[Husker] Jim Rose strikes again

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I also like Rose about 85% of the time.  The 15% is acceptable in the margin 
of error category.

Steven J
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Erlandson" <ere at inetnebr.com>
To: "Dick Karre" <dkarre at comcast.net>
Cc: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 1:49 PM
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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