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1. t1climb1 said:

   November 20th, 2009 at 9:09 am

   Hey Trips,

   I really know nothing about Sumlin other than he seems like he’s a good coach. Obviously living in H-Town you know more about him than I do. Just curious why you don’t care for him.

2. Trips Right said:

   November 20th, 2009 at 9:11 am

   Because he’s a sooner basically. Again, good coach but I’m not real fond of the Stoops’ coaching tree.

3. spider said:

   November 20th, 2009 at 9:14 am

   Scipio could inject himself with heroin laced mescaline, do his podcast in farsi, and be more entertaining than this aggie cocksicle.

   We must test this hypothesis.

4. Vasherized said:

   November 20th, 2009 at 9:21 am

   How do you think Clipper Cooper was created?

5. Professor Leary said:

   November 20th, 2009 at 9:21 am

   “We must test this hypothesis.”

   We did. It led to the infamous Hawkings/Busey interfacing.

6. nordberg said:

   November 20th, 2009 at 9:33 am

   Steven Hawking and Gary Busey?? This I have to see.

7. Fritz said:

   November 20th, 2009 at 9:35 am

   “Scipio could inject himself with heroin laced mescaline, do his podcast in farsi…”

   That actually sounds entertaining to me. WTF is wrong with me?

8. Bob in Houston said:

   November 20th, 2009 at 9:36 am

   To be fair, Lopez is a former columnist for the Chronicle.

9. nordberg said:

   November 20th, 2009 at 9:39 am

   Currently, Lopez is writing for… uh…. Texags.com.

10. Professor Leary said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 9:47 am

    “Steven Hawking and Gary Busey?? This I have to see.”

    Dead trippers like me shouldn’t be allowed to post.

11. Bob in Houston said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 9:57 am

    I listened. Hardly the beatdown I was expecting.

12. uthookem said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 10:10 am

    Agreed, Bob. I was hoping for a little more.

13. BatesHorn said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 10:12 am

    Scipio could inject himself with heroin laced mescaline, do his podcast in farsi, and be more entertaining than this aggie cocksicle.

    Uh, I don’t know if anybody noticed, but it’s Friday. So, why don’t you guys make this happen and give him the keys to the blog for a few hours. Just give me a heads up and I’ll sneak a few beers into the office.

14. Turn the page, Fred said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 10:12 am

    Lopez is an idiot, and Michael Berry is the wingnut ‘tard who fired Andre Ware and replaced him with Lopez. Since then, 610’s morning drive-time show has become unlistenable. I don’t even tune in to catch John McClain anymore.

15. Vasherized said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 10:19 am

    If Sumlin could have said what he actually wanted to say then he would have torn Lopez a new sheephole. Between the self-censorship and stammering … not the spectacle I was hoping for.

16. Scipio Tex said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Can you summarize the exchange for those who can’t listen to the podcast?

17. nordberg said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 10:26 am

    Sumlin: “I respectfully disagree with some of your comments Mr. Lopez. Tsk tsk.”
    Lopez: “Fair enough. Now, moving on….”

    Hey Scipio, speaking of podcasts…..

18. Bob in Houston said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 10:33 am

    Sumlin complained that Lopez said on the air that he was a candidate for other jobs, without calling him to get the obligatory denial. Lopez said, hey, it’s what I heard, I’m on the radio, I’m gonna talk about it.

19. Scipio Tex said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 10:38 am

    Scintillating.

20. Vasherized said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 10:41 am

    Keep in mind Trips just got back from a conference in Milwaulkee. He’s easily entertained right now.

    Basically, Sumlin is pissed that Lopez keeps bringing up new schools in his column each week that might want to hire Sumlin at the end of the year. Because Kevin is hard at work trying to build a powerhouse at Cougar High! Along with losing to acronym schools the last thing he needs is Lopez questioning his dedication and commitment to a school he’s only been at two years!

    Not expecting the on-air confrontation, Lopez backpedals, Sumlin has him on the ropes but realizes it’s probably not a good forum to rip a member of the media for theorizing the next steps on his career ladder.

    Awkward silence and Lopez resumes inane questioning about UH’s fading star.

    Not quite the cinema we’ve grown accustomed to from the whenever-we-fee-like-it BeanTex podcasts. Listen to nordberg. You don’t want sizzlechest to get Tourrette’s do you?

21. Johnnymac said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 10:50 am

    Michael Berry manages Clear Channel (790 et al, where Lopez used to be) and doesn’t have anything to do with 610 or hiring Lopez or firing Ware. FWIW.

    Not sure why his name had to come up at all here.

22. Bob in Houston said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 10:58 am

    Besides, I read that Ware left on his own.

23. Bob in Houston said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 11:01 am

    Sumlin has him on the ropes but realizes it’s probably not a good forum to rip a member of the media for theorizing the next steps on his career ladder.

    Especially if he builds something close to a powerhouse and then will take another step on said ladder.

24. Turn the page, Fred said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 11:08 am

    You’re right. I quickly scanned the article in the Chronicle announcing the move (which mentioned Lopez and Berry, and didn’t catch that:
    —————————————————————-
    (September 30, 2009) Talk-show host John P. Lopez is moving a few clicks to the left on the AM radio dial to join Marc Vandermeer on KILT’s (610 AM) morning drive time show, the CBS Radio station announced Tuesday.

    Lopez had worked since November 2006 for Clear Channel Radio’s KBME (790 AM) alongside Ted DeLuca.

    Lopez said he had been working without a contract at Clear Channel since the first of the year and hopes to begin his new job as soon as possible. The former Chronicle columnist fills the vacancy created earlier this year when Andre Ware left the station to assume expanded duties with ESPN.

    “I think Marc and I will be a perfect balance,” Lopez said. “Everybody knows his style and my style, and I think I can be maybe more of the lightning rod and he can be himself and we can have a lot of fun.”

    Vandermeer expects the show to be an “awesome pairing” that will be “harmonious, yet with friction.”

    Michael Berry, Clear Channel’s director of AM programming, said DeLuca will continue with the split morning and afternoon shifts surrounding the syndicated Dan Patrick show. He also said the station will commence a search for a new host that will include the chance for callers and listeners to work an on-air shift.

    Berry said candidates can contact him through the station’s Web site.

    Gavin Spittle, KILT’s program director, confirmed that Brad Davies, the former 790 AM host, Barry Warner and former Texans defender N.D. Kalu have been hired to work weekends.

25. Turn the page, Fred said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 11:10 am

    Regardless, I’ll stand by my characterization of Berry as a wingnut ‘tard.

26. ACE said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 11:27 am

    Aggy vs. Sooner via Cougar High = autosuckfest

27. Scipio Tex said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 11:37 am

    Gavin Spittle, KILT’s program director…

    Gavin Spittle. Greatest. Villian. Name. Ever.

28. ADT2 said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 11:38 am

    J-Lo is unlistenable in my opinion. Since he’s infected 610, that show has pretty much gone in the shitter (although it wasn’t much better when Andre Ware was there; that guy was stupid beyond belief). Unfortunately, Ted and his flavor-of-the-day partner on 790 aren’t much better, so I’m forced to switch back and forth depending on who’s less annoying at the moment. It’s funny to listen to J-Lo and Vandermeer together, though, because sometimes you can just sense that Vandermeer wants to beat J-Lo to death with a microphone.

    very time the guy opens his mouth, something stupid comes out. Yesterday, he said – and I’m quoting, word-for-word – “What the LPGA needs is to show more skin.” Now, as entertaining as it might be to stage a lingerie round of golf for the women pros, J-Lo was serious as a heart attack when he said it. Moron.

29. spider said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 11:42 am

    Gavin Spittle. Greatest. Villian. Name. Ever.

    Unless you’re in a gay Bond porno, in which case it’s Bungalore Phall.

30. spider said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 11:50 am

31. Laz said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 12:24 pm

    SR610’s morning show has become unlistenable since Lopez joined up.

32. ghostofagroundgame said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    “J-Lo is unlistenable in my opinion. Since he’s infected 610, that show has pretty much gone in the shitter (although it wasn’t much better when Andre Ware was there; that guy was stupid beyond belief). ”

    I couldn’t agree more. Lopez is terrible. Pathetic and terrible. His on-air personality is like a personification of the worst of Maxim magazine article writing coupled with a Viagra snorting 55 year-old accountant who just bought his first Harley-Davidson.

33. Homesick Alien said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 2:47 pm

    “I’m forced to switch back and forth depending on who’s less annoying at the moment.”

    You just described Houston sports radio in 15 words.

34. ADT2 said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    Only real exception is Charlie Pallilo in the afternoons. He can be a little brash (but that pretty much describes all yankees), but the guy knows his stuff and doesn’t act like “…a personification of the worst of Maxim magazine article writing coupled with a Viagra snorting 55 year-old accountant who just bought his first Harley-Davidson.”

    Which, by the way, is a spot-on description of Lopez.

35. Bob in Houston said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    “I’m forced to switch back and forth depending on who’s less annoying at the moment.”

    You just described Houston sports radio in 15 words.

    Isn’t that all sports radio? The older I get, the less patience I have….

36. johnnymac said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    peace love and jaeger!

    /s

37. Woody Bombay said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    I can’t believe this douchebag got a gig columning for SI. Last time I read him was his goodbye column in the Chronicle, when he retired to join up with some sports-limo-party company. I guess that fell through …? Hard to believe.

    I exchanged emails with Lopez a few years ago, pointing out that in a column he credited Texas with only three national championships, not four. His response was a condescending “maybe you don’t follow college football much, but no one counts that one championship” POS. I pointed out that I knew all about the history of AP and UPI polls, understood the circumstances around 1970, knew that despite his protestations Texas has, in fact, won four national championships, and how could he be so thick as to think I didn’t know his motivation for discounting it? I’m still awaiting a reply to that one. Lopez, I haz pwned you beeotch!

38. BEHorn said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    “Gavin Spittle, KILT’s program director…

    Gavin Spittle. Greatest. Villian. Name. Ever.”

    Correction – greatest SCOTTISH villain name ever, surpassing Fat Bastard. (After all, he works at KILT.)

39. The General said:

    November 20th, 2009 at 7:26 pm

    Gavin Spittle. Greatest. Villian. Name. Ever.

    To be played by Geoffrey Rush.

40. nordberg said:

    November 21st, 2009 at 8:22 am

    “Hey, guys and girls.
    Just stumbled upon the Sumlin thread, so let me answer a few things directly:
    1) My source on Stoops having interest in listening to Notre Dame, should they come calling, is impeccable. The name is a trusted one and a good friend who has helped me on several stories. Anyone who thinks Sumlin would not be a logical candidate to replace Stoops is living in a bubble.
    2) My source on Arizona State having much interest in Sumlin — even before this season began — has had a relationship with both Sumlin and Dennis Erickson since their days at Washington State. I have very good UH sources as well. It wasn’t too long ago that I was called a number of different things for saying and writing that Dave Maggard would be forced out as Athletic Director. I had that story a week before anyone else even approached it … and how did that turn out?
    3) Out of respect for his in-season goals, I did not ask Sumlin about his job prospects on Thursday’s show. He brought it up. And when he did, he made a HUGE factual error that I mentioned in the interview, but he ignored. The entire premise of Sumlin’s argument was that I called the Coogs irrelevant. I never have said that, nor have I said anything of the sort. I buy UH tickets. I go to games. I have been to the Hall of Honor banquet and other UH events to support UH initiatives. I support UH as a local team, just as I support the Rice Owls and other local teams. Because it’s the right thing to do.
    4) Coach Sumlin should remember that last year, I — and I alone — initiated an effort to take my then-talkshow on 790 onto campus, so we could promote UH athletics. We did three shows on-campus, when UH football was not the hot commodity it is today. Coach Sumlin and coaches from various so-called “minor” sports were guests. I wanted to do these shows, because I wanted to show support of the Coogs.
    5) I find it curious that Coach said I should check facts, when he did not check his, regarding the “irrelevant” comment, efforts I have made to support the Coogs and my fair — and accurate — commentary about potential job prospects.
    6) I also find it curious that he chose to talk about how these rumors affect recruiting, when two of Coach Sumlin’s mentors, Bob Stoops and Mike Leach, have to deal with these rumors every year. And yet they they have somehow managed to still recruit quite well. As I told him on-air, with success comes speculation. It’s part of the job and one reason he makes the money he does.
    7) I like Coach Sumlin. I have been on-record with this since he arrived on-campus and have had a good rapport with him.
    8) As I often make clear, I’m easy to find. Unlike many who are message-board brave, I put my name on every opinion I share. I do not use anonymity as a coward’s shield. I’m at games and events all over town. I have covered sports on the local, national and international level for more than 20-years. This is my email — jlopez@sportsradio610.com. If Ty Kolb or anyone wants to call me a beaner or say I should cover “futbol” to my face, drop me a line, so we can meet, have a beer and talk about it.
    Thanks to all and see you on the radio and at SI.com,
    John.”

41. ghostofagroundgame said:

    November 21st, 2009 at 10:10 am

    Nordberg — you gotta explain.

42. ousuxndallas said:

    November 23rd, 2009 at 7:30 am

    Lopez is an idiot, that’s well known and documented.

    But I gotta agree with him on this issue. As a radio analyst/host, you HAVE to talk about things like this. You think Sumlin isn’t one of the hottest coaching prospects in the country? He obviously is, and Lopez has to talk about it, since it’s a local coach who is 100% sure to leave Cooger High in a year or two (or sooner). Sumlin needs to develop some thicker skin.

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