2025-26 Schedule

[Nukem2]

You just HAD to include Rick Mount's dagger in your list, didn't you?    I was there. The bus ride back to Milwaukee was very quiet.

I was going to ask Tower for his home address so that I could send him the prize for best post on this subject to him, but I'm going to award it to you instead. It's an old set of rabbit ears antennas with some of the original aluminum foil still attached. DM me your address and the prize will arrive at your doorstep.

I remember being up in our attic as siblings set up in line to pass on messages telling me when my turning the antenna around gave the best picture.    Good 'ole days my ass!

Well, I am rather partial to my smart TVs and iPad and iPhone.  So I'll let you keep those rabbit ears and the crucnched up foil for your personal posterity. I'd rather forget about those parts of the experience.

[Nukem2]

I once hit Jerry Taff with a snowball.

A name from the past. Was anchor at Ch 12 from '79 to '05. Been retired for 20 years now.

[The Sultan]

A name from the past. Was anchor at Ch 12 from '79 to '05. Been retired for 20 years now.

I would have thought he was dead by now.

[Scoop Snoop]

Couldn't pick up channel 12 in the dorms even though the studio was yards away.

Umm...of course! There is a dead zone around broadcasting towers because the signal would need to be almost vertical for it to be received.

[Nukem2]

I would have thought he was dead by now.

Still alive apparently. His wiki page would indicate he just turned 85.

[The Sultan]

Still alive apparently. His wiki page would indicate he just turned 85.

Ooo. He looked older than he was I guess.

[Shooter McGavin]

I also remember only seeing 3-4 televised games per season.  I also remember watching a 12 inch black and white TV with an antenna.

Yep.  My first color TV broadcast was a Vikings  vs Packers game.  Remember it well. 

[MU82]

Yep.  My first color TV broadcast was a Vikings  vs Packers game.  Remember it well. 

Mine was the network premiere of Yellow Submarine. I was 12 years old and had been on a camping trip. I got home to find that my parents had finally bought a color TV, and that incredibly colorful movie helped celebrate the purchase.

[Scoop Snoop]

Ooo. He looked older than he was I guess.

That's what fear will do to a guy-always worrying about being pummeled with snowballs by a Marquette student (or were they ice balls? Fess up!). 

[The Sultan]

That's what fear will do to a guy-always worrying about being pummeled with snowballs by a Marquette student (or were they ice balls? Fess up!). 

It was during the finals week blizzard of '87. Heavy wet snow walking back from breakfast somewhere.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

It was during the finals week blizzard of '87. Heavy wet snow walking back from breakfast somewhere.

I remember that storm.  It wiped out my Chemistry final.

[tower912]

The only snow day in my 4 years.

[The Sultan]

The only snow day in my 4 years.

I'm pretty sure it was the first snow day in over a decade.

[muwarrior69]

Remember seeing Gail Goodrich and Bill Bradley in (different) NCAA games in the mid-1960s in glorious black and white. And the Texas Western and Loyola NCAA runs in the 60s.   Also, the Elvin Hayes vs. Lew Alcindor game in the Astrodome.  Also, Rick Mount with his overtime  dagger to MU in the NCAAs in the later 60s. More memorable games, which were far and few between and mostly NCAA Final 4s in the 60s. The feeds weren't so great in those days as well leaving a rather fuzzy picture even with a good antenna setup.

I was there for that heart breaker.

[MU82]

I'm pretty sure it was the first snow day in over a decade.

Yeah, I don't remember a single snow day during my 4 years.

Back then, we were tough. We walked to and from class every day, uphill both ways, through 10 feet of snow, wearing only Chucks on our feet.

[tower912]

Yeah, I don't remember a single snow day during my 4 years.

Back then, we were tough. We walked to and from class every day, uphill both ways, through 10 feet of snow, wearing only Chucks on our feet.

Mid 80's.  Docks, no socks.