out what Jay has to say about that: Jay Glazer ‏@JayGlazer
Hey @Sportscenter just to clear up confusion, my last name is not spelled S-O-U-R-C-E. Unless my mom got it wrong all these years. Jay Glazer ‏@JayGlazer
Crazy how so many of us in the biz seem to have the same last name. i must have a ton of siblings mom never told me ... http://tmi.me/zb5SW   Keep up the good fight Jay! P.S. Love me some Subway J

He may be smiling now, but don't call him  S-O-U-R-C-E

Who’s at the top of the heap?
DP! www.athlonsports.com rated The Dan Patrick Show the #1 sports related radio show to listen to of their top 15. Was there ever any doubt? Of course not. There is only one. Everyone else falls by the wayside.

No one beats the man at the top of his game

Collin Klein shared how he feels about putting his personal beliefs out there in similar fashion as Tim Tebow, LoLo Jones and others. It makes me wonder, I’m sure there have been athletes throughout time that have held strong to their religion and beliefs but only a couple over previous decades in sports that have come forward until we were into the 2000 mark or so. Is there a new comfort in revealing your personal morals and standards if you are a devout in your religion and personal beliefs if you are a celebrity because we are more accepting of people’s differences? If that’s the case, why were we not more accepting before? Is it their drive to bear witness? I’m just glad we can all get along on most things, most of the time.

Collin Klein - not afraid to answer questions about his beliefs

McLovin loves his family after all! Today we learned that McLovin finally did a will with Legal Zoom to protect the interests of his family. Dan has been after him for years to get this done. What finally made him do it? Not a push, but a shove from his wife. Good going Sara!

Have you gotten your Legal Zoom will?

Has it gotten cold daily where you live? It has here. Think about those who have lost their homes that helped keep them warm both inside and out. Show them some love.

American Red Cross:

Website: www.redcross.org


Text: To donate $10 text REDCROSS to 90999

Phone: 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

Mail: American Red Cross, PO Box 4002018, Des Moines, IA 50340-2018
Make sure you indicate where you want your funds to go.

Pizza, Papa and Pot plus little Marconis

Are Peyton Manning and Papa John the driving force in getting the marijuana law passed in California and other states? What is really behind the two million free pizzas give away? Peyton Manning - better businessman becoming a franchise owner or a better quarterback? Are Peyton’s best pizza customers NFL lineman? Just thoughts to ponder.

PPJ pizza - loved by NFL linemen and those with the munchies

Stan VanGundy spoke openly about leaving Orlando, the original plan to join ESPN in studio and having his brother, Dan, at the games until ESPN decided to "go in another direction". Was David Stern involved in Stan’s ESPN demise? Welcome to NBCSN, Stan! Home of the non-mother-shippers.

Job blocker

Do you think?
Dear Chris Matthews: A natural disaster is never a good thing, ever. There’s no good place, no good time, ever. Even prior to an election. Even children know that.
 

Chris, listen to the wisdom of others for a change please

Poll question problems:
We began with: Would you rather be the POTUS or NFL Commissioner? Dan quickly tired of that and the new question became: Did your election network coverage depend on the appearance of the commentators? For Paulie and Fritzy it was a deciding factor. Then the question changed again to: If you had an extremely hot spouse and they were strongly opposing your political views, would that make a difference? Paulie and McLovin knew right away in the dating process of their wives to be political preferences and views. Fritzy said it wouldn’t matter if their views were different and Seton would never had married his wife or anyone else, no matter how hot they were if their political views were different than his. At least none of these will be stolen by other shows. Can’t we all just get along?

Time to put down our signs and come together again

How tough is it being an NFL head coach? According to Jimmy Johnson if you let it consume you, as it did him, it can cost you a marriage, family and friendships. He felt fortunate that he was able to repair the family and friendship ties.

If he asked, would you be his friend?

Big surprise day!
The Danettes took their best shots at guessing the surprise before the show. Three of the Danettes were initially declared close and then it was revealed that one did get it right. Paulie inquired if it was a physical or event surprise. Of course Dan’s response was that it was a physical event surprise. Seton was feeling good with his guess he submitted and in the end he went two for two. Big MVD points this month to date. So what was the surprise? Baby macaroni! No, that’s not right. Baby Marconis! Congratulations Danettes on your awards! Best supporting cast to a Marconi winner. May your fingers not cramp as you’re telling people you are a Marconi winner.

Whoop Whoop! A Marconi for everyone!
Thanks Dad/Dan!