UNI at Drake

[pantherbacker]

Did anybody get a good view of Dr. Tom's techinical. I heard his explanation on Drake's post game show, but didn't get a good view of what actually happened on the court.

[CR Panther]

I will second the "Rima-announcer of the year" nomination. Man, I don't know how he does it. His level of detail and description would exhaust most people. It doesn't seem to phase him. Even on the nights when he is short Boyle. We are fortunate to have him!

[Flagship Girl]

I think he really puts a lot into what he does. He was so tired when the football and basketball seasons were overlapping. There was one Saturday night game I can think of where it was just him (it was at the Dome, where was Boyle?) and he was just beat...I kept giving him pep talks at the commercial breaks, because I kept thinking he'd fall over at the mike if given the chance.

[CanuckPanther]

An idea....somehow, we, here at PN, perhaps could put together something, through donations, to give him an award of some kind at the end of the basketball season....
Any idea? Is this possible? A good idea?

[Panthers Win!!]

I agree. He's one of the best announcers I've heard in my many years of listening to basketball play by play on the radio. I just listened to the Ohio State broadcast of the Ohio State v. Iowa game and even though it went down to the wire it's nothing like what we hear listening to the Panthers. Great job and keep it up! It's a Kaboom every game in my book.

[Newsbreaker]

Gary is a very talented broadcaster and a great ambasador for the University.

I hope you all really take a moment to appreciate the job he does. He suffered through those bad years in ways those of us who weren't on those teams can't understand. While we have the ability to take nights off, let our interest wane a bit, turn off a bad game and do something else, the broadcast team not only has to watch the whole train wreck, but be energetic and make a bad season interesting. Gary did a great job in those years, and continues to do so in the 'easier' times today.

[Catnep]

On Rima,
My best memory of a game was back in 95-96(?) when UNI played Nebraska to a double overtime win in Lincoln. I was on the road driving-listening to the enthusiasm in his voice and it was as if I was there! At the end of double OT, when we won, Rima did his usual, PANTHERS WIN!, PANTHERS WIN!, followed by a, "BRING ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM!!". I remember my wife(a big red fan)asking me, "who is this guy, is he nuts?" I love his enthusiasm!

On the game,
UGLY, but a win on the road. You know its bad when jacobson and josten go to the free throw line for two and can't convert either.