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FRR: 'Statement Year'

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    We interview Michael Bennett and Jack Mewhort, and also banter about the spring game, the excellent recruiting weekend for Ohio State, Mike Adams' bad timing and much more.

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  • Nope. Without getting political, I like Bill O'Reilly and Front Row Radio is Bucknuts version of "The No Spin Zone".

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  • Dave Biddle said...

    Ha, we've played that Bill O'Reilly clip before. WE'LL DO IT LIVE!

    We can remove it from the library if O'Reilly's potty mouth is offensive to anyone.

    Dave, since you asked, my take on "potty mouth" usage on FRR is this:
    I often play FRR for my wife and middle school grandsons (it is never too late or too early to groom new Buckeye fans). I don't feel comfortable playing off color material for wife and I won't play it for my grandsons.
    Never the less, I am a huge fan of FRR and will personally listen even if O'Reilly's (and other off color clips are used).

    Just one other thought, I am not sure what the O'Reilly clip adds in terms of quality or entertainment factor to your already very good and very entertaining program.

    jfsmith3

  • Dave Biddle said...

    I understand all the heat he's taking from fans; we skewered him on the show too. But a big part of me feels bad for Mike. I know this was an extremely-dumb move on his part, don't get me wrong, but he's really a nice kid. We live in a society where getting drunk is acceptable but smoking pot is not. Right or wrong, that's the way it is and Mike needed to be smarter than that.

    Like I said on the show, NFL GMs know that the majority of NFL players smoke. There was a big story about it on ESPN this week (the one talking about how almost all Oregon football players like to smoke). GMs know players smoke, but the test at the combine is basically a "Stupidity Test." Everyone knows they're getting tested. Everyone knows if they wait until after the combine, they can smoke all they want up until the draft. You just have to go cold turkey for a month or so and Adams was unable to do that. This after being busted for weed a couple times at OSU. (Not "busted" in a legal sense, but was suspended two games to start the '09 season for a second failed test.)

    I wish there wasn't so much hate being tossed Mike's way from Buckeye fans here, but I understand where people are coming from. Very dense move on Mike's part. I'm still going to be rooting for him though. Hopefully he still goes in the late-first round, although I would bet early-second at this point.

    Dave, I have to take issue with you here somewhat. Yes, of course, everyone knows a lot of young men, including those in the NFL, use weed. That's not the point. What NFL GMs have to worry about is not the fairness or unfairness of MJ versus good old alcohol [which, just by the way, has ruined more lives, and destroyed more families, than any drug in the history of mankind].

    The point is what the Redskins learned last season when their starting TE, our beloved Fred Davis, and their starting left OT were forced to sit for the last four games of the season due to their non-stop affection for cannabis. Fail one test, everybody just giggles. Fail two and you're on notice and get a light suspension. Fail again, as Fred did, and you miss games. One more and you lose a year of your career, without pay.

    NFL GMs simply cannot risk losing key players during the regular season, period. Whatever we may think of the equity of marijuana laws, the NFL suspends guys during the season without pay for multiple offenses.

    Mike Adams is a proven recidivist -- a 'chronic' offender, if you will -- and is therefore a huge risk as a starting left tackle in the NFL. I'm not anti-weed, but I would never draft Mike Adams to protect my star QB's backside. Too risky. There are other great O-linemen who don't bring blunts with them to training camp. I'd draft one of them ...and so will most NFL GMs.

    When in doubt, punt.

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  • LittleWoody said...

    Dave, I have to take issue with you here somewhat. Yes, of course, everyone knows a lot of young men, including those in the NFL, use weed. That's not the point. What NFL GMs have to worry about is not the fairness or unfairness of MJ versus good old alcohol [which, just by the way, has ruined more lives, and destroyed more families, than any drug in the history of mankind].

    The point is what the Redskins learned last season when their starting TE, our beloved Fred Davis, and their starting left OT were forced to sit for the last four games of the season due to their non-stop affection for cannabis. Fail one test, everybody just giggles. Fail two and you're on notice and get a light suspension. Fail again, as Fred did, and you miss games. One more and you lose a year of your career, without pay.

    NFL GMs simply cannot risk losing key players during the regular season, period. Whatever we may think of the equity of marijuana laws, the NFL suspends guys during the season without pay for multiple offenses.

    Mike Adams is a proven recidivist -- a 'chronic' offender, if you will -- and is therefore a huge risk as a starting left tackle in the NFL. I'm not anti-weed, but I would never draft Mike Adams to protect my star QB's backside. Too risky. There are other great O-linemen who don't bring blunts with them to training camp. I'd draft one of them ...and so will most NFL GMs.

    I'm not sure our opinions differ that much. Like I said, the weed test at the combine is basically viewed as a "Stupidity Test" by NFL GMs. (Their words not mine.) Failing a drug test at the combine shows you are probably either very dense or have a habitual problem. Everyone knows they are being tested. This is why I think it was absolutely a big deal that Mike failed the test. It's going to hurt him in the draft and it should hurt him.

    All I was saying was part of me feels bad for him. I've known Mike since he was a sophomore in high school and just had a lengthy one-on-one interview with him last week (just before this news broke). He did it to himself and has no one else to blame, but I look at it like a family member that did something wrong: You're very disappointed in them, but you still want the best for them.

    Dave Biddle

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