Oh Baby

[colopanther]

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I guess Panther Nation is ahead of the national folks.....

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2009/02/16/news/breaking_news/doc4999e4b4b6d36750195046.txt

Gary Rima is THE MAN!!!!!!! KABOOM!!!

[Bier Guy '99]

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How many people cant say that they havnt watched a UNI game on T.V. and shut the volume off and turned up the radio to have Gary's call instead of the announcer on the T.V. ? I dont know how many times I have seen people sitting in the dome at a football game and seen people listening to Gary's call while watching the game ! Bottom line is I have never heard anyone that makes it feel like your at the game even if your not better then Gary ! SIU fans just need something to cry about and the easiest is to say hey lets pick on their radio guy

Done it...

[MnPantherFan]

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I guess Panther Nation is ahead of the national folks.....

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2009/02/16/news/breaking_news/doc4999e4b4b6d36750195046.txt

Gary Rima is THE MAN!!!!!!! KABOOM!!!

Congratulations Gary, well deserved!

[OH BABY! I luv this team!]

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Hey Panthernation.......Thanks a million for all your support and kind words!! I have one of the greatest jobs in the world and am thankful and appreciative of that! I am humbled by this award and share it with my partners in the booth, Scott Peterson in football, and Kevin Boyle in basketball; those two guys are two of the best in the business and help make UNI broadcasts what they are! I also share it with all of you; it is you the fan that inspires me to do the best I can game in and game out to bring you the excitement of UNI sports! Thanks again for all your kind words and support of my work as the "Voice of the Panthers"!

[montej]

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Congrats Gary from an old high school buddie. Luv Ya on all the broadcasts and OPR ROCKS!!!!!!!! OH BABY I luv our announcer.
GO PANTHERS AND GO CUBS!!!!!!

[SpanishMoon]

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How is it that ESPN has not snapped up Gary? He is better than Digger or Vitale.

[joecooll6]

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kabullseye

[SteinPizza]

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Maybe a dumb question, but how would the Salukis know anything about Rima? I assume it's due to those low quality 'net feeds I've read about here. I've read enough bad things that I've never made the purchase.

More to my point, how many opposing broadcasters can you name...unless maybe it's a professional sport? I know Wayne Larrivee does the Packers, but that's about it, and it's the NFL. Someone on Salukitalk has way too much time if they know enough about Rima to complain. Keep up the good work Gary.

[JayJ79]

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More to my point, how many opposing broadcasters can you name...unless maybe it's a professional sport? I know Wayne Larrivee does the Packers, but that's about it, and it's the NFL. Someone on Salukitalk has way too much time if they know enough about Rima to complain. Keep up the good work Gary.

I should be able to name some of the other MVFC broadcasters, since I often catch Rima talking with them on OPR each week, and sometimes on the "Other Mic" segments of the pregame show. But I guess I haven't committed any of them to memory, as I can't remember any of their names off the top of my head right now.

[Panther789]

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More to my point, how many opposing broadcasters can you name...unless maybe it's a professional sport? I know Wayne Larrivee does the Packers, but that's about it, and it's the NFL. Someone on Salukitalk has way too much time if they know enough about Rima to complain. Keep up the good work Gary.

Speaking of Wayne Larrivee, that guy has had some busy weekends over the last few years. He used to do Saturday night Bulls games on WGN, but I don't believe he does anymore.

A buddy of mine and I once noticed that Wayne:

1. Did a Minnesota football game on the BTN (or maybe ESPN Plus at the time).

2. Flew to Chicago to do a Bulls game that night.

3. Flew to Atlanta to do a Packers/Falcons game the next day at noon.

[georgeW]

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Maybe a dumb question, but how would the Salukis know anything about Rima? I assume it's due to those low quality 'net feeds I've read about here. I've read enough bad things that I've never made the purchase.

More to my point, how many opposing broadcasters can you name...unless maybe it's a professional sport? I know Wayne Larrivee does the Packers, but that's about it, and it's the NFL. Someone on Salukitalk has way too much time if they know enough about Rima to complain. Keep up the good work Gary.

While attending away contests, I often listen to the opposing team's local radio broadcast and also the post game show. I think this is what some (or one) Salukis fan has done and did not appreciate the GR "homer" approach.
So, he (the dumba$$ Salukis fan) started a thread on their message board.

Or, maybe, the Big BLOWTORCH can be heard round the globe!!

[SteinPizza]

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Speaking of Wayne Larrivee, that guy has had some busy weekends over the last few years. He used to do Saturday night Bulls games on WGN, but I don't believe he does anymore.

A buddy of mine and I once noticed that Wayne:

1. Did a Minnesota football game on the BTN (or maybe ESPN Plus at the time).

2. Flew to Chicago to do a Bulls game that night.

3. Flew to Atlanta to do a Packers/Falcons game the next day at noon.

Funny you mention, since I've noticed the same thing myself. He still does BTN.

There's a local guy here, Tom Waddle, who does a weekday radio show. He then flys to NY to do NFL Network on the weekends. He's also on the syndicated Pro Football Weekly TV show which is produced here, so his travel isn't as bad as it might seem. He's all over the place, but he still doesn't match Wayne Larrivee for putting on mileage.

[UNIpanther99]

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Wayne has almost as many frequent flyer miles as Ed Hightower.

[SteinPizza]

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Wayne has almost as many frequent flyer miles as Ed Hightower.

Who would you rather be? Wayne flying into and between major or semi major markets? Or Ed Hightower having to take 18 connecting flights to get from Iowa City (Cedar Rapids) to Oklahoma City...all via either regional jets or turbo prop aircraft? There's almost no such thing as a D1 college in a city with any kind of airline hub. The travel portion of Ed's job would suck. Still, in a lot of ways, it would beat working for "the man".

[UNIpanther99]

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Who would you rather be? Wayne flying into and between major or semi major markets? Or Ed Hightower having to take 18 connecting flights to get from Iowa City (Cedar Rapids) to Oklahoma City...all via either regional jets or turbo prop aircraft? There's almost no such thing as a D1 college in a city with any kind of airline hub. The travel portion of Ed's job would suck. Still, in a lot of ways, it would beat working for "the man".

Until recently, Ed was a secondary school administrator.