Richard Neer
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town. Really like his show on WFAN, but I can do without the parochialism. He shouldn't be on a local sports channel. His innuendos seem political and he's boring.
Neer has had the same riff maybe five times this season. Basically, after every B1G RUTGERS win.
The WFAN party line is that Rutgers doesn't matter. Quick, tell the national media that hockey is the now.
The WFAN party line is that Rutgers doesn't matter. Quick, tell the national media that hockey is the now.
NYC is not a basketball town, and yet basketball is bigger in NYC than most anywhere. It’s not an Italian town but has more Italians than Rome, more Jews than Tel Aviv, more Irish than Dublin, etc. Basketball is big in NYC, but not the way football dominates Atlanta (or most of the southeast) such that it can be called a basketball town. NYC has too much going on to call it anything so singular. Besides, Madison Square Garden’s basketball teams are **** and haven’t been **** in decades. The Knicks might very well be the worst performing organization in the United States based on potential and all they have going for them. St. John’s hasn’t been nationally relevant since Ron Artest was there.
When Rutgers football surpasses the Islanders—the least popular professional franchise in Greater NYC—then WFAN will be our biggest ally. Similar to how Politi was our worst enemy under Flood and Ash and then became our best friend once the pursuit of Schiano took hold.
When Rutgers football surpasses the Islanders—the least popular professional franchise in Greater NYC—then WFAN will be our biggest ally. Similar to how Politi was our worst enemy under Flood and Ash and then became our best friend once the pursuit of Schiano took hold.
Dayton OH is your basic unit college basketball town.NYC is not a basketball town????
From the perspective of media attention in NYC college basketball has lost luster because St,Johns and Syracuse aren't top tier programs right now while Villanova is the best Big East program .The reality is professional teams will always have maximum exposure in NYC.
The Knicks have proven in the last 22 years that it will always own NYC, even if they are the worst pro organization in the city. And that’s saying a lot with the Jets, Giants, and the Wilpon Mets being around during that time.
The fact that anyone is even suggesting NYC isn't a basketball town just shows what a joke the Knicks have been for so long
I mean.... they call MSG the mecca of basketball
I mean.... they call MSG the mecca of basketball
Neer not worth any discussion. They throw him on when no one listens .
And yet Knicks are one of the most valuable sports franchises
Agree that NYC metro is an everything / anything town
We have it all
Didn't he used to be a disc jockey on WNEW-FM? Too lazy to look it up.
neer is awful. Very boring. Let him talk about baseball and his tales are boring and awful. Zzzzz
His book, "FM," was pretty good and he usually has good interviews on pro football and golf.
But he thinks college FB doesn't exist, cuz he grew up in Siberiacuse and graduated Adelphi.
Ultimately this....and iirc Neer is a baseball-leaning guy so he'll cling to that.
It's certainly not a one-trick pony, partly owing to it being a 9-mill pop'n city and a 20-mill pop'n metro. It could be the center of gravity of almost anything in America even if it's really not. Why the TV market remains as coveted as it is.
Dates back to Francesa, a St. John's alum. Rutgers rarely given a mentionNeer has had the same riff maybe five times this season. Basically, after every B1G RUTGERS win.
The WFAN party line is that Rutgers doesn't matter. Quick, tell the national media that hockey is the now.
historically. Carton and Roberts get credit for having the Pike on
the other day
I've always been a fan of Neer, though I missed his comments this morning,
Side note, I heard Moose's opening monologue from this afternoon, and man I wish this guy had a regular weekday show. Get this, it was about sports, an old school sports oriented opening monologue. I think him and Licata would be a great show, but Moose alone would be great as well.
Side note, I heard Moose's opening monologue from this afternoon, and man I wish this guy had a regular weekday show. Get this, it was about sports, an old school sports oriented opening monologue. I think him and Licata would be a great show, but Moose alone would be great as well.
No one remembers that anymore. CCNY will be mentioned in the history books about college basketball the way RU in 1869 is. But 1% of the way through the canon it will move on to Mullin & Berry when television grew the sport and March Madness into part of mainstream America and in the conversation with professional sports.
Hate to run in line with potential negative board narratives, but the loss to Houston in the tourney last year, and thus missing a spot in the sweet 16, really delayed Rutgers ascension as a story in the NYC media market.
Hopefully this years slow start is not the equivalent to that bad late game tourney meltdown.
Hopefully this years slow start is not the equivalent to that bad late game tourney meltdown.
We're always so sensitive. Everything isn't always a knock on Rutgers. I don't think much of NYC cares about RU basketball.
The only time the city gets psyched is when St. John's is good.
The only time the city gets psyched is when St. John's is good.
^^^^^ - Truth. Hold on to that 10 point lead and RU has a direction line to the Final 4. That was an awful collapse.
My sense of things is Philly is the #1 college basketball town and NYC is #2. I'm only counting big cities here - Podunk college towns need not apply.