Jim Rose supposedly stepping down

[kougar24]

For personal reasons, according to my NU bro-in-law.

[ksu_FAN]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for Cornhusker fans...

Will Sharpey be his replacement?

[kougar24]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for Cornhusker fans...

Will Sharpey be his replacement?

Actually, I think this will cheer NU fans up a bit.

That mock Rose clip from the Tejas game (with the high-pitch voice) is even funnier to me now.

[sonofdaxjones]

I think the guy was about to have a nervous breakdown over the plight of Cornhole Football . . . another example of a an entire states sense of self worth being inextricably tied to a college football team.

Sad . . .

[The Manhatter]

forget it.  This is not "stepping down"...Nubb P-B-P was his dream job.  I believe he's being forced out for a number of reasons.  One of which is that most corn fans don't like him.  And I also think some of it has to do w/ the embarrassing tirade concerning Freeman.  I think that rant forever associates Jim w/ the Callahan era and one a lot of corn fans have a lot of distaste for.  While there are a number of jackhole Nubbers on the message boards the older Nubber folks still have pride and, dare I say it, class.  I'm sure they have been biting their lips for a few years while this stuff was occuring.

[Pete]

forget it.  This is not "stepping down"...Nubb P-B-P was his dream job.  I believe he's being forced out for a number of reasons.  One of which is that most corn fans don't like him.  And I also think some of it has to do w/ the embarrassing tirade concerning Freeman.  I think that rant forever associates Jim w/ the Callahan era and one a lot of corn fans have a lot of distaste for.  While there are a number of jackhole Nubbers on the message boards the older Nubber folks still have pride and, dare I say it, class.  I'm sure they have been biting their lips for a few years while this stuff was occuring.

I agree completely.  They are systematically trying to erase everything even remotely associated with Callahan. 

[mjrod]

We should hire him to do play by play for us.

[stormnut]

For personal reasons, according to my NU bro-in-law.

I don't feel sorry of Nebraska, I feel sorry for Jim Rose. He won't be part of the greatest self destruction of a team in the history of College Football. Lincoln Jim (as the press core likes to call him) lose is no big deal for Nebraska. They want people that want to call the games for Nebraska, like Greg Sharp (in the future Greg Sharp's mom is going to call AD Tom Osborn and let them know that he is transferring to North Carolina State because with the losing seasons that Turner Gill is putting in his voice is not getting enough play time)

[stormnut]

We should hire him to do play by play for us.

I hear that he Western Unioned Osborn and told him to stop telographing him.

[mjrod]

http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=1305091

[mjrod]

http://www.kfab.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?DB_OEM_ID=100&feed=122285&article=2889307

There is a video.   Very telling.

[kougar24]

http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=1305091

"Rose said the job as the voice of the Huskers was rewarding, exciting and thrilling, but he had lost touch with important things in his life"

...Like, not being hated by an entire fanbase.

[stormnut]

http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=1305091

"Rose said the job as the voice of the Huskers was rewarding, exciting and thrilling, but he had lost touch with important things in his life"

...Like, not being hated by an entire fanbase.

Wow, I never knew Jim Rose had a life to lose touch with it. Lincoln Jim till the end I guess

[ksu_FAN]

Its funny how much people put sports "into perspective" when you are losing.

[mjrod]

As much as I enjoyed listening to Rose and his myopic views from the standpoint as a fan from the other side, you could tell it was a passion with him and I think, like a lot of people who have passions, he took it to an unhealthy level.   

I feel for the guy because I think everyone goes through a point in life where they realize they've taken too much for granted and sometimes, realize too late, and everything collapses.

Perhaps he realized just in time that he needs to wear different colored glasses, because it was evident he was heading for self-destruction.

Good Luck, Jim Rose.  We will miss you.

[kougar24]

Its funny how much people put sports "into perspective" when you are losing.

So true. And we all do it.

[fatty fat fat]

Wow. This sucks. Greg Sharpe is going to be the new GBR voice, and we are stuck with wyatt.

[ew2x4]

I want Greg Sharpe. :(

[sys]

why exactly is sharpe not ksu's guy again?  or national?  he was really fjcking good.

[sonofdaxjones]

They're getting their ass kicked and their dropping like flies.   Guys on their BBS's who posted for years and had thousands of posts now say they're not going to post anymore because suddenly they have "other priorities" . . . Jim Rose quits because it was just too demanding. 

How much further proof do you need to know that their sense of self worth was almost entirely tied to Cornhole football.

Sad . . .

[mjrod]

why exactly is sharpe not ksu's guy again?  or national?  he was really fjcking good.

When Mid-America sports network got the new contract for K-State Sports, Greg Sharpe had recently been promoted to program director at WIBW and given more responsibility.   He was offered the job first but felt loyalty to WIBW.    So he declined the job.   His position at WIBW was something he had worked to get and since his family was in Topeka, having to uproot them and move them to Manhattan for a job that was less money didn't sit well. I think his wife was also working in Topeka and loved her job.

Anyway, Sharpe still does play by play calling all over the region and I'm not sure he'll get the Nebraska job.

If he did, I'd be pretty upset at KSU.    The whole Mid-America/WIBW thing was a huge fiasco.

[mjrod]

They're getting their ass kicked and their dropping like flies.   Guys on their BBS's who posted for years and had thousands of posts now say they're not going to post anymore because suddenly they have "other priorities" . . . Jim Rose quits because it was just too demanding. 

How much further proof do you need to know that their sense of self worth was almost entirely tied to Cornhole football.

Sad . . .

That was the point.  He got too immersed into it.  I'm glad for Rose he didn't lose a family over it.  I'm sure a lot of people have and you see it all the time.

[THRICE]

 

[sonofdaxjones]

The WIBW thing was NOT a huge fiasco, unless you consider KSU allowing itself to be beholden to Georgia based Morris Communications and their $600K (Current deal worth $3 million plus a year) a year offer to carry KSU sports a good deal.

[mjrod]

The WIBW thing was NOT a huge fiasco, unless you consider KSU allowing itself to be beholden to Georgia based Morris Communications and their $600K (Current deal worth $3 million plus a year) a year offer to carry KSU sports a good deal.

It was a good thing for KSU, I agree.  The drama however, of WIBW not relinquishing it's rights, the impending court battle, etc.. the "WE WANT GREG!" chants..

[kougar24]

The WIBW thing was NOT a huge fiasco, unless you consider KSU allowing itself to be beholden to Georgia based Morris Communications and their $600K (Current deal worth $3 million plus a year) a year offer to carry KSU sports a good deal.

Man, Tim Weiser is so awesome. 

[sys]

listening to wyatt rather than sharpe prob. damages the ksu fanbase to the tune of 1-2 million/year.  that should be factored in when evaluating the deal.

[vanro031]

Hope you Kats are happy now! First you chased off our AD and now our radio guy. After this weekend you guys will get Bill C fired.
You guys are mean and don't play nice!!!

I'll tell ya this, you won't have Jim Rose to kick around anymore!!!

[mjrod]

Don't feel sorry for Nebraska.

Feel sorry for Jim Rose.

It's his loss.

Man, I could do a 1/2 rant on that.

[Bullfn33]

Odd how Rose doesn't admit that the reason he had this epiphany about his life becoming a thing and not a person anymore is because Nebraska is one of the worst teams in the country right now and his mind shifted back to realities about life.  Do you think he would still be in that booth if the Cornholes were 10-0 and in a National Title hunt?  Hell yes he would and he would still be delusional about how much better Nebraska is than anyone and anything else in the history or mankind.  It's absolutely amazing how following a losing team can shift some peoples thoughts to other more important things in life.  This is absolutely about someone who connected their entire self worth and being into the success of Nebraska football.  Incredibly sad.  NU losing is probably the best thing that could have happened to him.