The bad thing about Virginia’s 3-2 win over UC Irvine in Monday’s Super Regional game is that we won’t get to see these unis in the College World Series. Yep, that reads ‘Eaters’, as in UC Irvine Anteaters, one of the great nicknames in sports. The nickname is even more fun, evidently, when perceived at a seventh-grade level; and that’s the approach KNBR-680 San Francisco radio host Ray Woodson took on Monday night when reporting the score. I was in the car at about 9:45 p.m. PT when I heard Woodson say this:
“The fronts of their jerseys say ‘Eaters.’ For some reason Irvine has a larger-than-normal number of female fans; I don’t know what that’s all about.” (Awkward pause). “Come on, it’s late at night, we can joke.”
Well, it wasn’t that late … many kids are still up before 10. And even so, an oral sex reference on a station as big and respected as KNBR? It’s not that I’m shocked or anything, but that joke is so cheap and easy that Jay Mohr may consider stealing it. When I’m out feverishly looking for a sushi place that’s open after 9:30 I expect better than Andrew Dice Clay-level yuks.
The ironic thing here is that Woodson, who’s been a fill-in man at KNBR for several years, was the one who initially sat in for Larry Krueger when the latter was suspended for his “brain-dead Caribbean hitters” remark about the Giants in 2005. Krueger was later fired.
Or maybe I’m making something out of nothing? I tend to get cranky when dinner is late.
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- cleanslaton - Jun 14, 2011 at 12:32 PM
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Kids don’t stay up listening to sports radio, dude. I think they’re up watching T.V. that makes money off of such sexual insinuations, i.e. the most popular sitcom in America–Two and a Half Men re-runs starring noted role model Charlie Sheen. If this comment gets negative attention, it’s because it gets spun later in a negative light on sites like this. It’s not that clever of a joke, I agree, but UC-Irvine put ‘Eaters’ on their jerseys, and I’m sure Woodson was only repeating a joke he had heard regarding what a terrible decision it was to shorten ‘Anteaters’ to ‘Eaters’. Don’t start getting uptight on us, Rick; instead, challenge dudes like Woodson to tell a better joke [which is why he's probably the night show guy.] Have you ever heard Tony Bruno’s show? They get drunk on it for God’s sake.
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- stinkfingers - Jun 14, 2011 at 4:42 PM
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You know some bra-burnin, feminist hippie is going to try to make a big deal out of this. And it will likely cost this guy his job.
People need to lighten up, and laugh a little.
