Favorite John Ward Calls

I can remember watching games with the tv muted and listening to John. He was UT football for me and so many others.

 

"....a Nineeeety eiiigghht yard SCAMPER!"

 

Gotta love how he referred to the famous duo as "Reginald Cobb" and "Charles Webb."

For realz though, I get goosebumps reading everyone's accounts.

 

The line I am talking about can be heard at :45 seconds in this video.

http://youtu.be/Jaoma30S3FU

 

He stumbles and falls, fumbles the football, it's been recovered by Tennessee.

 

Do any of you have the Vol Network Greatest Hits cd?

 

It was a basketball call that holds mine. Against Kentucky in 75 or 76, Rick Robey of Kentucky ran out of bounds and jumped over the table where John was. John made this quote,"Rick Robey, 6-10,245, John Ward,5-10,145,maybe!"

 

Billy Ratliff and that last drive....now that's football.

 

Yep. It plays constantly in my car. My 2 year old always tells me to play rockytop when I buckle her in.

 

He was every bit as good if not better at calling basketball games.

 

Twisting, turning, churning, somersaulting ever so slightly, into the endzone!

 

Absolutely.

 

unfortunately UT basketball was hard to find in West TN back in the day

 

Welcome to the jungle known as the 8th.

 

I think he was great at both. I think he did a remarkable job in basketball games. I loved his standard "Walked, didn't call it!" And it was late free throws by Allan Houston at Memphis that prompted "M-O-N-E-Y! MONEY, put it in the bank, ALLAN HOUSTON!"

In football, I was working that Saturday listening to a game on the radio at lunch. One certain Dude with a 'Tude was playing his first game on both Offense and Defense. I remember the interception and obligatory countdown as some Vol picked off a pass and ran it back for a TD. John said "Who else? CARL PICKENS!" He had a knack for saying that name.

 

Just saw this thread, and this is what I was going to post. No need to say anything else.

 

Me too and I'm 29. I listened to a hell of a lot more games than I watched growing up

 

thank you kindly, jay. been lurking for years. feel like i know some of you.

 

Jump right in.

 

John Ward was perfect for bringing that game experience into the homes when there were only 3 network channels. Had we had Bob Kessling during that same timeframe, I'd wait to see the results in the Sunday paper.