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Monday, May 6, 2013
An Audio Clip for Tommie Frazier-Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on May 6, 2013
@touchdowntommie "The Run"...Tommie Frazier/Kent Pavelka audioboo.fm/boos/1374907-t…
— Kent Pavelka (@Kent_Pavelka) May 6, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Bob Devaney Sports Center: Best Moment Ever!
I’m not proud of it but back in the day, my eyes would occasionally roll when old timers like Lyell Bremser and Don Bryant would detail stories about their early days covering Husker athletics. I can only hope my rude behavior wasn’t obvious. I was in my 20s back then. It was the early 70s and I was in the first years of what I thought was a big deal job broadcasting NU football and basketball on the radio. But I just couldn’t focus on the stories those older gents would share about Pete Elliott, Bobby Reynolds, Harry Good, Jim Kubacki, etc. All that was passé for me; ancient history. I was a punk. What can I say?
Trouble is, what goes around comes around. I fully understand people who don’t remember the advent of the 45 second shot clock aren’t interested in, and can’t relate to, the first Husker basketball games at the Bob Devaney Center in 1976. So if that’s you, hold your nose, roll your eyes, and drift off to more important times, like today. I’ve been there and done that. I understand. No offense taken.
If you’re still with me, suffice it to say I was extremely honored to broadcast the first basketball games played at Devaney. Those were the state high school tournament games in the spring of 76, prior to the initial Husker games later that fall and winter.
The first NU game was against the Iowa Hawkeyes on November 27th. A Google search resurrects all the names of the participants. I won’t bore you with all of it. But like today, for the new Pinnacle Bank Arena, the administration was hoping to initiate the building with a game against a quality opponent but one that the Huskers would be able to beat. That didn’t happen. Ronnie Lester (who Nebraska tried hard to recruit) was Iowa’s big gun. Lute Olson was their relatively young head coach. And the Hawkeyes spoiled the Devaney Center christening with a 71-56 win over Joe Cipriano, Brian Banks, and Carl McPipe.
And now, as I use the same spotting board forms that I worked with way back then to prepare for the final game at the Bob, filling out the names of Minnesota’s players, my mind races to all those games, players, coaches, staff, and fans I’ve been so fortunate to share a career with.
And the best moment in all those years and approximately 425 broadcasts I’ve done there? It’s a slam dunk: The 1983 win over TCU that sent the Huskers to the final 4 of the N.I.T. There was more emotion in that building in the 15 minute post game celebration that followed than any other in all these years. Listen to the 5 minute radio clip I found and I think you’ll have to agree.
So now, it’s off to Lincoln and the final broadcast ever at the Devaney Center. I got to do the last one at the old Coliseum, the first and last ones at the Bob, and the plan is, the first one next fall at Pinnacle Bank Arena. If you’re green around the edges, this is the stuff that will make your eyes roll. For me, it’s the stuff of a lifetime at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Trouble is, what goes around comes around. I fully understand people who don’t remember the advent of the 45 second shot clock aren’t interested in, and can’t relate to, the first Husker basketball games at the Bob Devaney Center in 1976. So if that’s you, hold your nose, roll your eyes, and drift off to more important times, like today. I’ve been there and done that. I understand. No offense taken.
If you’re still with me, suffice it to say I was extremely honored to broadcast the first basketball games played at Devaney. Those were the state high school tournament games in the spring of 76, prior to the initial Husker games later that fall and winter.
The first NU game was against the Iowa Hawkeyes on November 27th. A Google search resurrects all the names of the participants. I won’t bore you with all of it. But like today, for the new Pinnacle Bank Arena, the administration was hoping to initiate the building with a game against a quality opponent but one that the Huskers would be able to beat. That didn’t happen. Ronnie Lester (who Nebraska tried hard to recruit) was Iowa’s big gun. Lute Olson was their relatively young head coach. And the Hawkeyes spoiled the Devaney Center christening with a 71-56 win over Joe Cipriano, Brian Banks, and Carl McPipe.
And now, as I use the same spotting board forms that I worked with way back then to prepare for the final game at the Bob, filling out the names of Minnesota’s players, my mind races to all those games, players, coaches, staff, and fans I’ve been so fortunate to share a career with.
And the best moment in all those years and approximately 425 broadcasts I’ve done there? It’s a slam dunk: The 1983 win over TCU that sent the Huskers to the final 4 of the N.I.T. There was more emotion in that building in the 15 minute post game celebration that followed than any other in all these years. Listen to the 5 minute radio clip I found and I think you’ll have to agree.
So now, it’s off to Lincoln and the final broadcast ever at the Devaney Center. I got to do the last one at the old Coliseum, the first and last ones at the Bob, and the plan is, the first one next fall at Pinnacle Bank Arena. If you’re green around the edges, this is the stuff that will make your eyes roll. For me, it’s the stuff of a lifetime at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Toughest Two Straight?
Here's the deal: MSU beat Mich 75-52. This week...at #1 Indiana
followed by # 8 Mich St. In Lincoln, may be the toughest back-to-back games the #Huskers have ever faced. Name two better. Higher ranked and/or better.
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followed by # 8 Mich St. In Lincoln, may be the toughest back-to-back games the #Huskers have ever faced. Name two better. Higher ranked and/or better.
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Location:Bloomington, Indiana
Back in Indiana: 39 Seasons Later
Back in Indiana: 39 Seasons Later
by Kent Pavelka
About 2 hours before the game started, a wet-behind-the-ears radio play-by-play announcer roamed the corridors of Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. It was December, 1974. He worked by himself in those early years with no help from an analyst or color-commentator. So he was looking for someone to grab for a short recorded interview to play at half-time of his Nebraska-SMU broadcast. The second game, later that night in the 4 team tournament, featured the host Indiana Hoosiers against Creighton.
Kent Pavelka, in his first year broadcasting Husker basketball, spotted Bob Knight. Ah, thought the 24 year-old Pavelka, I'll ask Coach Knight if he would be so kind.
Pavelka nervously approached Knight, who was also early in his career. He introduced himself and asked the question. Knight looked down at the young broadcaster and snapped, "You've got 30-seconds. Go."
More than a little shaken, Pavelka managed to turn on the recorder and fumble through a few questions as Knight answered them.
Pavelka would marvel as the years passed, watching Knight and remembering those rude and intimidating few minutes, as Knight repeated his bully tactics and boorish behavior over and over again.
39 seasons later, Pavelka is back in Bloomington for his second basketball broadcast there between Nebraska and Indiana. Ironically, Indiana's Sports Information office offered Tom Crean for a few minutes of live pre game chatter for the Pavelka-Matt Davison broadcast Wednesday. Pavelka declined the offer.
Pavelka believes he has changed a lot since that night in 1974. He also says he has doubts Knight has changed at all.
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by Kent Pavelka
About 2 hours before the game started, a wet-behind-the-ears radio play-by-play announcer roamed the corridors of Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. It was December, 1974. He worked by himself in those early years with no help from an analyst or color-commentator. So he was looking for someone to grab for a short recorded interview to play at half-time of his Nebraska-SMU broadcast. The second game, later that night in the 4 team tournament, featured the host Indiana Hoosiers against Creighton.
Kent Pavelka, in his first year broadcasting Husker basketball, spotted Bob Knight. Ah, thought the 24 year-old Pavelka, I'll ask Coach Knight if he would be so kind.
Pavelka nervously approached Knight, who was also early in his career. He introduced himself and asked the question. Knight looked down at the young broadcaster and snapped, "You've got 30-seconds. Go."
More than a little shaken, Pavelka managed to turn on the recorder and fumble through a few questions as Knight answered them.
Pavelka would marvel as the years passed, watching Knight and remembering those rude and intimidating few minutes, as Knight repeated his bully tactics and boorish behavior over and over again.
39 seasons later, Pavelka is back in Bloomington for his second basketball broadcast there between Nebraska and Indiana. Ironically, Indiana's Sports Information office offered Tom Crean for a few minutes of live pre game chatter for the Pavelka-Matt Davison broadcast Wednesday. Pavelka declined the offer.
Pavelka believes he has changed a lot since that night in 1974. He also says he has doubts Knight has changed at all.
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Kent Pavelka saying "Gooooot iiiiiiiiiit!" at various speeds
Posted on YouTube: Someone with a little too much time on their hands?
Sunday, February 10, 2013
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