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[VolsDoc81TX]

This brought me back big time.

I remember being a little kid and one game my dad was wearing headphones listening to John Ward while we were both watching the game on tv. He always listened to the radio, but he put on headphones this time because I wanted to hear the tv announcers. I was being real stubborn about it. At some point he starts calling the plays out before they happen to me. "I bet Al Wilson makes a tackle for loss right here." Boom. You better believe the next play Al Wilson busted through and took the RB down behind the line of scrimmage. And (being a little kid) I didn't understand how he could possibly know every play so clearly before it happened. I thought my Dad was clearly a genius. Of course.

I finally figured out the radio was just ahead of the tv because he started screaming and sprinting around the house about 30 seconds before I saw Peyton throw a long TD pass. I finally figured out what was going on, but then I was screaming and celebrating with him and having too much fun to care.

From then on I always made sure to listen to the radio with him so I could be a genius too. Wish I could have had more time to listen to John Ward.

As phenomenal as he was at calling a football game, John Ward was incomparable as a basketball announcer. I always listened to the away games on radio. You could truly visualize the game with his play by play commentary. He knew all the players names on both teams. He could actually pronounce all the names correctly as well. He was a master artist at his craft. My all time favorite attorney too.

There will never be another like him.
I was so lucky to be in college while he was the Voice of the Vols.

:salute:

 

[BruinVol]

As phenomenal as he was at calling a football game, John Ward was incomparable as a basketball announcer. I always listened to the away games on radio. You could truly visualize the game with his play by play commentary. He knew all the players names on both teams. He could actually pronounce all the names correctly as well. He was a master artist at his craft. My all time favorite attorney too.

There will never be another like him.
I was so lucky to be in college while he was the Voice of the Vols.

:salute:

I didn't even post those lines.

"Coming out of there with it is Lockhart, Lockhart to Jenkins beautiful feed Nix two hand stuff Bottom"

I had the tony white 50+ point night on old VCR tape and watched it probably a 100times a kid.

And John that last year said "let's count it down, 5,4,3,2,1 the sec east champion is clad in big orange, where have I heard that before"


Hell yea he was good at hoops!

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

Looks like Corey Henderson is enrolling at BLINN CC in Texas.

 

[Vol464]

Looks like Corey Henderson is enrolling at BLINN CC in Texas.

So butch sent him to juco to make room for a grad transfer rb?

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

So butch sent him to juco to make room for a grad transfer rb?

That's probably what Bruin thinks.

 

[Vol464]

That's probably what Bruin thinks.

Lol. Exactly

 

[volunteerfan56]

I would be torn on this one. He would be a perfect fit for our offense. I don't want there to be another reason to mention Baylor and Tennessee in the same sentence, either.

The kid hasn't played a down in Waco. Dail back the overreaction a bit

 

[BruinVol]

@GaryParrishCBS: This is good news for the University of Memphis. https://t.co/NrOC0yY7tl

 

[seaofORANGE22]

Looks like Corey Henderson is enrolling at BLINN CC in Texas.

We let him slip away to BLINN of all places? Not that powerhouse! Just wait til Kirkland meets him over the middle.

 

[JCLawyerVol]

Story on USA Today. Title IX suit filed by Baylor alum.

I've mentioned this before on here, but I found this bit particularly interesting:

"OCR is currently investigating 192 colleges and universities for their handling of sexual violence under Title IX."

Title IX complaint filed against Baylor - USA TODAY
https://apple.news/AgqSF3b2CReqj0ovYArKiNA

 

[SSVol]

Even sarcastically imitating Bruin might just get you on some ignore lists....

Yeah...fair enough. Just hoping that we can mock the stupid out of him.

 

[SSVol]

Story on USA Today. Title IX suit filed by Baylor alum.

I've mentioned this before on here, but I found this bit particularly interesting:

"OCR is currently investigating 192 colleges and universities for their handling of sexual violence under Title IX."

Title IX complaint filed against Baylor - USA TODAY
https://apple.news/AgqSF3b2CReqj0ovYArKiNA

Sounds like lawyer's gold mine. Helping the oppressed while enriching themselves. Never mind that it is functionally extortion...it's for a good cause! Kinda reminds me of the patent trolling gig a few years back, but for guys with a semi-functional soul.

 

[JCLawyerVol]

Sounds like lawyer's gold mine. Helping the oppressed while enriching themselves. Never mind that it is functionally extortion...it's for a good cause! Kinda reminds me of the patent trolling gig a few years back, but for guys with a semi-functional soul.

Sure doesn't fit the narrative that UT is the only one dealing with this stuff, does it?

 

[bcmbvol]

The kid hasn't played a down in Waco. Dail back the overreaction a bit

Being cognizant of national perception is not overreacting.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Yeah...fair enough. Just hoping that we can mock the stupid out of him.

If that were possible, MockingVol would have fixed BruinVol by now...

Unfortunately not the case :hi:

 

[BruinVol]

If that were possible, MockingVol would have fixed BruinVol by now...

Unfortunately not the case :hi:

I have to admit I laughed

That was good

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

I have to admit I laughed

That was good

 

[MockingVol]

I have to admit I laughed

That was good

.

 

[volunteerfan56]

Being cognizant of national perception is not overreacting.

you cannot be serious...

 

[MetalVolunteer]

John Ward is a class act. I've never heard anything bad about him. And if I did, I'd have to consider the person saying it.

There will NEVER be another JW. When I was a kid, up to teenager, my family would turn down the TV and listen to John. He made it that more exciting. When TN came back and beat ND, that was the best game he EVER called IMHO. A TRUE classic in every sense of the word

 

[VolinArizona]

Completely random thought. I believe that we could see some college coaches, including ours, jump to the NFL because of the current climate on college campuses.

 

[volsfan_17]

Completely random thought. I believe that we could see some college coaches, including ours, jump to the NFL because of the current climate on college campuses.

Interesting idea, I personally feel that these types of issues will provide the foundation for college athletics to seperate from the schools themselves in some fashion.

 

[bcmbvol]

you cannot be serious...

I must admit that the fault in my proposition is not immediately apparent to me. Perhaps you could help me see it, or should your incredulity be sufficient for me to reconsider my position?

 

[Aesius]

Completely random thought. I believe that we could see some college coaches, including ours, jump to the NFL because of the current climate on college campuses.

I'm sure many would love to make the jump, but there are only 32 head coaching jobs in the NFL, and league owners still love hiring career failures like Mike Mularkey over promising college coaches.

 

[WallyBalls]

This article makes me SO mad. It is very harmful to our program and completely inaccurate. Our 2017 class won't come together with repeated articles like this. Is there anything TN can do to squash this comparison...

Butch's national 'guy' seems to be Feldman, hopefully at some point he'll write something blasting the comparisons. Or, actually, this is where Clay Travis could come in handy.