The Progrum is now keeping track of the most Preposterous statements uttered in 2012...here's the current tally:
1) Mark Rosen: to Common, "I would wager that you had more days off last year than I did"
2) Jim Petersen: after a Wayne Ellington dunk, "If you squint you might be able to see Michael Jordan"
3) Mike Max: "Most people say that we are the state of hockey, but when it is going good, basketball is the most popular sport in the state of Minnesota"
4) Newt Gingrich: "By the end of my second term, we will have a permanent base on the moon, and it will be American"
5) Sid Hartman: "TwinsFest will include stars Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau; major offseason acquisitions such as Josh Willingham, Ryan Doumit, Jamey Carroll, Joel Zumaya and Jason Marquis"
6) Meatsauce: On Twitter Meatsauce stated that the Wolves win over the Clippers was the biggest win in Wolves' history. He also said the same thing on his Saturday show and took it a step further saying it could be one of the biggest wins in MN sports history. He went on to say that its the kind of win that builds momentum and changes everything. (NOTE: Wolves lost to Utah the next night)
7) Jim Petersen: "Lebron James is not getting paid what he's worth on the basketball court"
8) Dave Sinykin: "Packers fans don't look in the past"
9) Kevin Gorg: during Gophers/UND broadcast, "you sometimes it can be good for your team to go on the penalty kill"
10) Bob Sansevere: on Everson Griffen, "It's doubtful they would give it a try, but Griffen is fast and agile enough to play safety."
The Progrum is now keeping track of the most Preposterous statements uttered in 2011...here's the current tally:
1) Steve Young: (Referring to Drew Brees) "Toughest job in football, maybe the toughest job in the country"
2) Jim Petersen: with 2:22 left in the 3rd quarter vs. San Antonio Spurs, "If people only knew how hard it is to win an NBA game, they'd be blown away"
3) Bert Blyleven: on the speech he'll make when he's inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, "A Hall of Fame speech is not talking about yourself; it's talking about the people who helped you get where you're at right now"
4) Miami Hurricanes Head Coach Al Golden: on hiring Jedd Fisch as offensive coordinator, "Jedd has learned from the best coaches in the game, both professionally and on the college level" NOTE: in 2009, Fisch's Gophers finished 109th of 120 NCAA Football Subdivision teams in total offense.
5) PA: "Aaron Rodgers is the 9th best QB in the NFL"
6) Jim Souhan: said that Mike McCarthy is a better coach than Vince Lombardi
7) Kevin Gorg: "The Minnesota Wild have plenty of top-end talent"
8) John Clayton: "But there is a subtle difference that could give Roethlisberger a slight advantage. Super Bowl balls usually have a little more paint on them and are a little harder to handle. For Roethlisberger, it shouldn't be a problem. This will be his third game using Super Bowl Balls. This is Rodgers' first experience"
9) Brian Duensing: "It's ok because we have the best 2 closers in the game for the late innings"
10) Sid Hartman: stated the Twins should have passed on Tsuyoshi Nishioka and instead gotten a relief pitcher and kept Nick Punto
11) Bill Smith: said the Minnesota Twins have enough talent to beat the Yankees
12) PA: "The Gophers are the Yankees of the WCHA"
13) Danny Valencia: tweeted "How sick would it b for us 2 win a world series, the Vikings 2 win a superbowl and the wolves 2 win an NBA championship all in the same yr!?"
14) Dark Star: “Gophers would have been better than Ohio State (#1 team in the country) with the three guys out injured playing”
15) Denard Span: called Alexi Casilla a "human highlight reel"
16) Paul Charchian: said of Greg Jennings in the Super Bowl "He wasn't a
factor". This after catching 4 passes for 64 yds, 2 touchdowns, and
the most crucial 3rd down in the game.
17) Superstar Mike Morris: after confirming with Sludge that the Clippers have a record of 20-35, the very next sentence he said was, "The Clippers are a very good team"
18) Joel Maturi: commenting on the new hire of Hugh McCutcheon as Minnesota's Women's Volleyball Coach, "We just hired the Mike Krzyzewski of volleyball"
19) Lavelle E. Neal III: while watching baseball in Fort Lauderdale in mid-February and wearing shorts, "getting ready for the meatgrinder of preseason baseball down here"
20) Joe Nelson: in reference to the reality show 'Basketball Wives': "Great show!"
21) Joe Lunardi: For Ohio State to lose by four in Wisconsin where the Celtics and Lakers might also lose, Ohio State should not lose the #1 slot".
22) Glen Perkins: after having an off year last season while spending most of the time at class AAA Rochester, blamed the minor league park for most of his problems: "I just couldn't get going in that park"
23) Jimmy Fallon: referred to Joe Mauer, the All-Star from St. Paul, as the 'Anti-Lebron James' because he could've signed elsewhere for 'millions of dollars more' by opting for free agency rather than remaining in Minnesota.
24) Ricky Craven (ESPN NASCAR Analyst): speaking on the mental exhaustion of the Daytona 500, "At the end of the day, you can hardly spell your name"
25) Mark Teixeira: before Spring Training, "We're underdogs this year. I love it. No one is picking us right now"
26) Kevin Gorg: referring to High School Hockey Sectional Playoffs, "Braemar Ice Garden this time of year is like Mecca"
27) Rashad McCants: playing in the D-League, after initially saying he was better than 70% of the NBA, "I was being modest saying 70 percent. My honest opinion is 95 percent. I don't even think there are top-tier All-Stars who are better than me, and they know who they are"
28) Ray Edwards: said of his potential boxing career, "I can be the greatest that ever did it"
29) Kevin Gorg: Compared the rivalry of St. Thomas and Gustavus Adolphus Women's hockey teams to the Michigan/Ohio St. Football rivalry
30) David Kahn: "I'd hope we're developing a reputation as a franchise where players who have pigeonholed can sprout here"
31) Ndamukong Suh: "I don't see there's a reason why we can't be 16-0"
32) Dark Star: referencing a healthy Justin Morneau, "they can beat the Yankees with him in the lineup"
33) Sid Hartman: referring to Adam Weber, "Had he gone to Wisconsin instead of Minnesota he might have been an All-America on a winning team"
34) Ray Edwards' Promoter Jeff Warner: "Ray will be the first to come from pro football as a starter and destroy the heavyweight division. Ray is a phenom. He's a modern-day Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson combined. He's the greatest conditioned heavyweight ever and he'll knock out any fighter in the world. No one looks like Ray, no one moves like Ray and no one works like Ray."
35) Chris Webber: "I love the parity in the NBA"
36) Pat Micheletti: "It was a disadvantage for the Gophers men's hockey team to play Alaska Anchorage at Mariucci due to the size of the rink"
37) Jim Rich: "The Twins got their revenge for last postseason by beating the Yankees in Spring Training today by a score of 9-2"
38) Joe Nelson: after Kevin Love's Double-Double streak ended, "Kevin Love didn't get his double-double because he was on the West Coast and there was the Daylight savings hour loss that messed him up"
39) Adrian Peterson: referring to how NFL Owners treat the players, "It's modern-day slavery, you know?"
40) Randy Moss: "I want to get into coaching"
41) Rashard Mendenhall: defending Adrian Peterson's 'modern-day slavery' comment, "Anyone with knowledge of the slave trade and the NFL could say that these two parallel each other"
42) Joe Nelson: tweeted "Jerry Kill has awesome energy. It would be hard not to be fired up for this spring practice"
43) Dick Bremer: stated that fans should cheer for Butler in the NCAA Basketball Championship Game because their Head Coach, Brad Stevens, looks like Joe Mauer.
44) Peter Wold (Wally the Beerman's Attorney): after Wally was acquitted, "It's a promising sign for baseball in Minnesota"
45) Twins' President Dave St. Peter: "Opening Day's gonna be huge; I think that's really developed into a state-wide holiday"
46) Tom Hanneman: while discussing the Lynx selection of Maya Moore in the WNBA draft, "There is a buzz in the Twin Cities about the Lynx"
47) Jim Petersen: "Maya Moore is like getting Lebron James"
48) Dave Sinykin: tweeted "Packers to play Indy on CBS--week 3 of preseason just like '10. The dominance in last year's preseason matchup set the tone for team"
49) Sid Hartman: called David Kahn "the brilliant basketball mind"
50) Shooter: "Speaking of Rochester, shortstop Trevor Plouffe's slugging percentage through six games is .826. Babe Ruth's slugging percentage was .690"
51) Chris Hawkey: said there was an 'Electric Atmosphere' at the Gophers' Spring Game
52) Ray Edwards' Trainer Jeff Warner: "He's faster than Muhammad Ali, he hits harder than Tyson on the inside and plus he's like a Mayweather, he's a combination of those 3 fighters."
53) Gary Faulkner: Greeley's famed Osama Bin Laden hunter, "I was in those mountains when I was arrested. I think maybe I flushed him down out of the mountains and into the foothills"
54) Sid Hartman: "The smartest thing Timberwolves boss David Kahn could do if he fires coach Kurt Rambis, which he shouldn't do, would be to hire McHale."
55) Kevin Gorg: "Horses are athletes and so are the men and woman that risk their lives to hop aboard and ride those horses, I know the jockeys at Canterbury Park and you want to talk about strong, we just had a gymnast in here, they are equally strong, these people are unbelievable".
56) PA: said to Bert Blyleven about being in the Hall of Fame: "I know you like to be humble about this kind of thing"
57) Joe Friedberg: told PA that the ninth circuit court of appeals is risking people's lives, because they are not allowing NFL players to exercise or work out
58) PA: when talking about the Twins getting all of their players healthy, stated "this lineup will be like the 1927 Yankees"
59) Colin Cowherd: he said in sports, winning a ring, the only equivalent in society is a purple heart. His example was "Lakers and Heat are both having some tough times in the NBA this season, but the Lakers flash the rings and say we can turn it on, Lebron we don't know if he can. It is like your buddy Bob is having a tough time getting through some things, he can say I saved lives in Nam, got a purple heart, I'm an ok guy"
60) Jay Bilas: on Tubby Smith, "He's gotten the program back to where it's a destination school again. He's recruited well."
61) Ricky Craven (ESPN NASCAR Analyst): speaking on the mental exhaustion of the Daytona 500, said "At the end of the day, you can hardly spell your name"
62) Tim Kurkijan: "Out of the major sports, baseball is the hardest to play"
63) Joe Schmidt: stated that Justin Morneau returning to a spring training game must have felt like game 7 of the World Series
64) David Feherty: "When you talk about great athletes of our time, Fred Couples has to be included."
65) Tim Laudner: "There's not a single player on this Twins team that cares about a payday"
66) Dick Bremer: Down 11-3 against Toronto on May 15 and about to be swept for the home stand. Two outs and bases loaded, bottom of nine, Kubel up. Bremer: "We may be realizing the greatest two out rally in the history of Twins baseball." NOTE: (Kubel strikes out)
67) Chris Hawkey: said that Justin Bieber is a 'Modern Day Mozart'
68) Tenna-B: "Saved by the Bell is great theater"
69) Chad Ford (ESPN NBA Analyst): "The Wolves have the best group of international scouts in the NBA"
70) Dick Bremer: "If Ron Gardenhire manages this team to a .500 record, not only should he win Manager of the Year again, but they should retire the award in his name"
71) Kare 11's Dave Schwartz: compared the fanfare of the arrival of Ricky Rubio to the U.S. with the arrival of the Beatles in the U.S.
72) Josh Hamilton: blamed his blue eyes for struggles during day games,"I ask guys all the time: Guys with blue eyes, brown eyes, whatever and guys with blue eyes have a tough time [during the day], It's just hard for me to see [at the plate] in the daytime.Try to go up [to the plate] squinting and see a white ball while the sun is shining right off the plate, you know, and beaming right up in your face."
73) Kevin Gorg: after naming Andrew Brunette his #2 athlete in Minnesota history, "His goal to beat Colorado in Game 7 changed our lives forever"
74) Lavelle E. Neal III: Called a goal by England in the England vs. Japan Women's soccer match 'Breaking news'
75) Bert Blyleven: called Matt Tolbert 'a great situational hitter'
76) Dark Star: on the Twins slow start, "I know they're not going to make excuses because that's not how they roll"
77) Joe Nelson: "I think the new stadium will turn Arden Hills into a miniature Minneapolis or St. Paul"
78) Mike Florio (profootballtalk.com): "Gruden, a talented and capable broadcaster, could be a cross-polination of Madden and Cosell"
79) Kevin Gorg: "Jared Allen's mullet intimidates the opposing player, especially if they are a rookie, because they may think you're crazy"
80) Kevin Gorg: said an on-court battle between Lynx forward Rebekkah Brunson and Kevin Love 'would be a good battle'
81) Kevin Gorg: said people should play hooky to watch the Lynx at noon
82) Dan Barreiro: stated that the Women's Soccer victory over Brazil was a greater miracle than the 'Miracle on Ice' and more impressive
83) Joe Nelson: to PA, referring to the outcome of sporting events, "I'd like to be as accurate as you someday"
84) Soccer Coach Dan Borislow: "If we had 50 Abbys (Wambach), guys would be watching women's soccer instead of football on Sundays"
85) Tim Yotter (vikingsupdate.com): on PA's show, said Jaymar Johnson is 'having a strong camp'. NOTE: Said on Day 2 of camp!
86) Kevin Gorg: stated that Michael Jenkins is a huge addition. To support that position, he went with Jenkins underperformed in Atlanta because Atlanta had TOO many good offensive skill players and Jenkins was under-used
87) Kevin Gorg: "The Vikings are easily a 10-6 team on paper"
88) Kevin Gorg: "Phil Loadholt is a young developing stud"
89) PA: "because of the lockout there will be a lot of close games decided by a few points so signing a kicker is free agency concern number 1 and we got Ryan Longwell"
90) Mitch Williams: on Adam Dunn's transition to DH, "People think that you can just take a guy playing in the field every day and put him in at DH, but it's not that easy. It takes time to adjust to the position"
91) PA: "Randall McDaniel didn't have the overall talent of Bryant McKinnie"
92) PA: "The Twins will play meaningful games in September"
93) PA: compared Kevin Kolb to Tom Brady
94) PA: compared Vikings acquisition of Charlie Johnson to the acquisition of Jared Allen. Also, regarding the Charlie Johnson signing, PA said Vikings "Struck while the iron was hot"
95) Paul Charchian: "Massive Attack is one of the best bands in the history of mankind"
96) Mike Wobschall (Vikings.com): "Adrian Peterson's first practice was the greatest practice I have ever seen anyone have"
97) PA: after seeing a bad pass by Joe Webb, PA said "It must have been caught in the wind"
98) Pete Bercich: said when he was working as an assistant coach for the Vikings, he made $60,000, but per hour that he worked it would be less than minimum wage.
99) Dan Gladden: "With Butera at 3 and 0, he took a peek down at Steve Liddle to see if he might have the green light"
100) PA: stated that if the Beatles were to come back today, they would be regulated to the second act at First Ave.
101) PA: asked about WR situation, "I'm okay with it, I don't think we need another receiver"
102) Joe Nelson: referring to James Blunt's song 'Goodbye My Lover', "It's the most powerful song I'ver ever heard in my life. I'm not kidding"
103) Denard Span: reacting to Delmon Young trade, "when he's playing at his best, he is as good as Miguel Cabrera"
104) Ch. 5's John Hanson: Kerri Strug's gold medal win in '96 Olympics was a 'where were you moment'
105) Pete Bercich: "that's what made Mike Tice such a genius with the run game"
106) Meatsauce: "Tiger Woods would not have won a major without Steve Williams as his caddie"
107) Bo Jackson: “When you speak of Cam Newton, I’ll put it to you just like this: He has the arm strength and power of Dan Marino and John Elway combined, **He is
quicker than Michael Vick, faster than Michael Vick. And he will run over
you with the power of a Jerome Bettis, Bo Jackson, Earl Campbell. That’s the
kind of guy he is.”
108) Justin Gaard: compared Marquies Gray to Cam Newton
109) Joe Nelson: said 'remember when the Gophers were unstoppable under Glen Mason?"
110) Jim Souhan: "The Vikings' offense really reminds me of Joe Gibbs' Super Bowl winning offenses when he was in Washington"
111) Joe Mauer: "People in here know how tough I am. I come to the park ready to play.
112) PA: said 'Lose Yourself' by Eminem is one of the best written songs in the history of music
113) PA: compared Jerry Kill to Bill Belichick
114) PA: the day after Thome hit his 600th homerun, "It changed my life"
115) PA: "I'm not a homer, I'm a cheerleader"
116) Dan Barreiro: "I'm the least haughty person in this building"
117) Zach Johnson (gopherillustrated.com): compared current Gopher and former Woodbury RB Lamonte Edwards to Adrian Peterson
118) Adrian Gonzalez (Red Sox slugger): "We play too many night games on getaway days and get into places at 4 in the morning. This has been my toughest season physcially because of that. We play a lot of night games on Sunday for television and those things take a lot out of you"
119) Dan Gladden: during the final game of the 99 loss season, "Ron Gardenhire deserves to be manager of the year"
120) Paul Allen: "If you watched the first half of Vikings games, you would be begging for a neutral site game with New England"
121) Paul Allen: when talking about why he doesn't tweet or get on twitter, "I don't want to bring the attention to me"
122) Seattle Seahawks: elected Tarvaris Jackson as their captain and dubbed him 'Captain Composure'
123) Paul Allen: asked Erin Henderson "Are you sad that you don't have money?"
124) Paul Allen: the Monday after the Vikings first loss of the season "The Vikings have a very good shot at going 4-1 to start the season"
125) Ron Jaworski: discussing Donovan McNabb being cut "I went through every pass he threw while he was a Minnesota Vikings, I thought he played very well. I think he was dumped far too early by the Vikings"
126) Percy Harvin: "You don't win games on talent alone. If you won games on talent alone, the Vikings wold be 12-0 right now"
127) Greg Coleman: "Joe Webb's biggest problem is that he's too good at too many things"
128) Sid Hartman: "Harvin may have had his best day as a pro, catching eight passes for 156 yards and two touchdowns. One of the touchdown receptions was 52 yards, the other 48, as Harvin proved he is the best wide receiver in the NFL."
129) LA Reid: on the X-factor, a garbage collector was singing for LA Reid and Rihanna. When the garbage collector was singing, LA Reid said "That guy is all about the music, he does not care about the $5 million grand prize, he is just doing this for the music"
130) Wizards Guard Jordan Crawford: "I don't tell nobody, but I feel like I can be better than Michael Jordan. When I'm done playing, I don't want people to say Michael Jordan is the best player. I want that to be me. That's how I am, that's how I was built"
131) Sid Hartman: "Maybe I am going on a limb, but give Ponder a couple of years, and with his scrambling and throwing ability, he will be another Fran Tarkenton"
132) Delmon Young: said when he was playing with Trevor Plouffe at AAA Rochester during his rehab stint, "It was a Babe Ruth like performance"
133) Former Redskins QB Mark Rypien: "Yeah, they're out there in their bra and panties and they're playing football. But once that first snap happens and they start smacking each other around, you lose sight of all that and you're looking at the technical aspects of the game"
134) Diana Taurasi: "That was tough. I went through the stages of grief: Why me? Everyone drives drunk! But after I put it in perspective, I realized that was probably the best thing that ever happend to me. I changed a lot after that. I dont' drink and drive, that's the biggest thing"
135) Paul Charchian: When discussing the Packers, he said he doesn't know how the Packers can win a championship with their current runnin game
136) Tom Powers: "Staubitz vs. Hordichuk was the most anticipated bout since the Thrilla in Manilla"
137) Paul Allen & Mike Wobschall: "Without a doubt, Christian Ponder is the answer at quarterback. You don't need to worry about that position anymore. If you get the #1 overall pick, you trade Andrew Luck and keep Ponder"
138) Terry Bradshaw: "It's tough to win on the road, especially in Minneapolis"
139) Joe Nelson: on Christian Ponder, "He will never be John Elway, but he could be just as good, if not better than Elway"
140) Mike Wobschall: "It's not out of the realm of possibility that the Vikings will be competing with Green Bay and Detroit next season for the division"
141) Tim Brewster: "I'm a coach by nature, that's who I am, and I'm a darn good one"
142) Joe Nelson: "The Vikings are still a very good football team, even after the anamoly that was the Chicago Bears"
143) Vikings VP: approached PA after a game and told him to 'Be more positive'
The Glorious Past of Preposterous Statements:
Preposterous Statements list from 2010
Preposterous Statements list from 2009
Preposterous Statements list from 2008
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