[Husker] Jim Rose strikes again

[Eric Erlandson]

Rose is terrific.  I occasionally hear complaints about how much time he
spends showing how smart he is, and I suppose that when he gets going on
it, we should expect it take quite a while.  Now, that isn't in the job
description, I acknowledge, but this is radio.  Once we understand the
setup, including whose great-grandfather played third string for Dana
Bible, there still has to be some fill-chatter.  He's the brightest, most
articulate regional sportscaster I've heard in my life as a Nebraskan, and
that includes Bremser, of whom I was a great fan in the same way nieces
and nephews enjoy half-lit uncles at Christmastime.

Come on.  Rose's command of facts and history is pretty impressive, you
never lack context, and he's clear as a bell.  I think because aggression
is such a fundamental element of sports, we all look around for things to
dislike passionately.  The announcers talk to us for a hundred hours a
year, and they're juicy targets.  I try to focus all this disgust on
basketball, the dumbest sport since..., well..., since soccer.


On Fri, 26 May 2006, Dick Karre wrote:

> Pat Gaule wrote:
> > "Brandon Buckman dove on that ball like a Marine diving on a grenade in 
> > Iraq!"
> > 
> > Wow!  That might be the dumbest thing he's said yet.
> 
> To give credit where it's due, Aunt Blabby did come up with a good line 
> during the second OU game. Referencing the deliberate pitching style of 
> the Sooners, he said something to the effect that all the OU fans had 
> brought Tolstoy to the game. Of course, he couldn't stop there, but had 
> to go on to evoke Callahan's "f'ing hillbillies" remark and disparage 
> the intellect of OU fans, thereby spoiling the effect.
> 
> My sister tells me that a recent radio poll (unscientific, no doubt) 
> voted Rose the worst sportscaster in Nebraska by a wide margin. I'm not 
> surprised.
> 
> -- 
> Dick Karre
> dkarre at comcast.net
> 
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