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After a somber night at the L.A. Supercross due to a couple of big crashes and injuries by a couple of the good guys, myself, Weege and Ping talk about the cause and effect of that, Reed's dominance, Stewart's troubles, Tomac crushing it and much, much more.

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The Conversation

pizzacorner wrote: 6:42pm January 24, 2012

Ping is correct on the announcer being a disrespectful ass. It boggles my mind that Matthes and Weege cannot fathom that the people do not need to be entertained for 15-20 minutes while riders are being attended to by medics What.... do we have the attention span of mice? Who gives a crap about the people that go there looking for a crash, we base our reaction to fallen riders on them?

Peechy333 wrote: 3:17pm January 25, 2012

I understand Ping and Matthes's points but I disagree that they can't imagine what those 15min would have been like if it was silent. When a football player is injured the crowd stays mostly silent as do the announcers. It's a somber moment, let it be that...

taavetti80 wrote: 4:29pm January 26, 2012

Matthes' rant about Davalos is getting really old!

two250 wrote: 3:41pm January 27, 2012

I just got around to listening so I'm a little late but...

I was at LA and Ping was spot on that Lurch was being disrespectful. The entire starting booing him so I think most people felt the same...