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Oct 13, 2011 4:32 PM
Pretty soon they will be left with Craig James, Jesse Palmer, and David Pollack. Good work.


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Breaking sports media news: pat Forde is leaving Espn for yahoo sports at the end of this month. Post coming shortly.
Oct 13, 2011 4:32pm
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Oct 13, 2011 4:38 PM
I always liked his Forde Yard Dash columns
Oct 13, 2011 4:38pm
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Oct 13, 2011 4:56 PM
jordo212000;932625 wrote:I always liked his Forde Yard Dash columns
I'm sure he will be doing them for Yahoo.
Oct 13, 2011 4:56pm
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Oct 13, 2011 5:03 PM
karen lotz;932622 wrote:Pretty soon they will be left with Craig James, Jesse Palmer, and David Pollack. Good work.


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Don't forget Mark May too.
Oct 13, 2011 5:03pm
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Oct 13, 2011 5:56 PM
college football is one of espn's biggest cash cows and now they've lost two of their better talents in about a month and a half. the herd is certainly thinning. great net for yahoo, though
Oct 13, 2011 5:56pm
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Oct 13, 2011 7:49 PM
Anything to challenge ESPN's dominance is a good thing.
Oct 13, 2011 7:49pm
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Oct 13, 2011 8:33 PM
Yahoo is really starting to put together some good talent.
Oct 13, 2011 8:33pm
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Oct 13, 2011 8:34 PM
When you have Dr Lou you don't really need anyone else :rolleyes:
Oct 13, 2011 8:34pm
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Oct 13, 2011 9:57 PM
karen lotz;932622 wrote:Pretty soon they will be left with Craig James, Jesse Palmer, and David Pollack. Good work.


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jordo212000;932625 wrote:I always liked his Forde Yard Dash columns
TBone14;932637 wrote:I'm sure he will be doing them for Yahoo.
krambman;932639 wrote:Don't forget Mark May too.
dazedconfused;932676 wrote:college football is one of espn's biggest cash cows and now they've lost two of their better talents in about a month and a half. the herd is certainly thinning. great net for yahoo, though
Fly4Fun;932770 wrote:Anything to challenge ESPN's dominance is a good thing.
thedynasty1998;932793 wrote:Yahoo is really starting to put together some good talent.

These.
dave;932794 wrote:When you have Dr Lou you don't really need anyone else :rolleyes:
Not This.
Oct 13, 2011 9:57pm
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Oct 14, 2011 12:24 AM
Good. Fuck ESPN.

Also, Pat Forde is a dumbass.
Oct 14, 2011 12:24am
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Oct 14, 2011 12:29 AM
Tobias Fünke;933017 wrote:Good. Fuck ESPN.

Also, Pat Forde is a dumbass.

This.
Oct 14, 2011 12:29am
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Oct 14, 2011 12:34 AM
What's wrong with Forde?
Oct 14, 2011 12:34am
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Oct 14, 2011 12:58 AM
He has a way with words, but I don't think I've ever seen him discuss the strategy of the game once. To me, he just jumps on bandwagons and looks at W/L records to see "trends" and be silly. I just don't get any insight out of his writings at all.

I think he is one or two steps ahead of the rest of ESPN, which seems to measure how good a play is by the player's "swag" of lack thereof and completely disregard the one million other reasons--from skill to coaching to luck to work ethic--whenever they publish anything or show a highlight.

I think every one of the guys who are considered by ESPN to be "experts" should be required to pass some tests on whatever they are writing/talking about.
Oct 14, 2011 12:58am
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Oct 14, 2011 6:06 AM
karen lotz;933028 wrote:What's wrong with Forde?
He's humorless.
Oct 14, 2011 6:06am
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Oct 14, 2011 6:11 AM
Who the flock is Pat Forde?
Oct 14, 2011 6:11am
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Oct 14, 2011 6:13 AM
Fly4Fun;932770 wrote:Anything to challenge ESPN's dominance is a good thing.
I agree. Thank you Dan Patrick for leaving the mothership and showing people in the business ESPN isn't the final frontier.







Who the flock is Pat Forde? (Googling)
Oct 14, 2011 6:13am
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Oct 14, 2011 6:46 AM
queencitybuckeye;933116 wrote:He's humorless.

His sense of humor is just really dry and sarcastic.
Oct 14, 2011 6:46am
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Oct 14, 2011 9:35 AM
Tobias Fünke;933045 wrote:He has a way with words, but I don't think I've ever seen him discuss the strategy of the game once. To me, he just jumps on bandwagons and looks at W/L records to see "trends" and be silly. I just don't get any insight out of his writings at all.

I think he is one or two steps ahead of the rest of ESPN, which seems to measure how good a play is by the player's "swag" of lack thereof and completely disregard the one million other reasons--from skill to coaching to luck to work ethic--whenever they publish anything or show a highlight.

I think every one of the guys who are considered by ESPN to be "experts" should be required to pass some tests on whatever they are writing/talking about.
I actually can't argue with what you wrote here.

What kills me is having to listen to Jesse Palmer and Dan Polluck as if they actually know something.
Oct 14, 2011 9:35am
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Oct 14, 2011 9:37 AM
ts1227;933122 wrote:His sense of humor is just really dry and sarcastic.
and nearly always leaves out the funny.
Oct 14, 2011 9:37am
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Oct 14, 2011 10:56 AM
ah, didn't know he was supposed to be a comedian. He was probably the best ESPN had once Feldman left.
Oct 14, 2011 10:56am
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Oct 14, 2011 11:00 AM
Yahoo is def gaining talent. I have been using Yahoo alot more than ESPN lately to get my sporting news. It would be nice to see Fox, CBS, or NBC strike a deal with Yahoo sports to get this talent on TV and legimatize themselves as a media sports provider.

I don't like Dan Patrick, but props to him for for leaving ESPN, and starting what seems to be like a trend. Hopefully this teaches ESPN to get their act together.
Oct 14, 2011 11:00am
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Oct 14, 2011 11:01 AM
Also, mark it down, Bill Simmons will be gone from ESPN in a few years. He is in the beggining stages of his departure with grantland.
Oct 14, 2011 11:01am
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Oct 14, 2011 11:13 AM
karen lotz;933238 wrote:ah, didn't know he was supposed to be a comedian. He was probably the best ESPN had once Feldman left.
You don't find that he takes a lot of things deadly seriously when discussing something (sports in general) where practically none of it matters in any real sense?
Oct 14, 2011 11:13am
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Oct 14, 2011 7:38 PM
like_that;933245 wrote:Also, mark it down, Bill Simmons will be gone from ESPN in a few years. He is in the beggining stages of his departure with grantland.
I think he may have just resigned, and Grantland was a way to keep him. I always thought he would go independent with something like Grantland, but why not use Disney money if you can.
Oct 14, 2011 7:38pm
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Oct 14, 2011 8:37 PM
thedynasty1998;933653 wrote:I think he may have just resigned, and Grantland was a way to keep him. I always thought he would go independent with something like Grantland, but why not use Disney money if you can.
I'm a Simmons guy, but I don't think it would be the end of the world if they part ways. He's getting awful complacent. He rarely writes anymore and when he does, he is usually whining about the Red Sox or Celtics.
Oct 14, 2011 8:37pm