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East Central University is planning to raise awareness about cyber security during Cyber Security Awareness Month.
An FBI representative, along with Bryan Sherbourne, cyber security expert, will present the "Main Event" from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 in the Estep Multimedia Center in the Bill S. Cole University Center. Sherbourne will educate attendees about cyberbullying, current cyber threats and all we can do to be safer with the use of internet and social media.
The event is free and open to the public.
Posted on: 07 October, 2015
East Central University will present its Jazz Ensemble Concert at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 12, in the Kennedy Band Hall of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.
The concert, which is free and open to the public, will be under the direction of Kirk Palmer. Performances will be conducted on the alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, piano and bass. Selections include: April in Paris; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; Samantha; Splanky and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
SMITH TO CHALLENGE, MOTIVATE ATTENDEES TO DO THE RIGHT THING AT ECU'S 26TH ANNUAL PARKER ETHICS LECTURE ON OCT. 22Posted on: 07 October, 2015
Weston Smith often speaks, challenges and motivates groups "to simply do the right thing."
Smith, former CFO of HealthSouth, will be presenting "Crossing the Line – An Insider's Perspective of the HealthSouth Fraud" at East Central University's 26th Annual Parker Ethics Lecture Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in ECU Foundation Hall at the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center.
The public is invited to the dinner and lecture at $15 per seat. Those interested may register at 580-559-5274 by Friday, Oct. 9
Posted on: 06 October, 2015
Entries are being accepted for East Central University's 2015 Homecoming Parade, set for Saturday, Oct. 31, at noon along Main Street in Ada. "Once Upon a Time in Tigerland" is the theme for ECU's 2015 Homecoming. The purpose of the parade is to highlight organizations and businesses and their support of ECU and the spirit of homecoming. Applications are available online for floats, vehicles, performing groups, marching bands, king and queen candidates, etc. Register at ecok.edu/homecoming.
Posted on: 05 October, 2015
Former State Treasurer of Oklahoma Scott Meacham will deliver East Central University's Leonard Limes Lecture at noon Thursday, Oct. 22, in Foundation Hall of the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center.
The dinner and lecture, being held in conjunction with the Tiger Tank Pitch competition, will begin at noon. Lunch is $12 per person and those interested in attending should RSVP by Friday, Oct. 9. The Tiger Tank competition will also take place from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 22.
Posted on: 05 October, 2015
A violin/piano recital, featuring Dr. Stuart Deaver and Maureen O'Boyle, is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 11, at 3 p.m. at East Central University's Faust Auditorium.
The recital is free and open to the public.
Deaver, a professor of piano at the University of Tulsa, has won numerous awards and has performed across the country and internationally. Like Deaver, O'Boyle, is an instructor at TU and is concert-master of the Tulsa Opera Orchestra and of the Signature Symphony at Tulsa Community College. She has performed with orchestras throughout the United States and abroad.
Posted on: 02 October, 2015
Key alumni, community leaders, faculty, former faculty and friends gathered together Thursday, Oct. 1, for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand reopening of the Education Building on the East Central University campus.
LAUGHTER EXPECTED FOR SHAKESPEARE LOVERS, HATERS ALIKE FOR ECU'S PRODUCTION OF "COMPLEAT WORKS OF WLLM SHKSPR (ABRIDGED) [REVISED]"Posted on: 01 October, 2015
Shakespeare lovers and haters alike can experience laughter as the East Central University Theatre Department launches its first production of the 2015-16 Fine Arts Season with "The Compleat Works of WLLM SHKSPR (abridged) [revised]," Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 8-10, in the Chalmers Herman Theatre inside the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.
Four performances are scheduled with three nightly shows at 7:30 p.m. and a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. There is a language advisory for the performances.


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brownies w/ espresso-cream cheese frosting topped w/ salty shortbread crumbs
Yes that is a very long title for brownies isn't it? But I wanted to really dress up a good batch of brownies. I love brownies with frosting on them--sweet on top of salty-sweet. Killer cavity making material I know, but if you're gonna indulge you might as well make it grand. The topping came about when I had leftover crumbs from my creamsicle cheesecake; had stored them in the freezer for future use. Those crumbs are just so good I hate to waste. And I have used my espresso-cream cheese combo before on my espresso-cream cheese rice krispie treats which were to die for good. I had kept that combo in the back of mind to use again hopefully on a cake or cupcake. I need to make a cupcake with this frosting combo STAT.
These brownies are really good. I mean they just satisfy that sweet & salty craving instantly. I ate a fair share of them and yes, ate the frosting with a spoon; to taste test--a few times.
brownies w/ espresso-cream cheese frosting topped w/ salty shortbread crumbs
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(use your favorite brownie recipe or you can use what I used from alton brown)
Soft butter, for greasing the pan
Flour, for dusting the buttered pan
4 large eggs
1 cup sugar, sifted
1 cup brown sugar, sifted
8 ounces melted butter
11/4 cups cocoa, sifted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8-inch square pan.
In a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat the eggs at medium speed until fluffy and light yellow. Add both sugars. Add remaining ingredients, and mix to combine.
Pour the batter into a greased and floured 8-inch square pan and bake for 45 minutes. Check for doneness with the tried-and-true toothpick method: a toothpick inserted into the center of the pan should come out clean. When it's done, remove to a rack to cool. Resist the temptation to cut into it until it's mostly cool.
1 – 8 oz pack of cream cheese, room temp
½ Starbuck Via, regular roast
¼ - ½ cup of sifted confectioners sugar (use more or less depending on your sweetness preference)
Sprinkle finished brownies with remaining Starbuck Via, (optional but wonderful)
Salty shortbread crumbs:
(I had leftover crumbs from when I made the creamsicle cheesecake, but I think this amount below would be enough for the topping?)
1 sleeve (more or less) of Lorna Doone cookies, crushed fine
A pinch or two of sea salt
Once brownies are cooled, spread frosting nice and thick, sprinkle with salty shortbread crumbs, then sprinkle with remaining Starbucks Via for decoration.
53 comments:
Yes please. I would like to dive into a pile of these and never come out.ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh! The salty shortbread crumbs is just genius. I don't think I've ever homemade a batch of brownies from scratch. I think its time to try!ReplyDelete
Geez, you know how to push our #%&*@ing buttons!ReplyDelete
Dawn - I love it! You gotta stop doin g this to me. LOLReplyDelete
I am working on your cheesecake challenge, BTW. I smell a guest post. If you are interested, you know where to look. :)
I'm dying for one of these right now!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10/12/10, 5:48 PM
I will not lick the screenReplyDelete
I will not lick the screen
I will not lick the screen...again
These look DIVINE! I want them. NOW!ReplyDelete
Just the title alone makes me DROOL. I'll definitely be making these.ReplyDelete
Half the reason why I bake at ALL is to "taste test". It's the best part. Until you realize you've taste-tested half a batch. Not so good part. These brownies sound amazing! Seriously dressed up.ReplyDelete
OMG this looks too good to be true! how can so many wonderful things be packed into one dessert? yum!ReplyDelete
i kind of just started to salivateReplyDelete
I think you are on a mission to kill me, aren't you?ReplyDelete
Taste testing is the best part of being the baker/cook! These look absolutely amazing!ReplyDelete
i can't wait for you to come to l.a. and bake for me!!!ReplyDelete
These are too good to be true. I am making these brownies and I will not share. Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I love sweet and salty. These sound so good, I think I could eat one (or two) right now!ReplyDelete
OMG, you're killing me here with these close-up photos of frosting and cream. How can anyone resist looking at THAT? Yum! And imbued with espresso? Even better! ;)ReplyDelete
I love a sweet and salty combo and these look delicious. Another recipe added to my "To Try" pile.ReplyDelete
Taste testing encourage. Either with a spoon or ladle. You must always know what you're feeding others, right?ReplyDelete
Are these chewy or cakey brownies? I just love the fudgy chewy kind. You've done it again, Dawn. I can't wait to visit your bakery some day.ReplyDelete
whoa baby!ReplyDelete
brownies…my fav
espresso…my fav
starbucks…my fav
creamsicle & salty…killer
are you long lost my twin???
great post!
You make the yummiest recipes and take fantastic pictures!ReplyDelete
Please send 2 dozen to the address below:D All donations to my sweet cravings are happily accepted.ReplyDelete
Please send 2 dozen to the address below:D All donations to my sweet cravings are happily accepted.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10/13/10, 9:01 AM
wow wow wow wow! stop right there! that looks INCREDILE. You always have the best ideas! Thank you so much for this, I love sweet and salty brownies!ReplyDelete
I love the top of this brownie :)ReplyDelete
You're killing me--these are incredible! Would love 2 or 3 right now. Now!ReplyDelete
I just have to say that I am new to your blog and your photos are absolutely mouth watering!! What a wonderful gift you have. Keep up the good work.ReplyDelete
Holy crap!!! I hope you saved me some. Did you? did you? :)ReplyDelete
Ohhhh. Salty Shortbread Crumbs. GREGReplyDelete
i mean, fate. had to have been, all those ingredients coming together to sing like that :) you have any extra?ReplyDelete
you had me at the alton brownies but seriously? salty sweet in the topping?! yum-o! this one's a must-make, for sure!ReplyDelete
holy moly! 3 of my faves all in one!ReplyDelete
OMG...did I say OMG? Wow that looks absolutely delicious!ReplyDelete
Ooh yumm! Can't believe you made brownies even better :DReplyDelete
I usually hate any kind of frosting on brownies, but I want this one, now!!
Wow these really do look great!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10/14/10, 7:19 AM
salty shortbread crumbs? WINNER!!ReplyDelete
oh wow, this sounds amazing!cream cheese and coffee, have to keep that in mind.ReplyDelete
wow.. this looks so good and addictive:) i love it.ReplyDelete
Yes - super long title for brownies but oh how I like'em!ReplyDelete
You ate them? You didn't take a bite then give them away? You know how offensive that would be, lol. Just giving you a hard time, chica. I wouldn't want these to leave my sight let alone my kitchen. These are incredible, but then I expect nothing less coming from you. So when are you opening a bakery?ReplyDelete
It's all about the frosting! And your salty shortbread is the perfect foil. I love that salty/sweet combo!ReplyDelete
These look really good and highly addictive.ReplyDelete
Woweee--these look like a mouthfull of deliciousness. Keep these fabulous recipes coming! :-)ReplyDelete
What unique brownies - I love the crumb topping! I love how versatile brownies are :)ReplyDelete
Good God. Have they invented a system where you can reach through the computer screen and grab something yet? They need to get on that.ReplyDelete
very clever, dawn, as usual. these little beauties have it all. fireworks in the mouth, no doubt!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the inspirations. I made these yesterday to try a brownie recipe from Murray Jaffe's "The Perfect Recipe Baking Book", suggested by our friend, Anna. These are stellar. And I love your food photos.ReplyDelete
New to your blog... and I love it. These are especially fun with the salty shortbread crumb topping! I can't wait to try!ReplyDelete
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Wow, you sure glammed up a dish of brownies. I love the idea of the salty crumbs on top for texture and taste. Brilliant!ReplyDelete
holy MOLY. these look and sound absolutely decadent. mmm...i must try these soon!:)ReplyDelete
These look seriously addictive. Wowzers! Can't I have a slice right this very minute??ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10/28/10, 4:38 PM
Oh my word --- the PERFECT dessert. Absolutely perfect...ReplyDelete
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I'm an embryonic Buddhist.* My involvement with the philosophy dates back to February, when I acquired a small pile of useful books from a friend who's a hardcore practitioner in the Tibetan tradition. I liked what I read, so I read more. And I liked that, so I've kept on going.
Meditation is a hoot. Our group is small, and meets in a physical therapy room in a medical center. Not a pretty place, but the leader always hangs a string of colorful Tibetan prayer flags to jazz it up. You know how the gays are.
We sit on the floor, in a circle, on little blue cushions. How cute is that? The first day I was there I had a flashback to kindergarten story time, and Mrs Wortman reading Clifford, the Big Red Dog. It was a real page-turner, but I couldn't concentrate on it because the kid next to me was picking his nose and eating his own boogers.
When you meditate, you're supposed to focus on your breath. Beginners are told to count each exhale, from one to ten, and then start over again. Ultimately, the aim is to achieve a sort of trance state in which insight may occur.
Well, guess what? I've only had four visits and it's already working. I must be quite the prodigy, because I've had two brilliant insights right in the middle of seated meditation. I feel compelled to share them with you. Buddhism is making me very generous.
Insight One: "Rainbow Lotus Sangha" is kind of a dippy name. No zing to it. You'd have a hell of a time marketing a group called "Rainbow Lotus Sangha." How are you supposed to spread the Dharma with a name like that? My zippy alternative: "Fruits of Meditation." That's a brand name you can push, kids.Amazingly, the basic books I've read about Buddhism say nothing about meditation leading to the discovery of new ideas for knitting. If you ask me, they're really missing the boat.
Insight Two: Om socks. Somebody should design a pair of meditation socks with "OM" worked into the soles, so that when you sit in full lotus with the soles of your feet up everybody can read it. You could also play around with other two-word designs, like "TANTRIC TOOTSIES" or "KOMFY KARMA." I don't mind telling you that when this flashed into my head I almost fell off my cushion.
That's all for now. I've gotta go find the Dalai Lama's e-mail address.
*Don't worry. I don't plan to write much about this, as I don't like talking about religion. I'm rather like Emily Dickinson, who said the open discussion of divine subjects "embarrassed her dog."


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Friday, August 20, 2010
Rick Allen Gets The Call
Over the past couple of years we have often discussed how one thing rarely changes in sports TV without affecting other things. Such is the case with SPEED this weekend.
Steve Byrnes just finished his first week of hosting Race Hub on a fulltime basis. Byrnes set a very different tone with the show and it will be interesting to watch the new production team try different features, formats and ideas. One hour of NASCAR TV Monday through Thursday from a studio based in Charlotte, NC has a ton of potential.
Byrnes left quite a legacy of hard work on the road. The first task was to name new hosts for the Trackside program. SPEED recently announced that Krista Voda and John Roberts are going to share hosting duties, with Voda handling the majority of the remaining programs this season. Friday at 11PM ET will be her debut.
While bringing in a veteran like Voda may have been expected, the second move following Byrnes departure was an attention grabber. Camping World Truck Series play-by-play announcer Rick Allen is going to move up to the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series on Friday.
Allen will handle the entire day, including practice for both series and the Nationwide qualifying. The full TV schedule for Friday is on the left hand side of the TDP page.
Along with Larry McReynolds and Jeff Hammond, Allen will be on the air Friday for over five hours. The Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series should be an interesting challenge for Allen, who has made his mark focusing on the trucks. This season, however, Allen has also done studio work as a host for both The Speed Report and Race Hub.
Before the season is done, Mike Joy will also step-in and help with the support programming of practice and qualifying, but for Allen this is a big opportunity. TV viewers who do not watch the trucks are going to be exposed to Allen on a product that Byrnes has made his own for the past several years.
One trademark of Byrnes is that his personality and good sense of humor come through on the practice and qualifying coverage. Allen is more personally reserved, focusing on allowing Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip to take the spotlight in the truck series programs.
This is going to be a good test of Allen's NASCAR TV skills as the intensity, noise and fast pace of Bristol is not only present for the actual races, but also for the practice and qualifying. Allen ends his day at 5:30PM when ESPN takes over for the Sprint Cup qualifying coverage.
We will use this post to host your comments on the Friday daytime coverage from Bristol Motor Speedway. To add your TV-related comment, just click on the comments button below. This is a family friendly website, please keep that in mind when posting.
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- David Dubczak said...
Not sure I like having Krista Voda on Trackside. She's great in the roles SPEED and FOX have her in, but she just doesn't seem to fit with the Trackside group - I have a hard time seeing her shout "We work hard... and we play hard!". We'll have to see how it works out.
- August 19, 2010 at 10:20 PM
- Anonymous said...
Just got back from MIS Carfax 400 NASCAR weekend. The race was exciting, the weather steamy, and the fan experience cool, but the 4 days ended far too soon.
For 2 adults to attend the Carfax 400 last weekend at MIS, from Thursday to Sunday, while staying at the Comfort Inn in Toledo, it cost about $1200 ($300 fuel for travelling 1000mi from home to the track and back, $400 for 4 motel over-nights, $240 for 3 meals and snacks per day for 4 days, $200+ for tickets, & souvenirs, tolls, and other costs).
Yesterday morning, while still basking in the afterglow of RCR and Kevin Harvick's win on Sunday, I continued to plan the ultimate holiday break for the spring of 2011... back-to-back weekends at Bristol and Martinsville, with visits to the HOF and selected race shops in and around Charlotte mid-week between races.
My wife and I attended the spring race at Martinsville earlier this year and we were looking forward to sitting in the stands at Bristol at the exit of turn 4 next spring.
Our road trip holiday was supposed to start on the Wednesday and finish the next Tuesday and would cost about $2400 (just barely affordable for 2 people living on fixed-income pensions).
We love NASCAR racing and the fan experience found at different tracks, so we both made year-long sacrifices to save enough money to go.
Yesterday morning, after receiving confirmation from Martinsville that the race there would be held on Sunday, April 3, I finished booking the Martinsville portion of the road trip, and waited for the 2011 schedule to be announced so I could finish booking Bristol. I had heard that changes were coming to the new schedule involving California and Kentucky, but I never imagined a change to the Bristol-Martinsville part.
After the 2011 Sprint Cup schedule was posted on the NASCAR.com website yesterday, I knew my plan was screwed. Instead of the series moving between the two tracks on two consecutive weekends as it did earlier this year, in 2011, the series will move to California after Bristol and then back to Martinsville two weeks later.
In order to experience both Bristol and Martinsville Sprint Cup races next spring, either another $1000 and a week on the road are needed, or $500 and a drive home with a return to Martinsville 2 weeks later.
We have been looking forward to attending both races in the spring of 2011 and we're sure many other dedicated NASCAR fans also sacrificed things in order to afford to attend those race weekends and we all agree the schedule change was poorly thought out.
By putting 2 weeks between Bristol and Martinsville, NASCAR will waste the excellent opportunity to extend and enhance the race fan experience, and compliment perfectly a visit to the Charlotte area in 2011.
We live on fixed-income pensions so Martinsville is in, and Bristol is out - there's no extra money.
- August 19, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
Happy Friday Race Day in Temper Valley Planeteers <3
I look forward to seeing how Rick does I think he'll do well :)!
Busy Busy Busy day as usual!
- August 19, 2010 at 11:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
I've commented here a number of times that I thought Rick had a lot of potential. He's been solid on the Truck broadcasts. Voda has come a long way since 'Nascar Nation' but seems best at background or color topics. She'll never dive into any of the technical or car-handling subjects. Race Hub seems to be a bit more serious and focused. Filling four hours a week with material we haven't seen/heard a million times will continue to be a challenge. I wish Rick luck. He'll do just fine.
- August 20, 2010 at 6:23 AM
- glenc1 said...
Anon 10:27--I'm sure we all appreciate your passionate comments (I'm jealous!) even though this is a TV blog. But I think you are probably in much more of a minority than you think, especially in this economy. NASCAR is more than likely looking at a lot of complicated things, climate (particularly in the early and late parts of the season), race team considerations, holidays, events local to the tracks (such as the 'deer season' Texas conflict), and they have a complicated task. I doubt a few fans enjoying a 'double header' was at the top of their list of things to consider, even if it sounds like it would have been a very cool trip. I just don't envy them the task of trying to please everyone.
I am not worried about Rick doing a good job--he's a professional and it's a good opportunity. I hadn't given much thought to who would be doing live hosting on Fridays but I think it's in good hands. As for Krista--frankly, I think less 'work hard/play hard' stuff and more interviewing would be better for the viewers (not that I don't want them to have fun; it's a casual show.) But I look forward to seeing what she can do with them.
- August 20, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Nan S said...
I expect Rick to be fine. He is always good during the Truck racing.
- August 20, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- GinaV24 said...
I've really enjoyed Race Hub this week. With Steve being the host, the show felt a lot more focused than in the past and well, I really like the in depth personal interviews on the show, so for me, this show really hit it perfectly. Great job, Steve.
I like the modifieds too so I enjoyed seeing that race on Speed. Being able to see good racing was the reason I always enjoyed Speed so I really enjoyed tuning in this week.
I think it will be interesting to see how Krista does on Trackside -- I hope it goes well, but it will probably feel a little strange for me that Steve isn't at the track. You get used to things being a certain way and change is unsettling, even when its "good" change.
I don't know much about Rick Allen so I'll have to watch a while and see how it goes.
I'll have to catch up with qualifying and practice via internet.
- August 20, 2010 at 11:03 AM
- Anonymous said...
Watching NW Practice right now.
Rick Allen=Borrrrriiiinnnngggg!!
- August 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- glenc1 said...
if any TDPers are interesting, Jayski has the link to the drivers' song choices for introductions. Sadly, I don't know half the songs, lol.
Gina, I think that's why the guys were getting kinda emotional last week talking about Steve--they're going to miss him being around too.
- August 20, 2010 at 11:54 AM
- Ken-Michigan said...
Maybe I watch too much NASCAR TV.
I'm growing very tired of McReynolds and Hammond.
Their "know it all" mentality is over the top and very annoying.
- August 20, 2010 at 12:36 PM
- Chadderbox said...
Thanks for keeping us informed on the updates and changes to the TV coverage. I really love this blog.
I am having to DVR things today. I will have to give my 2 cents a little bit later today.
- August 20, 2010 at 1:13 PM
- Anonymous said...
Rick allen deserves this new posting and we think he will do quite well as always.
Ken-Michigan should try to listen to DW for about 15 seconds if he wants to hear someone who is really "over the top and annoying".
- August 20, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
I had never heard of Rick Allen until Wednesday when I watched truck series qualifying.
If someone has this DVR'd its worth a second look. Around the time Kyle Busch qualifies (on the poll), Allen gets into a discussion with Michael Waltrip where Waltrip's jaw hits the floor as Allen shows he doesn't know the very basic way in which cars qualify and lineup based on speed.
Allen proceeds to nonsensically argue for strange things as Waltrip is very confused but finally sorts it all out for us.
It's one of the strangest dialogues Ive ever seen on NASCAR TV and lasts for a few minutes.
It caused me to look up Rick Allen and think that he has absolutely NO clue what he's talking about.
- August 20, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- Vicky D said...
Glen I don't know 90% of the driver's songs, sorry to say (I did like Tony Raines song however. I think Rick Allen was a good choice but does this mean he won't be doing the truck races any longer, or is this in addition. Looking forward to NW race tonight, hopefully it'll be a full time regular who wins it!
- August 20, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Lisa Hogan said...
I think that Rick Allen's announcers voice got him the job on the Truck Series. He almost drove me nuts when he first started. He didn't speak NASCAR and tried to use "Indy" car terms which didn't apply. :)
He has improved over time in the Truck booth. But, he is still lost a lot of the time.
I wish him well with his new duties. :)
- August 20, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
Terrible way to start the racing weakend - hearing the King of Start & Pokers on SPEED talking before practice for N-wide.
- August 20, 2010 at 2:29 PM
- GinaV24 said...
glenc1 -- call me crazy, but I don't blame them, I got a lump in my throat too when I was watching Trackside last week with Steve saying good bye at the end.
I'm really happy for him that he can stay closer to home - all that traveling must be a bear even when you enjoy what you're doing.
Speaking of that, it amazes me that NASCAR didn't put an off week in the 2011 schedule before the chase -- I can't imagine how rough it is on all the people on the race teams.
- August 20, 2010 at 2:42 PM
- Racing Fool said...
Rick will be awesome and Krista will add a lot to the show. It's about time they got a woman on the tube that CAN handle the dudes. Maybe this will be a first step to have announcers that can actually use proper English instead of the Gooberville drawl that Hammond has. Smarts is always better over the camera than the dummy redneck act. Only good thing is Hammond is not acting. The act has gotten old in the NEW world of NASCAR!
- August 20, 2010 at 4:50 PM
- Racing Fool said...
Plus, I'll bet you Steve and all of them, especially Larry, are sick of Hammond and his macho man ego. Time to move on the sorta ex-crew chief. Please give him a job so he can stay in Charlotte on weekends also.
- August 20, 2010 at 5:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
Listed as ESPN but it has Little League Baseball??
- August 20, 2010 at 5:32 PM
- Sally said...
Great. ESPN is waiting for a little league game to finish, but has PTI on ESPN2. Guess that tells us it's much more important to have some hokey opinion show air than live qualifying. Hard to take the E's too seriously when they pull stuff like this.
- August 20, 2010 at 5:38 PM
- David said...
pitcommand is not working on NASCAR.com
- August 20, 2010 at 5:41 PM
- Lisa Hogan said...
Again, southern bashing, how quaint!
Rick Allen did o.k. today. I think as long as he reads stats, throws to commercials and talks about what is happening on the track he'll be fine. He gets in trouble when he tries to "discuss".
ESPN has overbooked again. Hoping for a good race tonight. :)
- August 20, 2010 at 5:42 PM
- glenc1 said...
Sally, I actually like PTI...but it should never trump live sports. This is ridiculous. If they can't schedule properly, they NEED to put it online.
- August 20, 2010 at 5:43 PM
- Darcie said...
Give me a break, ESPN !!!! The LLWS game is still on, and no talk about qualifying. This stinks. Texas has a 6 run lead, but they still keep this game on the channel. We know where their priorities are.
- August 20, 2010 at 5:44 PM
- Darcie said...
It takes very little time for a car to qualify at Bristol. At this rate, we'll be lucky to see the go or go homers qualify. These kids play slower than the big leagues. Oh, great. A grand slam, bringing this game even closer.
- August 20, 2010 at 5:47 PM
- Terri said...
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.....
dSPN has Little League on its main channel, PTI on its second channel, and no other option for its scheduled programming on its Number 1 channel.
I knew it was too good to be true after last weekend's good race telecast.
- August 20, 2010 at 5:47 PM
- David said...
Qualifying should have been on SPEED. Period.
Im not going to blame ESPN for the game running long, how many times has a race run long forcing other sports fans or something to have to wait or miss something? It goes both ways.
Quals should have aired via SPEED. Its going to be on tape delay anyways I imagine so we'll probably see all the cars regardless. Its no different then qualifying has been all year. Only a couple times has it actually been LIVE.
- August 20, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
"You haven't missed anything."
That's a lie; nascar.com's qualifying leaderboard shows at least five cars have already run.
- August 20, 2010 at 5:54 PM
- Ann_Ominous said...
Sheesh! The Texas team is local to my area. I change the channel over to get qualifying and they nearly blow the win!!
Oh well, at least they did win - NOW 4 NASCAR!!
Everytime I come to make my first comment I get a red x for the visual verification box - and it doesn't take my password either.
- August 20, 2010 at 5:54 PM
- GinaV24 said...
Well, since ESPN isn't showing qualifying ANYWHERE, I'm going to go out for a bike ride.
Amazing that they would rather run PTI than move qualifying over to ESPN2.
I already checked on fosxsports and my guy isn't on the pole, so I've lost interest anyway.
I hate that ESPN has the qualifying stuff -- they are already overbooked.
- August 20, 2010 at 5:56 PM
- David said...
Good to know Andy and DJ were paying attention back in Charlotte when David Ragan spun out before he took the green and was allowed to change tires.
Stunned the booth is THAT clueless. Mistakes galore already.
- August 20, 2010 at 6:07 PM
- Lisa Hogan said...
Yeah, David, booth seems to be off.
Reid really needs some new catch phrases. His "tried and true" are not working for NASCAR. Last week he had a driver "splitting the uprights".
Rather than get frustrated, I'm just going to laugh and hope they get it gathered up by race time. :)
- August 20, 2010 at 6:22 PM
- Vicky D said...
Ann, I always have the same issue with the word verification there's only a box with an X in the corner but then I log in and it shows up then. But then I have to re-insert my password. I'm not sure what qualifying you are talking about for cup? I was at work and missed it but I guess it's already over.
- August 20, 2010 at 6:23 PM
- glenc1 said...
David-I was a bit shocked by that too...I mean, Andy was a crew chief, for crying out loud.
If I get the red x, I just refresh *before* I make my comment.
- August 20, 2010 at 6:38 PM
- OSBORNK said...
Vicky and Ann--I have the same problem every time the first time I try, including this time. It gets frustrating.
- August 20, 2010 at 6:56 PM
- Vicky D said...
Os & Glen I always thought it was JD monitoring our posts!
- August 20, 2010 at 7:01 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Hey folks, the Nationwide Series live blog is up!
- August 20, 2010 at 7:02 PM


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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Pit Crew Challenge Now Works For TV
Update: For those of you who just finished watching the Pit Crew Challenge on Thursday night, please tell us how you enjoyed the program in the comments section below.
Back in the mid-1990's the Pit Crew Championship was a mess. Held at Rockingham Motor Speedway, the competition took place before the Busch Series race on Saturday afternoon.
Believe it or not, the actual Cup Series primary cars were used and all of the drivers lined-up single file. It was then that the reality of just how long it was going to take to get all those cars through the pit stop sequence sunk-in. It quickly turned-into the 24 Hours of Rockingham.
Sunbelt Video from Charlotte, NC taped the whole thing in a big TV truck, and then post-produced the event into a finished television program a while later. Once all the cars and crews had gone through the line, the Busch Series teams filled the two pits used for the contest and the Busch race began. My, how things have changed.
The 2008 Pit Crew Challenge will be held on Thursday at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte at 7PM Eastern Time. There will be five rounds of side-by-side eliminations on a specially constructed set built by JHE Productions. SPEED will air the program at 9PM that same night as a two hour special.
There are competitions in individual skills as well as with the full pit crews. JHE, NASCAR and SPEED have combined to turn this into a great night for the normally under-the-radar crew members. With a big crowd expected, it should make for a very raucous atmosphere. It is absolutely true that family members make the most noise.
It will be Steve Byrnes hosting SPEED's coverage. He will be joined by two former crew chiefs, Larry McReynolds and Jeff Hammond. The "pit" reporter will be Bob Dillner. There should be an interesting dynamic at work as many of the drivers and crew chiefs will be on-hand to root for their respective pit crews.
In today's tightly-controlled NASCAR environment, TV viewers do not get to see most of the stars out of their element. After a season of some high-profile whining about pit stops, the interaction between the drivers and the crews should be interesting to see play-out. Thursday night's intense atmosphere should be fun for all.
The Daly Planet welcomes comments from readers. Simply click on the COMMENTS button below and follow the easy directions. The rules for posting are on the right side of the main page. Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
34 comments:
- missouriracefan said...
We are unable to watch any programs on Speed because our Candlewood Suites in the heart of NASCAR country does not provide that station although we are a stone's throw away from the Speed studio. There is something unbelievably wrong with this picture.
- May 15, 2008 at 12:27 AM
- Kyle said...
The Crew Challenge was great last year. One of the things in addition to the crew chief race I look forward to every year.
Thunder roadsters just look so dang cool.
- May 15, 2008 at 12:33 AM
- Speedcouch said...
Ever since the abandonment of Rockingham by NASCAR, this competition just seems contrived to me. Pushing the car? How absurd! I was fortunate enough to see the original Pit Crew Championship live at Rockingham in 1994 and every year from 1997-2001 and nothing TV "produces" can ever beat that!
- May 15, 2008 at 9:17 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Next time try the Hampton Inn right down the street. Got SPEED and everything else.
- May 15, 2008 at 10:27 AM
- Lou,Kingston,NY said...
Good Morning JD,
Altough I do not remember the year. I did enjoy the "Challenge" when it was done at the track. It just seems to me that now it is all about show. A (dog and pony show). Yes, I do know the crew is important to the TEAM effort, and they do deserve to be recognized, the glitter I can do without. I still think it should be a show done on pit lane in a natural environment for the pit crew members. Of course if this is what the pit crew members enjoy over the previous shows, that is ok w/me
- May 15, 2008 at 10:58 AM
- Anonymous said...
I actually disagree about the Pit Crew Challenge better for TV. I think they should do it how IndyCar at Indianapolius does there. Hold it on pit road and bring in two make-shift pit stalls side by side.
I just think holding it an an arena and not at a race track is a little silly.
- May 15, 2008 at 11:09 AM
- SallyB said...
The newest incarnation of the Pit Crew Challenge is, to me, all about SHOW. It has nothing to do with what goes on at the track, but is a great way for Nascar to bleed more money from the fans. The crews definitely deserve the recognition, but the whole thing is so contrived and phoney...just like much of Nascar these days. Watching the "real" drivers come barreling down pit road for the competition stops on a REAL pit road...not that was relevant.
- May 15, 2008 at 12:59 PM
- JHD said...
Based on these comments, I think I may be the only one who understands why it's held in an arena. Or at the very least has no problem with it being held in an arena. It has to do with being able to SEE the challenge.
Say it's held on pit row at Lowe's. That means the only place they can sell tickets so people can watch is on the frontstretch in the two or three sections near those pit boxes. Sit anywhere else, and you might as well have stayed home and watched on TV.
In an arena, you can see everything from any seat. The arena may hold less seats but no one has a bad view.
Which really means that if you want to hold this challenge at a track, and not Bobcat Arena, then it has to be held in Bristol. =)
- May 15, 2008 at 4:55 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
It should be interesting to see what everyone thinks after the show airs Thursday night.
- May 15, 2008 at 6:40 PM
- Rockin Rich said...
Just stumbled on David Poole's "live" blog from the Challenge arena. The following, posted at 6:30 PM, is a verbatim quote:
"That guy from Speed who might very well be the world's largest waste of protoplasm is acting as the master of ceremonies for this portion of the evening's activities. I won't mention his name here because, well, basically he annoys me as much as any person on the planet does these days."
I wonder if he was talking about R. Wood. I was really surprised to see such a negative comment about a peer, (of sorts anyway).
Anyone know who this "master of ceremonies" is?
- May 15, 2008 at 7:39 PM
- Newracefan said...
For the TV it's Steve Byrnes and I hope that is not who Poole is talking about.
- May 15, 2008 at 8:11 PM
- Kyle said...
Anyone watching Speed right now??? Oh my talk about technical problems!!!
- May 15, 2008 at 8:48 PM
- Newracefan said...
Talk about a train wreck I'm not even sure what happened. I could hear Adam and he was doing fine so I'm not sure why he stopped. JD can you find out what happened on the countdown show??
- May 15, 2008 at 8:50 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I will ask, but I think they are having tech trouble. No big NASCAR TV compound for this weekend. Can certainly tell the difference. This has been a thorn in SPEED's side for some time now. After the TWIN technical mess on Monday, things continue to be snake bit.
- May 15, 2008 at 9:18 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
David certainly speaks more freely on his blog that in his fulltime job.
He is not very happy today, and apparently he is not very happy with Mr. Wood.
- May 15, 2008 at 9:22 PM
- Kyle said...
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- May 15, 2008 at 9:27 PM
- Kyle said...
I don't understand why the camera guys and director of the event haven't planned out their shots.
Just in that third run, we got to see the side of a car, with no one at it. then we got to see 2 camera men at the same spot, so all we got to see was the backend of another camera.
Oh now Wood is on TV..... They got digger there too?
- May 15, 2008 at 9:28 PM
- Ken-Michigan said...
Due to the obvious AUDIO issues inside that arena...
I'll refrain from going any further and limit my comment to one word....
- May 15, 2008 at 9:54 PM
- Vince said...
I'm enjoying the show much more after I started using the mute button. I wonder how Hammond gets his head through the door. ;-)
- May 15, 2008 at 10:16 PM
- David said...
OMG what and audio mess!! How do they even think this is acceptable?? Have they ever done this before??
- May 15, 2008 at 10:34 PM
- Matt said...
What kind of audio problems are you guys talking bout? I can't say I've noticed anything at all.
- May 15, 2008 at 11:13 PM
- Kyle said...
The arena announcer noise in the background is what I think everyone is complaining about.
Fun event to watch, the coverage was lacking. Could have used some picture in picture shots to make this even MUCH better.
Would be cool to leave a small box on screen with a wide shot on the 2 cars. Then take up the rest of the screen with whatever individual job is going on. Then when everyone gets to the car then flip to a single shot of the 2 cars being pushed. That way we could actually see some 300# 6'5" jack man running his rump off, not just hear Larry and Jeff talking about it.
Would have made for much better coverage of the event.
Larry Mac and Jeff Hamster did a good job in the "booth". Could have left Wood at home and brought in Krista Voda or someone who would actually had intelligent questions or statements.
- May 15, 2008 at 11:25 PM
- Matt said...
I liked the arena announcer and noise, I think it added to whole event. It was actually a better broadcast than I thought it would be.
- May 16, 2008 at 12:19 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Thanks for the comments,
Could those of you who talked about the audio problems and the bad camera shots please be more specific?
Was it the background announcer and the handheld cameras that upset you?
Your comments will be read by the folks that produced the event, so please layout what you would like to see changed for future broadcasts.
Thanks as always!
- May 16, 2008 at 5:00 AM
- SallyB said...
I don't know about anyone else's audio, but the ambient noise in the arena...band, air guns, etc., almost drowned out the announcers entirely. This is the same problem I've seen at many of the races. If you're going to have announcers, you should be able to hear them...sometimes a mixed blessing at best. It was like trying to hear a pit announcer at Bristol. An occasional word came through, but most of the commentary was so garbled with the backgroud noise it was useless.
- May 16, 2008 at 6:29 AM
- haus20 said...
the only audio problem i noticed was with the pre-produced piece that was used to explaine the rules for the competition...it sounded as if Steve Byrnes did the voice over with his head in a bucket.
The other thing that I thought was a little over the top was the whole idea of the "level of intensity" you could feel in the arena. Several different times that comment was made before the competition began and the stands in the arena were 75% empty at the time the statement was being made...
- May 16, 2008 at 7:23 AM
- David said...
I could not hear the TV announcers (I know why do I want to hear them now?) for the Arena announcer talking over them. It was such a mess not matter how much I turned up the TV they could not be heard. Any interviews could not be heard for the noise in the arena. Not the tire guns and such but the announcer. Why couldn't they setup the audio like a basketball game? The camera angles I did not mention originally but I did not like them. I saw the same stupid gas can cam everytime. They would talk about getting the car going by pulling but we never quite got to see that. They box pits stops and stuff all the time during the race and they don't do it on this. Not a very good production for this show.
- May 16, 2008 at 7:33 AM
- Anonymous said...
Time for the SPEED folks to berak out the "convention" headsets with microphones...that would have made them audible over the incredibly loud PA announcers.
- May 16, 2008 at 8:59 AM
- Anonymous said...
I was only able to tolerate a few minutes of the Challenge,it doesn't appeal to me,so I watched the heroes show that I taped instead.
I did see the technical mess with Adam Alexander,wow,that looked very uncomfortable for him.
- May 16, 2008 at 9:09 AM
- Anonymous said...
I'm very critical about sound problems.We had none from comcast cable in Spfld.Il. Tks.JD Ron Cent.Il.
- May 16, 2008 at 9:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
JD. I think you have created a Army of TV critics,which isn't bad.I would like to thank Speed TV very much for a great show.We looked foward to this show this time,because we didn't know in advance the outcome.Even after our teams #99 #24 was eliminated we stayed tuned,hoping #18 would be beat because of Kyle. If the public only knew of all the logistics that goes on to stage a production like that,i doubt they would complain about a few minor gliches. Tks. JD. Ron Il.
- May 16, 2008 at 10:10 AM
- Bobby said...
One thing I don't think I have heard is why an indoor event works better than a racetrack event for the pit stop event is that there is no worry about rain or thunderstorms. They had to delay the start of practice for trucks because of rain from last night.
No postponements, no cancellations (the 1971 pit championship at Rockingham was cancelled because of weather), everyone's dry, the fans are close to the action, and the full athletic aspect of the contest create a different type of drama. Pushing a car 120 feet simulates the type of pit stall "emergency" situations that can often happen in case of a stalled car.
- May 16, 2008 at 11:19 AM
- red said...
i watched only the last 30 minutes or so due to family commitments so i can't comment on the totality of the coverage but . . .
i had no problem with the audio. i dunno why, given what others have said, but i was fine with that part. i only rarely even heard the arena announcer and i admit to changing channels when the "music and dancing girls" nonsense came on.
i understand the complaints about indoor vs outdoor but there's a whole lot more going on than just trying to recreate a pit stop on pit road. weather is a factor to be certain as is the ability to actually see the event. and i really like the idea that the crowd, regardless of size, is close to the teams so that the teams can see the fans' reactions to their work! that, for me, is a big plus! these guys are rarely focused upon during a race and it was great to see them, sans helmets, and see their determination and drive!
(hell, i live in philly and there's even a mummers show after the new years day parade so folks can see the costumes and routines up close, indoors. works for them for pretty much the same reasons: no weather, great visibility, profit.)
i wasn't overwhelmed by the camera angles EXCEPT the ones with the gas can guys! that was sweet. but it did seem a tad disjointed otherwise.
overall, i liked what i saw EXCEPT for the booing of the #18 team! you may not like the driver -- and i don't -- but that was a shame to hear. those guys do not serve that!
- May 16, 2008 at 11:50 AM
- Newracefan said...
I enjoyed the coverage but finished up watching on the small bedroom TV when it started to get late. The audio from the arena did make it difficult for me to hear the interviews at times although I cracked up when I realized that JJ had requested a Metallica song from the band either that or three cords is he recognized the song. I had no trouble with Steve, Larry and Jeff just Rut and Bob. It was a fun show and nice to see those Pit guys get rooted on by their driver.
- May 16, 2008 at 4:02 PM


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Sunday, September 4, 2011
Roush Says Edwards Headed To ESPN
Update: In the post-race comments after the MIS Sprint Cup Series race, Rusty Wallace said "Our Carl Edwards" when speaking as an ESPN analyst. This further reinforces the comments below that Jack Roush offered after the Iowa Nationwide Series race that Edwards is headed for ESPN full-time next year to work on the Nationwide Series telecasts.
We don't normally get to see the post-race press conferences for the Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series. NASCAR.com only provides that service for the Sprint Cup Series races.
Luckily, Iowa Speedway put together a UStream.com feed so that the post-race from the Saturday night Nationwide Series race would be available to fans via the Internet.
It was an exciting finish, so many fans wanted to hear more from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Carl Edwards than ESPN had provided in a brief post-race show.
Alongside of race winner Stenhouse was owner Jack Roush. The few media members there wanted to know more about the building tension between young hot shoe Stenhouse and the veteran Edwards. Roush said this year he would handle it, but then came to the topic of 2012.
"I think he's (Carl) made his decision," said Roush. "I think he is going to become a sportscaster for ESPN for the Nationwide Series races. I'm not sure if he is going to just do the companion races or all the races."
The small amount of reporters at the Iowa Speedway did not even follow that comment up with a question. Roush was simply trying to tell the media why Stenhouse would not have the same type of problems with Edwards in the future.
In answering that question, Roush may have accidentally revealed part of ESPN's plans to have new and fresh faces in the TV booth when the Nationwide Series welcomes Danica Patrick and Travis Pastrana in 2012.
Click here for the video link of the post-race comments. Roush talks about Edwards ten minutes into this clip. After the commercial, you can skip ahead using the slider control on the bottom of the page.
Edwards has been all over ESPN this season and many of us wondered why. Saturday, he was present on the air in the Infield Pit Studio as his fellow Sprint Cup Series drivers qualified on TV. While Edwards is glib and likable on television, his presence while also an active driver is awkward.
In the rapidly changing world of media, we have seen ESPN gravitate toward embracing more active athletes this season and actually putting them on TV to comment on their own sport. NASCAR Now has been regularly bringing in drivers, including Paul Menard after the Brickyard, to the one-hour Monday show.
Edwards in many ways is just like all the other top Sprint Cup Series drivers. He has both a strong fan base and a pretty significant group of folks who are not on his bandwagon. Along with Junior, Jimmie, Kyle and Jeff there are always strong opinions when Edwards is the topic.
The most interesting part of the Roush comments is the fact that ESPN does not currently have different on-air talent for the Nationwide Series races. Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree work the TV booth while Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty handle the infield pit studio.
The Sprint Cup Series race coverage does not begin until late July for ESPN and the same team of announcers handles the companion events. It is only the few standalone Nationwide Series races after July that have different on-air talent.
Jarrett is the face of NASCAR on ESPN. Wallace just had his contract extended to 2014 by the network. Those are the only two former drivers on the TV team. Daugherty is an owner and Petree a former owner and crew chief. There is no slot for Edwards without a major revamping of the entire team.
If Daugherty were to leave, that would put Edwards side-by-side with Wallace in the infield. They would be exchanging observations on a series in which Edwards routinely roughed-up Steven Wallace and left him in the dust. The elder Wallace is not the biggest Edwards fan.
Roush was clear that Edwards would be working in the field, not the studio and that he would not be a reporter, but a sportscaster. To most of us, that means in the TV booth. We will be asking ESPN for reaction to the Roush comments and will update this post Sunday.
In the meantime, we welcome your comments on this topic. To add your opinion, just click on the comments button below. Thanks for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.
36 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I'm not a Carl fav, but can you say Carl overload? Clearly ESPN is just focusing on Edwards. To be hinest I'm kind of sick of seeing him alllllll the time.
- August 7, 2011 at 12:23 AM
- Anonymous said...
Part of the trouble with all NASCAR coverage. Talk about the same 3 or 4 drivers week after week after week. Carl needs to either race or be on tv, not both. Overexposer will lose him fans and sponsors just wait and see.
- August 7, 2011 at 12:38 AM
- Anonymous said...
- August 7, 2011 at 12:54 AM
- Anonymous said...
I was sick of seeing him last yr. I've been raising "H" since he went after his 1st teammate, Matt. Still say, if he had took a couple more steps Matt would have shoved his nose up his brain. My name for him.... Dr. Jekyll/ Mr. Hyde--Smiling Jacka$s.
I have a brother-in-law like him, so "D" friendly, people at first think__ he is the greatest, then they figure out the ~real~ "A" lovingnascar
- August 7, 2011 at 1:07 AM
- KoHoSo said...
I am not a fan of Edwards so I have tried to look at this from a more neutral perspective. I imagined if somebody I like better was going to do the same thing. I came to the same conclusion...that I could never trust that person to give an honest evaluation of action on the track because he has too much emotion and money invested in it.
I can already see a comparison to the glory days of IWC when then-current drivers assessed a race and even assigned blame. I think this is different as Edwards is a top-tier driver and, as much as we loved them, those appearing on IWC were not. They were also not handling the actual presentation of the sport but an after-the-fact review that people knew ahead of time would come with humor and bias.
I don't worry about overexposure of Edwards. I worry about the integrity of the broadcast and the sport. Maybe I'm wrong, but my gut tells me right now that the risk is not worth the very few extra viewers this might bring in.
- August 7, 2011 at 2:24 AM
- Anonymous said...
At this point in time, going to TDP produces five separate columns available for comment. Of the five columns, three of them begin with a picture of Carl Edwards at the top.
Arguably only this column "Roush Says Edwards Headed To ESPN" is actually about Edwards. The choice of his picture to lead the other two stories is debatable.
Might I suggest that TDP is contributing to Carl Edwards overload?
I am interested in and amused by the strong negative feelings Edwards stirs in some fans. Reports are that although Edwards signed a multi-year deal at Roush, sponsorship deals have not been firmed up yet. Morgan Shepherd has carried paint schemes which celebrate and promote the religious causes of good. Maybe the forces of evil could use some promotion as well. Edwards may have sold his soul to the devil for success in racing. I think major sponsorship by the antichrist would bring this out in the open and confirm the worst fears of Edwards' detractors.
I was sort of hoping Edwards would move to Joe Gibbs racing just so I could watch a morality tale play out. It would have been an epic struggle between the forces of good (Joe Gibbs) and the forces of evil (Carl Edwards).
For the record, I would rather not see Edwards or any other current driver working regularly as a broadcaster for any of the NASCAR series. There is no evidence that ESPN cares what we think, and I believe JD stated as much in a recent comment. We are left with the choice to tune out completely or use the mute button. It's a bad set of options.
- August 7, 2011 at 3:41 AM
- Anonymous said...
I don't think that anyone with an active stake in the race should be commenting on it. Yep, Rusty is a prime example in the Nationwide series. I don't want to know Carl's opinion during the race and I don't think he has the maturity to be neutral about drivers he doesn't like.
- August 7, 2011 at 6:35 AM
- Anonymous said...
Another typical example of espn sacrificing the product for their own agenda. To espn (and disney) high standards are just a joke. MC
- August 7, 2011 at 7:43 AM
- larry said...
Carl is the typical schoolyard bully. Always beating up on the younger kids. Now that he is in "high school" (Cup), he gas to go back and beat up on the grammar school kids in the busch league. This is so very wrong.
He wanted to take out a kid who is running for a championship so he could show how important he is.
I really hope some non-chasers take him out a few times during the chase this year. He will complain then.
- August 7, 2011 at 7:47 AM
- OSBORNK said...
Carl is the latest media darling that they will force on us until we are sick of him. They choose or make a celebrity, whether it is an athlete, movie star, criminal or singer and force feed them to the public until they use them up and go on to the next new "star".
- August 7, 2011 at 7:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
Best reason i can think of to not watch a NNS race. Who wants to see more of a ego maniac appearing to suffer from roid rage at times.
- August 7, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- w17scott said...
Active drivers have no place in the broadcast booth ...their priority should be to perform their best behind the wheel of a race car ...too many negatives if this scenario comes to fruition
- August 7, 2011 at 9:09 AM
- glenc1 said...
I am not a big fan of 'the Carl'. But it's funny to me how many people hate him when arguably, Tony Stewart did some equally stupid things before his 'anger management' work. And no one accused Tony of 'roid rage' (I assume it's only because Carl is 'fit'.) Bit of a stretch. I don't think extra bulk would help him driving.
Anyways...I pretty much am leaning toward what KoSoHo said. At first I was thinking, 'as long as he's not running in the series', but then I started to think about ownership--he's a Roush driver, racing against many of the same owners in the Cup series. And while, so far, Carl appears intelligent & fair-minded in his comments, it puts him in that same position as Rusty. If Ricky or Trevor causes a wreck, how does he assess blame? While I believe he could probably be reasonably objective, I do think it's (having him there) a wrong thing to do. Every critique could to be jumped on by the fans and made an issue, whether he means it that way or not. To be honest, it would be good to have someone in the booth who speaks as well as Carl, like him or not--he's good at it. But not in this scenario. There has to be better guys to do this.
- August 7, 2011 at 9:24 AM
- James said...
Well I guess our discussion here last night about a radio guy makes more sense if CE goes to the booth! We wanted the NNW to have its own idenity, It looks like we got our wish.
- August 7, 2011 at 9:30 AM
- Vicky D said...
Anon at 7:43 is soooo true I couldn't have said it better.
- August 7, 2011 at 10:08 AM
- Buschseries61 said...
If it gets Edwards out of the Nationwide races, then I'll just have to suck it up.
There are a lot of questions for ESPN right now. When the Nationwide series returns in 2012, who will we be listening to for over 2 hours? They have Bestwick & Reid for play-by-play. Edwards, Jarrett, Wallace, Craven, Schrader as driver analysts. Petree & Brewer as technical analysts. Punch, Little, Burns, Welch, Massaro, Spake as reporters. Plus Nicole Briscoe & Brad Daugherty in the infield. That's 17 people up for a role covering a race. Crazy, considering SPEED does the same job using 5-6 people each race.
- August 7, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- West Coast Diane said...
I do not want to see any current drivers/cc's/owners, etc as a regular in the booth. An occasional visit I am ok with. And that includes my driver, too.
I really don't want to see Carl. I was a fan when he started in Trucks, then started making move to NNS & Cup. But he lost me with all the incidents. For some reason I can't buy back in with his Mr. Nice Guy routine.
Would love to know what drove the comment from Ricky Stenhouse's crew chief to say "He thinks you hate him".
Oh...is anyone leaving the booth to make room for Carl????
- August 7, 2011 at 12:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
I think one major problem with Nascar and actually most racing is the nepotism of using drivers and owners in the reporting and race coverage. I actually don't have a problem with their inclusion in the NN Monday RoundTables because it isn't the same driver each week so you are seeing different opinions.
This is only the latest example and continues to make me unhappy. I'm tired of Carl running up to the booth to commentate/discuss...he is quickly becoming over-exposed. He may provide the occasional insight but over the long run there are too many conflicts for him to be effective. It sure is a nice bonus for his sponsors though as he wears his race suit or shirts with their logos.
I actually wonder if this is one of the issues that contributed to Carl re-signing with RFR rather than JGR. I can't imagine JGR would have been supportive of his potential TV work.
- August 7, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- West Coast Diane said...
Watching Countdown..using DVR...just saw Carl in booth...now using FF.
- August 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM
- allisong said...
I didn't see the video, but just reading Jack's comments, doesn't it seem like he's just trying to make a joke? It might be hard to tell with Jack's dry delivery, but since none of the media there seemed to think anything of it, it seems likely he was just joking about all the time Carl has spent recently in the booth.
- August 7, 2011 at 1:04 PM
- West Coast Diane said...
Allisong...hmmm...that's an interesting thought...you may be on to something. Although lots of media folks read this blog, so why wouldn't they have shot it down if not true.
We shall see......
- August 7, 2011 at 1:16 PM
- SandyJake said...
I think Jack Roush was joking, saying that because of how much Carl has been on ESPN this season. Carl is not racing full-time in NNS in 2012 to concentrate on his Cup championship hopes. If Carl's giving up racing to shoot for a Cup championship, why on Earth would he become a broadcaster while still Cup racing?!
Carl did a show on SPEED a few years back during the Chase, and he hasn't become a broadcaster on SPEED. Why would he become one on ESPN after numerous pit studio appearances in 2011?
Besides, why would ESPN pay him salary to sportscast when he does it for free anytime he DNFs or when he has spare time during qualifying or post-race?
- August 7, 2011 at 4:13 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I included a link to the actual video so readers would know that Jack was not joking.
Carl is not driving in the NNS next season and will be on the ESPN broadcast team.
When asked about it Sunday morning, ESPN said no comment. They did not deny it, just that the network would not say anything right now.
Carl seems to have worked his contract to focus on Cup and give himself the time to begin his TV career with the NNS telecasts.
The current ESPN contract runs through 2014, so Carl would have three seasons under his belt by the time the new TV hires were done.
Remember that several broadcasters left driving early on to move to TV, Ned Jarrett among them.
Carl did a great job of not saying what was really going on and keeping the focus on his Cup deal.
What details I get on this topic I will pass along ASAP.
- August 7, 2011 at 4:22 PM
- SandyJake said...
Very well. I stand corrected.
- August 7, 2011 at 4:32 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Trust me, we had NO CLUE on this one. If Roush had not spilled the beans, ESPN and Edwards would have held this until the time was right and then made a big deal about it.
Just shows how much TV avoids sometimes from sharing with the viewers.
- August 7, 2011 at 4:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
I am so sick of Carl and will record so I can fw a lot. He is setting up for his future I understand, but a lot of us has overload of him and it may or may not affect viewing but I think it will at my house.
- August 8, 2011 at 3:07 PM
- GinaV24 said...
I will echo an earlier comment. My opinion of Edwards in the booth for ESPN is "blech".
- August 8, 2011 at 3:32 PM
- NorCalFan said...
I heard Dave Moody on Sirius today say that after Jack had spilled the beans about Carl's deal with ESPN, the reporters went to the ESPN folks to get the details and were told "there is no announcement". Seems obvious ESPN was not ready to reveal their broadcast crew for 2012. Should be interesting to see how this all shakes out.
- August 8, 2011 at 7:20 PM
- DaveJ said...
Carl is great, even though his little Kenseth incident back a while ago might have revealed too much about him. I'd rather see him in the Nationwide booth than racing there... anything to keep the Cup guys out is good stuff.
- August 9, 2011 at 7:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
Ifor one,will be using my dvr, to tape and mute the races. if i even watch them.I,cannot stand carl,after,what he did to matt,an brad,and i hope brad will take him out, right, when he needs the points. big mistake in espn ,having him in the booth!!!
- August 10, 2011 at 11:39 AM
- Anonymous said...
I think Edwards would make a great ESPN associate.
- August 14, 2011 at 5:15 PM
- Mary said...
Well I think it's wonderful Carl is my driver and the more we get to see him the better. Just like DJ was my driver before Carl. So I guess I'm the only happy one here - both my boys on at the same time!
- August 14, 2011 at 5:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
100% prefer him in the booth than behind a wheel!!
- August 22, 2011 at 11:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
I just thank God for whoever invented the "mute" button. It's already in use a lot, and will be more so in the future.
- September 18, 2011 at 3:18 PM
- LReagan207 said...
I'll join you as a Carl fan and as a fan of the sport. I will remain an Edwards fan regardless of whether or not he's broadcasting, just as I stayed a fan throughout the "incidents". I really don't know many people that can measure up to the standards we seem to impose on our drivers. It would also seem to me that the personalities of people that become NASCAR drivers are inherently different than those of other less risky and adrenaline-filled careers. I for one think that all of the positive and negative traits make these individuals as successful as they are. Has Carl had some very public and blatant negative episodes- yes. Have we seen some public episodes that are caring and kind-yes. Do I really know what kind of human being he is- probably not. How do any of us know what a TV or sports personality is really like (let alone people we claim to know very well). All of us have within us the good and the bad and most of us are fortunate enough to not live on camera and risk so much of what we say and do being taken out of context for the whole world to pass judgement on. I enjoy how Carl races, his commitment, his sense of humor and his fire...but I don't for a moment think that means that I would automatically like him as a friend. He's entertaining and talented and I enjoy watching him. I am saddened that he won't be racing in the NNS in 2012 but I will enjoy any opportunity to see him work. If, in fact, he ends up broadcasting then I will wait and see how he does before jumping to a conclusion.
- January 15, 2012 at 3:30 PM
- Jonathan said...
Good for Carl id rather see him in the booth than on the race track on Saturdays, give the Nationwide guys a shot. I always welcome a fresh face to the booth and Carl is well spoken person who is going to be just fine!
- January 15, 2012 at 4:53 PM


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