RateItAll: The Opinion Network

Rome is burning? try penicilin Jimbo and stay away from nasty stank

Jim Rome is an errogant shrimp who lives in California and doesn't know the first thing about Texas or any of it's educational facilities. UT may be a good school but everyone knows what you call an Aggie Graduate.......BOSS!!!!!!!

I always hear Jim Rome, and others, say you have to listen to the show for a while in order to “get it”. Not true. You have to listen for a while just to decide whether you can tolerate his style or not. It’s not rocket science, its sports takes. It’s 20 minutes of material stretched out over three hours. Though I find him articulate and at times humorous, those qualities are overshadowed by an oversized ego. Everything about him seems laughably stylized. Watch Frank Caliendo’s Rome sometime and you’ll know what I mean. Ever notice that he has never taken a call from anyone with a dissenting point of view, only from like-minded, pathetic clones who gush at his last take or interview? Ever since Jim Everett took him to task, and Romey went into his feinting possum defense position, he has been very careful to screen himself from criticism. When he says, “more of me and less of you is good for the show” he ain’t kidding. Nobody loves Jim Rome like Jime Rome loves Jim Rome.

"Chris..."

That's the first thing I think of with him...

The only guy who brought an ounce of originality to sports talk, Rome approached radio with the revolutionary belief that you actually have to prepare something to say ahead of time. Instead of resting on some great athletic accomplishments, like the most tiresome radio hosts (Rick Barry et al.), Rome made it himself, bringing a vocabulary onto the airwaves that was ridiculously funny, as well as occasionally ridiculous. His punk-rock ethos also appealed to me; his show was my introduction to Iggy Pop and Paul Westerberg, whom he interviewed on the show a couple of times -- sure it wasn't not sports-related, but it was good, so who cares? He drove a hammer into East Coast pretentiousness, and his incessant Southern cracks are actually very funny (Jeff in Richmond, anyone?). The annual Smack-Off is still the funniest three hours in radio. Rome loses points only for allowing his radio show to be gradually phased out, and (as others pointed out) for changing his mind on NASCAR. If he changes his mind on soccer, he'll lose another point. War Golden Bears, I'm out.

for who he's up against he blows away the last hour of cwheard and dan i'm the biggest liberal in the world patrick

The Rome show has become an institution. Not that Jim is all that great but there are so many bits that have worked for years plus the callers, good and bad, make the show interesting. The interviews are probably the best part of the show

I know everybody rolls their eyes at the suggestion of a "slippery slope" argument, but if it's really wrong for Imus to use the term "nappy-haired ho's" because it's racist OR defaming of women, it's just as wrong for Ludacris. It isn't the user or his background. It's the offensive term. Are you sure it's all that objectionable now? Because what's OK for a rapper/artist is certainly OK for a shock jock. Rome is apparently correct on this point. It doesn't happen often enough.

I am usually with Rome most sports issues but not on the Imus situation. I really feel this guy(Imus ) is out of touch with reality with his comments about the Ruegters Womens Basketball team, these are a group of young women going to school to further their education as wellas play basketball @ a higher and for their efforts are refered to as some nappy-headed hoes, how do Imus know what this women are like with their personal lives and how does he know the texture of their hair.

I was somewhat dissappointed in Jim Rome rant about this racism comment because he wonders why is it okay for Ludacris to call women hoes.

First and foremost Ladacris is talking about streetlife, what goes on in his life ,his hood , things that he encounters on a daily basis, on the other hand Imus is talking about people he don't even know.

Rappers also call men bitches & hoes they use analogy alot in their music.

Most rappers call it how they see it, if you sell drugs they speak on that, if you are a man and afraid they will call you a bitch, and if you are a man acting like a pussy they will call you a hoe. When they call female hoes most rappers are refering to the goldigger woman, thats out to sleep with them soley based on who they are as well as what they have monetary having said that what was Imus trying to say ?

I am a black Woman whose son is a rapper& I know what goes on in the hood because I am from the hood, I know what is meant when blacks use the N word it can be postive or negative, me ,I chose not to use it as a part of my vocabulary, I try not to speak negatively about others regardless on race,creed or color. I respect everyone as people, Imus should have learned this lessons years ago.

MCB

Thought Rome was the worst........then I heard C. Cowherd, so I grudgingly have to give Rome 2 stars...because folks, while it's bad...Cowherd proves that it can be WORSE!

What a blowhard. I only enjoyed his show once- when Jim Everett whipped his A**.

Great show. I laugh so hard sometimes that I am literally crying. I have seen many other guys try to recreate Jim's show but non have been able to do. Jim is one of a kind. A listener for 10 years.

The thing I like about him is that his show is UNIQUE. Its pretty easy to just "introduce a topic, talk about topic" show and he doesn't do that. Also, nobody even comes close to him in the industry as far as getting interviews. For the most part the athletes that he does interview don't just spit out the same old cliches. Great show.

Rome is falling! Please tell me you aren't prejudiced. You say piously that you did not see two black men coaching in the Super Bowl. You just saw two great coaches. Yet you seemed to notice that your sister in law is black! Is she not a great sister in law? You pass judgement---probably at the direction of your ESPN superiors--against others, especially the South, but just don't have the ability or moral superiority to do a decent job of it. Tell the truth, when you learned that your brother was going to marry a black woman your first reaction was, "Oh,good Lord!". Don't confuse prejudice, which we all have with racism. Stick to sports which you can speak to with some knowledge and no big whup when you are wrong and please leave to others more qualified the social commentary which you, Colin and the other anti Southern bigots at ESPN fail at miserably. Have a nice day now, ya hear?!

knowledgeable, good guests, quirky although increasingly juvenile presentation and attitude. one of the better syndicated sports shows.

Dear Jim: Of all the sports talk personalities, talk show hosts, sports related commentators, etc., that have ever been on the air, you are by far the least annoying, the most enjoyable to listen to, and whose opinions are the most reasoned and insightful. Sincerely, Dan Dierdorf, Joe Theisman, Michael Irvin, Randy Cross, Deion Sanders, Stephen A. Smith, Colin Cowherd, and Bill Walton.

I tried to like it, I really did. I just can't get past the fact he seems like a jerk. I also can't get past the whole Jim "Chris" Everett deal where he looked like a wannabe tough guy turned pansy. I keep thinking of that when listening to him try and sound all tough. On his show, it seem like there are "friends" of the show that can do no wrong and get nothing but love while anyone who hasn't bothered to be on his show is panned, regardless of what they've done in their sport. It also just seems way to "in your face" to me all the time. Not my cup of tea.

Jimmy is no slouch. O.K. he loves Baseball like it's the '60's,and he doesn't allow any criticisms because 99% of his own fans don't have any. AND he has become more juvinille over the last year. But he is hilarious-Off the subject sports takes especially. He's going to be a GREAT grizald old man one day.

Jime Rome's act is total schtick radio. He is all style and very little substance. His knowledge of sports consists of what the teleprompter or his producer tells him. Calling his fans clones is almost as lame as calling them dittoheads. I am not too much into soccer but he calls it boring,he must be even more boring because the world cup gets way better ratings than his shows......SCOREBOARD you magician bearded little gnome!!!!

I'm glad I don't get fox sports radio anymore. I can't figure out Rome and his callers. For example: Rome~Greetings...........Kobe Byrant is he the best or is Jessica Simpson the best.........tell me about that.............okay you're in the jungle...catch me on ESPN Jim Rome Is Burning.........Let's go to John is Cleveland.......John...you're in the jungle Caller~Yes I'm in the jungle thanks man, Kobe Byrant is about as equal as Nascar as Oprah is on the Dr. Phil Show. The balance of power is now ours man, it's completely ours for the taking!

Total blowhard. Ten bucks says he keeps a floor-length mirror next to the camera so he can check himself out every 5 seconds or so. I'd also bet he wakes up every morning to a custom alarm clock that uses his voice.

Been doing the same schtick for too long. It's old and worn out and wasn't that great to start with.

I took a class last year in college, Coaching Soccer. The teacher was a huge soccer buff and a local small college coach. We got into a huge argument one day during class because i said that soccer was boring(Yes i played for 7 years) and he said that its the greatest sport ever and that Americans dont like it caus we are all idiots(and yes he was American). How can anyone say that its the greatest sport when 90% of the time games end with the score of 1-0 and 10% of the time they end in ties. Id personally rather watch re-runs of three's company. How can anyone begin to compare any soccer player to michael jordan, that is just wrong. When this MJ of Soccer dunks from the foul line then come back and talk to me. Thanks Rome, Youre the man!

Hi Rome thanks for the vine bro, there are many reasons why I dislike this fool, for starters, his show was the birth of a radio show host called JT the brick(the worst radio talk show host in the business.) He talks weird and I didn't know if I should laugh or complain when I hear Jim talk about athletes off the field. He confuses he sometimes. Here is an example of Jim Rome's show: Jim: Caller, you're on the jungle. Caller: Thanks for the vine bro, I want to talk about the Lakers, can they win it all? Jim: Well let's see, the Lakers wont win because they don't watch the intuative ending of the ends of time! Caller: Huh? What the hell are you talking about? Jim: Yeah that's right, you're listening to Rome! Fox sports radio! You're in the jungle!

When I lived in CNY, I listened all the time and called requently. The Jungle was fresh and brash and I was in. Time changes everything and it has become stale. The show has been trimmed from 4 to 3 hours. The lame e-mails as the old schoolers predicted are just that--lame. The old faxers were witty and gritty. Nowadays-I'm out.

Very entertaining, articulate, says it like it is. Gotta appreciate hosts who will take listener calls and emails at the rate Jim does. Great interviews too, unlike the ESPN suits who interview the same people over and over (I swear the only people the ESPN hacks interview are Pete Carroll, Charlie Weis, and Bill Walton). Obviously well respected in the sports world, and puts on a great show day in day out.

Pimp In The Box is good. Like others have said, you either get him or you don't. Some people don't "get" things so they resent being asked to get Romey. The only reason I didn't give him 5 stars is because he's shown himself to be a hypocrite regarding NASCAR (who remembers "Neck-Car" and how stupid it was a few years back? He changed that tune quick, which came off as hypocritical and corporate. He's gotten more packaged and corporate, but if you work out of a vehicle, his show is entertaining. Moreso than Dan Patrick....

I look forward to the day that Jim runs for president and becomes a household name to everyone. War-the icon of radio sports! War- Jim Rome I'm out

Rome was good when I first caught on and after a few years the show is the same ol' BS, spitting drink on keyboard, telling stories about the crew who I could care less who is your board op, and being a Pac 10 homer and trying to act like your not. Just admit it Rome! You will soon turn into Dan Patrick if you haven't already.

His insight is hilarious, especially when he goes on and on about the same story. Some people are bored by it, but to me the topic becomes even more entertaining. To this day I laugh when the Ashlee Simpson audio from the Orange Bowl is played. You make me wanna...SCREAM!! The annual Smack-Off is another favorite of mine. Truly unique and very funny.

His show is like listening..funny 10 years ago...a bore now...a broken record...the clones are a bunch of unemployed morons....take a hike...

The original Sports Nazi! I really used to be a big fan but his schtick has gotten old. I do wish our local station carried him but they dropped him last year.

Best sports guy there is... Out!

HE is too funny. But his callers, ahh, please, no more. He should just read emails and faxes, have guests, and do his own takes.

Cocky a-hole

I get the show.....about 20% of the time. Even the positive reviewers are too long, too repetitive and too hung up on themselves.

A complete loser. Very little sports knowledge and his catch is making fun of professional athletes when he has no athletic ability whatsoever. Im out Romey.

It's great to see that some losers er clones are here to help this pathetic wimp. Epic Rome. Don't you idiots know that Rome has his producer scribe all the e-mails? Don't you idiots know that Rome scrips his entire show? Don't you know that have a take don't suck was his ploy to avoid any direct questions that would expose his total lack of sports knowledge? I'll give this to Rome - he knew there are thousands of idiots in this countrry that don't know any better. Wow, don't you feel stupid!

Don't lose the forest through the trees. He is the industry standard.

You either get Rome or you don't! And if you don't you need to lighten up

Complete idiot. I can't stand him. Every time I see him I feel like smacking him. I love to see when Jim Everett smacked him. Rome is an annoying jackass who was just asking for it, and he's lucky Everett didn't deform his face.

Rome can be hilarious, especially when he rants about athletes' shady off-the-field behavior or non-pro-sports-related stuff like out-of-control Little League dads. The show is way too long...take out all the repetition, the antics with the Clones (how sad do you have to be, to be in that group?) the dumb fake emails, and the long pauses, and you'd have a pretty decent hour-long show.

I listen all the time and I love the show. The only thing I don't like is how he goes off on his rants and ends up repeating himself about 20 times. I guess thats what you have to do for a 3 hour show with one host.

The Jungle is by far the most interesting and entertaining sports talk show. He beats the crap out of the cookie cutter hosts on ESPN Radio. He speaks his mind and does not pull punches. It is the best three hours on sports radio even on an off day.

He piqued my interest when I read how QB Jim Everett literally beat him up on TV after Jim Rome kept calling him Chris Everett. Though his Radio Show is Left-Coast biased, it is by far the funniest and most entertaining sports talk radio show around. Rome is not for everyone and not everyone gets his schtick (for example, I laugh when I hear Wookies, Wookies, Wookies, Wookies, Wookies, Wookies, Wookies, Wookies, Wookies, Wookies, Wookies, Wookies, Wookies, Wookies, Wookies, Wookies!). But, it's like Mystery Science Theater 3000, the RIGHT people get it. There have been times I have laughed so loud after hearing takes like the Open Faced Roast Beef Sandwich Take that our secratary came to my office and made sure I wasn't convulsing. Jim Rome also has insightful interviews with real athletes and his callers are all funny and interesting. Even the sucky callers become high-comedy as Rome runs them off the air and rips them to pieces. Most sports talk shows don't even take calls and you get stuck with listening to crap like on ESPN, where you can be lullabied with Mike I never played sports Greenberg debating with a Fat Lineman over the who would be your Mount Rushmore of Baseball. None of that crap on Rome. Rome's show is interspersed with hilarious E-Mails sent by callers (One of mine got read once). One of my greatest life achievments was being huge caller of the day. I ranted about how the Olympics coverage was like watching The View and how Star Jones ate Carly Patterson during an interview. Rack Me.

Puts his own attitude and coolness before quality sports journalism. Completely childish.

Without a doubt the Pimp in the Box is the most popular and respected sports radio personality on air today. You haters don't like him because he speaks his mind and doesn't follow the crowd of talking heads who are more concerned with kissing ass.

Used to be funny. Now he kisses too much ass. He used to rip NASCAR (a total non-sport) now he kisses redneck ass. Doesn't ask the tough questions like he used to. . .it's like he wants to be friends of atheletes instead of getting a story. Although the e-mails are funny. . .

Many years ago when I first heard him I liked the show. But now I cant stand it. He's a hypocrite who's sold out a long time ago. He pushes products during commercials on his radio show that he used to rip on not long ago.Fantasy sports for example. Plus now he'll have nascar guests on and kiss there ass when back in the day he used to make fun or them constantly. What a sellout.

I loved it when ESPN moved his Rome is Burning TV show from 7 PM EST to the coveted 12 midnight slot. That's one step away from going off the air! On radio he's okay, but TV is horrible.

I think he is the best in the business.A great interviewer and a tell it like it is personality very funny.

rome is dead on most of the time. he does what talk show hosts do... give opinion. if we disagree or dont like it, we turn the channel. you either get him or you dont. his fan base suggests that people get him and his smack. arrogant? yes! brash? yes. poignant? yes. controversial? depends on your point of view. knows his sports and is respected by the majority of the athletes and writers in the sports world? the fact that he gets the best interviewees and gets the best interviews out of them says it all! no one carries a show like rome!!!

Very insightful, gives a straight forward opinion and will say what he thinks and is honest about things.

I would give him a zero if I could

Guy needs to kill himself

Terribly annoying. I love sports talk of all sorts, but this is one guy who I just can't stand listening to. He is such a pompous jerk. I still love thinking about Jim Everett throwing him to the ground back in the day, when ESPN foolishly gave the man his own show.

Are you kidding me?! I guess he appeals to you if you are an angry suburban passive white guy who enjoys bitching into a defenseless phone because your life sucks and your wife is fat. Classic short mans syndrome from a runt who wishes he were an athlete. Dear Rome.........you suck.......signed, 99.9% of America He reminds me of the annoying guy who tries too hard to impress the girl. Worthless noise.

Rome is funny to listen to for sure, I think his show is great but he does kiss a little too much ass

If I said the words that I feel for him, I would be kicked off this website.

A legend and rapidly becoming one of the most powerful men in the sports media world.

His scripted rants, west coast bias and ass kissing interviews are old and tired.