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Football Ranters – “Not All Football, Not All the Time”

Lunatics, if you’re anything like us, you’ve already started envisioning your dominant fantasy football season, including how you’re going to construct the perfect roster. Need to know which rookies to factor into that mix, and which to avoid like Santonio Holmes avoids drug tests? The Danchise has you covered this week as we all return to his fantasy corner. Plus, Jonathan Vilma doesn’t understand slander, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar likes porn and and Anquan Boldin seeks more oxygen.

Also, if you have any suggestions for a future Opening Rant, visit FootballRanters.com and send us an email. Your idea just may appear in a future episode, Lunatics!

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Football Ranters – “…But We Digress”

We’re fully in the thick of it now, Lunatics: three long, football-less months. The weather may be warming up, but in our hearts there’s nothing but grey dreariness. But, to snap you out of that funk, the Football Ranters have scoured the far recesses of the Earth — or at least, the Internet — to bring you every bit of news this week. From Incomplete Headlines to our new segment, “Yardline News,” we’ll get you up to speed on every tidbit of NFL minutiae out there. Plus, learn about a new spectator sport to take your mind off football (not really) and enjoy the return of an old favorite, Fake Injury Report.

Also, if you have any suggestions for a future Opening Rant, visit FootballRanters.com and send us an email. Your idea just may appear in a future episode, Lunatics!

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Football Ranters – “In Which We Discuss Things That Aren’t Funny”

This episode’s lofty title is in honor of Peter King, who has once again drawn the ire of the Football Ranter this week, for — as usual — being a completely out of touch asshat. After dealing with King and his buddy Mr. Roethlisberger, the Ranters turn their attention to the untimely suicide of Junior Seau, and whether there is anything to be done to prevent the bane of life after football. Up for discussion are the link between blows to the head and depression, the level of violence in today’s game relative to days past and whether the league can remain marketable while keeping players safe. It’s not somber all the way around, however. Listen in to hear about the latest pro to face the wrath of the law, as well as the new sports craze that may be (but certainly won’t be) sweeping the nation soon. Oh, and don’t forget to visit our website, where you can check out our great accompanying content and subscribe to our various feeds. It can’t always be fun and games, Lunatics.

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Football Ranters – “The Ranties”

Roll out the red carpet and cue the wrap up music, it’s time for the 1st Annual Ranties Awards! The 2012 NFL Draft is in the books, but now find out who is taking home the real prize: a completely imaginary and in no way tangible award based on the subjective opinion of a couple guys who talk about football on the radio! (Note: that gives us exactly as much credibility as everyone else throwing around arbitrary draft grades.) From the biggest reach to the worst hug to the best all around draft, we’ll bestow these much sought after awards upon their deserving winners. Plus, don’t miss the latest editions of BUSTED, Incomplete Headlines and Football 101. Oh, and our own edition of arbitrary draft grades will be published on FootballRanters.com later in the week. Just 3 months until the Hall of Fame Game, Lunatics.

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Football Ranters – The Spectacularly Spectacular Draft Spectacular Show

The draft is here! The draft is here! Well, close enough, anyway. In honor of the most awesome offseason event the NFL can reasonably offer us, Ranter and The Danchise look back over the draft history of every team. We decide who is the best, who sucks the most and who will be next for each and every team in the league. We also check in with the team from Shorty’s, the host bar of the 1st Annual Football Ranters NFL Draft Party. All that plus new editions of Incomplete Headlines, Football 101 and BUSTED! Don’t forget to enter our mock draft contest – it’s free and you can win great prizes. Next week, we give kneejerk reactions and arbitrary grades to your favorite teams based on our perception of their draft performance. It’s a party all the time, Lunatics.

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Football Ranters – “That’s ‘Superlatives’, NOT ‘Super Laxatives’”

With the NFL Draft just about a week away, the Football Ranters are ready to send off this year’s draft class, high school yearbook style. Find out which classmate you would most want to hang out with and who to stay far away from after graduation. We also got a healthy dose of listener mail this week, which we will dive into face-first. All that, plus we check on the quasi-prophetic ramblings of Lisbeth Salander’s uncle, refer to Kim Kardashian way too many times and learn about how to keep score when you’re tipsy. More NFL Draft content will be live on our site as the big day approaches, and be sure to RSVP for our big draft party in NYC. Just one more show until the draft, Lunatics.

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Football Ranters – “Please Draft Responsibly”

What happens around the Football Ranters when nothing happens in the NFL? Well, we do what anyone would do: we get drunk and do a mock draft. The results are stupefying, as listeners of this week’s episode will quickly discover. There’s more than just that tomfoolery, however– we delve into some more prospect scouting reports, learn who was BUSTED this week and talk to the man behind the greatest innovation in tailgate party history. An updated — and sober! — mock draft will be up on FootballRanters.com later in the week, and don’t forget about our NFL Draft Party. Be there or be a quadrilateral, Lunatics.

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Football Ranters – “Whatcha Gonna Do?”

This past week was so slow for the NFL, a handful of current and former players had nothing to do but smoke weed and break into houses– ALLEGEDLY. Never fear, though, as the Football Ranters are never afraid to scrape up the very dregs from the bottom of the barrel to pique your interest in football. Through the most trying of times, we will always be there, even when the NFL promises new uniforms that turn out to absolutely suck, and even when The Danchise continues to not know which NFL players are which. We also have a big announcement this week regarding the NFL Draft while the Ranter begins his on air draft coverage in earnest. Speaking of which, there will be new mock drafts up every week on FootballRanters.com, where you can also learn more details about our draft party and upcoming mock draft contest. It’s April, Lunatics!

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Football Ranters – “Sanctions and Tebows and Bowties, OH MY!”

The mighty wrath of Goodell has reared its ugly head once again, casting out Gregg Williams to a potential lifetime of exile, in much the same way Elway has exiled Tebow to the modern day Sodom and Gomorrah of NYC. Your hosts have plenty to say about these pieces of league-shaking news, plus a healthy dose of incomplete headlines, two new segments and some mail from the loyal Lunatics. Suck it all in, Lunatics — this is the most fun you can have in the offseason.

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Football Ranters – “No More Waitin’ for Peyton”

It’s official: Peyton Manning is a Bronco, and so ends the biggest story of this offseason. Your hosts find more questions than answers in this turn of events, and break down each of those questions one by one. After discussing all things Godfather, Ranter and The Danchise turn their attention to grading the freshest crop of free agent signings and following up on all those “Price is Right” segments. Also, ever wonder what would happen if The Danchise were to call out Sports Illustrated’s Peter King on Twitter? Well, it happened, and the results weren’t pretty. Tune in for more, and check out our website as we ramp up for the 2012 NFL Draft.

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