Oh Baby

[BCPanther]

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That's why Steve Welmer and John Higgins sharing a small plane is absolutely brilliant!

[Panther789]

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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".

Wayne: "Hinrich for 3......Ring it up."

[9YRPLAN]

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one time i was at a game reffed by ed highower. during a timeout, they were showing in-game highlights of another game being played that was reffed by hightower. during those highlights, i could see the video screen at that game and ed hightower was running down the court.

all three games tipped at the same time.

[TravelingPanther]

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KaBOOOOOM!

Thread back on topic.

A good rule of thumb is to think before you post.

[9YRPLAN]

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sweet, i wish you could do that to the football schedule

[96' Alum]

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I think that UNI is lucky to have a guy like Gary Rima doing their games. He brings an energy, and passion to all things UNI.

One of the things that I was always jealous of Iowa State for was that they had the best guy doing play by play in Pete Taylor (God rest his soul). I sincerely think that he is the best guy that I ever heard do play by play in this state. Ron Gonder was a close second to this.

I think the thing that always impressed me about Pete was that he was never afraid to be critical of his team. I hear the same in Gary, and that is nice. You would have to pull out all of Dolph's fingernails to have him say anything truly critical of Iowa, and if he does, then he has to qualify it.

We have homers in our color guys, and they are good at what they do. However, Gary does a nice job of keeoing things real. He may be a bit melodramatic, but you feel his passion when you listen to a broadcast.

[SteinPizza]

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I think the thing that always impressed me about Pete was that he was never afraid to be critical of his team. I hear the same in Gary, and that is nice. You would have to pull out all of Dolph's fingernails to have him say anything truly critical of Iowa, and if he does, then he has to qualify it.

We have homers in our color guys, and they are good at what they do. However, Gary does a nice job of keeoing things real.

It depends on your definition of "critical". I love Gary as a PBP announcer, but I've never really heard him be too critical. My definition of critical would be to rip the players and coaches when they deserve it, in a professional way of course. Then again, these are college kids, so you have to cut them some slack and not be as brutally honest as you would of pros. The best guy I've heard doing this is Bob Brenly on Cubs broadcasts, where he'll be critical of, and question, the players and coaches without being offensive. Bob Brenly has transformed himself from a Tribune Co. kiss a$$ into a quality color man.

For the record, I'm not trying to be critical of Gary. He's still one of the best PBP guys I've heard. I also enjoy Scott and Kevin. I agree with earlier statements...a school in UNI's position is lucky to have all of them.

[UNIAlum95]

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It depends on your definition of "critical". I love Gary as a PBP announcer, but I've never really heard him be too critical. My definition of critical would be to rip the players and coaches when they deserve it, in a professional way of course. Then again, these are college kids, so you have to cut them some slack and not be as brutally honest as you would of pros. The best guy I've heard doing this is Bob Brenly on Cubs broadcasts, where he'll be critical of, and question, the players and coaches without being offensive. Bob Brenly has transformed himself from a Tribune Co. kiss a$$ into a quality color man.

For the record, I'm not trying to be critical of Gary. He's still one of the best PBP guys I've heard. I also enjoy Scott and Kevin. I agree with earlier statements...a school in UNI's position is lucky to have all of them.

If you like guys who can look at things objectively, Scott is a great counter to Gary. He has the ability to see the plays and understand what went wrong. He is also not afraid to call out mistakes being made.