Friday, November 14, 2025

Just Freshening Things Up Around Here

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  1. No profound observations. I've been trying to listen to more of middays. Ratings aside, I'm trying to figure out exactly what it is that people don't like about Invasion/Sweet Spot.

    I have long advanced the proposition that the addition of Justin Montemayor makes any show better. So sure, let's elevate his profile on SS and elsewhere.

    Maybe I should try listening to the competition in those time slots to see if they're better. Pending that, I like both shows.

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    1. Do you find Sean and David's opinions insightful? Do you find them funny? You're wondering why other people DON'T like them but you haven't stated why you DO like them.

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    2. Why are you so invested? You seem like an absolute drag to be around. Why don't you first explain why you don't like them. Oh, wait. Forgot. That's a near daily exercise for you on this blog, and I'm sure elsewhere.

      Go enjoy your pushing 60 year old I'm young like you whiner talk about his 'batin' routine and the other one who pretends to be an inner city tough, often speaks in a poorly executed East Coast accent even though he and his entire family were born and raised here, and who gets nearly everything wrong yet LARPS as Smartest Guy in Room. You have at it and be happy. No prob with it whatsoever. In return, let others enjoy what they want in peace. And stop acting like a demanding toddler.

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    3. Here's my guess: They are awesome guys with years of being known on The Ticket. My best guess is they're not very entertaining. I think Cat sees Sean as another Bob. Again, the best guys, just lacks the entertainment piece. Is that humor, HSOs, or something else? Not sure, but it's missing.

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  2. It seems the biggest complainers for all of the shows seems to be those who had rather hear pot jokes and fart drops vs anything sportsy. This has been the complaint about the Ticket from the "serious" sportsball fan from day one.

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  3. Is Mike Rhyner's Your Dark Companion podcast worth checking out?

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    1. I guess it depends on what you want to listen to. A little good ole day syndrome mixed in with some current topics. The show he did with all the local team PBP announcers was pretty good.

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  5. Red's got a Marilu Henner vibe. Dig it.

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  6. Nothing personal against the guys hosting from 9-3 (McClarin seems like a weird dude) I just don't think they are very good. Very generic takes by the 9-1 boys. GXD is my favorite ticket personality. Love that dude. Smart and funny.

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  7. Who is the biggest failure/loser post Ticket employment?

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  8. Beating up on a terrible raiders team so let the overreaction begins

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  9. It's mid-morning Tuesday and not a single new thread has been started on r/theticket this week

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    1. Well there's two since yesterday and to no one's surprise they are threads about how awful the Ticket is. Yet another one about a midday show that no one is forcing them to listen to yet they keep doing it.

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    2. Same person making 95% of the comments. Same one who does it here on all things Sweet Spot and McClearin. Aren't you, Blorfus_Maximus/WEB/et alia.

      Are you a FAN intern trying to make a name for yourself, harping on middays because AM/PM drives are out of reach, thinking you're swaying P1s to try out The FAN? Or are you weirdly obsessed with Sean, Mino, and Matt? Are you a deluded DZ fanboy thinking you're on a "psyops mission" for The Boys? Or, are you a disgruntled former Ticket employee who cannot abide the fact you weren't deemed good enough to host by management and this is your comically sad attempt at "revenge"?

      Because you like to ask others to answer for themselves, I think it only fair you do the same.

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  10. The Cowboys are not interesting they are irrelevant. Jerry Jones is not interesting he is a con man that only cares about making $. Winning means nothing. I know the ticket guys have to burn segments but Cowboy talk is a power drain. Schotty "benching" CD & Pickens for 3 plays means nothing. He ran it twice in order to shorten the series so he could get them back in the game ASAP. Cowboys are a joke.

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  11. White Elephant Day draft time! Can't wait to hear Detty as yuk monkey and Baldy co-hosting morning drive.

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  12. Where’s are ever reliable emoji man?? 🥺

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  13. End e-brake voting now! Stop allowing A$$ Whip in Aledo on the air.

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  14. I'd love to hear from the Gen Zers on here about what they think of the future of radio. If you're in the industry or seeking to enter, why? Like what do you foresee happening and where are we going? Podcasts are dominating, and I suspect the vast majority of Ticket listeners use the Sportsday app. I suspect TT will keep cruising because of its profitability, but how will it evolve? That's why I'm so interested in the Muser's podcast. Is this some form of trial for a wholesale swap? I like TT personalities, and love the control of a podcast. The Top 10 is too unwieldy for my Apple account. I don't like how it dominates my feed, so I don't subscribe to it. But anyway, those are my thoughts. Gen Z, what say you?!

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    1. Allow me to cut through the crap and give you what you seek - truth be damned: The Ticket, along with terrestrial radio as a whole, is on the verge of collapse. Conversely, The Dumb Zone and Cirque du Sirois are skyrocketing in popularity and earnings. Happy?

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    2. Agree terrestrial radio is going the way of the dodo. It won’t disappear, but it has the same issues as all legacy media, like newspapers & cable television. Current economic model is unsustainable.

      While podcasting as an industry is growing, that doesn’t mean every (or any particular) podcast is prime for great individual success

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  15. Key Concerns from Reviews
    Aggressive Annuity Sales: Multiple former employees and clients report that Trajan Wealth heavily promotes annuities to nearly all clients, allegedly to generate higher commissions.
    High/Hidden Fees: Reviewers claim that the annuities have high or hidden fees.

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  16. NFL determined to get the cowboys in the playoffs very sketchy officiating 2 weeks in a row 2 offensive pass interference calls against opponents that killed drives the fix is in go lions

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  17. NFL officiating is absolutely horrible

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  18. Where’s Huggy with his research

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  19. Won't see March. Last legs. Milk's soured. Well's run dry. Honeymoon's over. Subbies stagnate approaching two years. Pay to play local tv slot coming to an end. Backers backing out barring miraculous turnaround.

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    3. Caught the rather bombastic, comically puerile comment before it was deleted. It's true middays aren't peak BaD greatness anymore. But those days ended now a bit over half a decade ago. Blame Cat all you want, but the real culprit was Rhyner and his faux Irish Goodbye all the while putting The Freak into motion. While you're at it, don't forget Sirois, Danny, and Julie's role in it. And then there's Dan and Jake. They are the genesis of where things are, not Cat. You may not like Cat's personnel decisions, fine, fair play. In truth, I'm not sure all his moves were the right ones. But those decisions were made because they were thrust upon him. And they were thrust upon him because of decisions made by the aforementioned names. Those are the ones who started the avalanche that perpetually upsets so many of you. Yet, oddly enough, they receive no blame. In fact, it's quite the opposite. You bought into their collective and individual, self-serving narratives hook, line, and sinker. Never once questioning them. Never once saying, "Hmmm, that part of the story doesn't align." No. You fell right into line with the Us v Them / Corporate v Little Guy / Management v Worker trope. You bit, and you bit hard.

      So yeah, while you're not wrong that middays aren't what they used to be. And you're also not wrong about questioning some of Cat's personnel decisions. You get it about as wrong as you possibly can when it comes to assigning blame.

      To head it off at the pass: I'm in no way saying these people are bad actors. Nor am I saying it wasn't they're right to do what they did and act in a way they judged to be in their best interest. I'm merely saying it was because of their decisions and actions that TT is now in a state that so very much upsets so very many of you.

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    4. Salient

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    5. Make all the excuses you want. Blame everyone else you want. Fact remains Jeff Catlin is not good at his job.

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    6. So basically, you don't understand the comment. Roger that.

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    7. Feathered Hair, Always RagingDecember 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM

      By what metric is Cat bad at his job? Your personal taste? Your failure to be promoted to a host position? Look at the station's success. YOU may not like it/Cat, but in no world, in no rational mind does does the almost unprecedented success of TT equate "bad job." Weird stuff, bruh.

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  20. November Ratings KTCK #1 6.4 KPLX #2 5.1 KSCS #3 5.0 KDGE #4 4.8 KLNO #5 4.4

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  21. Don’t come out here cat!December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM

    You’re right the ticket had subpar ratings until Jeff Carlin came along.

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    1. Who said that? No one. Try again.

      P.S. They don't see it. They don't care. They have far too many fires of their own to put out before the paper house totally burns to ashes.

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  22. Same ole cowboys. What a great night. Of course the cowboys get good ratings so jerrah is a genius just like cat.

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  23. the November ratings are up.
    https://www.reddit.com/r/theticket/comments/1peymrr/november_2025_ratings_update

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    1. Ratings great therefore quality doesn’t matter

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    2. Thanks for putting these up all this time Pete. The +6 are out there if you know where to look be we have appreciated this deep dive into the numbers.

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  24. Farewell, sweet Musers.

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    1. Wow. Everyone but The Musers and THL got thoroughly shit on. But if you haters think this means changes are coming, don't hold your breath. It's going to take another 6-8 months of steady decline for that to happen. The only move that might occur in the short run is for Monty to be moved into a 3rd host position on TSS. In truth, that won't make a real difference. If you think TDZ has any correlation to this role reversal between FAN and Ticket middays, think again. As loud as you all are, your numbers are miniscule. TDZ's sub totals and growth tells that story. Moreover, few if any of you switched to The FAN. So there's other, much larger factors going on. And moving Monty (as great as he is) or reshuffling midday hosts or bringing on other JV as hosts to replace a Mino or a Matt Mc is not the fix.

      What is the fix, assuming there needs to be one (Cumulus might be fine with a midday battle between while still retaining great ad rev)? Well, let's just say time often heals old wounds; stances begin to soften, and the past is viewed through a warm sepia hued lens; and sometimes back channels are opened.

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    2. Intriguing

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    3. I'll bite. Where are you getting this from, Major Station Announcement?

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    4. 9-3 is not good. Only person that has anything is Monty.

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    5. “Uh-oh. Uh-oh!!”

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    6. Enigmatic

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    7. Whatcha Talkin About WillisDecember 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM

      Inn: Are you implying Dan and Jake might be returning someday to The Ticket?

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  25. Greatest radio station in the history of radio led by the greatest PD in the history of radio still can’t figure out how to make the station sound good on remote

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    1. A Cumulus station.
      You put bad remote sound on the enegeneering staff and equipment, not the station PD. When yo have tin cans and string to work with, that's what you get.

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  26. https://www.theunticket.com/classic-audio-fake-movie-promos-from-the-rant-lord-of-the-rings-a-beautiful-mind/

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  27. https://www.theunticket.com/chris-mckinley-prince-covers-uncovered-4-25-16/

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  28. Pick one:

    1. 2026 is the farewell tour for DnM. The announcement will be made the last day before leaving for dry dock.

    2. DnM will announce their retirement on the day before dry dock.

    3. DnM will announce their retirement on the day before dry dock with the caveat that Gordon will stay on.

    4. Nothing will happen.

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    1. They retired December 2024. Been taking a knee and running out clock in 2025.

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    2. 4. The reset last year gives them 3-5 more years. They don't even know when they'll hang it up. I take them at their word on that. On their podcast with the Cowboy's cheerleader director, they said, "they'll know when." I think that's about right. I have no idea what their contract is. I'm sure that's a factor.

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    3. Do you think The Musers retiring is the major station news this week?

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  29. It is exhausting watching a game with Gus Johnson doing play by play. No reason to scream at me after a 2 yard gain.

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  30. I went to the remote on Friday, as it was close to my house. I wasn't able to get there until the Hardline was on. All the ticket folks were very nice. I don't know how they function with a room full of strangers watching them like they're zoo animals, but it was an interesting experience to see the sausage being made.

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  31. Looks like Cray Trey is on hard times. I gave him a few bucks.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/theticket/s/MOhK5U3Zjt

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  32. I remember a time when Infrastructure Man was actually a funny bit.

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    1. The one-word responses are like an SNL skit to me where it was funny, then super annoying, and then the persistence and consistency has brought me back to funny enjoyment.

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    2. Longevity

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  34. I think the one word responses are coming from more than one person. No way he’s that fast every time. He’d have to be constantly refreshing the site.

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  35. Wow so long Musers. Been a hell of a run.

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  36. Marissa Stabler sounded drunk.

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  37. Gen X Davey is the absolute best.

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  38. Dave Lane is just gross. That poop incident would never happen to me and if it did I sure as hell wouldn’t tell a soul about it.

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  39. I thought there was quite a bit of gold today on White Elephant day. The farm system IMO is being brought along just fine.

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    1. What were your top 5 moments from the JVers?

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    2. 1) Ham’s Nico song

      2) Monty’s touchdown brothers bit

      3) Baldy’s song

      4) the reverse whip of Monty’s Christmas gifts

      5) the most embarrassing off air moment roundtable discussion.

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    3. Disagree. Aside from Monty there isn’t much.

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    4. Thing is, the moment Monty is made a host he'll be loathed. It's this fuckface's modus. Lotta micro energy, this one: Check out its reddit stuff. Fuccin poggers shit.

      They don't see it, bud. They're too bust figuring out their next move. Cuz, ya know, the experiment is about to go bye bye.

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    5. Came here to look for this exact type of comment. This place *always* delivers.

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    1. Who's the most recent memorable new character Gordon has come up with? Fake Greg Olsen? And he could never really get him right. All of them are tired--Mushmouth, Fake Jerry, Marge, TD Bros, Fake Tiger, Kris Chris, Generic Youth Minister, Skinlannins, Ribby, Clarence, Jesse....and they all still get regular play.

      The most obvious example of the Musers not trying any more is that there hasn't even been a hint of a Fake Schotty. It wouldn't be hard, either, he is very distinctive.

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    2. Determined

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    3. Fake Nico is top tier.

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    4. Totally agree. 840 bit has been stale for a while. Fake Jerry especially

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    5. Fake Nico is great and I feel like maybe they did Jason Kidd back when he was playing? Not sure. But Fake Jason Kidd is good. Also, Luka being fake Greggo is pretty funny.

      Agreed on fake JJ. I feel like Gordo would even get tired of doing it so much. I do kind of get why they keep doing it. It has to be one of the most succesful bits of the ticket ever. I was at a bar in another state and a guy told me he listens to the ticket only Monday mornings after a Cowboy's game to hear the fake Jerry lol.

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  41. Haven't had the ability to listen in a few days do to work commitments. Did I miss a Musers retirement announcement?

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  42. https://www.theunticket.com/fake-jason-kidd-finley-fascination-audio/

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  43. George running through his impression rolodex with Glen Gulutzan was pretty good. Gulutzan was a good sport about it.

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  44. Please end e-brake voting in 2026.

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    1. Desperation 😵‍💫

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    2. End picks with the P1. The worst time kill segment in all of radio.

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    3. Demanding

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  45. Night night cowboy fans what a wonderful night

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  46. Looks like Plainsman is asleep

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  47. The Ticket has about 9 listenable segments per day these days.

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  48. Not having the intended effect, is it. lol

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  49. I’m worried about Monty. Wish SOTA would give him a call.

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    1. Monty’s weight problem is the main reason he is not in a hosting role.

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    2. Sad, but probably true.

      As I understand it, if he lost the weight, he could get a prosthetic leg & get out of the wheelchair. How that is not sufficient motivation, I struggle to understand. I have to believe he could get SOTA for free or glb1 covered by insurance or sponsored.

      Before someone craps on me for not understanding weight struggles, I am down 92 lbs from my peak weight & now weigh less than I did 20 years ago at my wedding.

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  50. DJ's got something. I hope it develops and grows. He's a good listen. Keep it up!

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  51. We are seeing why Cat will never make Justin a full time host

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