Summary of the Jim Rome Show for Wednesday, Dec. 16.
Tiger Woods
Jim started, "So yet another day, no sight of Tiger Woods. He's not talking, but now some of his peers in the business are taking up for him...Ron Artest has his back. Ron Artest went as far as to call Tiger Woods a quote, "Stand up guy."...What's less stand up?" (Jim listed many things including running around on his wife, not talking to authorities regarding the crash, going into hiding, and being embroiled in on of the worse sports scandals ever.) Jim then went on, "...That's stand up? I think you're confusing standing up with hiding out."
Jim also mentioned Charles Barkley, who said, "..Hey man. You're in trouble. You're taking some. You gotta reach out to your friends...Look, I'm not going to kill this guy while he's down." Rome said he could get with that, "You want someone to be there when you need it...to pick you up. You just don't want somebody to call that guy 'stand up'."
NFL
Jim talked about the Dallas Cowboys facing the Saints.
He also called out Mercury Morris, former Miami Dolphins running back. Jim asked, "Where are you?" (With the Saints and Colts still undefeated. Mercury Morris has come out in years past when teams remained undefeated to doubt that they will go completely undefeated as the Dolphins did in the 70s.)
Interview
Chris Johnson (Tennessee Titans)
He is the NFL's leading rusher. He is 479 yards short of Eric Dickerson's all time single season record. Rome asked if he had it in him to reach the record with 3 games left. Chris said, "I know I have it in me." He told us that he said before the season that he wanted to run for 2000 yards this season. The topic of his speed and the rumored race challenges by Rajon Rondo and Ted Ginn Jr. Chris said neither of them really wanted to race. He also told us he played football before he ran track.
Callers
Dan from Shenandoa called in and questioned the pedestal Tiger Woods had been put on. During his call he quoted "Vinny Mac". Vinny was a previous caller famous for his breathy, nervous call about "Jive turkeys" out there need ing to look out or they were going to get "ragged dolled". Rome questioned Dave and asked if he was, in fact, Vinny Mac. Dan said he was Vinny Mac's brother!
Trapper called. He did a little tirade about Tiger Woods. He said Tiger took "the 30 pieces of silver" to do a Buick commercial during a Screen Actors Guild strike. He signed out with..."Tramps like us."
Jack in LA called. He said he was a Trapper supporter but then wanted to do a parody of him. The imitation was pretty good.
Interview
Jim Boeheim (Syracuse Basketball)
They started the year unranked, but have beaten North Carolina and Florida and are now ranked #5 in the country. Boeheim thought they were good, but not that they would beat North Carolina. Boeheim credits having an experienced team. He has two 5th year seniors and others with a few years experience.
Text Contest
"War me having a higher score than Rome on BrickBreaker on my Blackberry, but not being able to come close to his score on Video poker."
(The text contest was cut short by a late interview.)
Interview
Vincent Jackson (San Diego Chargers)
He is off to a good year. Jim asked if he has improved greatly or is just getting more opportunities. Vincent said it was a little of both. Though a 6'5" receiver, Vincent says he doesn't rely just on his size. He still concentrates on precision route running. Of coach Norv Turner, Vincent said, "Norv has a consistent message." Rome asked if the Chargers have the Colts since they knocked them out of the play off last year. Vincent said last year doesn't carry over to this year. He mentioned the Colts being a different team this year like the Chargers.
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