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Indiana's Kevin Wilson Versus Talk Radio: Choose Your Corners

by Holly Anderson • Aug 11, 2011 12:46 PM EDT

Kevin Wilson has never been a head football coach before, and was just tapped as Bill Lynch's replacement last December, so while it might be easy to hear he did a radio interview that went very, very badly and scoff that stepping up to the skipper spot in Division I ball means learning to deal with the media ... well, we listened to the interview ourselves, and are firmly in the Team Wilson camp. This is the most interested we have ever been in Indiana football, and for that, we owe Kevin Wilson our allegiance.

Wilson spoke to "Zakk and Jack" of Indiana's WDNE 1260 AM, and by their bio photo you can tell these are two gentlemen to be treated with the utmost grativas and respect (to say nothing of their rhyming names!). Wilson comes in gruff on the heels of some Hoosier-ribbing with, "Anyway, I got some things to do, what do you guys need?" and it just goes downhill from there. He doesn't get called a clownfraud, but that may be too many syllables for these bros to process. Listen to the full interview for yourselves, such as it is, right'chere, and pay particular attention to the thinly-veiled threats one indistinguishable lunkhead makes in the general direction of Kevin Wilson's job and recruiting fortunes (where, for the record, Wilson seems to be doing just fine).

Say this for "Zakk and Jack," however: Their product placement game is spot-on. "Maybe he didn't take his Five-Hour Energy to get his morning going. Five-Hour Energy, I use it at work!" We can tell, Zakk-or-Jack. We can tell.

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As an IU Alum, I loved the way Wilson handled this. Since arriving in Bloomington, he’s obviously heard all of the jokes about IU football. The culture in BTown needs to change and to not stand up for the program means more of the same for the program. The fact that he’s Holgorsen Lite is a bonus.

by CA on Aug 11, 2011 12:52 PM EDT reply actions

Our coach owns so hard.

The man is Bloomington’s Ron Swanson.

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by LoneStarHoosier on Aug 11, 2011 1:04 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

These clowns are so awful

That I have them behind Mike & Mike in my morning commute sports radio hierarchy. They’re that annoying. I don’t even have to listen to the clip (not that I CAN, stupid job!).

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by Chris Grovich on Aug 11, 2011 3:00 PM EDT reply actions

I miss Steve Czaban

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by psuphiman80 on Aug 11, 2011 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Worst I've heard in a while...

These dudes were being such asses, and they were “shocked” by his attitude? Kevin Wilson won this one

by Shoert on Aug 11, 2011 4:17 PM EDT reply actions

seriously?

classic case of radio media guys thinking theyre more important than the sports they report on… what a couple of fools

by As_Reb on Aug 11, 2011 5:34 PM EDT reply actions

These radio guys are major d!cks.

Good for Kevin Wilson.

by HawkeyeRecon on Aug 11, 2011 5:48 PM EDT reply actions

I wasn't an IU football fan before

I sure am now

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by Old South on Aug 11, 2011 6:43 PM EDT reply actions

Kevin Wilson doesn't have time for this shit.

by KarstenDD on Aug 11, 2011 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

You think they were bad in that sound byte?

try listening to them when they don’t have anyone interesting to interview. zzzzzzzzzzzz.

I still can’t figure out why they are the Fox affiliate morning drive.

by CincySooner on Aug 12, 2011 8:20 AM EDT reply actions

Surprising

That people are supporting Wilson in this one. He came off as a major dick who didn’t want to be there, when it was completely his choice to do the interview.

Such thin skin on him too. If he comes unglued when someone mentions someone as minor as “hearing the fight song” a lot 25 years ago. How will he react during all of the inevitable postgame loss questionings?

Terrible hypocrite as well, doesn’t want to bring up the past when it comes to Indiana’s poor football history, but wastes no time pulling out a meaningless fact from 11 years ago.

He basically got angry when one of the hosts dared to mention that Indiana has not had a great football history. That’s the total truth, how can he get pissed at that? All he had to say was, “Yes we’ve had some bad teams in the past, but I like the direction we’re heading in now” Plain and simple. Instead he panics and starts taking it personally.

I can’t think of many teams out there who I’d rather see go 0-12 this season. What a joke…

by apett8 on Aug 12, 2011 10:06 AM EDT reply actions

While Zakk has a

voice begging him to get slapped, Kevin Wilson was such a giant ass that there was no way this could have ended any way but ugly.

'Trivializing the "GREATEST RIVALRY OF ALL TIME" for a bunch of ghetto tats must have made them pee in their man-diapers.' Mr. Rosewater

by rahpsu92 on Aug 12, 2011 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Let's call it "off setting penalties".

There were radio guys being radio guys and a new head coach with an already chapped ass and a piss poor showing as the cool headed captain. I’m secretly hoping he goes 9-3 and they have to blow him to get him back on the air.

by renegator on Aug 13, 2011 12:23 AM EDT reply actions