As I said, we should really be criticizing Russ, not Rob. Russ is paid as a full-time employee and puts in far from full-time work. Rob volunteers much of his time and goes above-and-beyond the call of duty.

Russ has been looking to get out of Athens since the day he arrived, and it shows sometimes. He's sour that he's still here and isn't putting in the work we should expect from our #1 broadcaster.

Whether Russ is looking elsewhere or not (and let me point out, he is a broadcaster, of course he wants to move onto bigger things, thats the way of the world), let me just say that I love, LOVE listening to him and Rob call Bobcat games! I'm a grad student in Buffalo, so I definately can't make it down to Athens for any but 1-2 home games a year, but in a lot of ways, listening in on the OHIO BOBCATS radio network (online) is the next best thing. For the toledo game last year I made the mistake of paying for the MACcess live video of the game. The production quality of that was so bad (and completely lacked commentary) that I turned it off at halftime and listened to Russ & Rob call the remainder of the game. Even when games are on ESPN3, and to a lesser extent ESPN2/U, the commentary and play-by-play on those games is nothing compared to the quality and excitment that comes from Russ and Rob (and our boys do it without talking about how Temple deserved to win MAC titles the past 2 seasons but for overlooking OHIO, etc).

All thats a long winded way of saying: Broadcast on Rob (and Russ)

Paul G-- I know that you're a #1 Bobcat fan so I do not question your loyalty here.  But you're way off base on this one.  And, being in a bad hole, you oughta stop digging.

Oldkatz--excellent Don C. reference.  He's also the man.

TVOTB and Rob C rule.  For me the only question is what game(s) will I be at this year and will TVOTB have time to make it a second annual Rebecca and I buy him a drink and will Rob C be available to join us this year.

I thought this was a thread about Cornelius Greene when I logged on!




Rob does an excellent job as the color man for the Bobcats and I enjoy his coverage.  As someone who volunteers his time with little or no pay other than basic expenses, Rob should be commended.

Surprised to hear that people are concerned about Russ not attending all of the practices.   Practices are really overrated!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI

Ryan:  I wondered for years who Bob Haldeman was on this board.  Maybe you can start posting as "Deep Throat" from now on?

And a ++ for the Country Joe McDonald paraphrasing.

I agree with this topic. Roddy McDowell was a master and deserved an Oscar for this role of a lifetime.

You gotta be kidding me...

For my money, Russ and Rob are one of the best broadcast teams in college athletics (being in the broadcasting myself, I listen to quite a few different teams throughout the season).

In my mind, one of the biggest steps to Ohio's athletic program advancing forward happened in 2008 when Russ, Rob, and Evan all came on board (correct me if I'm wrong... I know Rob did a lot of work with athletics prior to that, but I think that's when he started on a regular basis).  The progress Ohio athletics has made in content and professionalism in that time frame has been unreal.

To those three, I say keep up the excellent work.

I'm in essential agreement with probably about 80 percent of Rob's political statements.  However, I'm not a fan of H.R. "Bob" Haldeman, even though he may be a distant cousin.  My dad always sarcastically referred to him as "Cousin Bob."  Why is it that it's generally OK on this board to make snide comments about someone's supposed right wing politics but the house comes down and it's an immediate trip to Siberia if the criticism comes from the opposite direction? In other words, political criticisms coming from the left usually take a lot longer to go to Siberia and are more tolerated by the mods until they get really outrageous.  For the record, I think we ought to have an "Overtime" forum on this board where heated political debate would be welcome, but the powers that be don't like the idea, so it's not about to happen anytime soon.  In the meantime, why don't we all agree not to discuss politics on this board or to make comments about another poster's political persuasion?  We are all Bobcats.  Let's share the love!

Now that I've said my piece, let me point out that Paul has basically said he's wrong and wants to drop the subject.  So let's all forgive and move on.

I was thinking Yukon Cornelius, but I agree with you.



Here's Yukon's twitter. Not as much coal talk as RC's.

http://twitter.com/#!/yukon_gold

Look, the President has had some bad luck and those damn ATM's and Airport Kiosks keeping taking away jobs! 

You also have to remember that President Obama has seven extra states that he has to worry about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws&feature=related

Sadly, this is what all too often passes for discourse these days. Insults answered by insults and nobody actually makes a point.

I've seen 4chan threads full of less stupidity than this one.