Bradcast: Episodes 1-7

I began recording a podcast and, in order to speed up getting these episodes online, I've jumped back to the old blogspot page as a place to put the audio in order to give you the opportunity to download the files rather than just stream them. The podcast will soon be available on iTunes and through riterradio.com but for now, here it is. There are a few audio problems here and there but nothing that seems too distracting/disruptive. I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed recording them.

Bradcast, Episode 1: with guests Dan Cave and Jeremy Noeson.

Bradcast, Episode 2: with guests Dan Cave, Jeremy Noeson, and Scott Leffler.

Bradcast, Episode 3: with guests Dan Cave, Jeremy Noeson, Scott Leffler, Corey Griswold, and Scott Wilson.

Bradcast, Episode 4: with guests Dan Cave, Jeremy Noeson, Scott Leffler, Corey Griswold, and Scott Wilson.

Bradcast, Episode 5: with guests Dan Cave, Corey Griswold, Scott Wilson, Chris Smith, and Ray Walter.

Bradcast, Episode 6: with guests Dan Cave, Corey Griswold, Chris Smith, Ray Walter, Chris Ryndak, and Ryan Nagelhout.

Bradcast, Episode 7: with guests Dan Cave, Corey Griswold, Chris Smith, Ray Walter, Chris Ryndak, and Ryan Nagelhout.

Monday's Show

Everyone's talking about the e-mails Carl Paladino has been forwarding. Brad Riter, Tom Schuh and Scott Wilson discuss the controversy on Monday's edition of Riter Radio. Marc Odien, managing editor of WNYMedia.net, calls in to analyze the impact of the story during the fifth segment.

Brad also talks to Darren Eliot of Versus about the NHL playoffs, which start on Wednesday.

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And don't forget about the Paul William Beltz NFL Draft Show featuring Brad, Scott, Bob Gaughan and more next Thursday night during the first round.

From the archives

I've recently come across quite a bit of old material from radio shows I've done dating back to my college days at WGSU in the mid-'90's. From time to time, I'll post an MP3 or two.

This is a pleasant little segment I did a few years back on WGR, focusing on the horrifically written liners that PD Andy Roth wrote (and continues to write) for the station.

The writing is a constant embarrassment to the station, its hosts, and its listeners but, for some reason, nobody but me (and in this segment, Corey Griswold) has ever been willing to call him on it.

(Seriously, Alan Pergament, you haven't noticed? Wake up.)

Enjoy.

Idol Fantasy Update

We're down to 12 contestants. Tonight, Brad lost 2, while Scott and Tom each lost 1.

Idol Fantasy Update

Riter Bills 1990, Part Two

9. Phoenix Cardinals at Bills. Games against Los Angeles AND Phoenix that year... fun! This seems unfair as the Bills' QB is Jim Kelly and the Cardinals' QB is Timm Rosenbach. I think I saw Joe Bugel as the head coach. How does Rolle keep getting open for TDs? Tasker TD. Man, Thurman Thomas was amazing. Billboards between the uprights... Marlboro and Miller Lite. John Hagy INT. Beebe TD. Crazy weather kills Rich Camarillo... 12 yard punt. Win 45-15, 8-1.

10. Pats at Bills. Marc Wilson, I think, at QB for NE. Good luck! 80 yd TD by TT is the only real highlight. 9-1.

11. MNF- Bills at Oilers. Metzelaars TD. McKellar TD. The Astrodome looks like a dump. WIN!

12. Eagles at Bills. Andre is fast. This is the 28-0 game. I hope the guy put the 95 yard TD on this DVD. He didn't.

13. Bills at Colts. First off, nice stadium, losers. Andre is awesome.

More to come.

Brad Riter watches the 1990 Bills in 2010

Just acquired it today... not an official NFL release. It's a bootleg DVD thing. I bought it primarily because I remember that as the most entertaining season the team has had in my lifetime yet I'm SUPER hazy on the details. So, I'm about to relive it.

I've been watching for about 2 minutes and already felt the need to talk about it to someone, so you're going to get a running diary regarding a football season from 20 years ago. Some thoughts will be brief and may not seem to make a ton of sense. That's OK.

1. Win over Colts. Jeff George was concussed... of course. (1-0)

2. 30-7 loss to Miami. Really? In the best season I can remember, the Bills started 1-1 and got blown out by a division rival in week 2? And the touchdwon came late enough that the announcers referred to it as the Bills "avoiding a shutout." (1-1)

3. Hey look, it's James Hasty. McKellar was faster than I remember him. Thurman too. Butch Rolle just caught his 2nd TD of the year... 6th in 3 years. Johnny Hector sucks. Norwood is a really good kicker despite the ridiculous 1-bar "face mask." I don't remember a guy named Hunter wearing #98 for the Bills. If I had to put money on it before tonight, I'd have said that Boomer Esiason was a lefty... no idea why I thought that despite, apparently, watching him throw right-handed for his entire career. Chris Hale recovered a fumble. BTW, this in MNF and Thurman leads the league in rushing. 30-7 win over NYJ. (2-1)

4. Broncos at Bills. I'm already thinking about the end of this game and then, I think, SNF against the Raiders where Odomes rips it from Gault. 14-3 Denver at the half. Bruce SMith keeps making QBs fumble. Don Smith direct snap TD as Dierdorf is saying "a draw would work here" repeatedly. Good call, Dan. (And Jim.) Here it comes... Treadwell FG blocked by Odomes, fielded by Bennett, TD. Elway pass deflected by Dr. Suck, picked by Leonard Smith... TD. Crowd starting to sense this season might be going somewhere... absolutely nuts in there. Elway fumbles at own 5, recovered by Biscuit. Kenny Davis short TD... ballgame... 29-28. (3-1)

5. This game was on TNT... Bills versus Los Angeles Raiders. This game features what may be my all-time favorite play. I hope it's as cool as I remember it. Tasker makes Tim Brown fumble... Neither should go in the HOF. TD Andre Reed... he should. BTW, it's Keith Jackson on the PBP call. TD Lofton... second best receiver on this team and HE'S IN THE HOF. ANOTHER blocked punt... Tasker to Williams... CRAZY crowd. Bennett strips Schroeder, recovers it, and then throws it into the crowd. There's the Odomes/Gault play. What I didn't realize is that it happened with less than 3 minutes left in the game as L.A. is trying to tie the game. Just an amazing play... this DVD is the best $10 I've ever spent. I just saw the 1990 version of the Art Shell face... alert Bill Simmons. SHOUT SONG! 4-1.

6. Jets at Bills. You should ALL go back and watch Kelly to see how good he was. I really didn't remember. I knew, but I didn't KNOW. Bills trail 21-7. Great news... it's O'Brien not Esiason for the Jets, explaining the right/left issue from earlier. Video quality wasn't great and I read it wrong. Honestly, I didn't think Boomer was there yet but I was just rolling with it. Lofton looked then like Evans would look now if the Bills ever had a QB. 30-27 win... 5-1.

7. Bills at Pats. Patriots are wearing their red throwbacks and looking good despite Don Smith's TD. Kelly just threw the ball from his own 25 to NE's 23 to Lofton and it's a play that, if I still worked at WGR, I'd take calls about because it was "underthrown." People are really dumb and getting dumber. OK, back to the game. Grogan is wearing his steel turtleneck. John Stephens is a fumbler... won't last in this league. This is a blowout... the good kind. 27-10 final. 6-1.

8. Bills at Browns. Thurman TD. Repeat. Again. Kelly is 14-19 for 200 and TT has 3 TDs. 42-0. 7-1.

Bills Name Edwards Defensive Coordinator

(This is the official press release put out by the Bills.)

The Buffalo Bills today announced the hiring of George Edwards as the team’s defensive coordinator.

“We are very excited that George Edwards has joined our staff as defensive coordinator,” head coach Chan Gailey said. “He brings a wealth of experience, not only as a motivator and communicator, but he has been involved with some great schemes and we are excited about him being the head of our defense.”

George Edwards brings 19 years of coaching experience with him in his first season as the Bills’ defensive coordinator. He spent the last 12 years in the NFL ranks, including the last five as a linebackers coach for the Miami Dolphins. In 2009, the Miami defense rated second in the AFC (fourth in the NFL) in third-down conversion rate, holding opponents to a 34.8 percent success rate (69-of-198). In addition, the Dolphins paced the NFL by recording a sack every 7.4 opponent pass plays, on average (44 sacks on 325 pass plays). Following the 2009 season, Edwards was named the defensive coordinator at the University of Florida on January 8, 2010.

In 2003, Edwards was named the defensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins after serving as the assistant defensive coordinator/ linebackers coach the previous year. As Washington’s defensive coordinator, Edwards helped LB LaVar Arrington and CB Champ Bailey earn Pro Bowl honors. In 2002, Arrington produced the most productive season of his NFL career with 107 tackles and 11 sacks and earned his second-straight Pro Bowl berth. In addition that year, each of the team’s starting linebackers, which also included Jesse Armstead and Jeremiah Trotter, surpassed the 100-tackle plateau.

Edwards began his NFL coaching career as a member of Gailey’s staff with the Dallas Cowboys in 1998, where he tutored the team’s linebackers for four seasons (1998-2001). Under Edwards’ guidance, Dexter Coakley, a third-round draft choice in 1997, was selected to the Pro Bowl twice over this four-year span (1999, 2001), as he was Dallas’ second-leading tackler all four years.

Prior to his time in the pro ranks, Edwards spent seven years coaching at the college level, including stints at Georgia (1997- defensive line), Duke (1996- linebackers), Appalachian State (1992-95- linebackers) and Florida (1991- graduate assistant). Edwards coached current Bills DT Marcus Stroud at Georgia in 1997.

The Siler City, NC native was a four-year letterwinner at Duke (1986-89) where he was a two-year special teams’ captain and an All-ACC honorable mention selection at linebacker in 1989.

“I feel like this is a great opportunity for me to come in and have a chance to work with Coach Gailey again and the staff that he has been able to put together,” Edwards said. “I am excited to have the opportunity to come to Buffalo and look forward to getting started as quickly as possible. This is a team that has played good defense in the past and I am excited to continue on with that tradition.”

On his plans for the defensive alignment in 2010, Edwards said, “Defensively, we will start from a 3-4 alignment, but we will do what we feel is best for our players to do. We are not going to give anything away about exactly what we will do, but personnel will dictate what you can and what you can’t do. As far as the initial alignment, the 3-4 is what we will start off with and we will adjust from there.”

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