Jim Rome Clone Report by Greg in Sun Valley

Summary of today's Jim Rome Show

Jim is back from vacation. "Nice to be back," he started.

Tiger Woods
   The Tiger Woods incident was a big topic of the show today. Tiger was in a single car acccident just outside his home in Florida last week.
Woods made a statement on his website saying it was his fault and his wife acted courageously.
Rome's take : "If you're looking for Eldrick to come correct, to just own it, to tell you what really happened when he bounced his car off a fire hydrant and a tree and his wife took a club to his back windshield...you'll be waiting a helluva long time...that is never going to happen...This guy has never said anything about anything related to golf. You can't get this guy to talk about his round...a guy who named his yacht 'privacy'...The guy's obviously not going to talk...Never has, never will...There still are plenty of questions...He doesn't have to answer the media's questions. But, if he doesn't they'll keep looking for the answers themselves and if they uncover something, he's going to look even worse than if he just owned it himself from the beginning."

NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers
   Hines Ward...Jim commented on his toughness, then said, "...but it was the shots that he was throwing around before the game in a sit down with NBC and Bob Costas that made the biggest impression...It appeared he was throwing those shots at his own guy, his own quarterback. Hines Ward told Bob Costas that the Steelers locker room was 50-50 about whether Roethlisberger should play in that game or not...Was he questioning his quarterback's toughness or was he questioning his teams decision to shut him down and not let him play in a big game?"

Vince Young
   The Titans are undefeated since Young was named the starter. Jim talked about the turn around both he and the team have made.

Thanksgiving Take
Rome: "There's not a Thanksgiving where there's not at least one family disagreement or episode, right? ...words get exchanged...somebody stomps out...maybe pops or uncle screams, 'get the coats, we're leaving'...Uncle Joe, I know you're a bottle and a half of wine in..."

College Football

News came in that Charlie Weis had been fired a coach at Notre Dame.
Jim said, "Why?"

USC vs UCLA
In the waning seconds of the game, up 21-7, USC took a knee. UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel calls a timeout. USC then throws a bomb for a touchdown. Rome thought it was funny, but also a bad play by UCLA that may haunt them in the long run.

Guests

Mike Simms-Walker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
   He reacted to Jim's question about getting over their last loss, saying he already had. Apparently he's dealt with a lot tougher things. He had a knee injury that kept him out his entire rookie year. Then last year had sprained ligaments in his other knee and was also hospitalized with a staph infection. Even tougher was first the stabbing death of his best friend then the death of his father shortly after. It was a very difficult time that left him feeling like he didn't even want to play football. Time and the rememberance of good things about his friend and father helped him and he is now having a break out year.

Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers)
   The Packers have won 3 straight and are 7-4. Aaron said he is excited about the direction they are going. He later talked about learning from his experiences. He said getting humbled helped strengthen his character. Rome mentioned Aaron is taking less punishment than earlier in the year. Rodgers credits better protection, getting the ball out quicker, and play selection with the turn around.

Melvin Bullet (Indianapolis Colts)
   Even down 17-0 to the Texans, Melvin wasn't convinced they would lose their last game. He says they feel like they can come back on anybody. He defined "Colt's ball" (defensively) as "...We want to run and we want to hit...flying around hitting people all over the field."
Melvin later told the story of teammate Jacob Lacey and himself being high school teammates that not only made the NFL as unsigned free agents, but are both on the Colts.

Text Contest

"Jim. Warning. Angry, hot, Norwegian women swinging a 9 iron at you dome may be closer thatn they appear. Signed, Tiger's Escalade"

"Hey Jimothy. 'Get the coats'. Signed Chuck Weis" Bill in the South Bay.

"Hey Jim. At least UCLA's black eye is only a figurative one. Signed Jimmy Clausen's literal black eye." Shane in Albuquerque

"What? Who? What happened? I just woke up from my Aaron Rodgers nap. Damn, he always does that to me."

Triple U sponsor: "The Turkey leg and galloping gobbler awards on Thanksgiving Day."

Actual Triple U: "Hey Jim. Tiger Woods has not addressed this car crash, but he should have addressed me a long time ago. Signed, his receding hairline." Wayne Texty.

Result : (Laugh sound clip) "That's the epitome of Unfunny, Uninspired, and Unreadable. It's not going to get you blocked....Wayne Texty...Your handle is Triple U."


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