Anyone miss John Ward?

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Give_All_Vol said:
Good grief, can you even imagine how many checks Bob would have to make after that play? :eek:lol:
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Yes I can, but my point is that he wouldn't have to because his call would've been so vanilla. All we'd hear is "pass complete....cheggarboards!!" We'd wondering what the hell happened, who caught the pass and we wouldn't know til Tim piped up and described it after the fact.
 
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butchna said:
One of these days I'm going to start a like factory thread...something like WAS GENERAL NEYLAND A PRETTY GOOD COACH? :yahoo:
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KBVol said:
Yes I can, but my point is that he wouldn't have to because his call would've been so vanilla. All we'd hear is "pass complete....cheggarboards!!" We'd wondering what the hell happened, who caught the pass and we wouldn't know til Tim piped up and described it after the fact.
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Good point lol. "Stutter.. stutter to uhh.. stutter.. into the chigger boards!"
 
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How cool was it for JW to plan to retire and announce it before the season, and then have it be TN's best season in decades and culminate in an unbeaten national championship . . . Couldn't script a better ending to a career than to call the national title game victory as your final game.
 
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Neyland Law Vol said:
How cool was it for JW to plan to retire and announce it before the season, and then have it be TN's best season in decades and culminate in an unbeaten national championship . . . Couldn't script a better ending to a career than to call the national title game victory as your final game.
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His timing was great in terms of his last season in the booth culminated in a Natl Championship.

However, every time I see or hear about him now, I can't help but ask the question, "why did he retire so early? I could've been listening to him for another 15 years." That sucks.
 
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Neyland Law Vol said:
How cool was it for JW to plan to retire and announce it before the season, and then have it be TN's best season in decades and culminate in an unbeaten national championship . . . Couldn't script a better ending to a career than to call the national title game victory as your final game.
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Followed that with a dang good BB season.
 
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Neyland Law Vol said:
How cool was it for JW to plan to retire and announce it before the season, and then have it be TN's best season in decades and culminate in an unbeaten national championship . . . Couldn't script a better ending to a career than to call the national title game victory as your final game.
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Listening to him call the final moments of the Fiesta Bowl will be a memory I will have til I die. Also, i respect a man who makes such a decision and sticks with it. ..... Unlike that idiot Keith Jackson.
 
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Anyone that had the privilege to listen to John Ward call a live ballgame will miss him.
 
#41
#41
What I miss most about John is we were winning a lot. Give him six never got old.
 
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Power T-Rev said:
You could here the passion in John's voice. To me, Bob sounds like a non-biased play by play announcer calling a game for ESPN. You're the voice of the Vols Bob, I wish you would sound like you're pumped to be doing what you do
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I certainly miss John Ward. John Ward is one of a kind... there won't be another in our life time

However, I've met Bob Kesling on several occasions and have had the pleasure of spending time with him.

Bob is a genuinely kind person and fun to be around. While he will never be John Ward, think of the nicest man you know describing the game action for you, next time you offer up a critique.

You may enjoy the broadcast a lot more.

(Just sayin... :hi: )
 
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I always watch "Decade of Dominance" just a few weeks before the season starts for two reasons.The first is to just remember and see how good we were in the nineties. What talent we put on the field.
The second is to get my John Ward fix.The man was just genius and as good as he was in football, he may have been better in basketball. I will take to my grave the most chilling call, in my opinion, he ever made.
" No sirrrreee,No sirrrreeee, final score, Tennessee 20, Florida 17. Pandemonium reigns.":dance2:

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GahLee said:
Everyone I knew watched the game on mute so they could hear Ward call it.
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The stadium was full of people wearing headphones as well listening to Ward. The best was when we'd score, the crowd going crazy and you could still hear John counting down the yards. It was like two scores on one play.
 
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OldandStillaVol said:
Listening to him call the final moments of the Fiesta Bowl will be a memory I will have til I die. Also, i respect a man who makes such a decision and sticks with it. ..... Unlike that idiot Keith Jackson.
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I remember the network going on and on about how great a loss losing keith jackson was....barely a mention of John Ward's retirement.

SOB likes retiring as much as Bret Farve.
 
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John made the games come to life, I just hope now I can get a score from Bob. There are a lot of good broadcasters out there but Bob isn't one of them.
 
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