Bob’s call

[Carl Pickens]

If you had any passion for UT you would have been at the game instead of complaing about Kesling. Greatest day for Tennessee football in quite awhile and this your complaint. Go and continue with your crappy day and attitude I choose to scream Buck Fama

Dude…. The things that should be said to you would get a poster banned

 

[camp_steveo]

I hate to pile on, but John Ward is part of the memories we hold dear. His voice on Saturday was part of the magic.

It just aint the same these days.

 

[Iam4utalways]

someone edited Ward's voice.

All Vol highlights should be edited just like this.

 

[Smokey7]

He's always been boring and bland. Does he even love Tennessee Football?

 

[OrangeInKy]

I didn't hear it because it was slightly delayed and I'm not big on listening to his calls, so I listen to the TV. Most fans seem to feel the way I do, but still listen. Not sure why. You can listen to the TV guys and complain about them or complain about Kesling. From my time on this board, fans will complain about just about anyone who is calling our games. Everyone gripes about Kesling, CBS crew, all ESPN guys/girls. Just enjoy the games and look past who is calling them.

 

[Herman Hickman]

Thank God for Tim Priest and Pat Ryan. At least they are both worthy replacements for Bill Anderson.

I've spent most of my life outside my home state with a good part of that existence more than 8 hours away from Knoxville. I listened to John Ward and Bill Anderson as a teenager in Georgia using a boom box to pick up the signal of a 5,000 watt Atlanta station. And I had it on my computer in 1999 in Tallahassee when the legends signed off after telling us all Tennessee was in possession of the crystal football in Tempe. They were my friends. They were my family. They were a part of home.

They replaced a great friend with someone who just sees it as a job. Thankfully, Tim Priest was there to help us all through the tough times to come while Kesling went through his usual doldrums and getting lost at the down and distance. That man carried those broadcasts and there are few I appreciate more during those dark moments than him.

Kesling was the first sign of the downturn, a symbol of an Athletics Department willing to settle for second best over up and coming talent like Stan Cotten and Mike Keith. These broadcasts are a window to Tennessee football. UTAD should have done more to make sure a seat held by Babe Ruth-level talents like Lindsay Nelson and John Ward wasn't given to a Mario Mendoza-level bum like Kesling.

I have listened to the broadcasts all these years because I want to hear the Tennessee perspective, not because I believe Kesling is one of the best out there.

Saturday night, like all the other games before, demonstrates Kesling is to football broadcasting what Lizzo would be to a strip club.

 

[Otis07]

Dude…. The things that should be said to you would get a poster banned

Buck you dude