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!" 

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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. 

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.

What was McLovin doing with his pants unzipped?

Hello y’all – So I’m sitting in front of the TV, bleary eyed with the brain moving slower than normal from staying up late last night to watch Dan on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. I definitely need that diet soda at my side. The dogs are sound asleep at my feet and side. It’s tempting to follow their lead, but there’s no such thing today.

Today is Red Hook flannel Friday and Fritzy Bronco jersey/baseball cap day. What caught you ear or eye today?

Fritzy in one of his
Bronco outfits

Fritzy tried a couple of Honey Badger arrest mock headlines today but they just hit the wrong note. Too soon? McLovin and Fritzy were caught talking during the show and Fritzy was not following along with the show during the first hour. Dan called out three times before Fritzy answered and then he was so startled he didn’t answer back but instead nodded his head to Dan’s question. Fritzy does know this goes out on the radio too, right?

Boy did they get this slogan right

Cougar of the week was left on the fax machine again and Dan found it. Ok, not the actual cougar of the week, the information about the cougar. Dan promised Fritzy that he wouldn’t ruin the reveal as he had done once before. I don’t’ think it would have mattered.  The cougar of the week was Claudia Schiffer:

Rick Neuheisel guested today and we were treated to a two-fer Friday song parody he wrote, sang and played for the show on his guitar. He wrote parodies to Sweet Home Alabama for Alabama and the theme from Animal House for Oregan for national title songs. This was bringing the show into a new area, the guest writing their own content. We were reminded that passion bucket came from Rick as well. No matter what your segment was, or when you did it during the show, no one was going to top Neuheisel today. And Fritzy, what cha doin’ trying to take away his thunder? Major weaksauce.

UCLA autographed passion bucket

During one of the commercial breaks I noticed something I hadn’t before: The making of the promos commercial - Paulie is explaining his bit with the eggs; h tilts his head downward; the darkness of his hair in the shot and the darkened background behind him it looks like he only has hair on the sides and not on the top. Oooof!

In the just can’t get it right department: Dan was letting the audience know that the big announcement of the additional TV partner effective Monday will be made Sunday night on FNIA. Fritzy just had to jump in there and blow another surprise. Fortunately, he didn’t have his mic on, so it wasn’t picked up clearly and the passion bucket made another dollar. McLovin also didn’t have his mic on and will owe the passion bucket again as he tried to give Dan a twenty. If you have something you don’t want everyone to hear, don’t tell Fritzy. Dan has told the story before about how Fritzy had told Dan’s wife Dan had bought an Airstream as a gift for her. Big surprise flushed down the toilet. Thanks Fritzy. What is certain is that there will be an additional home Monday morning bringing availability to 100 million homes. For the press statement when Dan joined Directv he said he "worked best when facing in a south easterly direction." Looking for that type of wit for the Sunday announcement.

Make sure you watch Sunday for
Dan's big announcement!

Against the Grain Moved to the touch flat screen next to the golf simulator -   On it was a list of the NFL teams listed by division and their standings a’ la McLovin. He was giving his commentary of each team. The appearance of the screen would indicate that this was also posted to the website. Dan got bored fairly quickly with the presentation. He crossed over the camera shot to get a chair, sat down and was drifting off until he was asked to give his Chris Berman imitation of "Da Raiders". Not often does Dan go over to the opposite side of the studio to broadcast and it may be a while before he does again. The pitch offered for ATG was better than the presentation. Maybe if McLovin had completed his prep for the piece and performed a run through the day before instead of the moment of, this would have had better appeal. From what Dan had said, McLovin had been slacking for two and a half hours and had built himself a tall order to fill. It wasn’t a graphics department glitch, there is no graphics department. It wasn’t because you were doing it live. You always do it live. It was lack of good organization and preparation. And what did Dan catch McLovin doing with his pants unzipped behind the golf simulator wall?

Picture McLovin used for the ATG piece
How...........appealing

Dan had received many requests from viewers asking for his opinion on what Steven A Smith had said on ESPN’s First Take. "Whatever they (ESPN) decide to do I don’t give a damn." Just because you are on a cable/satellite station doesn’t give you a hall pass to use that terminology. Dan is sensitive to the use of the word. "It’s just not a good word." Quite frankly, the explanation that the ESPN executive gave Paulie was more confusing to me than ESPN omitting that portion of the program on the re-air. ESPN is a star driven network. No matter what your skin color, who you hang with or how you speak with them when you are off air, you shouldn’t use that slang on a national or world wide broadcast. It’s not Dan’s job to police the network he left. That can be someone else’s job and I’m pretty sure it is. Something positive we did learn from Paulie in the box was something he learned when he was working with Jay Glazer. Never give up your source to anyone, even your co-worker or boss. You’ll burn your source. Dan has asked about sources of Paulie’s before and he didn’t give them up and Dan respected Paulie for his ethics. Good guys. Good show.

Glazer rockin' positivity

The Arcade Fire Friday Tribute:Done towards the end of the show on Fridays, went to Directv for making it possible to join forces with another network on Monday. When Dan joined Directv he wanted to make sure that the show had distribution and Directv lived up to their word. They are truly a force to be wreckoned with. A big thank you from all of us in the audience as well for bringing it to a new level. Here come the music, everybody sing along! BaHaHaHa!

Only on Directv

For a little levity:At the end of the show we listened to the replay of the Gary Miller soccer breakdown in 3, 2, 1. Let’s make that mental breakdown in 3, 2, 1. Dan dies of laughter each time it’s played. As he says, that’s still damn funny. Front row was getting into it, the back row were stiff as boards just clicking away on their computers. Really, are they 100% into the show today?

Gary Miller ESPN

Additional show nugget: From the Just Go With It Premier: Brooklyn Decker had complained that there was an unnamed Danette that had put their hands too low when they hugged her. Until today we all figured it was Fritzy. In actuality it was Seton. With the height difference between him and her, his hands just fell a wee bit too low for her comfort. She’s really become touchy since Dan got her that acting gig that launched that portion of her career.



Sandler and Decker in Just Go With It

More beer?! Yes, more beer for sampling today after the show. What a long day with more work, wink, to come. 

Coming to you from the NYC man cave on Monday: Tony Dungy, Eric Burns and Pat Forte

From The Box Score Show: The topic of the player that had beer written in his contract came up. Casey had asked, what would you have written into your contract? McLovin: a true personal friendship with Dan. Fritzy: Bronco season tickets, hugs and sausages in the blanket. Paulie: A personal chef. Seton: Craft services. Talk of what would happen if Dan left in ten years. Paulie would probably have a spin off, Seton would probably be fired before then, Fritzy would stay with Dan to the end. There wasn’t a response from McLovin.

Boss’ Thoughts:These were actually the boss’ bathroom thoughts where he thought that mock headlines were now being mocked because of all the additions to the program from the audience and front row. But wasn’t Dan offering his thoughts from the bathroom also mocking the mock headlines?

Side note: Dan’s visit on Jimmy Fallon will be separately posted.

Dan with Jimmy Fallon 10/26/12

So, what did you learn today?