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UNI Panther head mens basketball coach Ben Jacobson will be ON PRESS ROW today with the Sports Guy talking about the NCAA/NIT pairings and more. Your phone calls and questions for Coach Jake are also welcome Panther fans! The show airs from 5pm to 6pm on Newstalk 1540 KXEL.
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Article on Jake and next year's teamThe Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory. -
I went down to Des Moines yesterday to watch my beloved Go-Hawks beat Pella in the State Tournament and I will be going back again tonight as they take on Grinnell, who we already beat by 5 earlier this year. Anyways as I was standing up for the national anthem I see a guy in a purple jacket at the other end of the stadium and of course it was Coach Jake. So I went over and talked to him for a few minutes during the Linn-Mar/Davenport North game. I just congradulated him on a great first year and we talked a little bit about the W-SR game. He was looking at a few Linn-Mar kids and also looking at Vette and Korver. Coach Jake is a classy guy and I'm so glad that he is in charge of our program. This program is in a great place and with one year under his belt I think that we have a very great future.Coach Whisenhunt 1/18/09. "There was never any complaints about not being named the starter, all he wanted was an opportunity and he took advantage of it. Kurt is probably one of the greatest individuals you'll ever meet. Kurt worked hard on a lot of things that a lot of times older quarterbacks aren't willing to do. That's a credit to his humility and his competitive drive, and the reason that we are here today in great part is what Kurt Warner has done for us."Comment
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Jake is a great guy. One of the funniest things I'll remember from this season is when I saw him at the Wichita St. game at the McLeod and then talked to him on the coach's show later that week. I wasn't thinking and said to him, "I forgot you were so tall," which made him laugh a whole lot. I mean duh self, he played basketball! But I won't forget it because he thought it was really funny, and it's never a bad thing to make the coach laugh after a crummy loss.Originally posted by merkpanthers View PostComment
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