Lee Corso gets his panties in a wad on The Ticket...

[trickblue]

Link (http://sportsbybrooks.com/leecorso.html)

LOS ANGELES - ESPN college football commentator Lee Corso joined hosts Bob Sturm and Dan McDowell on KTCK-AM in Dallas on Tuesday from the SMU Athletic Forum Luncheon, as Corso prepared to attend the Doak Walker Awards in Dallas Tuesday night.

What started out as a cliched collection of Corso's college football yarns, quickly turned unexpectedly awkward and increasingly tense after ESPN's clown prince of college football (ironically) objected to good-natured ribbing from McDowell. A heated on-air exchange ensued, with Corso eventually departing in a huff.

During the interview, Corso, who roomed with Burt Reynolds at Florida State, initially delighted in telling the duo the well-worn story about Reynolds posing nude in Cosmopolitan magazine.

At the end of his story about Reynolds' naked layout, Corso gushed, "He was the first guy basically to post nude ... in Cosmopolitan, and one thing lead to another ... and he became the leading movie star in the world."

KTCK-AM host McDowell then followed up Corso's comments about Reynolds by joking, "And not a lot of people know this, but Lee Corso was actually the second person to pose nude ... correct?"

Following the McDowell quip, an apparrently offended Corso went stone silent, with a stunned McDowell then saying, "Or did I read that wrong?"

After a long pause, Corso muttered, "I won't even give you ... next question." He then said, "I think that was very sarcastic and I don't appreciate it. And I'm not kidding."

McDowell: "Really?"

Corso: "Why would you say that? It's not funny at all. The people out there that don't know me, would say, 'what kind of jerk is this guy?'"

McDowell: "Well wouldn't you think most people out there listening know me?"

Corso: "They probably think you're a jerk ... you are a jerk."

McDowell: "We're having fun here. You're telling us funny stories about Burt Reynolds and now all of a sudden I'm a big jerk?"

Corso: "You are a big jerk, because of the fact you take a shot at me. Because you inferred the fact that I posed naked."

McDowell: "How is that a shot?"

Corso: "Because that's against what I would do."

McDowell: "And that's not a joke then? The irony of the whole situation? Lee Corso certainly wouldn't do that. Burt Reynolds would."

Corse: "Not to me. I don't appreciate people taking shots and joking at my expense, when I don't do that to anybody else."

McDowell: "Well I think that's real silly. I really do. I don't think you should be offended at all. And I thought we were laughing here and having a good time ... "

Corso interrupted: "Not at my expense."

McDowell then essentially showed Corso the door, saying, "I guess I should thank you for stopping by then?"

Corso: "Thank you very much. My pleasure."

*Sound of Corso abruptly taking off his headset and bolting from the broadcast location*


Click here to listen to audio of the tense exchange (http://sportsbybrooks.com/leecorso.mp3) (mp3 format).

McDowell and Sturm then said after the interview that the entire time that Corso was complaining about the comment, the radio hosts thought they were being pranked (which is a very common practice among show hosts at KTCK-AM). But they weren't, Corso was, for some reason, unquestionably upset at the innocent joke.

Sturm: "It seemed a like prank. And he actually shook our hand (when he left), and he seemed like he had the best time of his life."

McDowell: "To do a 180-degree mood swing like that almost seems not human."

Sturm: "I kept waiting for a Joe Pesci reaction (from the 'am I a clown to you, do I amuse you?' Goodfellas bit). For him (Corso) to say ... 'Gotcha!' ... he (Corso) didn't look mad."

Sturm next reported that Corso walked past their radio broadcast location about 30 minutes later, and "he (Corso) gave me a smile and pointed and smiled again. And he gave me a thumbs-up!"

At the end of segment, McDowell, referring to the ESPN commentator, said, "Well I'm sorry he (Corso) was such a wuss, and offended by throwaway comments."

Corso's constant comment about 'the people that are listening who don't know me' is absurd. He's been a fixture on ESPN for nearly 20 years and was appearing on a highly-rated sports radio station in Dallas - in a city that is a well-known haven for college football fans. How many people listening to him on the show didn't know who he was - or his self-deprecating act?

The obvious point of McDowell's quip was that Corso is pushing 70, and would never pose nude anytime, anywhere. Evidently that was lost on a man who has made millions making fun of himself.

It's all the more hard to swallow when a former coach with a career 41-68-2 record at Indiana objects to a harmless joke about him.

Finally, if Pete Carroll or Bob Stoops made a similar remark, do you think Corso would've made such a big stink? The best part of the interview was that Corso tried to "big-league" host McDowell into an apology for a blameless one-liner, and the host refused to yield.

[k19]

I heard that live when it ran. Talk about a tense conversation. I'm sure the real truth will never be knowsn but props to Dan for not backing down.


In a related story.....................

http://www.bobanddan.net/pics/LeeCorsmo.jpg
The man who would never pose nude and the #1 Dan-Hater in America - Lee Corso!!


***BP says...no half nude pics please....especially photoshopped pics of an old geezer.***

[Yeagermeister]

I heard that live when it ran. Talk about a tense conversation. I'm sure the real truth will never be knowsn but props to Dan for not backing down.


In a related story.....................

http://www.bobanddan.net/pics/LeeCorsmo.jpg
The man who would never pose nude and the #1 Dan-Hater in America - Lee Corso!!
:eek: Please don't ever do that again without a warning

[joseephuss]

I heard it this morning and thought it was funny. Corso was not in the mood to be picked on. I thought he was a jerk.

[WoodysGirl]

!:eek: Please don't ever do that again without a warning
ditto that...

[k19]

Sorry not my thread or I would have posted a not safe warning at the top hehe :D

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

I heard that live when it ran. Talk about a tense conversation. I'm sure the real truth will never be knowsn but props to Dan for not backing down.


In a related story.....................

http://www.bobanddan.net/pics/LeeCorsmo.jpg
The man who would never pose nude and the #1 Dan-Hater in America - Lee Corso!!
Somebody PLEASE find Corso's e-mail and let's bombard him with this picture!!

[k19]

All I can find is the Lee Mail page at espn but that may work :D

http://espn.go.com/ncf/s/corso/mail.html

[BrAinPaiNt]

I think that Corso was over reacting, if he really was just not part of a bit they worked out.

But one thing is for sure....He told the truth about a certain someone on the ticket being a jerk...I would have added whiner in there as well.

[GTaylor]

Peyton & Archie Manning, Newey Scruggs and now Lee Corso.

Wow - Dan is making friends across the land, isn't he? And Scruggs wanted to take it a step further - he challenged McDowell to a fight.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Peyton & Archie Manning, Newey Scruggs and now Lee Corso.

Wow - Dan is making friends across the land, isn't he? And Scruggs wanted to take it a step further - he challenged McDowell to a fight.


He is one of the main reasons I can not even listen to the ticket any longer.

[DallasCowpoke111]

He is one of the main reasons I can not even listen to the ticket any longer.
That, and you have the sense of humor of a tree stump, you mean???












:p awwwwwww, I kiiiid, I KIIIIIIID!!!

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

I think I'm in the vast minority that actually likes Dan McDowell. I like the fact that he's always stood up to Rhyner. I can't hardly listen to the Hardline anymore. The only parts worth listening to are Corby's bits. Listening to those two talk sports is like nails on a chalkboard.

[trickblue]

I think I'm in the vast minority that actually likes Dan McDowell. I like the fact that he's always stood up to Rhyner. I can't hardly listen to the Hardline anymore. The only parts worth listening to are Corby's bits. Listening to those two talk sports is like nails on a chalkboard.

I used to LOVE the Hardline... but Rhyner's whole schtick now is to aggravate the Cowboy fan...

I listen to Galloway & Company on ESPN Dallas in the afternoon...

[DallasCowpoke111]

Honestly, Corso makes a living off of his baffon act of donning the sweaty costume head of whatever mascot he supports on Nat TV Sat morns in the fall, then acts like a harmless "locker room-esk" dig, defecates all over his "Pope-like" persona!!!??? GIVE ME A BREAK!

[BrAinPaiNt]

That, and you have the sense of humor of a tree stump, you mean???












:p awwwwwww, I kiiiid, I KIIIIIIID!!!


I actually am not as sensitive (or anal if you wish) in real life as I am on this board due to having to trying to keep the peace and blah blah blah.

However I will say that I have no tolerance, on the board or off the board, for racism and I think that station is full of veiled racist remarks and attitude.


Oh and please tell me you do not like Dan....I can understand someone being ok with Bob...but that dan is a putz.

[DallasCowpoke111]

I used to LOVE the Hardline... but Rhyner's whole schtick now is to aggravate the Cowboy fan......

That's far from a recent phenomenon, he's been riding that horse since Jimmys departure.

[trickblue]

That's far from a recent phenomenon, he's been riding that horse since Jimmys departure.

True... but it gets worse every year...

[BrAinPaiNt]

True... but it gets worse every year...


That and the idea that the Hardline are baseball junkies...and it sucks if you hate baseball.

To be fair to the ticket....it has been since this past offseason since I have listened to them...I got so I could not stand it for various reasons and switched to the ESPN one and that nipple head Brian Estridge or something like that got on my nerves and the official cowboy station was only part time on the radio.

Anyways they may have changed some things around for the better and I am still ripping on them for older stuff....if that is the case and they have changed for the better then maybe I will have to check it out again.

[DallasCowpoke111]

Oh and please tell me you do not like Dan....I can understand someone being ok with Bob...but that dan is a putz.

I honestly don't have a opinion on him either way, (other than he's just a long line of yankee carpet baggers, down here soaking up our Texas milk-and-honey).

While I do listen "almost" daily to the Musers, as soon as the clock hits 9:30 or so, I rarely tune into sports talk (or any talk radio for that matter), until the Hardline at 3. Then, I hardly ever listen to them past 5, once the local news starts, I turn the stereo off.

[trickblue]

That and the idea that the Hardline are baseball junkies...and it sucks if you hate baseball.

To be fair to the ticket....it has been since this past offseason since I have listened to them...I got so I could not stand it for various reasons and switched to the ESPN one and that nipple head Brian Estridge or something like that got on my nerves and the official cowboy station was only part time on the radio.

Anyways they may have changed some things around for the better and I am still ripping on them for older stuff....if that is the case and they have changed for the better then maybe I will have to check it out again.

Yeah... the Hardline is bitter that Dallas is a football town and not baseball...

They have the same handfull of baseball fans that always call in during the painful 8 month steroid enema that is baseball...

They used to run Michael Irvin in the GROUND... but now that he does a show with them during the football season they can't plant their lips on his arse quick enough...

[DallasCowpoke111]

Here's what I've never gotten. People who bag on The Ticket for "why don't you guys ever talk sports??"

Exactly WHAT is there to TALK about, 24/7, 365?? Then, when they DO "talk sports," say baseball, basketball, hockey, whatever, and it happens to be a sport you don't like so much, ppl BAG on them for THAT!!

Honestly, if they DID "talk sports," TWENTY FOUR/SEVEN, every segment, all day, ad nausium, HONESTLY, how much would you really listen, or for that matter, CARE ABOUT??

[trickblue]

Here's what I've never gotten. People who bag on The Ticket for "why don't you guys ever talk sports??"

Exactly WHAT is there to TALK about, 24/7, 365?? Then, when they DO "talk sports," say baseball, basketball, hockey, whatever, and it happens to be a sport you don't like so much, ppl BAG on them for THAT!!

Honestly, if they DID "talk sports," TWENTY FOUR/SEVEN, every segment, all day, ad nausium, HONESTLY, how much would you really listen, or for that matter, CARE ABOUT??

Oh I have no problem with "guy talk" as they term it... I like D & M and Norm.... I like the Hardline too... it's just the baseball talk (Which they do LOTS) is just not interesting to me...

[DallasCowpoke111]

Oh I have no problem with "guy talk" as they term it... I like D & M and Norm.... I like the Hardline too... it's just the baseball talk (Which they do LOTS) is just not interesting to me...

Usually not to me either, but I just tune it out when/if it gets too much.

Also, always gives me a good giggle how the same folks that profess the loudest about they can't stand to listen to station "XYZ," are generally the 1st ones to post the "Breaking News.... "Just heard on blank" threads ASAP!

:p

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

I listen to the Ticket every weekday starting at 5:30 am when I get up. I LOVE the Musers, and I LOVE BadRadio. I can take Norm, and I HATE Dale. My radio goes off for an hour when Dale comes on. Then when I get home around 4-ish. I listen to the Hardline whilst doing some chores, Laundry, dishes, trash..etc...then at 5pm, my Radio goes off for the day when my Rachael Ray comes on FOODTV.

There ya have, more info than any of you probably care to know.

Stay Hard
Baby Arm

[BrAinPaiNt]

I listen to the Ticket every weekday starting at 5:30 am when I get up. I LOVE the Musers, and I LOVE BadRadio. I can take Norm, and I HATE Dale. My radio goes off for an hour when Dale comes on. Then when I get home around 4-ish. I listen to the Hardline whilst doing some chores, Laundry, dishes, trash..etc...then at 5pm, my Radio goes off for the day when my Rachael Ray comes on FOODTV.

There ya have, more info than any of you probably care to know.

Stay Hard
Baby Arm


Argg...I knew there was something about you....Darn Rachel Ray...she is ok if the TV is on mute but I can hear that annoying laugh of hers a mile away when the wife has that show on. :mad:

[DallasCowpoke111]

Argg...I knew there was something about you....Darn Rachel Ray...she is ok if...

...you're into walking fire hydrants w/ lop-sided boobs!!

You momos are missing the boat if you want "food-babes," to peel your tubers to....

http://images.scrippsweb.com/FOOD/2003/12/16/Giada_De_Laurentiis2_d.jpg
Giada De Laurentiis of Food Network's, "Everyday Italian"

[BrAinPaiNt]

...you're into walking fire hydrants w/ lop-sided boobs!!

You momos are missing the boat if you want "food-babes," to peel your tubers to....

http://images.scrippsweb.com/FOOD/2003/12/16/Giada_De_Laurentiis2_d.jpg
Giada De Laurentiis of Food Network's, "Everyday Italian"


Wow....you like that big headed lady?

Her head is so big it looks like she is wearing one of those mardi gras outfits.

The thing is huge.

[DallasCowpoke111]

The thing is huge.

You're talking about DeLaurentis' forehead, or the forearms on that Russian weight lifter, Ray??

:p

[BrAinPaiNt]

You're talking about DeLaurentis' forehead, or the forearms on that Russian weight lifter, Ray??

:p

I do not think Rachel ray is that hot myself.

As far as DeLarentis...it is not just her forehead....it is her whole head...the thing is huge.

Me and the wife get a giggle out of it and then one day the wife's little sister was down when the show was on and she blurted out....Why is that woman's head so big lol.

Either way I would rather watch her over rachel ray....rachel gets on my last nerve.

[trickblue]

You're talking about DeLaurentis' forehead, or the forearms on that Russian weight lifter, Ray??

:p

Bear in mind that BP has LONG had his eye on this little spinner of a chef... http://www.goodcooking.com/ckbookrv/child/childs_cov.jpg

[BrAinPaiNt]

Bear in mind that BP has LONG had his eye on this little spinner of a chef... http://www.goodcooking.com/ckbookrv/child/childs_cov.jpg


Nothing like a giant woman who was blitzed half the time :p

[DallasCowpoke111]

Me and the wife get a giggle out of it and then one day the wife's little sister was down when the show was on and she blurted out....Why is that woman's head so big...


Ohhhhhhh yea, THAT'S the ticket... Denizens of W. Virginia, that BASTION of the symmetrical human form, dictating policy on cranium circumference for the rest of us!!

:D

[BrAinPaiNt]

Ohhhhhhh yea, THAT'S the ticket... Denizens of W. Virginia, that BASTION of the symmetrical human form, dictating policy on cranium circumference for the rest of us!!

:D


That's right....we have to remind you guys from texas that believe bigger is always better...that sometimes it is not. :p ;)

[DallasCowpoke111]

http://www.goodcooking.com/ckbookrv/child/childs_cov.jpg

http://us.ent4.yimg.com/tv.yahoo.com/images/he/photo/tv_pix/fox/the_simple_life_2__roadtrip/_group_photos/nicole_richie4.jpg
"That's hot...."

[BrAinPaiNt]

All this time wasted on the Food Channel....

Besides I know that Dallascowpoke really has a thing for this person and those other pics were just to cover it up.

http://images.scrippsweb.com/FOOD/2003/01/29/kaga_takeshi_e.jpg

:p

[DallasCowpoke111]

http://images.scrippsweb.com/FOOD/2003/01/29/kaga_takeshi_e.jpg

Why is Kato, from the "Green Hornet," eating a yellow bellpepper?? Is he a vegan or something??

[GTaylor]

Here's what I've never gotten. People who bag on The Ticket for "why don't you guys ever talk sports??"

Exactly WHAT is there to TALK about, 24/7, 365?? Then, when they DO "talk sports," say baseball, basketball, hockey, whatever, and it happens to be a sport you don't like so much, ppl BAG on them for THAT!!

Honestly, if they DID "talk sports," TWENTY FOUR/SEVEN, every segment, all day, ad nausium, HONESTLY, how much would you really listen, or for that matter, CARE ABOUT??
I used to think the same until I lived in Miami, listening to the Jet fan ragging on Dolphin fan, followed by Dolphin fan ragging on Jet fan, then Heat fan rags on Knick fan, so on and so on.

I loved, and still think highly of Sturm, however Dans an idiot who brings nothing but "Whacky FM morning bits", sorry but if I want lame bits I'll turn it to Kidd Kradick.

I used to listen to Hardline, except they don't know (As well as the fans) what they're talking about baseball-wise. Greggo griped about how we're misusing players who were not even on the team anymore, fans griped about the Urbina trade to Florida in 03 because "We didn't get pitching in return" (Know that the trade was so lopsided in our favor we were getting congratulatory faxes from rival teams). When Corby joined and added his lame sthick it just got worse.

Then again, I'm a JT the Brick, Chuck Cooperstein diehard and prefer the passionate fans who challenges fans of other teams, so maybe it's just my preference...

[DallasCowpoke111]

I used to think the same until I lived in Miami, listening to the Jet fan ragging on Dolphin fan, followed by Dolphin fan ragging on Jet fan, then Heat fan rags on Knick fan, so on and so on.

Then again, I'm a JT the Brick, Chuck Cooperstein diehard and prefer the passionate fans who challenges fans of other teams, so maybe it's just my preference...

I suppose so, to each his own I guess, but "dude, your team blows" is just not exactly entertaining radio to me past about the 15-min mark.

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

Why is Kato, from the "Green Hornet," eating a yellow bellpepper?? Is he a vegan or something??

Kato from the Green Hornet was none other than the late great Bruce Lee. Just in case you weren't aware.

[DallasCowpoke111]

Kato from the Green Hornet was none other than the late great Bruce Lee. Just in case you weren't aware.

:rolleyes:

THANK YOU "Obvious Man," lemme know when you'll be doing your "Redundant Man of Redundancy" schtick, that 1 always cracks me up!!



:p


p.s.............









HEYYYYYYYYYYY, DIIIILLLLLLLL!!!

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

http://www.gordonkeith.com/wordpress/

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

:rolleyes:

THANK YOU "Obvious Man," lemme know when you'll be doing your "Redundant Man of Redundancy" schtick, that 1 always cracks me up!!



:p


p.s.............









HEYYYYYYYYYYY, DIIIILLLLLLLL!!!

Coulda sworn I said "Just in case you weren't aware."

http://24.104.40.44/corbyheydill.wav

[TruBlueCowboy]

I moved out of Dallas before the Ticket ever became a big thing so most of my listening has been on the internet and when I was visiting Dallas. When I lived in San Antonio, though, I could pick up WBAP and hear Randy Galloway in the evenings. The only Ticket guys I recognize are Dale Hansen and Norm Hitzges because they are Dallas institutions, but the other guys are all out of towners who really don't do it for me because most of them talk about non-sports stuff and none of them really seem like Dallas sports fans when they do discuss the local teams. I guess Gordo is the only one I can identify on the radio because of his great impressions.

[trickblue]

I moved out of Dallas before the Ticket ever became a big thing so most of my listening has been on the internet and when I was visiting Dallas. When I lived in San Antonio, though, I could pick up WBAP and hear Randy Galloway in the evenings. The only Ticket guys I recognize are Dale Hansen and Norm Hitzges because they are Dallas institutions, but the other guys are all out of towners who really don't do it for me because most of them talk about non-sports stuff and none of them really seem like Dallas sports fans when they do discuss the local teams. I guess Gordo is the only one I can identify on the radio because of his great impressions.

Actually the Hardline (Rhyner & WIlliams) has been around DFW for years... as have Dunham and Miller...

Mike Rhyner was at The Zoo (KZEW) for years as the sports guy with Rhodie and Labella... Greg Williams was actually with Randy Galloway at WBAP... it was Galloway that named him Greg "The Hammer" Williams...

Dunham & Miller were both sports guys on 1080 KRLD where Brad Sham had "Sports Central" for so many years...

[TruBlueCowboy]

Actually the Hardline (Rhyner & WIlliams) has been around DFW for years... as have Dunham and Miller...

Mike Rhyner was at The Zoo (KZEW) for years as the sports guy with Rhodie and Labella... Greg Williams was actually with Randy Galloway at WBAP... it was Galloway that named him Greg "The Hammer" Williams...

Dunham & Miller were both sports guys on 1080 KRLD where Brad Sham had "Sports Central" for so many years...

Then I take it back, I guess I have a bad memory, but I don't remember any of these guys from the 1980's. Especially the two people who the thread is about. I get frustrated how some of them sound like they hate the Cowboys. If you're covering Dallas sports, at least be a fan of the local pro franchises, or act like it. LOL I swear, sometimes I feel like I can get more Cowboys and Rangers updates on the national media.

[trickblue]

Then I take it back, I guess I have a bad memory, but I don't remember any of these guys from the 1980's. Especially the two people who the thread is about.

Now you are dead right there... The Ticket tried for years to fill that early afternoon spot and were unsuccessful... Sturm is from Wisconsin and Dan is from Ohio I believe... they kinda stuck and have been around for a few years now...

If you listened to sports on other stations, you heard the other guys... you just didn't know who they were at the time... they are all DFW area guys...

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

"If you're covering Dallas sports, at least be a fan of the local pro franchises, or act like it."

I couldn't possibly disagree more. That's simply not their job. I'd rather them be objective and realistic. I get enough of blind loyalty on these forums.