Yours truly on MSNBC's Hardball, October 2002

This is my appearance on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews from October 9, 2002. Hardball went to approx. 30 colleges and universities in 2002-03, one of which was my alma mater, Cleveland State University. I was randomly chosen from a pool of interested participants to represent CSU in Hardball's Hot Seat Challenge, which consisted of rapid-fire questions for 90 seconds. An interesting side note: I was CSU's second choice; they couldn't get a hold of the first person they chose.

For this, I got some MSNBC/Hardball swag (a hat, a satchel, a shirt 3 sizes too small for me), a signed and inscribed copy of Chris Matthews' newest book at the time, and eventually a trip to Washington DC, a digital camera, and $200. Not bad for 90 seconds worth of work.

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• msnbc
• chris
• matthews
• hardball
• csu
• cleveland
• state
• university
• game
• show
• trivia

[halasamman]

Hey Mike do you know where I can find the full version of this video? I've been looking everywhere online but I've had no luck. Great job on first place!

[mikek1975]

@halasamman The full version of this?  What I uploaded was the entire segment.

[ethanmx2]

Sounded like a political version of Mastermind up there... well done though Mike... though I prolly woulda kicked your ass =P

[mikek1975]

Prove it. :-P

[guspolly]

Chris's voice didn't sound too hot there.

[mikek1975]

Chris was suffering through a bad bout of laryngitis that week. At least it didn't affect my results that much.

[ethanmx2]

Sounds like we have a challenge on our hands! Get someone to write a buncha Q's and we'll prove it tonight.

[SpunkyMunkyMike]

This contestant did very well, even with the host's laryngitis.

[BigVideoFan88]

Hardball came to CSU? Don't remember that at all.

[mikek1975]

Nope, they never did. That's another story for another time...