By Jeff Moss
DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com
February 9, 2015
And then there were eight. We have cut the field in half from the “Shitty 16″ to the “Excrement Eight” and the one thing we know about the 2015 Worst Detroit Sports Media Personality tournament is there WILL BE a new champion.
Yep, overwhelming tourney favorite, Lynn Henning, pulled it off with a gate-to-wire thrashing of defending champion Terry Foster. The 2012 runner-up and 2014 victor was no match for the farm boy deacon.
Let’s get to the results and brief analysis.
Eric Pate Regional
1] Mitch Albom 49.3%
5] Ryan Ermanni 50.7%
Analysis: In an absolute shocker, the 105.1 talker and Fox-2 employee upset Dr. Keebler Elf Frodo Baggins Football himself. This matchup was not decided until the final minutes and basically came down to Ermanni’s take on the Brendan Gibbons alleged sexual assault story.
2] Drew Lane 61%
6] Tom Mazawey 39%
Analysis: In a battle between 105.1’s centerpiece and the Lobby Boy at the Grand Budapest Hotel, Lane obliterated “Hey Mom, Better Call Tom.” Based on the commentary under the voting, this came down to the fact that Mazawey didn’t have enough of an imprint in town to knock off Grandma Pill Popper.
Excrement 8 Preview: Another 105.1 matchup is on the horizon with the late-morning host taking on the afternoon-drive moron. Ermanni is on a major roll and looks poised to make his first Fucked-Up 4.
Line: Ermanni -6.5 Lane
Meatshop Regional
1] Chris McCosky 39%
5] Kurt Mensching 61%
Analysis: Another #1 seed was knocked off as Bless You Boys blogger Kurt Mensching continued to ride the wave of the recent discovery of an August 2014 Podcast in defeating “Officer Barbrady.”
See for yourself why a relatively unknown blogger defeated one of this site’s biggest villains….
What does “Uncle Tom” Blogger Kurt Mensching of Bless You Boys think of the DetroitSportsRag???? pic.twitter.com/rSQN7Sl6g0
— Jeff Moss (@JeffMossDSR) February 9, 2015
This is what “Uncle Tom” blogger @BYBKurt of Bless You Boys thinks of Tigers fan who badly want a World Series title. pic.twitter.com/Dl3jVqRQRG — Jeff Moss (@JeffMossDSR) February 9, 2015
Here is “Uncle Tom” blogger @BYBKurt of “Bless You Boys” admitting he is trolling “spoiled” Tigers fans. pic.twitter.com/pDWEfyNRZx
— Jeff Moss (@JeffMossDSR) February 9, 2015
Now do you get it??
2] Scott Anderson 75%
3] Dan Leach 25%
Analysis: In a 97.1 exclusive face-off between a guy who lives in a motel and admits to having sex with prostitutes and a 40+-year-old virgin who can’t shop for toiletries at Target without his mommy, the Whale easily crushed Dan The Man. This was a predictable outcome as Hungry, Hungry Hippo is a pox in this market while Leach is just a happy-go-lucky mental patient with an unlimited supply of Five-Hour Energy drink.
Excrement 8 Preview: The pedophile-looking UP blogger is really milking this “spoiled” Tigers fan thing for all its worth but this seems to be the year the morbidly obese fan boy gets to his first Fucked-Up 4.
Line: Whale -8.5 Truman Capote
Jon Paul Morosi Regional
1] Lynn Henning 62%
4] Terry Foster 38%
Analysis: Henning proved that his 2014 season trumped Foster’s career achievements with this beatdown that wasn’t even as close as the score indicates. Lynn lived up to his 3 to 5 pre-tournament odds with this crushing of a man who cruised through the first two rounds. Henning is going to be an incredibly tough out and is now 2 to 5 to be crowned champ.
2] Vincent Goodwill 56%
3] Pat Caputo 44%
Analysis: In the battle to decide who will be annihilated by Henning, Goodshill defeated “The Pamphlet.” The upcoming slaughter of Junior will be the swan song for the Joe Dumars propagandist as he is taking his sneakers to Chicago — where he will be covering the Bulls for a website that is partially owned by the team’s owner, Jerry Reinsdorf. He will shill right in.
Line: Mr. Imperfect -34.5 #HowAboutBlocked
You Should Know Better Regional
1] Bob Wojnowski 27%
5] Matt Dery 73%
Analysis: The matchup of Wojo and his former update lackey was predictable as voters didn’t understand what the “You Should Know Better” regional was all about. It doesn’t matter; either was going to head to the wood-chipper in the next rund anyhow.
3] Drew Sharp 91%
10] Marc Fellhauer 9%
Analysis: The most predictable winner of a bracket was Sharp taking down this regional due to the seeding of both Wojo and Dan Miller. And this bald troll has not disappointed. Fellhauer wasn’t the only 105.1 employee to exit stage left on Monday though. Incredibly, on the day that four 105.1 employees (Lane, Ermanni, Dery and part-timer Sharp) made the Excrement 8, the station parted ways with its program director.
Today marked my last day at Detroit Sports 1051. I’m so proud of what we accomplished, but it’s time to move on to the next challenge.1/2
— Jason Dixon (@JasonDixonPD) February 10, 2015
Yep, after a disastrous 19-month reign at the ratings-challenged sports channel, the Jason Dixon Experiment is over. Who could have ever guessed that?
Dixon’s legacy? 50% of the remaining contestants.
Line: Troll -45 The Weasel
The Updated Bracket:
