• Harbaugh Joins Colin Cowherd (Dec-1 audio)

    Jim Harbaugh on ESPN radio with Colin Cowherd this afternoon.  Here’s the somewhat relevant portion on the coaching talk: [display_podcast] – * Talked about and praised QB Andrew Luck.  He compared him to his wife…”perfect”. * “Coaching’s the next best thing”..to playing. * Is Stanford big enough for Jim Harbaugh: “No question it’s big enough” * On addressing the coaching rumors: Harbaugh: “I’m not one of those guys that spends any time on the blogosphere.” bah!    Then he won’t mind my Jimmy bobblehead. * He’s just focusing on his dad’s advice: “Just coach the team”.

  • Cowherd Hits Ann Arbor Today

    Photo from Sean @ SBNation Detroit This morning ESPN radio host Colin Cowherd will do his 10-1 EDT radio show from Ann Arbor, and later tape his Sports Nation TV show. Are you going?  I’d love a few unique shots of the goings on if you are able. Cowherd and the Michigan blogging community have an interesting relationship thanks a well-publicized scuffle with the MZone, a very popular sports/pop-culture blog that disappeared a few years ago but has recently triumphantly returned.   What happened?  Cowherd ripped off material on an M Zone post but didn’t bother to mention where he got it.  (And Yost and crew are aware that Cowherd is in town and have put the lock down on fresh material.) It wasn’t a trivial incident as Cowherd to this day points to the MZone as why he can’t reply to listener emails.   Clip from January 2009: [display_podcast] Over the years I’ve become a fan of Cowherd’s radio show but can’t get with the TV show.  (I saw him dressed up and talking like a pirate the other day during a bit.  I hope he’s well compensated.  ‘Dance, monkey, dance!’).

  • Colin Cowherd can’t send email thanks to “that guy at the M Zone”

    Thanks to Craig Ross (the author of The Obscene Diaries of a Michigan fan) for pointing this out. Earlier this week Colin Cowherd was talking about the necessary separation of communication between fans and folks like owners and the media. The ESPN radio host discussed his own experience and loosely mentions the incident years back between he and the now defunct M Zone. He tells his listeners, “that guy, at the M Zone, is the reason you guys can send me emails all day and I can’t send them back.” Here’s a snippet of the audio (from ESPN’s free podcasts): [display_podcast] . Of course he didn’t really explain the story or why he was peppered with email. Cowherd says, “I don’t even know what happened”. Right. His show completely ripped off a post on M Zone back in 2006 and provided no attribution for the source. M Zone and Cowherd eventually smoked peace pipe after Cowherd took responsibility for borrowing the content. Maybe the feud’s back on!? I’ll stop there. This may be old news but I got a kick out of it. I’m going to shoot an email over to the excellent offspring of the M Zone to see if they want to break this down and get some takes from those directly involved. Update 1/18: Andy at Spawn…