by Brett Edwards
This is the story of a national radio host abusing his ability to reach a couple of million listeners, and doing so at the expense of a seemingly random victim. The two largest sports blog sites have already covered this, but I figure the more places we post this, the more people will see what a dick Cowherd is.
So here we go. On his radio show this morning, Cowherd decided it would be fun to randomly "blow up" a website each day, one that he found "annoying." He was doing this for no apparent reason, other than to prove that ESPN radio has a large audience, and that a percentage of that audience would do what he instructed. When choosing which site would be his first victim, it seemed like he simply solicited a site from one of his producers, and then gave it out on the air and instructed everyone to go there at once. The site is thebiglead.com (run by one of my fellow FanHouse contributors), and it experienced (and is still experiencing) significant down time as a result of this.
Now besides the obvious jokes about Cowherd's lack of size between his legs, the fact that he probably drives a red Camaro or a monster truck, and has a blonde wife with 44DD fake breasts, there is a little bit of a conspiracy theory emerging on how this happened. The Big Lead has been linked in Bill Simmons' column in the past, and that didn't crash his site, so why would a radio show giving out the site name to a bunch of people driving in their cars be able to have such a damaging effect on the servers?
UNLESS this was a radio bit that was planned ahead of time, with a full fledged DoS attack already set up to launch as soon as Cowherd mentioned the site's name. That would make much more sense on why the site crashed, and would be even more of a dick move than simply randomly "blowing up" a sports blog site. Here's the audio, listen for yourself and let us know if you think this was random, or something that was maliciously planned ahead of time. Oh, and fuck ESPN, I'm not linking to the audio, you can get it here.

I find it hard to believe that any radio show has millions of listeners these days. Agree it must have been some kind of tech-attack.
Posted by: Miss Gossip | April 05, 2007 at 08:39 PM
cowherd is a dunce..
Posted by: darren | April 06, 2007 at 11:19 PM
He is going through a mid-life crisis. Over the past 6 months he has been more and more angry and obstinate. You can see on the Connecticut State web site under the judicial link that he filed for divorce from his wife on March 19th. looks like things are not going well at home so he most likely is acting out at work. Also, if you notice how he is very focused on his appearance and tends to bragg about it. I guess he is preparing for single life. go figure
Posted by: Jip | April 11, 2007 at 10:56 AM
"Cowherd's lack of size between his legs, the fact that he probably drives a red Camaro or a monster truck, and has a blonde wife with 44DD fake breasts" - lame...
you must not listen, but I'll give you a pass. He's actually fairly reasonable, he just pisses people off when he's honest about their team. I'm not justifying "blowing up" a website, but get a grip, and understand what it is you're talking about before you do.
Posted by: Jon in Denver | May 02, 2007 at 12:07 AM
Hey, quit dissing my man Colin. He named me to the All-Herd Team!
Posted by: AJ Pierzynski | May 03, 2007 at 11:19 AM
If Colin legitimately pisses you off, it's because he is more logical and commonsensical than you. Period. You may not agree with him, but he has the most original material in sports talk radio. Get over yourself!
Posted by: Cole | May 13, 2007 at 09:30 PM
Colin is a douchebag.
Posted by: random | May 22, 2007 at 08:43 AM
That's giving him more respect than he deserves, Random.
Cole, if anyone needs to get over themselves it's Cowherd. Like the headline of this entry says, he's got a small penis...and an even smaller IQ.
Posted by: CKO1991 | May 23, 2007 at 08:36 AM
Colin is an idiot and a hypocrite. He gives you a bunch of crap about how his show is honest when he actually is just a lying wanna be punk that just kisses the right asses of people in the sports industry. You look at the guest he has on his show. It's the same 5 people everytime. And some of the "bigger" names he gets (people from his own network) always diss him and treats him like a bitch! Listen next time he gets the NFL crew on.
Posted by: Me, Atlanta/US | June 20, 2007 at 05:56 AM
Colin is the Bill O'Reily of the sports talk radio. You either love him or hate him. The thing is, both groups listen! I personally love him. Most entertaining radio show I have ever listened to.
Posted by: Brent | June 25, 2007 at 06:19 PM
Just for clarification and wagering purposes how small is a small penis?
Posted by: Buddy Duv | July 03, 2007 at 11:46 AM
Ok, u guys need to open ur mind for a little bit. There is a reason why he has the best ratings in espn radio history idiots. When u say he always talks about himself, and is arrogant, he does it for ratings and it works. People listen, everyday for 4 hrs a day, including me. About 10% of people who call in dissagree with him, and they rest start there calls with: "hey colin, love the show man." Why dont u morons call show once and he will make an ass out of all of you. And to all of u fags, stop talking about his dick and try to go out and get some pussy like every other guy.
Posted by: jake | July 26, 2007 at 10:18 PM
Haters! Colin is the bomb your lucky he even named your website...
Posted by: yo mamma | October 19, 2007 at 09:30 AM
I've tried to listen to him in the a.m. but he's just not listenable. After repeated tries (i'm in the car half the day with a lot of sports radio in the mix)I find him to be a stupid jackass.
Posted by: neiljphx | October 23, 2007 at 07:59 PM
Get off of Colin's jock. You hate the man cause you ain't the man. Blog Bitches!
Posted by: Not a Blog Fag | October 24, 2007 at 07:49 AM
youre just pissy because cowherd rules and your blog sucks ass. and how would you know his dick size unless you just pulled it out of your ass?
Posted by: Jon | October 26, 2007 at 12:21 PM
Colin is fine - he was on TV here in the Northwest right before he went national - he tends to repeat himself again and again when he believes he has an original point, but at least he's original. Agree with a previous poster - his divorce is making him act in an atypical fashion - probably more emotive and confrontational than normal.
Posted by: workinglate | December 05, 2007 at 09:43 PM
colin is just another pencil dick sports nerd who has never actually played a sport in his life, but always has an assinine opinion. he panders to other pencil dick sports nerds by making inflammatory statements that are rarely (if ever) based on fact. the guy clearly has a serious napoleonic complex (idicative of a small dick) as he tries to pick a fight with anyone who has a different opinion than his. it is easy for him to make callers look stupid because he controls the microphone and can edit out whatever he wants before it makes the airwaves. in case you idiots that actually listen to him didn't know, live radio shows still have a delay to prevent any FCC violations from happening. my guess is that all of you on here defending him are also in the small penis camp and are sticking up for your kind...
Posted by: yo daddy | December 28, 2007 at 07:53 AM
Jackass Cowherd...yes all wrong with his "original" opinion on the Celtics....on the Master Race patriots spouting off meaningless statistics to support his meaningless babbling caca....Go Giants stuff it all down his throat.
Posted by: Benjamin Swift | February 03, 2008 at 09:01 PM
I can't believe that anyone is defending colon cowhair. I wish he would show us a picture of himself without a shirt. I sure would like to she those "GUNS" that he brags about. I do have to agree with you "colon cowhair apologists" on one point. People shouldn't be making comments about his penis. The dudette is a hermaphrodite.
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Posted by: Luiggi | February 18, 2008 at 03:50 PM
Colin is very intertaining. I listen to him almost every day. However, he is a dick.
Posted by: Bryan | February 22, 2008 at 08:27 PM
When Colin first replaced Kornheiser I enjoyed his fresh and humorous insights into the sports and the larger cultural zeitgeist. Over time his act has become far more self absorbed and his arguments much more self serving, less depth. Needless to say I don't tune in as much.
Posted by: Tim | March 28, 2008 at 02:34 PM
COWHERD IS GREAT ENTERTAINMENT W/MUCH L.O.L.----- WHEN HE REPEATS HIMSELF, I JUMP TO LIMBOUGH, OR BOORTZ. OTHERWISE I TUNE 'EM IN WHEN COLIN IS NOT ON YET... LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM, ALL STILL LISTEN......LOVE THE ABILITY TO TOUCH ON SUBJECTS NOT RELATED TO SPORTS, MUCH LIKE THE CHIT-CHAT AROUND THE WATER COOLER. HATE THE USUAL DRONING OF SCORES & NUMBERS SO PREVALENT FROM MOST SPORTS NERDS SHOWS.......CONTROVERSIAL BUT A WELCOME CHANGE........
Posted by: MIGUEL | April 27, 2008 at 06:36 AM
colin rocks. His show is way better than your stats and numbers you stupid bloggers!! Actualy Colin likes it that you dont like him, that proves you know who he is and you obviously listen. Suckers!!!!
Posted by: Brian O'Neill | June 06, 2008 at 11:37 AM