[Husker] Jim Rose strikes again

[Martin, Douglas]

To compare Jim Rose to Lyell Bremser, in my opinion, is like comparing
Gary Gibbs to Barry Switzer............. Mr. Bremser is the only radio
voice that I actually looked forward to hearing whilst growing up a
youngster, and this includes such radio personalities as Ty Bass, Otis
Twelve, and Jack Swanda all whom I grew up with.

Doug Martin, MD
UNL '87
UNMC '91

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
Of Eric Erlandson
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 1:49 PM
To: Dick Karre
Cc: husker at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] Jim Rose strikes again

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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