The King is Back

It's been a while since I've posted but its time to get back on track. As most of you know, I graduated from UT last May and now I am at my dream job working in Houston for 1560 The Game. I am truly thankful for this job. I left college and am now working in my hometown as a sidekick for the Ken Hoffman show (12-2 p.m.) I am entering my 8th week at the station and I have done some truly spectacular things and I would like to share them with you. From now on, this blog will serve as some what of a recap of my experiences and opinions. I will now recap some of the things I have done in the last month and change:

• Bachelor of the Week?!: For some odd reason, I will be on Great Day Houston this Friday (Oct. 19, 2007) as their bachelor of the week...I was told by Cristina Terrill, the reporter and co-host for the show, that I could expect a surprise since Ken Hoffman has requested that I get a makeover of some sorts. This is just mind blowing for me because I am just a regular 22-year-old Pakistani kid from Sugar Land, TX. Cristina joined us on the show and my dating life came up some how so thats why I asked to do this! Cristina is one of the nicest people I have met so I feel confident that she won't embarrass me too much. This is why she is no.2 in the BCS Newscasters Poll that I put out every week. If you want to watch the show and you don't live in Houston then you can watch it on their website live Friday morning at 9 a.m.
  
• Getting an Ass kicking: I am now the manager of the new tag team champions! I managed Sean Pendergast and Ken Hoffman on their road to victory to capture the Texas All-Star Wrestling Tag Team Belts. I dressed up like a Sheik and came out in red neck country (Humble, at the Historic Humble Bingo Arena) yelling all sorts of non-sense! I grew up watching wrestling so this was a dream come true for me. I have always appreciated wrestlers but after getting a beat down like none other, I appreciate them much more. After Hoffy made the pin on Bones in the ring, I started to celebrate with them until Hoffy turned on me. After this turning, I was put into four finishers and had to be helped out of the ring since I think I had a mild concussion. I have attached some pictures from the event and the video should be up soon.
  
• We Are the Champions: There is one thing in my life that keeps me sane and that's playing basketball. So when I was told that the Houston Rockets were holding a media 3-on-3 basketball tournament, I knew 1560 the Game was going to win it. I guaranteed a victory on air for three weeks and when the day came, I felt good about it. When our team arrived to the Toyota Center we felt good about our chances since most of the media members are out of shape. I consider myself to be in good shape and a decent basketball player, plus it didn't hurt that I was the youngest player out there. Well, we started the day off by playing our rival sports station, Sports Radio 610! After a tough hard game, we came out on top and thus started our road to the trophy. The team went on to beat the Houston Chronicle in the championship game! We only lost two games and both were to the Rockets GM and scouting directors. Those guys have game. Some other highlights included me meeting Clyde Drexler! At one point, Clyde was coaching our team! A top 50 player of all time was coaching a bunch of scrubs like us! At one point, Clyde called me a half decent player, what a wonderful world!
  
• Flying HIGH: As part of duty to go out and cover events that don't get the coverage like the major sports, I went out and interviewed a few people from the Wings Over Houston Air Show! While I was there I had a chance to ride in a single-engine plane with the world renown Greg Poe Air Team. Lucky for me, I did not have to ride in the stunt plane. I was okay in the plane that has photographers and other pilots in it. But this plane was no joke because it had no door! The only thing from saving me from flying out was a yellow rope attached to my harness. Luckily nothing happened! This was a really cool experience for me because I love flying and anytime I fly on a commercial plane I always call window seat so I can look out. Well, this time I looked out felt the clouds over Galveston!
  
• Only 7 kolaches! About a month ago Sean Pendergast from the Sean and John show participated in the Kolache Factory I.F.O.C.E Kolache Eating Contest held at Minute Maid Park! Sean loves kolaches and Sean seems like a man who can eat with the best, well not that day. Sean was put up against one of the greats of all time, Joey "Jaws" Chestnut. The contest works like this, 10 eaters, 8 minutes and boxes upon boxes of sausage and cheese kolaches! Joey ended up winning the contest with 56 kolaches. Sean ate, well only 7. It was a let down but he put up a tough hard fight. At one point during the contest he was pointing at the 1560 The Game staff. We were on the field watching our boy! Leading up to the event, Joey Chestnut joined the Ken Hoffman show and I had a chance to talk to a world champion! Joey is the guy who beat Kobayashi in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Joey is a really nice guy and I had a chance to hangout with him before and after the competition. At one point I asked Joey if I could get his novelty check (see pictures) and he more than gladly gave it to me since he probably would have had to check it on his flight back.
  

Make sure to check King of Sports every week for a recap of my week and other stories from my job. Things to come, hanging out with an MLS All-Star, Catching up with Jacoby Jones and meeting the Rockets.

My Final Show on KVRX

Hey everyone,

So this is it, the final show for the King. Due to some technical difficulties, the podcast had to be recorded on my MP3 player and the sound quality is not too great. Nonetheless, you can still listen to the show and hear my recaps of my years at UT. I have also uploaded a video of the final segment to give yall an insiders look on how we do things. Thanks once again to everyone for listening and the whole KVRX Sports, current and present, staff for helping me throughout the years.

Enjoy the show, video and pictures from the final show.

Quick Hits on the Week

Due to giving everyone a week off, we did not have a show this morning! Next week will be the final edition of the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup with myself. Next week's show will be a recap of my three years at KVRX and UT featuring all of my past co-hosts and memorable stories.

NBA Playoffs

• Dallas up against the ropes! I would love to see the Dallas Mavericks and their crying owner get knocked out in the first round after posting a franchise, and NBA, best season. Dirk is not the MVP of the NBA and this series shows it. No MVP disappears in a first round series. We talked about this on the show and said that Golden State will give the Mavs troubles but never thought they would knock them out with such ease.
  
• Kobe vs. Nash...even though the Lakers will get knocked out, it has been fun seeing Nash and Kobe go at it once again. These two show what MVPs do. Kobe has tried to rally his team even with limited talent. Nash dishes out what seems like 900 assists a game and keeps playing exceptional basketball.
  
• Rockets on the Road...T-mac finally put the series on his shoulders, but at home. Tracy needs to play his best basketball at Utah and not shoot 30%. The combo of Tracy and Yao is like a poor man's Kobe and Shaq but it is getting the job done. If Gundy can rally his bench and get this team going, they could get to the Conf. Finals.
  
• Eastern Conference Sweeps...the Southeast goes 0-12 in the playoffs and shows why the Central is such a strong division. The Eastern Conf. is a one way road to good basketball! Cavs vs. Nets and Bulls (my pick to make it to the NBA Finals) vs. the Pistons!
  

NFL Draft

• 7 Longhorns get drafted and it seems like UT is now the new defensive back school! Mack can def. bring in the best talent and show them that they will get drafted.
  
• The Texans draft another D-line. Amobi Okoye should be a good fit in the system but at the same time can go the roads of Travis "Mr.T" Johnson. No one will remember this draft for the Texans, they will still talk about last year and the passing of Young.
  
• The Patriots become win hungry...who would have thought the Patriots would draft and trade on talent and not character? Are they going down the slow path of being just another team that will do anything to win? I think Moss will fit in just fine with the Patriots and Meriweather will not stomp on any other helmets.
  
• The Draft is boring...I could not watch the draft. Maybe I'm not one of the millions who wants an early Christmas. I think the NFL draft is long and boring. Please, make your first round picks and leave me alone. Don't force 100 rounds down my throat.
  

April 24th Show!

What up Everyone!

This week on the show we previewed the NFL draft with Dan "the man" Weiner and gave you our picks of best players in the draft based on names.
Also this week, we continued our Discovering New Sports segment with the UT Cricket Club Team. We talked to them about their upcoming match with the Baylor Cricket team this Sunday at 2pm at the Intramural Fields. Check out their website for more information. If you are a member of facebook you can check out the event from this link.
We also recapped the Eastern and Western Conf. playoff race. Listen to find out who The King picked to go from the East to the Finals and the rest of his predictions.


This weeks YouTube Pick comes from a mother and daughter who would do anything for some tickets.

April 17th NBA Playoffs Show

NBA Playoffs are here!

We broke down every single first round matchup on the show! Also, Aly Chandwany, the winner of the NCAA tournament Pool, joined us for the show! Check out his segment in SEX and his thoughts throughout the show.

We will break down second round matchups next week and also preview some NFL Draft.

April 10th Show!

What up Everyone!

This week on the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup we had a lot of MLB talk, Kevin Durant going to the NBA talk, the Coaching changes around the NCAA and we picked up our Discovering New Sports Series with the UT Kendo Team.

You can check out the UT Kendo Team at their website Once we want to thank Walter and Eric for stopping by to the show.

This week on Shan Entertainment X-change, we talked about my continued hatred of Wild Hogs and some two new bands from Shan's Underground Band Segments. Check out the whole show.





Some Kendo for everyone



Video from the Augustana concert in Austin...the band of the year.

April 3rd MLB Preview Show!

The boys of summer are back and the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup is ready to cover them! We had the big MLB Preview Show today and boy was it a blast! We also covered the NCAA Title Game and why this Florida team is one of the best repeat teams of all time.

Programming Note: Due to a problem on Odeo we were unable to bring last week's show to everyone. We will be featuring the UT Sailing Team once again for our Discovering New Sports Segment! Check out their website at www.texassailing.org.

Enjoy the show...The sound on the AL East segment is filled with static so if you cant hear it just know that the Yankees will dominate.

Check out the show every Tuesday morning from 9-11 a.m. on www.kvrx.org



YouTube Pick of the Week:

March 27th Mayhem show!!!!

Hows it!

This week on the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup we discussed the Final Four and gave our picks. Find out if Georgetown will continue their run thanks to the TMLR karma.

We also talked about the NBA and Kobe for MVP in the NBA Tie up Segment. Will anyone take over Nash for MVP?

Also on the show, We continued our 6-week long series Discovering New Sports with the UT Sailing Team. You can check out their website at www.texassailing.org. Listen to the segment for more information.

The YouTube pick of the week comes from Peyton Manning and his SNL debut.

Enjoy the Show and tune in live every Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. on www.kvrx.org

March 20th Madness Show!!!!!

What up!

This week on the show we recapped the NCAA tourney and our brackets. We also talked about who is leading the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup facebook pool.

In an exclusive to the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup, we had no.1 ranked NCAA Tournament pool player on our show Kiley Weidman. She leads all of Facebook with 61 points and hit 93 percent of her picks! Check out how fame has taken over her life since being No.1.

Starting this week the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup is hosting a six part series called “Discovering New Sports.” We will bring on club teams, teams and UT sports that do not get enough mainstream media coverage. This week we sat down with UT Softball play-by-play guy Austin Bush to talk about the current stage of softball and UT Softball.

Check out the show every Tuesday morning from 9-11 a.m. on www.kvrx.org







Youtube Pick of the week:

March 6 Madness Show!!!!!!!!!!!

How's It!
If you missed the big show you missed some great talk about NCAA basketball, the Big 12 tourney and the return of the monster Owl in SEX.

Check out Pass or Fail to see what we thought about Acie Law's future in the NBA...

Join the Facebook NCAA pool...you can find it as "The Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup"

Feb 27th Show! (Featuring Carlos Alazraqui)

What up everyone!

If you missed the show you missed out on some great sports talk and Carlos Alazraqui from Reno 911. He plays Deputy James Garcia and has done other well known work such as the voice for the Taco Bell Yo Quiero Dog. Check out Carlos on Saturday March 3rd at Alamo Draft House Lake Creek. The shows start at 7 and 10 p.m.

Make sure to listen to all the big time NBA and NCAA talk.

As always, the show airs live every Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. (central) on www.kvrx.org.



YouTube Pick:

Feb 20th Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup

What a big show! We recapped the All-Star game, talked a lot of College basketball and Shan received a HUGE surprise during the show! Enjoy the show! Also, we need more people in the Facebook group so invite your friends!

As always, we are live on Tuesday morning 9-11 a.m. on www.kvrx.org




YouTube Pick of the Week: Vince Carter's 2000 slam dunk contest recap


Pictures from the V-day Shootout!

Feb. 13 Show!

Valentines Day is upon us and so is the NBA All-Star game!! We broke down a lot of All-Star weekend events and also talked about the UT Men's Basketball team! Check out the show on the Flash Player or Odeo.com! Enjoy the All-Star weekend!!

----Valentines Day Get Together with the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup---

Are you a UT student and do not have plans for Valentines Day?! Well, join the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup at the shooting range on the UT Campus for some free gun shooting! For more information, E-mail rramzanali@gmail.com. We will be meeting at the ROTC building (behind Gregory) at 7 p.m.! See you then and bring your shooting skills.

February 6th 2006 SHOW!!!

If you missed the show this is what happened…We recapped the Super Bowl and I bragged about picking the Colts margin of victory. Up next we talked about what’s wrong with UT basketball in the big losses…After a game of Pass or Fail and some Shan’s Entertainment Xchange we ended the show on some NBA All-Star talk.

In honor of Gerald Green making the NBA Dunk Contest and winning it (that’s right, I’m calling the win right now)…The YouTube pick of the week is Gerald Green’s dunk of all dunks. Enjoy the SHOW!!!!

January 30th SHOW!

Hey Everyone!

This week's show was rock solid! We had our big Super Bowl preview which included position by position breakdown and our picks!

We also had our first segment with Coach David Thorpe from the Pro Training Center and ESPN Insider with Scouts Inc. Coach talked about Kevin Durant and also the best player in the NBA! Check it out!

As always, you can listen to the show live every Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. on www.kvrx.org

January 23, 2007 SHOW!!

As always, Pardon the Raheel Ramzanali is the exclusive home of The Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup.

This week on the show, we talked about the playoffs, minority coaches in the NFL and how the NFL should not be tooting their own horn about having two African American coaches in the Super Bowl, UT Men’s Basketball and the NBA breakdown!

Due to technical issues, we could not get the S.E.X segment on the podcast but to make up for it, we put up the Intro for the segment.

On next week’s show, we will look at the line for the Super Bowl and give some free picks. In addition, we will also have pro NBA trainer Coach David Thorpe. He will talk about the best guards in the league, Kevin Durant vs. Greg Oden as the No.1 pick and much more! Enjoy the SHOW!!!!

T-mac Hater??

So after the Rockets dismantling of the Lakers, I got a few text messages depicting me as a T-mac hater. That is the last thing I am. In fact, I think T-mac is a good player but just think Kobe is a better player because he is more consistent. Many people also label me as a Rockets hater but that is not true. The Rockets have given me the happiest moments of my life. As a matter of fact, if you listen to the Tuesday Morning Longhorn at all, you know I picked the Rockets to make it to the Western Conference Finals with a HEALTHY T-Mac and Yao Ming. The proof is attached below in the podcast. I still stick to this because with a healthy Yao and T-Mac, the Rockets are a very efficient and dangerous team. So please stop making it seem like you need to rub it into my face every time the Rockets win or T-Mac does well. I am happy that the Rockets are doing so well right now without Yao because this is a tough stretch for them. If the Rockets even finish .500 in the games Yao misses, they will be okay.


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So Who Do You Root For?

Ever since I started working at KVRX and hosting my sports shows, I learned the important lesson of being unbiased. After spending a year in San Antonio, I started rooting for the Spurs. But now when they lose, it does not hurt. (The only team I am bias for are all the Longhorns' teams...I feel like crap when they lose.) I do not have ONE team that I can make mine and that's one thing I hate about my job. I wish I could argue about my team with other passionate fans and be a homer. I love getting in sports debates for the sake of debate and trying to improve my skills but I never do it as a homer.

I root for a lot of players and don't mind it all when people call me a "bandwagon fan" because it is hard for me to be a fan. I love watching Kobe Bryant play because of his work ethic and his passion to win. I love AI because he never stops with the grind. I love seeing good basketball in the NBA. I think the NBA is the best league in the world and has the best athletes. I am a journalist at the end of the day when it comes to basketball so I try to be unbiased as much as I can.

Football Roundup

Never Doubt Them

I was one of those idiots that picked the Jets to beat the Patriots on Sunday. Boy did I doubt the Patriots. They dominated the Jets in every manner and showed the young Jets that they are still a few years away from making a strong run in the playoffs. Coming into the season the Patriots were getting cocky about their "team concept" and that they could plug in anyone into the system. I thought this was going to bite them in the butt this week but it did not. For crying out loud, the Patriots made Jabar Gaffney into a go to receiver. JABAR FREAKING GAFFNEY!! If you are a Texans' fan then you know how bad Gaffney is. Even though they beat the Jets and ManGenius, they will not beat the Chargers next week. This goes against my No. 1 rule in the NFL playoffs, A first time playoff QB's team will not win a game. For some reason (the Patriots are not fast enough on defense), I think LT will open up some easy throwing lanes for Rivers.

Tony OH-NO!!!

"Tony Romo will guide us to the playoffs...He is the greatest QB ever...yes even better than Troy Aikman"...That was Cowboy fan on Thanksgiving day when Tony Romo had a great game against the less than impressive Bucs. Now, Cowboy fan hates Romo because he blew the season. A first time playoff QB will not win a playoff game for his team! The rule holds up once again! How bad must it feel to have your season end on a botched snap! I really hate the Cowboys because I am a Texans fan but in all honesty, the Cowboys have a bright future. Tony OHNO will come in as the starter and get more time to get down routes with his players during camp. The Cowboys chances will only get better if Parcells and T.O. come back. If the Cowboys let Tony OHNO's number one weapon go, they will regret it.

Major Applewhite does it again

If you have not heard, UT legendary QB Major Applewhite was offered a job at Alabama to be on staff with new head coach Nick "Pack your things" Saban. There is nothing Applewhite can't do. People doubted his play when he was a QB here and he ended up being one of the greats in UT history. Now, Major is moving up the coaching ranks. He is the offensive coordinator at Rice and after one year has been given an offer at a big time program. He turned around Rice in one year and got them to a bowl game. Major Applewhite will be the UT offensive coordinator in three years and the head coach after Mack Brown. Mark my words.

NFL Playoffs

The Colts won with Peyton having a bad game. Next week's match up of the Ravens and Colts is going to be awesome. I am getting chills just thinking about the Ravens' defense taking on the Colts' offense. This game is very similar to last year's Steelers loss for the Colts. A tough and nasty defense is the Colts' weakness.

Farewell to Tiki Barber. It is sad to see such a great athlete and person leave the sport. He is one of the few true good people in sports. He left the sport in his prime because he knows there are more important things he can do. I would have loved to see him leave on top but sometimes fairy tales only happen for buses.

Buckeyes win BCS Title

I have the Bucks winning by at least two touchdowns. Florida is too young to upset this powerful monster. UT upset USC because that team had been together for almost three years. Florida does not finish the basketball and football sweep. Troy Smith will have a MONSTER GAME! final score: Buckeyes 31, Gators 17

NBA Round-up

Gilbert, Gilbert, Gilbert

Talk about a hot player. Gilbert Arenas is a kid and the League is his playground. For those of you who listen to the show, you know I am a huge Gilbert fan. RIGHT NOW, he is the best offensive player in the game. He is making shots from 40-feet out with ease and at the same time taking it to the hole. The best thing about Gilbert is that he knows he is this good but never comes off as cocky. He has a personal vendetta against anyone who doubts him. Even if your favorite NBA's water boy doubts Gilbert, he will come after your team and light them up. Gilbert is that kind of player. For the season, Gilbert is putting up 30.5 points, almost five rebounds and 6.6 assists. He is shooting 44% from the field and only getting 9 freethrows a game (making about 7.5 of them)...Those are MVP numbers. Gilbert Arenas is the MVP right now.

The Tables Turn

With the big win over the Spurs on Friday, the Dallas Mavericks have turned the table. Now they are the team that dominates opponents and wins the big games against their fierciest rival. I think the Spurs are a good team but they lack that winning edge at the end of games. The championship Spurs teams would be winning all the close games but now it seems like every close game goes agaisnt them. The Mavericks have more talent right now and have made more moves to upend the Spurs. The Mavericks are made to beat the Spurs and thats it (hence the horrible showing in the Finals)...The best move they made was signing Devean George. He is a finals tested player who can make big shots in the clutch. Dirk is playing his best basketball yet. Harris is panning out to be a solid NBA player and Jason Terry is still thanking the Houston Rockets for his coming out party two seasons ago.
---The X-Factor--- In the first meeting between the Spurs and Mavs, Coach Pop used Francisco Elson to keep Dirk in check and it worked. Since then he has not used Elson...He is probably doing this to leave the matchup for the Playoffs where both teams know they will face each other. I'm not saying Elson will shut down Dirk but he will give him problems like Haslem did for the Heat.

Shhhh Dont Jinx Him

This is what every Tracy McGrady fan is saying. If you have not noticed, T-mac is on a very hot streak right now. Since coming back from injury, he has lead his team to big wins against the Jazz and the Nets to name a few. During the team's five game winning streak, he is putting up 32 points, 4 assists and about 6 rebounds a game. He is taking the Rockets and putting them on his back while the best center in the league is recovering. The most impressive stat from this steak is that he has only shot 42 freethrows (making 31)! In a day where most stars get 15-25 freethrows a game, T-Mac is putting up 30+ points with about 5 freethrows a game. Now this is impressive to me but at the same time it says that T-Mac can get a lot more points from the charity stripe. It seems now that T-Mac is like a very hot girl that you have no chance with, he is a tease. Whenever he really gets going it seems like something bad happens to him. Now the only thing T-Mac can do for Rockets' fans is not get hurt while Yao is out.

T-mac vs. Kobe

Just to get the NBA season going, here is a poll about one of the most debated topics in Houston. Feel free to leave comments about your vote!

Who would you want to build your franchise around?
	Kobe
	T-mac
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Who would you want to guard the oppositions best perimeter player?
	Kobe
	T-mac
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Who would want to take the last shot?
	kobe
	T-mac
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Who has the most upside?
	Kobe
	T-mac
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Who do you want taking free throws at the end of a game?
	Kobe
	T-mac
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Who is the most prolific scorer?
	Kobe
	T-mac
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December 12th: The Final Show for the Semester

Hey everyone!

Thanks for listening all semester long. Thanks to Dan "the man, the true voice of the south" for being a great co-host. We wish him the best now that he is going into the real world, g'luck Dan! Please leave comments about Dan and your memories about him!

Listen to Dan's Farewell segments...here is the breakdown
part 1: fall 2002 until spring 2004
part 2: fall 2004 until spring 2005 with special guest Dan's Dad
part 3: fall 2005 until now

Betters Note: Listen to the Bowl Parlay segment to find out about our picks for the bowl season...guaranteed winners!

Shan and I will be back next semester for more of the Roundup and I will put up more information about show timings. Thanks once again and enjoy the Show and the awesome youtube pick of the week, Kobe style.

Come back to the Blog for my take on the NBA, NFL and college football...

The BIG December 5th show!!

What up peepz!
This is the second to last show of the semester! We talked about the BCS and I introduced my playoff system that would allow 16 teams to get in. Next week will be the final show and in it we will have Dan's Farewell show!

If you are not in the Facebook group (The Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup) please join it! If you are in it, invite more people! We need to get 1,000 members in before the last show so we can make Shan dress up like a girl! Thanks everyone!! Enjoy the show and Dan's YouTube pick of the week!

The Post Thanksgiving Show

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break! The show is up and Dan's YouTube is right by it. Here are some pictures from my Thanksgiving night adventure at BestBuy in Dallas, Texas. Thank you to Steve for taking and e-mailing me the pictures.

November 21st Show with Ian

November 21st Thanksgiving Show!

Our dear friend Ian Harris from Simply Sports with Ian Harris joined us this week to give his thoughts on everything and tell us about the powerful movie, "We Are Marshall"...We also had the big Celebrating Life Through Sports segment this week that discussed the movie and what we are thankful for. Enjoy!

Nov. 14th show

Here is the big November 14th show!



Dan's YouTube pick of the week:

The Show Before the Horns lost to the Wildcats

Due to technical difficulties, the Texas Football and College football segments did not record. Here is what you missed on the show:
• Dan now has a man crush on Colt McCoy
• Limas Sweed is three touchdowns away from setting the all-time UT record for receiving touchdowns in a season
• Texas took care of Oklahoma State and Raheel’s pick was right, UT would dominate.
• Kansas State is NOT going to pull the upset.
• UT has a shot at getting into the title game if a bunch of teams fall
• A&M freaking lost to OU and now messes up its ranking
• Raheel says the Horns win by 35+
• Shan says about the same thing
• Dan says the Horn run all over the Wildcats




Dan’s YouTube pick


Shan’s YouTube Pick: Russell Peters standup special “Out Sourced”

Raheel’s pick:

Halloween Show

October 31st show

We did not get to finish the whole show because we ran out of time. We will make up for it by doing more NBA preview next week and double the S.E.X. Enjoy this week's show and please join the facebook group!

October 24th Show

Oct. 17th Show

October 17th Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup

Dan's YouTube Video of the Week:

Favre to Freeman

Raheel's Lock of the week: Texas to cover -6 against Nebraska.

Come to the Women's Volleyball game on Wednesday against No. 1 Nebraska.

Dan's YouTube Video of the week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAlgil_iyyc


Preview of next week's show:

• Recap of UT vs. Baylor...Did Raheel's lock hold up?
• the NFL Zone Coverage
• S.E.X---for all your pop culture news and notes
• Classical Poetry Renditions by the gang
• NBA Talk
  
• Much more

Awards from the show

Since we did not get time to do the awards on the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup, here they are.

Raheel

Ashlees: Houston Rockets fan for believing that Bonzi will get them to the NBA Finals

Wilmers: Colt McCoy because he is the greatest QB in the history of Texas football

Dan

Ashlees: Burch High School in West Virginia for giving up 658 rushing yards to a 5'8 white running back

Wilmers: Jevan Snead for proving by his stellar performance against SHSU that he is a better QB than Colt McCoy


Shawn
Ashlees: Florida Marlins organization for firing Joe Girardi
Wilmers: Rex Grossman!



The show is underneath on the Podcast player...Enjoy it!

The Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup

THE TUESDAY MORNING LONGHORN ROUNDUP NOW AT KING OF SPORTS.

Pardon the Raheel Ramzanali is now the exclusive home for the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup with Raheel and Dan. You will be able to find the podcast for my show on the blog every day. You can subscribe to the blog by going to www.odeo.com and searching "Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup." Subscribe to the feed and enjoy!

The show air lives every Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. at www.kvrx.org. The Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup blends a unique look at sports with life. We talk about anything and everything.

I will still write in the blog but it will serve as the home for the show and the podcast player. Enjoy the show and blog.

The Best Week EVER (for football)

Football is king in Texas. Football is really king in Texas when you have the start of high school football, a No. 1 versus No.2 and the start of gamblers united, I mean the NFL. This is upcoming week is one that I am going to tell my kids about. This will rank up there with me scoring a date with Jessica Alba. In addition to this, the WNBA season will finally be over this week! I love women’s sports as much as the next guy but its time for the WNBA to take a one-year hiatus. Goodbye Lisa Leslie, hello Lisa Guererro. This week can be described in one word. As Johnny Drama would say, VICTORYYYYYYYY!. Here is why I am excited about this week.

1. Monday: Florida State v Miami…Nothing like facing your hated rival in the first week. Rumor has it that Miami will get most of its players out on parole for the game. Football ranking: 4 out of 10.

2. Thursday: Opening week for the Connally Cougars. For those of you who are not familiar with the Connally Cougars, they are my team. I am doing play-by-play for the Cougars on Kmacsports.com. No other high school sport is as exciting as football in Texas. I will be part of a team that made it to the state semi-finals. I get a chance to follow a team and call them my own. I will go through the ups and downs with the players. I will make bias calls half way through the season. I am going to enjoy seeing high school players make strides to achieving their goals. What better way to start the weekend than my first ever play-by-play call for the Cougars. If you would like to listen to the play-by-play, log onto Kmacsports.com around 6:45 p.m. Football ranking: 7 out of 10

3. Thursday: the first game of the NFL season. The Dolphins take on the Steelers. The Steelers will start their championship defense without Ben “What’s a helmet” Rothlisberger. How will Daunte Culpepper fair against the stingy Steelers defense? Will Chris Chambers have a Steve Smith like year? Will Bill Cowher get a chin reduction? All this and more on Thursday night! Football ranking: 5 out of 10

4. Friday: Every high school team in Texas will have played at least one game. Football Ranking: 4 out of 10.
5. Saturday: Texas v THE Ohio State University…ESPN Gameday, Mack Brown, Bevo, Colt McCoy, Ramonce Taylor (oh wait that’s right), Troy “Poor man’s Vince Young” Smith and Woody Paige. This game alone is worthy enough to make this week the best football week ever. No.1 vs. No.2…one team’s National Championship hopes will be put to rest and the other will have the pressure to win out. The monkey is not on Mack’s back anymore, it has jumped to Jim Tressel. How will Texas handle the new OSU explosive offense? Will ESPN finally stop covering USC and focus on the biggest game of the year? Will ESPN give this game five good minutes on SportsCenter or will they need permission from Notre Dame to do that? This game is going to be amazing. It is going to live up to the hype. UT will extend its winning streak to 22 when its all said and done. Troy Smith will come back to Earth and take a back seat to Brady Quinn like everyone in the nation. Ted Ginn Jr. will be on his way to becoming the next Maurice Clarett. Football Ranking: 10 out of 10

6. OPENING DAY IN THE NFL! Gamblers from all over the world will miss more games than the USA did shots in the FIBA championships. Opening week in the NFL means that Chris Berman gets to do real work and that ESPN will stop talking about Notre Dame. This is the Sunday where you can finally see a game that is for real. No more pre-season or scrimmages. No more seeing 4^th string players. Opening week brings us one week closer to seeing David Carr being benched. I finally get to see my Texans go out and win a game against the Eagles. The curse of T.O. starts this season for McNabb. McNabb will never make the playoffs again. Football Ranking: 10 out of 10.
   

I will be updating the blog after every football moment to let yall know my thoughts about everything. VICTORYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Three Reasons Why I Think USA Basketball Is Not Ready

Team USA made it into the round of 16 today by beating Slovenia 114 to 95, but the score was much closer than this. This same team beat Puerto Rico by 11 points and blew out a weak Chinese team that has horrible guard play by a final score of 121-90.

So why am I suggesting that Team USA is not ready to win the World Championships? Because unlike every other person who thinks this team is built for success, I think this team is another glorified All-Star Team that is not ready to win.

Before I start the list, you have to understand the tendencies of international rules basketball. The elite teams have good guards who can penetrate and shoot the three pointer. Big guys in FIBA basketball are not as important as they are in the NBAÂ…Ask Tim Duncan about that. The team with the most experience is probably going to beat a team with less experience 90 percent of the timeÂ…Ask the USA when they faced Argentina in the Olympics. Here is the list.

1. Lebron, Wade and Melo: Coach K has made these three the centerpiece of Team USA for the next decade or so but right now, they are not ready. These three are the future for everything NBA, marketing, playing, sales, etc. What Coach K failed to recognize is that these three players are horrible defenders. If you have been watching the games, the Big 3 have not been able to guard any of the mediocre guards. Players like Beno Udrih and Carlos Arroyo were getting into the lane quicker than a new celebrity into Paris Hilton. In addition to that, the Big 3 have been good in the half-court but when they play a tougher defense like Spain or Argentina, they will have to trust their jump shot more than trying to over power a defender with their athleticism. Eventually these three will become good defenders but right now they are one of the reasons why Team USA is not ready.
2. Role Players: Coach K put a premium on role players going into the “training camp” but now I only see three legit role players, Shane Battier, Kirk Heinrich and Chris Paul. Antwan Jamison has not been playing enough in close situations to count as a role player. Joe Johnson at times has looked like the best player. Look at the other rosters for elite teams in the tournament, most of them have one superstar and four role players who can flourish at anytime. When you have up to four superstars on the floor at the same time, no coaching will stop their instincts of taking over. When four players want to take over at the same time in a close game, that team is not going to win. The perfect starting lineup would have included both Shane Battier and Bruce Bowen, LeBron, Wade and Dwight Howard. In my opinion, the reason why Coach K cut Bruce Bown for the World Games is because he did not score enough points.
   
3. Experience: By experience, I mean on the court with each other and with the FIBA rules. The FIBA game is much different from the NBA. Its on a court that features a shorter three-point line, the officials allow rough play, unlike the NBA where a whistle is blown every five seconds, and a big guy is not effective unless he plays like Dirk or Pau Gasol. After watching the first three games, the USA has not been able to guard anyone or use their set plays. The USA really gets going when the other team makes costly turnovers and the USA runs out for a dunk. When the USA faces a team like Argentina, their team defense will be exploited more than anything.

This USA team has a lot of potential but right now the team is in the baby stages of something big. This concept of keeping guys around for every summer is going to backfire on Team USA. I will not be surprised if a prominent player drops out because he wants to stay fresh for the NBA season. Remember, at the end of the day, the players get their checks from the NBA.

The days of the Dream Team are long gone. When the Dream Team dominated in 1992 and 1996, other teams were afraid of them. I have heard stories where opposing players would go up to the Dream Team and ask for autographs before the games. When you have a team that consisted of MJ, Magic and Bird, that team CAN meet up a day before the tournament and win. Those players were good defenders and had another level to the game that Lebron, Melo and Wade have not achieved just yet. Yes, Wade dominated the NBA Finals, but tell that to Manu Ginobli, a player who also dominated the NBA Finals the year his team won. So far, Puerto Rico and Slovenia gave USA their biggest test because they have good guard play. If these teams did not make bad turnovers in the second and third quarter, they would have won the game. When the USA faces the elite teams that do not make costly turnovers, they are going to be in a for a rude awakening.

Thoughts on Everything

· ASTROS

o The Astros just lost another one but don’t worry! The Astros went 4 for 9 in their latest home stand and now head to the road for 11 games against Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. This is the big road trip the Astros need to dominate if they want to become contenders for the Wild Card and the NL Central.

o After this road trip, the schedule gets incredibly hard for the Astros. They start the month against the Mets, get a little Cardinals and throw in some Phillies to top it off. Oh and if the Reds are still in the Wild Card hunt, they also get a three game set against them. Time to make a move now!

· Texans

o The Texans looked good in their first pre-season game but I still need to see them against other teams’ first team defense before I can jump on the bandwagon.

o After covering weeks of training camp, I have found some guys I like to root for. Please join me as I root for these guys

§ Antwan Peek: Talking to Peek, I have concluded that he is the nicest 250lb man. Peek is coming off a sub par season and is ready to become a monster on defense. He has been working his tail off in the off-season and has said all the right things for a player who is ready to have a break out season.

§ Morlon Greenwood: This linebacker lead the Texans last year in tackles with 112 and also added 2 sacks and 2 fumbles. He is a humble player who plays with an edge. Greenwood is ready to show that he can flourish in the 4-3 defense.

§ Ephraim Salaam: You probably have not heard of him because he is an O-line man. These guys don’t get attention because well, they don’t make big plays since they don’t get the ball. Salaam is a great person to talk to and brings experience to much scrutinized O-Line. Salaam has worked with Coach Kubiak before so he knows the system that will help the Texans win some more games.

· Longhorns Football

o Ranked no.1 going into the season…as I told my friend Ian Harris, host of “Simply Sports” (Simplysportstalk.com), Vince Young brings a lot to this team. Here is the exact quote of what I told him.

§ Vince Young is so good that his residue from last season is going to take UT back to the promise land. Vince is a GOD! God's dont need to know how to spell or add, just win games.

o Hook Em!

X- FREAKING GAMES!!!

I am a fan of the X-games. No clever introduction for this entry, I love the X-games. I stayed up every night this week to watch almost every event. I count down the days of my summer until the X-games start. I watched the first X-games when I was about 10 years old. After watching, I went out and bought a skateboard. I never mastered the board because of my fear of breaking bones against concrete. Because of my love of the X-games, I want to give some quick thoughts on the X-games.

Amazing Athletes

Allen Iverson is a warrior. He goes in against men twice his size and keeps playing every night. The athletes in the X-games make Allen Iverson and Bret Favre look like T-mac. These athletes risk LIFE every time they attempt a jump. For example, right now I’m watching the Skateboard big air. Sorry, BIG AIR! These skateboarders are taking off a ramp that is six floors up at an almost 90-degree angle. After they take off, they do some insane trick over a gap that is about 60 feet wide. Wait, there is more. After you land, you go up on another ramp and fly about 25 feet without any safety nets. These athletes are brave. These guys define superb athletes. They play hurt, change their sport and do it for the love of the sport.

If the Big Air example did not convince you that these guys are athletes, maybe this one will. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iFrKpR6QOA) Travis Pastrana landed the first double back flip in the history of the motocross best trick competition. If you have not seen a motocross bike, look at the picture. The bikes weight between 200 and 250 pounds. Pastrana, and every other rider, go 30 feet in the air with a 200 pound bike over them or under them. One wrong move and that bike can land on them or they can fly off the bike onto concrete hard dirt. Look at this picture; I know its going to send chills down your back.

Sure, these guys aren’t competing against a defense or a blitz package, but they are against other riders and death.

Growth of the Game
I’m not going to pull up TV ratings or anything like that to talk about this point. When the X-games first started back in 1995, most people thought it would fail. ESPN took a bold risk of putting the sport on mainstream cable even though most consider it illegal and for punks. Even though ESPN has grown to a powerful media conglomerate that can support any type of programming it wants, it does not have to support the X-games. Any business will pull the plug on something that will not make them money. The X-games has grown into the premier extreme sports competition in the world. During the first X-games I remember only a few events were on TV. Now, every event is on and ESPN has even started to put some on pay-per-view. Yes, people are willing to pay to watch the X-games.

The X-games started to become accepted in mainstream media when Tony Hawk landed the first ever 900 during the skateboard best trick competition. After that, ESPN held the games in major cities but never the home of extreme sports, LA. When the X-games went to LA in 2003, the ratings were off the charts for ESPN. I was in LA a few days before the X-games started in 2003. I have never seen so many people excited about a sport that should have been dead by now.

Athletes and Drugs

Extreme sports athletes have a stereotype surrounding them that all of them are dopeheads. I mean yes, you have to be high on something to do some of the crazy things they do but in reality they are not all crackheads. Here is a test for you doubters. NAME FIVE EXTREME ATHLETES WHO HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW FOR DRUGS. GO! GIVE UP? Now, name five NBA players. How about five NFL players? I bet you can name more than five for both sports. I’m sure some of those athletes light up a joint once in a while, just like athltes in every other league, but at least they aren’t stupid about it. I can’t name one extreme sports athlete who was an addict or pulled a Damon Stoudemire. Drugs in sports is as common as an NBA player having more than four unknown kids on each coast.

I love watching these athletes pull amazing tricks even though it could mean the end of their career or life. I respect extreme sports athletes. I respect ESPN for staying with the X-games and helping it become the monster that it is today. Only 364 days until the X-games kicks off again.