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.

[MarquetteMike1977]

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

Jerry Taff a name from the past that reminds me of a couple things. One the girl I was dating just before my wife said to me I looked like Jerry Taff when I laid on my side on her couch. I do not lay on my side anymore. 2nd Jerry Taff spoke to me through the television. Real Wolf Blitzer Tom Cruise Mission Impossible Stuff. I spoke with my Mom the next day she said your Dad is just messing with you do not worry about it. If you knew my Dad you knew this was possible no pun intended.

[muwarrior69]

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.

The only time I can remember when classes were suspended was a 3 day stretch when it was -20 degrees and 15 mile/hr. winds.

[Uncle Rico]

The only time I can remember when classes were suspended was a 3 day stretch when it was -20 degrees and 15 mile/hr. winds.

Thank god for global warming

[GoFastAndWin]

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

Not to be confused with Chicago ABC-7 meteorologist Jerry Taft, who passed away in 2020. UW grad. Was a good guy and a decent golfer.

[Nukem2]

Not to be confused with Chicago ABC-7 meteorologist Jerry Taft, who passed away in 2020. UW grad. Was a good guy and a decent golfer.

we are talking about Milwaukee here,

[MarquetteMike1977]

Jerry Taff a name from the past that reminds me of a couple things. One the girl I was dating just before my wife said to me I looked like Jerry Taff when I laid on my side on her couch. I do not lay on my side anymore. 2nd Jerry Taff spoke to me through the television. Real Wolf Blitzer Tom Cruise Mission Impossible Stuff. I spoke with my Mom the next day she said your Dad is just messing with you do not worry about it. If you knew my Dad you knew this was possible no pun intended.

Agree reminds me of another story. My In Laws from Saint Louis were visiting us and staying at the Courtyard in Milwaukee now a Sonesta. They came over to our house the next day and said the Cardinals won. Which was awesome but the Cardinals had lost. My In Laws said no we saw it on the news last night the Cardinals won. But again they actually lost. Someone had Tom Cruise Wolf Blitzer Missioned Impossibled Them. My Dad and his friends loved their Shennanigans is all I can say. Can not say anymore on this. RIP Dad

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Agree reminds me of another story. My In Laws from Saint Louis were visiting us and staying at the Courtyard in Milwaukee now a Sonesta. They came over to our house the next day and said the Cardinals won. Which was awesome but the Cardinals had lost. My In Laws said no we saw it on the news last night the Cardinals won. But again they actually lost. Someone had Tom Cruise Wolf Blitzer Missioned Impossibled Them. My Dad and his friends loved their Shennaigans is all I can say. Can not say anymore on this. RIP Dad

I could have sworn this was called the Mandella Effect.

[MarquetteMike1977]

I could have sworn this was called the Mandella Effect.

RIP Father Donnelly died in June. I believe most of us had him for history class in The Varsity Theater