Syracuse Needs A New TV Deal

by Sean Keeley on Jun 21, 2010 10:01 AM EDT

When our alumni appear on television, it's meant to showcase the kind of talent that the university attracts, molds and releases into the wild in order to make the world a better place.

With that in mind, I think it's worth noting that the most recent high-profile SU alums to grace our TV sets are setting us back eons. We must remedy this post haste.

First, there's the Syracuse guy on TMZ who thinks its a fantastic idea to who seems to think it's a good idea to align the University's good name with Harvey Levin's face.

Then there's The Weatherman, a.k.a. Jonathan Novak, who was recently sent home from The Bachelorette. He was whiny, he complained, he wussed out and he left the show with a whimper. Far outclassed by much manlier men (and one really weird dude with a penchant for protecting and guarding hearts), he did SU men no favors by representing them.

Finally there's Max Meisel, the former Syracuse WR, now intern for Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel. His job is to...I don't know...do whatever it is he's supposed to be pretending to do, all the while styling his hair and saying "bro" a lot.

I played football at Syracuse University, I eat like a pig, and I hang with the bros.

Fist pounds are a staple in the bro community, and this is something Bethenny will have to get used to.

That's it. Cease fire, Cuse alums on TV. We raise the white flag. And in doing so, we hope to raise an orange flag. An orange flag of justice and wonder and MANLY MANNESS OF THE FIRST MAN-NATUDE. No more Cuse alums on dating shows. From now on, Cuse alums can only appear on shows like Ice Road Truckers and The First 48 (preferably as the hard-nosed but good-natured detective and not as a murderer).

And for God's sake, no one is allowed on MTV or VH1. Let's nip that in the bud before it even happens. That's for South Florida alums. Assuming USF actually hands out degrees. Not 100% sure on that.

And as for why I have such strong knowledge of the goings-ons of TMZ, The Bachelorette and Real Housewives Of New York....I have no recollection of that, Senator.

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Outstanding post

I work for NBC Universal (which owns Bravo), so unfortunately I am far too familiar with the antics of Miss Frankel, and as for ‘Cuse involvement in such banal programming I say GOOD DAY SIR. I SAY GOOD DAY. It’s time to stop.

Back in my day, when football was good, our prominent alums were people like shuttle commander Eileen Collins and actress Vanessa Williams. Oh sure, Vanessa didn’t really GRADUATE at Syracuse, but she was MISS AMERICA DAMN IT! (now granted, she did get stripped of her crown in a scandalous photo shoot incident – ironically the same kind of exposure that the losers of Jersey Shore would LOVE to be associated with). Point being, this kind of tomfoolery is beneath the good name of Syracuse!

Let our alums be mop headed weirdos like Ted Koppel, or Benjamin Button-esque Bob Costas man-children. And TMZ guy, PLEASE 86 the Syracuse gear. You’re embarrassing us and you’re making Otto want to slit his wrists. Maybe you can live with his orange blood on your hands – but I sure couldn’t. As for Max Miesel, he’s not the disease but he sure is a symptom. Do you think that if our football team had been any good under Greg Robinson that we would have such nonsense as players running hookah bars or alums appearing as glorified gophers on trashy TV shows? HELL NO!

Doug Marrone is training MEN. Not only do I expect to see ‘Cuse alums start popping on Ice Road Truckers (I mean, driving in Syracuse is good prep for that career anyway), but shows like Axe Men, Build it Bigger (Marrone’s thighs), etc. And the next time a ‘Cuse alum shows up on the Bachelorette, they will have to cancel it after the first show because we are not going to mess around this time. This time, we will send #SHAMARKO, and the girl will clearly be swept off her feet and he will literally pound the competition into dust before the show even begins. Failing that, we’ll send RGLCL, just to make sure.

"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998

by kotite4ever on Jun 21, 2010 10:19 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

amen.

by orngfan on Jun 21, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions

What if we sent both Shamarko and RGLCL? And Mike Ditka?

Go, fight, and win.

by Alex O on Jun 21, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

i have no recollection of that senator....

May we apply this phrase to the Greg Robinson Era?

by blairski10 on Jun 21, 2010 10:25 AM EDT reply actions

The Greg who era?

"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998

by kotite4ever on Jun 21, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions

A what?

Is that the latest Swiffer Sweeper?

by cuseindahuse on Jun 21, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions

I rented "When in Rome" last night

because I heard that Josh Duhamel’s character played a former QB for Syracuse. So I spent 5 bucks to see a glimpse of a #13 SU jersey in his apartment and a half second clip of a guy in a SU jersey getting blasted by some USC player in the Collosseum then getting struck by lightning. We’ve fallen so far since Big Daddy.

by Rocket Ship Science on Jun 21, 2010 11:21 AM EDT reply actions

and in 17 again, Syracuse Basketball was scouting Zac Efron.

by ryanwk628 on Jun 21, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions

NOOOOO

Is the writer a Cuse grad?

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by Sean Keeley on Jun 21, 2010 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Wikipedia tells me nothing....

Useless.

by Rocket Ship Science on Jun 21, 2010 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions

David Weissman

was one of the writers and he “dropped out of Syracuse U’s School of Fine Arts in the early 1960s to design film-posters in Rome”

So there you go.

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by Sean Keeley on Jun 21, 2010 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Mind Virus is Spreading

Now I have ‘Bro’ stuck in my vernacular. Bro Bro Bro

Bro

by cuseindahuse on Jun 21, 2010 11:30 AM EDT reply actions

McNabb

Here in the DC area, McNabb is a popular face in the press, though less so since Strasburg showed up. McNabb is the best poster boy for Syracuse right now… certainly not Marvin Harrison…

Orange you glad it's not football season?

by SUMB44 on Jun 21, 2010 11:34 AM EDT reply actions

…or joe biden.

by ryanwk628 on Jun 21, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions

meh

Orange you glad it's not football season?

by SUMB44 on Jun 21, 2010 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Peter Weller

He got his Masters at Cuse in 2004. and hosted a show on the History Channel called ‘Engineering an Empire’. It hasn’t been on in a while, but they still show the re-runs.

He was Robo-cop, that makes him Bad-ass.

by Otis Hill on Jun 21, 2010 12:12 PM EDT reply actions

The story begins and ends with "he was Robo-cop"

though, it should also be noted he had the good sense to get out before Robo-cop 3.

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by Sean Keeley on Jun 21, 2010 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions

He also guest lectures at the university some semesters. How awesome would that be to walk into your history class to find Peter Weller as your professor?

by Otis Hill on Jun 21, 2010 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions