The downside of sports radio a week after the Super Bowl is the shortage of obvious topics to discuss each day. The upside of sports radio a week after the Super Bowl is that you can usually talk about whatever you want, especially when the station has your name on it.
To celebrate President’s Day, Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo welcomed former Governor of New Jersey and Republican presidential nominee Chris Christie to his show. Christie has been a frequent sports radio guest and a repeat contributor to Russo’s Mad Dog Unleashed. But on the federal holiday, sports was secondary to their primary topic of ranking presidents.
As Funhouse noted in the above tweet, the conversation between Russo and Christie very much felt like a discussion you would hear on Mike and the Mad Dog. Similar to the way the former WFAN duo would discuss movies before the Oscars.
Francesa: “FDR deserves more credit after the mess Hoover left.”
Dog: “Are you nuts, he’s a compiler!”
Francesa: “When JFK is JFK, he’s Babe Ruth.”
Dog: “He’s not a patch on the fanny of Lincoln!”
Francesa: “William Henry Harrison is Thurman Munson. Both great, both didn’t last long enough. He died of pneumonia 32 days after his inauguration speech, it was freezing out there and he wasn’t wearing a jacket.”
Dog: “True story?”
No, those were not actual quotes from an old Mike and the Mad Dog. But in the real presidential conversation between Russo and Christie, the former governor ultimately goes with George Washington one, and Abraham Lincoln two. His friend Donald Trump was not mentioned in the conversation. Christie was an informal adviser to the White House, but on multiple occasions, he was publicly critical of Trump near the end of his presidency.
Brandon Contes is a former reporter for BSM, now working for Awful Announcing. You can find him on Twitter @BrandonContes or reach him by email at Brandon.Contes@gmail.com.
