Training Camp 2016 Kicked Off & Joe Joined The Big Dog, Steve Duemig
May 18th, 2019
Man, Joe had so, so many great memories with the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, the great Steve Duemig, The Big Dog, who passed away Thursday.
Joe dove into the Spreaker archives last night for a taste of the JoeBucsFan Hour that Joe had with Duemig on WDAE from 2013-2017. Duemig gave Joe a lot of latitude to take over Duemig’s top-rated show and to challenge him, which is really what made the weekly, 5 p.m. segment unique.
Nobody came after Duemig on the air without getting smacked down or booted. But for some reason, Duemig let Joe keep it real — always.
A July 2016 episode is below:
May 18th, 2019 at 11:34 am
I said it before and I’ll say it again: I used to leave work five minutes early just so I had enough time to make sure I was in the car at 5:00 PM for the JBF Hour. It was my favorite segment all week. I’d also take a break at 3:00 just so I could hear Big Dog’s monologue at the beginning of his show.
May 18th, 2019 at 12:20 pm
I will never forget the time Steve Duemig and Scott Brantley got into a fist fight live on the air. That was awesome radio…
May 18th, 2019 at 12:20 pm
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May 18th, 2019 at 12:25 pm
It is definitely interesting to step into the time machine and go back just 3 years listening to some opening of training camp talk between Duemig and the Joes.
Positive and hopeful talk of Sweezy, Kenny Bell, ASJ, Louis Murphy, Aguayo, etc is particularly interesting considering what we know happened to all of their careers. As was speculation that Jameis had or needed to have a “talk” with GMC – to tell Gerald in essence – “You are the man on Defense and you CANT let these defensive collapses continue…”
RIP Big Dog
May 18th, 2019 at 12:25 pm
So you allow that comment and not the last one? Who is running your site?
May 18th, 2019 at 12:29 pm
That was really fun!!! Thanks Joe… Man do I really miss this guy… True Tampa Radio ICON.
May 18th, 2019 at 12:55 pm
Some of those shows with Joe and the Big Dog were classics.
May 18th, 2019 at 1:10 pm
I will listen to it later…
May 18th, 2019 at 1:15 pm
probably don’t in this segment but there was one that cracked me up and how or where conjured up the vision of a Vietnamese whorehouse to describe and look chaotic scene I’ll never know…but that line from Joe still cracks me up
May 18th, 2019 at 1:31 pm
Not gonna lie when jbf hour with duemig went off I cried a little bit. Def help keep me sane during 5 o clock traffic from westshore area to brandon
May 18th, 2019 at 1:40 pm
I listened to Wdae all day yesterday, brought back a lot of memories of Steve.D. Great job Wdae family.
May 18th, 2019 at 1:50 pm
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May 18th, 2019 at 3:08 pm
RIP Big Dog will be sorely missed. š
May 18th, 2019 at 6:47 pm
The Golden Age of AM talk radio is past.
Rest in peace, Big Dog.
May 18th, 2019 at 6:55 pm
Made me sad hearing Duemig. It makes me realize how much I miss him.
May 18th, 2019 at 7:07 pm
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May 19th, 2019 at 10:03 pm
Sad his life got cut short by such a difficult disease to fight, Iām sure he battled tough
May 20th, 2019 at 5:21 am
Good post Joes. I e-mailed Big Dog a few times over the years and he often responded, everything from “good take” if he liked what I said to where he said I was an offensive goober for saying that Dilfer was not that bad and the o-line deserved scrutiny instead. Once he was on a tirade about Annika Sorenstam playing in a PGA tourney in Texas. He was upset that she bumped some PGA pro with her sponsors exemption. Anyhow, she missed the cut by a couple of strokes but still beat 6 or 8 PGA pros. I sent an e-mail to ask Steve as a pro what he thought about Annika beating these guys on the same tees. He promptly responded that they were undeservung of their tour cards and should be embarrassed. Classic Duemig. High emotion but with strong support to back up his takes. RIP.