Maybe I’m being a little arrogant, but I’ve always said that if a sports media person isn’t reading sites like SbB or DEADSPIN, they aren’t doing their job. I felt similarly when I read this post on BUSTED COVERAGE today about the curious case of Pitt Panthers football beat reporter Paul Zeise.
During an online chat on the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE’s website yesterday, Zeise was asked, “Is Erin Andrews hotter in person or on TV?”
Reise’s response: “I have no idea who that is.”
So Mr. Reise doesn’t watch ESPN? Or observe the new-fangled contraption known as the internet? I know covering the Wannstache 24/7 can be somewhat distracting, mesmorizing even. But that’s a pretty astonishing response. And like you, I tend to not believe him.
I think we might have ourselves an all-star political prisoner training dummy for the good folks down in Guantanamo. Or the next great used car salesman of our generation.
What’s next for Zeise? I’m guessing covering Kim Jong Il’s next round of golf.
12:33 pm on October 17th, 2008
He's joking, right?
12:34 pm on October 17th, 2008
Sarcasm is very hard to translate into the written word.
12:46 pm on October 17th, 2008
If he was joking, Zeise should have written something like, "I have no idea who that is (laughs)".
This guy just might be serious.
12:52 pm on October 17th, 2008
How could this guy be so oblivious to the existence of the hottest sideline reporter ever?
12:56 pm on October 17th, 2008
Could be due to his other job as editor of the local, ahem, *alternative weekly*.
12:58 pm on October 17th, 2008
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
1:02 pm on October 17th, 2008
Leave it to a Pitt Panther reporter not to have any idea who the most famous college football reporter ever is.
1:06 pm on October 17th, 2008
He probably also thinks ESPN is some sort of telepathic sense.
1:24 pm on October 17th, 2008
He's probably just jealous that Erin gets more attention than he does. Lose the goatee, and you might have a chance to grab that big media spotlight.
1:29 pm on October 17th, 2008
As long as Paul doesn't start wearing skin-tight pants.
http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/erin-andrews-skin-tight-pants-photos-our-superbowl-halftime-show-15776
1:32 pm on October 17th, 2008
this guy isn't just dumb, he's d-u-m dumb.
1:46 pm on October 17th, 2008
He still hasn't answered the Erin Andrews Hot or Not question. A simple yes or no will do, sir.
2:06 pm on October 17th, 2008
Obviously Gay.
2:06 pm on October 17th, 2008
i don't know who the hottest male sports reporter in history is for one simple reason. I'm all about the vag.
2:34 pm on October 17th, 2008
An O.J. juror now covers Pitt? Wowsers.
4:53 pm on October 17th, 2008
There are Buddhist monks hidden in caves in the Himalayas that have heard of Erin Andrews.
6:06 pm on October 17th, 2008
Never heard of either one of them and still don't care.
6:27 pm on October 17th, 2008
For his next assignment, Paul Zeise is going to report on this upstart organization called the National Football League. It's like collegiate football, except the players get paid. What an earth-shattering idea!
6:53 pm on October 17th, 2008
I'm sitting in the middle of the Pacific, and even I've heard of Erin Andrews.