Our Interview With the Great Buzz Bissinger

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Talking Points: Eric Berry woo edition
Published 5/6/2008 by Joel <info@rockytoptalk.com> at Rocky Top Talk: Front Page Posts
... Quickly this morning: Berry Woo! Lots of buzz around Rocky Top this morning about the fact that Eric Berry is on the cover of Athlon Sports. Okay, so maybe they have 4,684 different covers -- if they could they'd probably put your picture on the cover just to ensure that you'd buy one -- but the thing I find most notable is how Berry's holding the ball. See? He's passing. Hug, hug, kiss, kiss. Gerald Williams, after a 27-year journey, is finally on his way to Knoxville to become a Tennessee Vol. ...

CURIOUS INDEX, 5/6/08
Published 5/6/2008 by Orson Swindle at EDSBS
... Hey, we didn’t piss the shit out of him. Get your wonk on with our interview with Buzz Bissinger at the Sporting Blog. All pleasant, mind you: civil, polite, and discursive in that good way, which considering Buzz’s temper and our own tendency to be an irredeemable smartass is impressive, indeed. ...

Buzz Speaks!
Published 5/6/2008 by MariusJanulisForThree at Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
... week, has spent the time since speaking with people on both sides of the fence, reading up on a few things and thinking about how he handled the forum and he's come to a conclusion...maybe writing a blog shouldn't be punishable by death after all. Buzz has been making the rounds, taking a to a few sports blogs recently about the show, his opinions and the reaction. Two such interviews you should check out are over at The Big Lead and The Sporting Blog. In both, Buzz comes clean that even he wasn't too pleased with himself ...

Create The Caption #211
Published 5/6/2008 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
... Wouldn't be prudent."- Anon "The two pictured have a higher career batting average than Brad Ausmus."- Brian "BRAAAINS!"- Marvin'sGotAGun "Hey you kids! Get off my lawn!!!"- Sanity Has Gone South _______________________________________ Are you funny enough to create a caption for this photo of Oscar De La Hoya signing autographs at a Dodgers game? Daily Links: Orson Swindle Sits Down With Buzz Bissinger (The Sporting Blog) The Bengals Are Suing A ...

THE THREAD [05.06.08] :: Party Schools
Published 5/7/2008 by cocknfire <info@garnetandblackattack.com> at Garnet And Black Attack: Front Page Posts
... When you whip someone when they're wrong, give them credit when they apologize. Sort of. Buzz Bissinger, interviewed by Spencer Hall (aka Orson Swindle, EDSBS) over at TSN: ...

Wednesday 05/07 A.M. Quickie:KG, Kobe, Floyd, Idol, APR, More Tebow
Published 5/7/2008 by DanShanoff.com at Dan Shanoff
... UPDATE: If you haven't read Spencer Hall's interview with Buzz Bissinger, it really is one of the best give-and-takes of the past week's Bissinger meme. ...

Bissinger's Blog Bashing: Under the Bottom, and Off Target
Published 5/8/2008 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... the complete dumbing down of our society, the complete dumbing down....I think the quality of the writing generally in blogs is despicable." Bob Costas echoed this point, saying that "there's a very large percentage where the quality is poor." And it's a point that I could hardly refute. Except they were making this point in direct contrast to print-writing, with the sainted image of W.C. Heinz floating around their exploding heads. And so the implication--which Bissinger has since mildly backed away from --was that blog writing is inferior to paper writing. Putting aside the ...

Buzz and the blogs
Published 5/9/2008 by jclay@herald-leader.com at Sidelines
... recognize the name, Bissinger wrote the classic "Friday Night Lights" book about high school football in Texas. It may be the best book on high school sports ever written. Here's a Q & A at The Big Lead with Bissinger in which he apologizes (sort of) for his behavior on the HBO show, without exactly repudiating his words. As another aside, here's Bissinger on the Eight Belles tragedy. More links: Another Bissinger interview. [Sporting News] Comment allez-vous Buzz Bissinger? [Aaron Barnhart] ...