danmclellan's Podcast

Episode 31 San Diego Sports Talk a Podcast

Dan McLellan — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:00:02 GMT

This Episode has two segments the first is dedicated to Charger Football and second is to the Padres and baseball in general. Dan was able to attend the Charger mini camp as a member of the media for a story he published at SanDiego.com. Following mini camp Dan gives his impressions on the Chargers current state of affairs which include the draft and the good health of star players. In addition, he picks a couple of free agent players to keep an eye on. In the baseball segment, Dan briefly talks about SDSU’s Stephen Strasburg, the poor state of the Padres and he interviews Jeff Menaker regarding Manny Ramirez’s suspension.

Episode 30: San Diego Sports a Podcast: The Baseball Preview Show

Dan McLellan — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:20:25 GMT

The 2009 Baseball preview show. Jeff Menaker and Dan McLellan give their predictions for each division.

Episode 29

Dan McLellan — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:28:38 GMT

Episode 29 has two segments. Segment 1 is about the Enforcer football. The Enforcers is a tackle football team composed of San Diego law enforcement that competes in the National Public Safety Football League. All funds raised from their games are donated to the Sempra Fi Fund, which helps out injured Marines. The Enforcers will be playing in Hero Bowl III on Saturday March, 6 at Cathedral Catholic High School. Segment 2 covers USD basketball. USD is starting to turn things around at the right time. In this segment, you will here interviews with players Matt Dorr and De’Jon Jackson as well as Coach Bill Grier.

Episode 28: San Diego Sports Talk: Interview With Author Gil Sperry

Dan McLellan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:23:12 GMT

This show has only one segment, an interview with Author Gil Sperry. Sperry recently released a book titled Soccer’s Story & A Futbol Fable. In this book, Sperry recaps a remarkable season that he had coaching the Valle Lindo Elementary Eagles co-ed soccer team to a championship game at the Olympic Trainning Center in Chula Vista. The Eagles run to the championship game is remarkable because most of the members of the team started the season out of shape while lacking fundamental skills, and haveing no concept of team play. Sperry’s book is so compelling that it has already sparked the interest of screenwriters Robert Conder and Steve Gehrke (Script Supervisor for The Dark Knight). Together they are collaborating on a screenplay which is currently titled The Beautiful Game, A Beautiful Season.

Episode 27: San Diego Sports Talk: Buick Invitational and USD Mens Basketball

Dan McLellan — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:53:35 GMT

First Segment: Dan talks about his experience of walking with Phil Mickelson for six holes at Torrey Pines on Wednesday. You will also her an interview Dan had with Mike Uptgraff who played with Mickelson in the Pro Am Second Segment: Dan talks about the USD men’s basketball loss to Santa Clara last night. You will also here an interview Dan had with Toreros Head Coach Bill Grier.

Episode 26 Things I hate About NFL Football

Dan McLellan — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:16:47 GMT

In the first segment Dan talks about some of the projects he is working on and includes sound clips from his interview with the San Diego Sockers Head Coach Phil Savagio and the interview he had this week with Lake Elsinore Storm’s hitting coach Shane Spencer. In the second Segment Dan rants about the things he hates about NFL football. Topics include the following: 1.Poor time management 2.A team that protects the football and stops trying to score points 3.Players who score a touchdown and act like they have been their before. 4.Stupid Fane 5.The Price of Concessions 6.Using Chains to measure first downs 7.Half the distance to the goal penalties 8.Automatic first down penalties 9.A play being dead because of a whistle.

Episode 25: A Look at the Charger’s Salary Cap

Dan McLellan — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:40:44 GMT

Episode 25 is broken down into three segments. In the first segment, Dan talks about some of the opportunities that he is getting through writing at SanDiego.com and what that means for the Podcast. In this segment Dan also has a huge announcement regarding the San Diego Sockers. In the second segment, Dan takes a detailed look at the Chargers salary cap and what he thinks it means for AJ Smith and the Chargers. In this segment, Dan also proposes that the Chargers go after Julius Peppers. In the third segment Dan talks briefly about the Super Bowl

Episode 24: The San Diego Chargers Talk: Chargers loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers 24-36

Dan McLellan — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:14:45 GMT

Dan has four interview clips in the first segment. The first three are of Charger fans that came down to Murphy Canyon to welcome the team home last night. The fourth is a clip of Dan’s interview with San Diego Chargers’ linebacker Antwan Applewhite, for SanDiego.com. Dan also talks about what his plans are for the podcast and sports writing now that the Chargers’ season is over. In the second segment, Dan recaps the Chargers playoff loss to the Steelers

Episode 23:The San Diego Chargers Talk: Chargers win over the Indianapolis Colts 17-23

Dan McLellan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:48:57 GMT

In this episode Dan talks about all the key factors that went into the Chargers victory against the Colts including all the things the Chargers had to overcome. You will also hear the crowd noise from inside the stadium immediately following the victory. In the second segment, Dan looks forward to next weeks game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the NFL playoffs. A matchup that features a classic high powered Chargers’ offense against a classic stingy Steelers’ defense. Briefly, Dan also discusses the Titans vs. Ravens game which will determine where the AFC Championship game is played.

Episode 22: The San Diego Chargers Talk: Chargers win over Denver 21-52

Dan McLellan — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:10:39 GMT

In this episode Dan talks about the Chargers’ fantastic win over the Denver Broncos to secure the 2008 AFC West Division Championship. Regarding this win, Dan has had three publications currently published or about to be published at SanDiego.com. He gives a preview to these articles and mentions an interview he had today with the Chargers’ minority owner George Pernicano. To preview the upcoming playoff game against the Colts, Dan gives a detailed comparison between Rivers & Manning’s 2008 stats. He illustrates that the Chargers should not be afraid of Manning because, in many cases, Rivers’ stats are better than his. Dan also gives his thoughts regarding the firing of the Broncos’ head coach Mike Shanahan.

Episode 21: The San Diego Chargers Talk: Chargers win over Tampa Bay 41-24

Dan McLellan — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:18:12 GMT

The San Diego Chargers are still alive for the playoffs. After beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Denver Broncos losing to the Buffalo Bills, the Chargers’ game against Denver next Sunday means the winner wins the AFC West and the loser goes home. This week Dan recaps the Tampa Bay game. Dan also compares the numbers that Philip Rivers has put up this season to that of Dan Fouts and records seating San Diego QB’s to arguer that Philip Rivers and this Charger team is comparable to the Dan Fouts lead team of 1979-1981

Episode 20: The San Diego Chargers Talk: Chargers win over KC 22-21

Dan McLellan — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:59:50 GMT

The Chargers pulled out a “Do You Believe in Miracles” win in KC. Dan discusses the game in detail. Despite the win Dan is still critical of the teams play in KC. He also points all the things that the Chargers got lucky on to accomplish the win. Dan also looks at the Chargers current playoff picture. To do so, he brings back to the Buffalo Bills fanatic Jeff Menaker to look at Denver’s game against Buffalo this Sunday.

Episode 19: San Diego Charger Podcast: How To Calculate an NFL QB Passer Rating

Dan McLellan — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:17:05 GMT

This is an interactive Podcast that teaches you how to calculate an NFL Quarter Back Passer Rating. In a podcast experiment, Dan combines the magic of a podcast and the power of Mathematica, to bring you an interactive educational experience. Dan’s fiancée, Abby Brown, created and published an NFL QB Passer Rating demonstration on the Wolfram Institute Demonstrations’ site (The Creators of Mathematica). If you choose to do so, this demonstration can be used by you the listener while listening to the podcast, so that you have a better understanding of how the quarterback passer rating is calculated. You can also choose not to use the demonstration and learn by just listening. After the lesson, Dan explains why he believes this is not an accurate or effective way to rate a quarterbacks performance.

Episode 18: San Diego Charger Talk: Chargers Win over the Oakland Raider 34 to 7

Dan McLellan — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:41:52 GMT

The Case for LT Dan not only looks at last nights impressive victory for the San Diego Chargers over the Oakland Raiders, he looks at the stats in total over this 11 game win streak over the Raiders. In doing so, he finds something reveling, which really leads to The Case for LT. Although dim, with the win the Chargers playoff hopes still flicker. With that in mind, Dan takes a detailed look at what would have to happen for the Chargers to still win the AFC West this year

Episode 17: San Diego Charger Podcast: Loss to the Falcons 22 to 16

Dan McLellan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:53:51 GMT

Despite actually getting all the breaks the Chargers manage to loose another game. The playoff picture is now extremely bleak as the Chargers are now 3 games behind the Bronco’s with 4 to play. Dan also looks forward to the Raider game on Thursday. A game in which he admittedly has no idea what Charger or Raider well show up to play.