Mike Valenti
November 22nd, 2010 at 9:57 PM ^
Nothing wrong with Detroit Sports Talk radio.. Jim Rome is pretty good!
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:45 PM ^
is a turd-burglar.
November 23rd, 2010 at 8:24 AM ^
Maybe so, but its better than the alternative.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:50 PM ^
I think the best thing about living in a city with public transportation is that there is zero chance of having to listen to some drooling apetard on sports radio...
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:51 PM ^
him after last years season. I decided that I didn't want the headache or lose any brain cells
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:54 PM ^
November 22nd, 2010 at 6:42 PM ^
...when I feel like getting pissed off.
Is it often that you feel the need to get pissed off? Do you wake-up in the morning and tell yourself that you want to be pissed off today so you turn on Mike Valenti?
I am thinking that someone is already pissed off if they want to be pissed off.
Sorry, Just curious.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:55 PM ^
This is a thread of champions.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:56 PM ^
And you have a massive penis.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:00 PM ^
Mike Valenti thread is the new Stale no more, save the crazy ramblings of Old School Wolverine.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:58 PM ^
clicked on a thread titled "Mike Valenti"
FML
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:59 PM ^
There's entirely too few -1's in the voting details.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:01 PM ^
I completely regret making this thread. I apoligize to all.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:09 PM ^
Most of the hate is probably just a by product of the Stale no more thread being locked down, although Valenti is a well known UofM hater in these parts.
November 22nd, 2010 at 6:03 PM ^
November 22nd, 2010 at 7:34 PM ^
Thanks buddy, GO BLUE.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:03 PM ^
He's just mad because no one cares about State. 10-1, cant sell out home games and everyone in the national media calls them Sparty. Has anyone else noticed how when ever they bring up MSU Football on the radio no one calls. Sean Beligian who's a State fan has said many times that Sparty doesn't get respect because their own fan base cares more about Michigan losing then MSU winning.
He's just pissed that Sparty has their best season in half a century and will still end up in the Cap One Bowl.
Where they will play either Alabama or LSU and Dantonio will be 0-4 in bowl games.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:04 PM ^
Apologize for nothing. Those who stay will be champions. Ohio State blows. Go Blue.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:04 PM ^
go to confession this week. It is always worth objecting to what is evil.
Feel no guilt. Go Blue!
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:07 PM ^
Go f****** Blue.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:09 PM ^
I don't listen to Valenti, I don't care about Valenti, I don't worry about Valenti.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:17 PM ^
Why do Michigan fans respond when they hear crap like that on the radio? Don't people realize that's the way talk radio generally works? They just say some inane or controversial with the sole purpose of getting people to call in. Try not to be that person - there's nothing rewarding about being a pavlovian test animal.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:24 PM ^
Valenti is a tool and water is wet.
He is an intelligent guy. However, he knows how to get callers riled up, especially the less intelligent of our fan base. It also does not help their screener refuses to let intelligent Michigan fans get through.
November 22nd, 2010 at 7:26 PM ^
...Valenti and Foster's show refuses to let *any* intelligent caller get through. When they were doing their whole speil a few months ago on how the UFC was going to supplant "Major Sport (X)" I called in with some legitimate information that debunked some of their points and they refused to let me on. They'll only put on the most idiotic fans that disagree with them on anything. I can disagree with Pat Caputo but I at least respect him as they'll at least get somewhat intelligent fans on who disagree with him and he'll at least try to debate them.
November 22nd, 2010 at 7:44 PM ^
QED, why Valenti is smarter than he sounds. I actually met someone who knows Valenti and tailgates with him in E. Lansing. He is a nice guy. He doesn't actually believe most of the crap he spews. He only does it to increase call volume into the station.
November 22nd, 2010 at 7:50 PM ^
...with their call screener. Mike Valenti isn't responsible for who they let on the air.
The big issue is that, as much as we can complain about Valenti, he's been right almost every step of the way on Michigan football this season.
November 23rd, 2010 at 4:11 PM ^
Except he said Illinois would blow us out at home.
November 22nd, 2010 at 9:27 PM ^
Um, a buddy of mine is in Valenti's fantasy football league and went to State with him. He says the guy is exactly as big an asshole as it sounds like he'd be.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:27 PM ^
No, that's not it...
But I'm getting closer.
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:48 PM ^
I don't know who negged you, but I can't stop laughing for some reason.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:36 PM ^
Sparty is having a "once every thirty years" year. Valenti and other Sparty sycophants will Spartybrag for all it is worth. And they will get thirty years' worth of mileage out of one good year. This is really business as usual and shouldn't surprise anyone.
I'm just thankful Sparty isn't good every year.
November 22nd, 2010 at 9:25 PM ^
I'd say 3 of the last 4 years have been pretty good.
November 23rd, 2010 at 1:16 AM ^
I wouldn't
November 23rd, 2010 at 10:01 AM ^
Which other one was pretty good? 6-7 in 2009 or 7-6 in 2007? Heck, in 2007 Dantonio actually lost to Michigan, so we know it' couldn't have been pretty good. We may end up 7-6 this year, and some people might say that was to be expected, but not too many are going to call it pretty good.
November 23rd, 2010 at 4:39 PM ^
Compared to 40+ years (with a minor blip here and there) of sub-mediocre seasons, I would call 4 straight bowl seasons is pretty good.
Starting next year, if Indiana makes 4 straight bowls, finishes in the top-4 of the Big10, and shows continual progress in recruiting, I would say they've had some pretty good seasons, wouldn't you? MSU used to be Indiana. 3 out of the past 4 years, they haven't been Indiana. I consider myself a rational fan and know that Big10 championships and Rose Bowl berths will take time to get to, especially given the reputation that MSU has had as a football blunder. For now, I consider 7 and 8 win regular seasons "pretty good". In a couple years, that may change. Call me delusional.
November 24th, 2010 at 4:19 PM ^
Because if all you've lived through is Williams and John L., I can see that. I mean, it's not all 2010's and Saban's, but I don't see MSU as Indiana at all (even if the Big Ten does). I see them as much more Wisconsin and Iowa, a team that has been and should be in that second tier. Recent history definitely favors the other two teams, but that's all they have is "relatively" recent history. MSU is at worst a middle of the pack Big Ten team. Indiana is probably the worst program in history now that Northwestern and Wisconsin have become respectable. Certainly a "pretty good" turnaround from what came right before it. But kinda at the bare minimum of what MSU fans should expect from their school 7-6 SHOULD be a bad year. and 8-9 wins a a good one. And this year, just WOW. But then I remember a long Perles run, and a time when MSU was the second best team in the Big Ten (no, I don't go back to Duffy....).
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:48 PM ^
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November 22nd, 2010 at 5:59 PM ^
Apologies to all the commenters for not getting to this sooner.
I'll let this one stand since nobody's gotten out of hand, but for future reference, other teams' radio homers are not appropriate for a site about Michigan football, and will be deleted. There's a standing policy during MSU week of no Valenti or Caputo, since they both basically just spend the week trying to bait Michigan fans and we don't want a flame war over college football "analysis" that's no more clever or correct than what your least favorite Facebook friend comes up with to taunt you. Except I have about 300 friends on Facebook, and of those who would make a status update about football, it would 100 percent of the time be more cogent than anything I've ever heard from Valenti.
Since Valenti only talks about Michigan from the perspective of M as a rival for MSU, there's really nothing of value you can learn from him about Michigan football. Standing advice is to not listen to sportsradio in Detroit when he's on, and when interfacing with Spartans compliment them on their good season and fantastic ice cream, and move on.
It's unfortunate that he is in the closest major city to Ann Arbor and uses so much of his radio airtime to rip on his college team's biggest rival rather than, you know, maybe mention the four major pro teams in Detroit once in awhile. But that's how it is. Trying to debate him on this blog is about as useful as a post being like "hey guys, this poster on MLive is saying MSU's the big brother now!"
November 22nd, 2010 at 7:28 PM ^
...we could be debating a certain sports columnists who I won't name but who's name rhymes with Mrew Marpe. :)
November 22nd, 2010 at 6:00 PM ^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWmXe1w6XBk
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<br>About the last third will show you what an ass clown this guy is. Tell me hes not a homer.
November 22nd, 2010 at 6:12 PM ^
how Terry Foster feels having to defend a derelict like this.
November 22nd, 2010 at 6:12 PM ^
He gets PAID to be a douchebag.
November 22nd, 2010 at 6:17 PM ^
He doesn't listen to anything anyone says. Just hangs up on them and then continues to express his dumb opinions that nobody cares about. He is so biased it sickens me. For two years I have listened to his show and hardly ever hear good stuff out about Michigan. He is a typical state fan that hates michigan and wants them to lose more then an MSU victory. He's pathetic and should be fired for knowing nothing about sports.
November 22nd, 2010 at 6:22 PM ^
SUCKS. However I will listen to Karsch and Gater if they are on. Can anyone answer this ? for me please? Can it be possible MSU goes to a bowl vs Stanford. I mean either way Dantonio getting beat by Saban (ex Msu coach) Miles and or Harbaugh (UM players) would be good to watch!
November 22nd, 2010 at 9:01 PM ^
Yes it is possible because the Rose Bowl might not take Stanford to play this year. If MSU doesn't go to the Rose Bowl than they could conceivably play each other since they are both in the top ten.
November 22nd, 2010 at 6:23 PM ^
The guy takes everything RR says out of context to try to make him look like an idiot. He sees nothing positive for UM in the future. Can't wait til that fuck*r bites his tongue so hard it falls off, and puts his foot so far down his throat that he vomits and chokes on it.
Mike V just riles up Bobby-J from Macomb, and then he calls in and gets all ruped to hell, and then people think that RR has to be fired b/c Mikey V is yelling and White trash Bobby is yelling.
It's ridiculous. I can't wait until RR shuts everyone up. Oh, what a sweet day that will be
November 22nd, 2010 at 7:12 PM ^
that I drive home from Plymouth to Dearborn during 2:30-4:00 timeframes, especially on Wed. when I get the choice of Drew Sharp, Valenti or EMU in static hour. I always lose.....
What do people listen to on the fringe of 1050?
Also, if anyone else is stuck in the same crap timeframe as myself, I'd love to get an arrangement where 20-30 people just call up at the same time and clog their phone lines and pretending to bash Michigan to the screeners before getting through and swearing like crazy.
November 22nd, 2010 at 7:59 PM ^
Should have ended when MSU blocked Purdue's punt.
November 22nd, 2010 at 8:44 PM ^
The day after the Izzo led Spartans, were blown out by the Tar Heels in the Title game. Valenti was amazing in his excuse making. Even Terry in a rare display, called him on it. After listening to his hypocrisy, I wrote him an email thinking his response would be golden.
The Spartans get blown out at home, and people act like it was a badge of honor. "Oh what a gutty performance." If it had been Michigan in that game... your show would have been nothing but how Michigan sucks, and shouldn't have been there. You act like the Spartans were a 16 seeded Oakland University, taking on Jordan and the Bulls. The whole show turns into defending a choke job. An excuse filled show to defend an embarrassment. An embarrassment that was a home game for the Spartans.
Contrast that to when Michigan goes to the Rose Bowl. They get beat by a much better team in USC, who is playing a home game... and you have an entire show on Michigan bashing. State gets crushed, and it's... "Oh it was the worst possible thing that they were playing a home game... the pressure." The blowout for you and Spartan fans, turns into the 2nd "Battle of Thermopylae." Double standard indeed.
I am still waiting on his response.
November 22nd, 2010 at 8:50 PM ^
That NC team kicked *everyone's* ass that way during the tournament. That was the *team* and I just don't see many teams in any year being capable of beating them when they were playing like that.