KXNO Sports Fanatics
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Yeah, Sean is making it sound like he's holding off on big life decisions to see if he gets this. I'm not super excited about that possibility, not that I have some major dislike for Sean. Just think it'll end up being like another poster mentioned with their producer, Uncle Ross imparting his wisdom on the youngster.
And I don't necessarily dislike Ross, either, but he can come off like he knows more than anyone else on some topics. The NIL/Pay for Play is the last big one that he's just been insufferable on - it's like you can't be concerned about any part of it cause everything is gonna end up fine. It might, but that doesn't mean there won't be some growing pains in the meantime.
I'm hoping for a cyclone fan, but not sure there are many great local options.
I was a loyal listener and did enjoy having Chris on there. Now I find he was the only reason I listened. I'm very lukewarm on Emery or Sean in that role. Two out of the box candidates are Alyssa Hertel from the Register and Steph Copley. They've both been great when I've heard them. Alyssa isn't a Cyclone per se but she really knows the local sports scene. Steph of course is Cyclone through & through. I doubt she would have time for the gig though, with job & family, similar to Chris.
I kind of hope they go outside of the box and bring in someone not already doing a show on KXNO or is already one of their regular fill ins. Just a new voice and outside perspective would be refreshing and not just recycling the same personalities we've already heard plenty of. Nothing again Sean but we've already heard him and Ross together when he hosted with Travis on the morning rush and I would prefer to see them go with someone that would add a new angle to the shows they already have. Doesn't necessarily need to be someone with a Cyclone lean to them but would be nice if they did since it played so well with Chris and Ross doing a good job giving fairly equal time to both fan bases. The last thing they need is someone who leans heavy Hawkeye to pair with Ross. Would be tough to listen to if that were to happen.
It doesn't help that this is the slow season either. Late June to mid Aug is always really tough for these shows.
Y'all need to get into podcasts over the summer and turn off local sports radio.
Outside of breaking news events, it's just hot air until fall football gets going
Outside of breaking news events, it's just hot air until fall football gets going
Well that’s when these guys really need to show their worth. The problem with Ross is, like most hawk fans, hawk sports is his whole universe. He doesn’t care about anything else. I understand this is the slowest part of the college sports year, but it’s also when Chris could really show his worth, with his connections to the other B12 programs he could get guys on from each team to talk about the upcoming season. Also, the shows when CW was by himself were some of the best.
The new producer, Caleb, seems to know a lot about the NBA, which has been good recently. He got them to talk more about the playoffs, the draft, and the trades happening.
It is… But it’s also a great time to start to build the chemistry with a new permanent host… I still don’t understand why they haven’t named one… Can you imagine throwing some rando in there full-time in the thick of football. It’d be brutal.
I just hope it’s not Travis.
It's kind of a tough timeslot. 3-6 p.m. Any co-host will need to be self-employed or have some kind of job with flexibility of hours. And, of course, those are only the studio hours -- they'll also need to have time to prep. It's a larger time commitment than most people think.
I had it on the other day when Ross and Randy P. on and I felt bad for Ross. He was having to drive the conversation and wasn't getting much help from Randy. It was a pretty rough listen.
Randy P is absolutely atrocious on the radio. I can't believe they allow him on as much as they do.
Anything with Randy is a tough listen. But all Ross wanted to talk about was DM East. Shocking, I know. With all the hok homers who have filled in, they finally have a person who at least covers ISU, and he’s never asked about the amazing MBB turnaround or where CMC has the program now compared to all the lean years Randy had to cover.
Agree, he rarely gives you any new content that you haven't already heard and been recycled before and feels like the hosts have to setup the question on a tee for him to give any kind of depth for an answer.
Don’t bother. Some guy (Bill Blank?) who apparently we’re supposed to know so well that Ross only introduced him as “my buddy”. Absolutely no idea who he is. To be followed by another appearance by Travis Justis for the remainder of the show. This is excruciatingly bad.
