Show Prep #13

Greetings and Salutations, people. Just when you thought it was safe to go back on to BlogTalkRadio.com! This is Vertically Striped Radio! Fighting our way through the summer doldrums and looking toward that light on the horizon that is football season! Vertically Striped Radio is here for you. Many other programs on the Dameshek Amalgamated Messageboard Network are taking it easy this summer, but we are a show of the people, and we are here for you again this week, despite the fact that MJ and I are just now getting back from vacations, Vertically Striped Radio is here for you!


Today on the big show: I have a couple of news stories, we will break down the AFC Over/Unders, and after that…We’re taking a page from our man Dave Dameshek…that’s right! It’s our Potpourri special! With hardly any time to prep for the show as MJ and I have been vacationing in Europe and the Rocky Mountains respectively, we’re going to test the theory that less is more. We have a plethora of topics that are all over the map, and to help guide us on this voyage of randomness, my friend, MJ Amory, how goes it, Sir?


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(Play News Music – Clip 03)
1. LONDON (Reuters) – Sunderland midfielder Grant Leadbitter, explaining to a court why he was caught speeding, said he thought the police patrol car following him was in fact a car full of Newcastle United fans chasing him for a fight.
"My heart was beating fast, I was scared and I wanted to get home as quickly as possible," The Guardian newspaper quoted the Premier League player as telling the court when describing why he had accelerated to 112 mph.
He was on his way back from a night out, which had ended with an altercation with a group of fans from his club's bitter rivals Newcastle and he thought they were pursuing him.
He was fined 515 pounds ($850) and banned from driving for 14 days.



2. WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (Reuters) – An extremely drunk, naked man lost his way at a New Zealand hotel and ended up sleeping in the wrong room, forcing its female occupant to hide in the bathroom, local media reported.
The 29 year-old Australian man had gone back the hotel in the resort town of Queenstown with a woman, but got up in the night and wandered into a bedroom where a couple were sleeping.
"He was a bit surprised that there were two people in his room and he was butt naked," Sergeant Steve Watt of Queenstown police told the Southland Times.
As the intruder slept, the startled woman took refuge in the bathroom as her husband summoned hotel staff.
The man, who could not remember whom he had been with nor what room he had been in, and had no clothes or wallet.
Police gave him a ride home clad in a hotel bathrobe, but let him off after the guests and hotel decided not to press charges.

I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)


(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)

AFC Over/Unders:
Broncos – 7 – M – Under C - Under
Chiefs – 6 – M – Under C - Push
Chargers – 9.5 M – Under C - Over
Raiders – 5.5 – M – Over C - Over

Steelers – 10.5 – M – Over C - Over
Ravens – 8.5 – M – Over C - Over
Bengals – 6.5 – M – Under C - Over
Browns – 6.5 – M – Under C - Under

Jets – 7
Patriots – 11.5
Dolphins – 7
Bills – 7.5

Jaguars – 8
Colts – 10
Titans – 9
Texans – 8.5


My Topics:

-Broncos preseason game #1
1. Kyle Orton – 3 Interceptions
2. Peyton Hillis – Looked pretty strong, good to see him running again and looking solid
3. Chris Simms – Looked better than Orton, possible QB controversy already in Denver
4. Knowshon Moreno – Looked pretty solid until leaving in the 2nd quarter with a leg injury, tracking that to see how serious it is.
5. Josh McDaniels – Looks a little bit like a lost kid on the sidelines, not encouraging and I do not feel better about the McDaniels/Orton era
6. Final Score – Oh yeah, the Broncos lost 17-16 in a meaningless exhibition, which we have now officially talked too long about.

-Jehovah’s Witnesses – Came out to the cabin. 4.2 miles on a dirt road to get there, crazy!

-Whitewater rafting and alpine slides, Bear tracks outside the cabin, hanging around the cabin NOT doing anything for a large portion of the trip. Satellite Internet is slow, but at least I was connected. Cabin – somewhat of a misnomer, that place was fantastic!

-Saw the movie “Taken” with Liam Neeson

-Rundown of the myriad of football contests we are a part of over at Dameshek.com
1. Fantasy Football league
2. The Ed’s Super Deluxe Football Game
3. The Ed’s Super Deluxe Football Game
4. Joe vs. The World – Gambling Title Competition
5. UMass Dameshek’s Pick’em League

I guess it’s time to announce the Vertically Striped Survivor League! On ESPN.com, I’ve started an Eliminator Group for the NFL. Pick a team each week to win, and as long as they do so, you stay in. You can only pick a team one time, and there will be some manner of swell prize for the winner!

-Brett Favre – Officially retired, NOT coming back to Minnesota. Now that we’ve had a few weeks to digest that, good for Favre AND good for the Vikings


MJ’s Topics:
-U.S. Unmanned War Drones
-The New Cowboys stadium
MJ’s trip to London/Rome
-some books I have read on my trip
-why CSI sucks
-my horrible flight



Shalom and Good evening to you all!