OT: Listened to Mike Valenti for the first time today
Being in the state until May, my co workers are always trying to get me to try things that are uniquely Michigan. That being said, my co worker today had me listen to Mike Valenti, because he knew how low my opinion of MSU was. "He really knows his stuff, he's constantly crushing Wal-Mart Wolverines", he said. (By the way, after everyones thoughts, can someone please explain wal-mart wolverine to me?) So I was curious, so during our drive between offices, he turned the station on. Apparently I was lucky, because my co worker said Mike was on one of his classic rants. Today some writer I've never heard of, said that Michigan had caught up to Michigan State in B-Ball. This seemed to infuriate Mike, and he started screaming out nosensical absurdities.
I'm not going to bother getting into a breakdown of what he was spewing out, because he's clearly a shock jock out for ratings. Having grown up listening to Paul Finebaum, I've had more than my share of loud mouths with an agenda. What makes it worse, is what I deem to be a complete waste of space, his partner Terry. After 10 minutes of nonsense, I could take no more, and we turned it off. Having spent a few hours going through the board on the 247 MSU site, a guy like Mike is hardly surprising. If I wanted to listen to radio hosts from schools with inferiority complexes, I'd move to Knoxville.
Needless to say, my opinion of MSU remains as low as it did before moving to the state. Hey Mike, America is on line 2, and it doesn't give a good God D**n about MSU. Thanks.
Cue the "Come at me Bro", and "You mad, Bro?" meme's.
For Atwater Brewery? To me they have the best beer in the state!
Valenti is a complete moron. I'll listen occassionally to listen to the Michigan fans/callers' analysis (when Foster's in one of the rare moods that he actually speaks up against Valenti to let 'em talk), but I truly cant' stand the man. I heard the rant yesterday you're referencing, and although I completely agree with your analysis about Valenti, it's too bad you didn't hear the response from the other guy (Pat Caputo) afterwards, particularly when he said "Like the other guy here, I went to MSU's school of journalism. But unlike him, I didn't go straight into radio. I went into writing first. So I believe in a little thing called OBJECTIVITY." It was fantastic.
But yes. Valenti lacks any capacity for complex thought or civil discussion. But then again, he's a die-hard Spartan fan on the radio who consistently resorts to the "Wal-Mart Wolverines" slur, so what can you expect?