Donald Driver dishes on WSSPs "Peter Brown Show"

[b bulldog]

hE WAS AN OLYMPIC QUALITY JUMPER

[K-town]

Peter Brown is a slobbering, drooling, no-talent hack. So it's no surprise he ended up on WSSP.
The worst on-air "personalities" I've ever heard dwell at WSSP. Have any of you had the misfortune of listening to Steve Sparky Pfeiffer (?) in the morning? Guy sounds like a cross between Gilbert Gottfried and a strangled chicken. And Chuck Garbedian (?), Sparky's panting lapdog assistant. Can you say Sycophant?
As far as I can tell, WSSP's credo is:
1) The Brewers are and always wwill be under-achievers. And their batting coach should be fired.
2) Fire Milwaukee Bucks heaad coach Terry Stotts.
3) Everything to do with the Green Bay Packers and their fans is second class
garbage.
These three points get hammered home every day, every week, every month. I live in South-easterrn Wisconsin, and it's the only "Wisconsin" sports station I can get. Though WSSP is so consistently anti-Wisconsin, and especially anti-Green Bay, that it's often actually preferable to listen to ESPN out of Chicago.
Another thing about WSSP - they devote a large block of time to Jim Rome.
If that doesn't scream second rate, I don't know what does.
These guys make Dan Patrick and Mike & Mike in the Morning seem like award winning journalists. Yeah, WSSp is THAT bad.

[Joemailman]

Before I moved to Wisconsin, Brown was on a Sports Talk station in Chicago. It was the same thing. Be outrageous, insult people, and try to get people riled up.

[Joemailman]

Driver has some serious ups!

wasn't he an all-american high jumper?

Some personal info on "The Donald":

Donald Driver #80
Position: Wide Receiver
College: Alcorn State
NFL Exp: 8 Seasons
Packers Exp: 8 Seasons
Ht: 6' 0"
Wt: 190 lbs.
Age: 31
Aquired: Draft 1999 (7b)
Status: Active Roster

At A Glance

In 2004, tallied career highs in receptions (84, good for second on the club) and receiving yards (1,208, also second on club) while tying his previous season high in TD receptions (nine, also in 2002)
Also in ’04, combined with Javon Walker to register the Packers’ best season by a duo in both receptions (173) and receiving yards (2,590)
Selected as the 2002 Green Bay Packers 'Most Valuable Player;’ also honored as team's 'Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year' in recognition of his extensive work in the community
Over the past two years, has sponsored the purchase of four homes, two in Green Bay and two in Houston, to give to homeless mothers
One of the NFL’s most decorated collegiate track athletes (high jump, decathlon, long jump, triple jump), won his conference’s 'Athlete of the Year' award three straight years
Likely could have qualified for 2000 Sydney Olympics in high jump had he concentrated on track
Overcoming countless obstacles growing up has inspired him to become one of the team’s most involved players in giving back to the community
He and his wife in 2000 created the Donald Driver Foundation (www.donalddriverfoundation.com), which offers assistance to homeless mothers and underprivileged children
In addition, has made approximately 400 appearances since 1999, from schools to youth football fields to churches, delivering motivational speeches or offering assistance
Has his own Web sites: www.SundayDriver.net and DonaldDriverFoundation.com

I think the way Driver has handled himself, as opposed to the way Walker handled himself, may make Donald a real fan favorite starting this year. Driver has usually, until his performance last year, been considered the Packer's "other" receiver. I think that's about to change.

[OS PA]

From DD's Website

Born February 2, 1975 to Faye Gray and Marvin Driver, Donald Driver has become one of the most respected and dedicated players in the National Football League. He was the middle child in a five-sibling family. He lived for a time during his early teens out of a U-Haul truck, after a collection agency confiscated the family’s possessions. He also spent multiple holidays without family members and slept several nights in the motel rooms his mother purchased with food stamps. When he was three, his father named him “Quickie” because he was a quick learner who moved around the house so fast. Donald’s parents divorced when he was very young, after the divorce Marvin went to prison leaving Donald and his other sister and brothers with his mother. In desperate times, Donald Driver took desperate measures and became a drug dealer and stole cars.

At the age of 14, Donald moved in with his grandmother Betty Lofton. As long as he stayed with his grandmother, she made him attend church and bible study. While with his grandmother, Driver attended Milby High School in the southeast side of Houston. He starred in Football, Baseball, Track, and Basketball. He received a four-year scholarship to Alcorn State University, where he earned a B.S. in Accounting, and worked on finishing his master’s degree in Computer Science. He is one of the NFL’s most decorated collegiate track athletes( high jump, decathlon, long jump, triple jump) and won his conference’s athlete of the year award three straight years.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I think the way Driver has handled himself, as opposed to the way Walker handled himself, may make Donald a real fan favorite starting this year. Driver has usually, until his performance last year, been considered the Packer's "other" receiver. I think that's about to change.

Driver has been a fan favorite in Green Bay for awhile. It's outside of Green Bay where he lacks the respect he deserves.

[Joemailman]

Why not? Another picture of "The Donald." As you may have surmised, since last year, he's sort of become my favorite current Packer.

[GrnBay007]

Hard to believe someone with that great of a smile could be a drug dealer!

[Joemailman]

Hard to believe someone with that great of a smile could be a drug dealer!

Maybe he's smiling because he doesn't live like that anymore.

[Noodle]

No doubt about it. Donald Driver is an amazingly great guy. I've been interviewed once on the radio, and it is very difficult to keep your cool and avoid saying stupid stuff, and I certainly wasn't being antagonized like DD was. I'm going to relish every catch he makes this year.

You just could not have done a better job than DD.

Quote of the day:
Q: Did you talk to Brett Favre? Is he happy?
A: Brett? He's always happy!

And hats off to TT for doing what it took to keep DD in G&G.

[The Leaper]

Just because of that interview...I'm going to go out, buy a Driver jersey, frame it and hang it up with pride.

I don't live in Wisconsin or plan on attending any of the early season scrimmages/games. Those of you who do need to start getting out the word...regarding sending a message.

Favre shouldn't be the guy getting the loudest ovation from the fans this preseason...Donald Driver should.

[Noodle]

Leaper

You've hit on something. I'm not going to get in to a Favre v. Driver thing, but Driver is the real deal in his own right. As he noted in the interview, every year they bring in new guys at WR, and every year Driver beats them. You just can't keep this guy off the field.

He's got a great life story, and he's obviously wicked bright. When M3 and TT say they want Packer People, I'm thinking they mean DD.

Chambers may be better (agree with Bretsky from another thread), and Walker is probably better, but Driver brings a lot to the game as well. He makes you proud to be a Packer fan.

Sign me up for a jersey too.

[jack's smirking revenge]

That is the strangest radio interview of a Packer that I think I've ever heard. That interviewer is a freakin' moron. Why is he on the radio? Does he really consider himself a Packer fan? He obviously didn't do his homework (or take a peek at the Packer Rats site) because DD's accomplishments speak for themselves. He is the number one and he has been consistent. He may not be flashy and he may not be glitzy, but he's effective. A perfect match for the Pack.

You da man, DD!

tyler

[FavreChild]

"DING, DING, DING! Here comes the sh*t-mobile!"

That's what I think every time I hear of Peter Brown and WSSP. Yet we are giving him and that station exactly what they want by talking about their lunatic, manufactured controversy.

Please stop listening.

Really.

[jack's smirking revenge]

Who is Peter Brown anyway? I've honestly never heard of him. Is he a Packer fan or just another sports radio talking head?

tyler