Man. This one is tough to type out.
Normally I join
@FredFaour
every Thursday for his podcast. Today he never texted me the link and didn’t respond to texts or phone calls.
I just got news that Fred has passed away. I don’t have a lot of details, but obviously devastating.
So UFC 237 now has BJ Penn, Anderson Silva, Jose Aldo, Little Nog, Clay Guida and Thiago Alves booked.
This is shaping up to be the most star-studded PPV of 2010...
Trump is a useless asshole.
Pelosi is a useless asshole.
Both these things are true and can be true separate from each other.
Basically. All politicians are useless assholes.
An example of the heart of
@FredFaour
My kid had been getting good at guitar a couple years ago, and his favorite guy was Eddie Van Halen.
Fred said he wanted to give him something. Sent him this classic Charvel that he’d had 30+ years. Because he wanted him to keep playing!
Life announcement.
I’m moving back to Texas. Starting May 6 you can find me back on local radio, doing mornings on
@SASportsStar
Excited for my next chapter post-Vegas, and stoked to start building an audience in San Antonio!
It reminds me of a time when a 1-loss Florida State got into the national title game over 1-loss Notre Dame, even though Notre Dame beat Florida State head to head earlier that year.
Such a sham.
Me: "Wonder why
#Tarzan
is trending."
Bhad Baby says she acts black because she grew up in the hood, like Tarzan growing up with apes.
STOP MAKING STUPID PEOPLE FAMOUS!
We were on a terrible signal going up against the Texans station and the Rockets/Astros station.
And we dominated. We had a magical recipe
@onepunch____
@davejtepper
I know
@FredFaour
would want us to play Dust In The Wind.
Love you, buddy. Hope they pour heavy up there .
Lost my last living grandparent today. This photo was from last summer. Last time I got to see her.
She loved the Astros and she LOVED to gamble lol.
Hug your loved ones. Time runs out.
My dad and I shared a birthday. This is my first one without him. Still feels wild that I have to do life without the guy who made me who I am.
I hope Twitter doesn’t exist in heaven. But if it does, happy birthday Pops.
My younger son hit an absolute tank tonight.
Fred always asked about the boys playing ball, how they played this week. Feels weird not getting to text him photos or videos of them playing.
Today was Thursday. We were supposed to do the pod today. Feels weird.
Miss him.
Y’all thought the power of having Jay-Z, Beyoncé and the friggin Dragon Queen was gonna be enough to overcome Ted Cruz sorry ass showing up in a Rockets shirt?!
Shit was over before it started.
I’m a 43 year old man.
Aggie football has had more than 8 regular season wins 3 times since I graduated from high school.
This is literally an 8-4 job.
Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork on Aggies' football vacancy:
'This is not an 8-4 job ... You win the national championship, you'll get paid like a national championship coach' via Aggie Fan Zone radio show, should be free link:
Thanks for all the kind words, guys. I’ll miss 97.5, I’ll miss all the listeners who have been with us through the last 11 years. And I’ll miss this great city.
It’s love.
Once I met the Undertaker and introduced myself and he already knew who I was.
He told me it “pissed him off when I left Austin because he listened to me every day”.
Pretty much my coolest story from being on the radio.
This is when they had us make commercials. I had this idea to be butt naked but Fred convinced me to wear underwear. Not sure this ever aired. Probably for the best.
Thanks for digging this up
@BrandonStrange
I’m gonna try and get a little sleep. Doubt I can. But tell the people you love that you love them.
It warms my heart to see the impact Fred had on so many. Thanks for sharing your memories.
Fred and I worked together for almost 12 years. I spent more time with him than I can count. Fred was a great guy. He had his flaws, and he knew them. But he always meant well and ALWAYS went out of his way to help out his friends.
My 7 year old is in the playoffs. He went 2-3 with a double and a triple in the first game and they won.
He was 3-3 with a triple and 2 doubles in the 2nd game.
Last at bat. Points to the outfield like Babe Ruth.
Strikes out. They lose.
Stay humble, kids.
LeBron just took a bunch of random dudes he picked up at the Y to the NBA Finals.
If you think he isn’t in the GOAT convo, you’re holding on too tightly to your childhood memories.
One of the 10 year olds on my baseball team: “Guess what happened, Coach.”
Me: “What?”
Kid (Smiling ear to ear): I was listening to your show with my dad and I heard you say titties.
Me: 😳
I am planning on taking over as the new guy on twitter who talks about the Texans, but never engages in kid sex.
If you think your audience is looking for a statutory-free Texans guy, please RT this and tell them I am the new guy.
Again, guaranteed zero sex offense Texans news.
My 12 year old son is a WR on the 7th grade B team.
He is super slow but they run a lot and he can block.
He just said “DANG! I want to be like Calvin Ridley when I get older.” after that catch.
Me- “You can do anything if you put in the work, dude.”
Also me- A liar.
I’ll prolly get drug for this on here but I don’t care.
Those cops in Uvalde should all go to jail. The more I think and read about it, their inaction has to be considered criminal.
“It was dangerous.”
That’s literally the job.
Astros fan: Please stop quote tweeting LA and NY fan and media accounts defending the Astros.
Just let it die. If they want to cry about the Astros from afar, let em.
It makes you look desperate and plays isn’t what they want.
Astros have a ring. That isn’t changing. F em.
This will piss off locals, but a lot of guys on this Nats team are deserving of this. Team reminds me a lot of the 17 Stros. Played loose. Had fun. Came up in big moments.
I’ll never forget. I was sitting next to some ESPN LA guys in the press box.
I told them I was gonna head down for the finish. They said “it’s already over”. I said, “that’s what they said last year.”
Dude looked at me and said, “this ain’t Michigan, bro.”
Rest is history.
At the risk of being accused of living vicariously through my kids again, I’ll risk it and say I’m a proud dad today.
My boy threw a complete game shutout in the semifinal game and had 4 RBI.
Finished the season hitting .579 and with a 1.61 ERA.
I really enjoyed the Texas-LSU game.
Know what I don’t enjoy?
5 days later people still bitching and moaning about where bands are sitting or what the thermostat was set at.
College football fans are super weird.
Having a moment.
Thinking about how blessed I am and how much worse things are for others right now.
Just want you to know I appreciate all of you. Everyone who supports me or the station. Even people who hate me and listen anyway.
My friends and perfect strangers. It’s love.
The cool thing about going to a game in London is everyone wears their favorite team gear regardless of who is playing.
I’ve seen 31 of 32 teams being repped today.
The left out team.
Cleveland. 😂
I’ve brought great honor on to my family with this achievement.
Thanks to my wife, my hungry ass kids and Vampire Killer sauce for getting me here.
And
@Pluckers
- You the real MVP
The Texans are in the conversation for worst franchise in football. This is a DISASTER.
Are you guys still really paying for season tickets to this shit?
Framework of trade still being finalized, sources tell ESPN:
🏈Cardinals get DeAndre Hopkins and a late-round pick.
🏈Texans get David Johnson and a second-round pick.
Other picks involved, but Hopkins wanted a new deal that Arizona can provide.
This dummy Bill OBrien traded maybe the best WR in football for a RUNNING BACK that got benched by the Cardinals last year, despite being the 3rd highest paid player on the team.
Less than 1300 yards in the last 3 seasons COMBINED.
A woman at this bar just told Fred that he looked like Bradley Cooper.
Holy shit...
MAYBE if Bradley Cooper drowned in a pool and his bloated dead body was left in a dumpster for 3 days.
Hey. You want to hear
@FezzikSports
and I do a weekly podcast on betting college football and the NFL in Texas?
You have come to the right place. Hoping to be approved wherever you get pods soon, but for now here is a direct link.
Feedback welcome.
I said to my dad when Altuve came up, “They are dumb if they give him anything close to the plate with Marisnick on deck.”
Well, turns out they are dumb.
My 10 year old son’s pitching line from yesterday.
4 Innings Pitched
1 Hit
11 Strikeouts
Sounds awesome, right?
4 walks
4 Hit Batters
My kid is Rick Vaughn.
Fred would love this. I always made fun of him for giving himself a nickname. But people would call him Falcon and he would light up.
Man. This hits so hard.
I can tell my dad wasn’t a big sports bettor.
I never asked him the questions my kids ask me.
“Why are you more interested in South Florida vs Temple and Tulane vs Tulsa than Michigan vs Penn State?”
Listen kid, you want to eat this week or not?
Unpopular opinion. That was defensive holding.
Does it suck that it came in a game deciding moment? Yes.
But if it’s a penalty you have to call it whether it’s 1st play of game or last. And that was a hold.
I finally just blocked the guy who keeps posting about NY BBQ being better than Texas BBQ.
I’m not easy to troll, but that asshole just got to me. There is only so much nonsense I will stand for.
Just watched the Uvalde video. 77 minutes. Cops running from gunshots and letting 4th graders die.
Body armor. Ballistic shields. Still not enough to go in there, do their jobs and save those kids.
It’s madness that these guys aren’t going to jail. Madness.
Shame
The show has gotten big, and I love our listeners dearly.
But if you approach me while I’m eating lunch and ask me about the Texans chances to move up in the draft I will stare at you like I don’t understand English until you walk away. New rule.
If I were Deshaun I’d make them franchise me and I’d GTFOH. I legit feel bad for him. They are wasting a special player because of this boob’s incompetence.
Went to the gym on my lunch break.
Got called a “fag” by a guy who was approximately 9” and 60 pounds smaller than me.
Didn’t hit him.
So I’m basically a grown up now.
Hinch isn’t the first guy to panic and overmanage a pitcher in the playoffs. Happens all the time.
His just happened to be in game 7 with a starter who had given up 2 hits.
Forgot this story. I wanted Fred to get a prostate exam on air when he was 50. He refused unless I did it too. So I got a totally unnecessary prostate exam on the radio at 33 years old. 😂
Worth it to hear Fred squeal.
Last week someone sent a letter to my boss because I only pointed out the negatives in the Texans-Chiefs game. I am “taking the fun out of sports” for him.
Looks like this week ain’t gonna be real fun for him either.
Thankful for everyone who listens to the show, and everyone who works hard at that station to make it what it is.
Hope you all enjoy the family time today.
A few months ago I asked you guys to help my youngest raise money for the American Heart Association.
Today he got his medal for raising the most in his school.
Raised $1200 thanks to you guys. Thanks for supporting a great cause!