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Post by 86BEAVER on Sept 6, 2024 1:23:55 GMT -8
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Post by lebaneaver on Sept 6, 2024 7:33:43 GMT -8
Thanks. I forgot how successful he was for Portland. He was a victim of s%#tty knees, or he may have had more seasons like that. One of my favorite Beavs of all time. |
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Post by lefty on Sept 6, 2024 12:42:56 GMT -8
What a great team that was with Johnson, Kurt Sitton, Mark Radford, Ray Blume, Lester Connors, So fun to watch. Didn't end good, but still a great great year
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Sept 6, 2024 13:10:54 GMT -8
Kurt's brother Charlie was a pretty good player too.  |
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Post by finleybandbeav on Sept 6, 2024 16:36:26 GMT -8
Most all those guys (including Steve, of course) would come in for interviews when we used to produce The Ralph Miller Show in Kidder Hall, or we would have them on the half-hour show in prerecorded feature segments. And then there was Ralph himself, sitting there on set, chain smoking his More cigarettes.
I asked him just once (sheepishly) if he would refrain from smoking in the television studio, as it was (very) bad for the electronic equipment. He answered me by blowing smoke in my direction - I was several feet away, so he didn't exactly hit me with it, but I got the message. I never mentioned it again.
To me, 1980 in particular was just a magical moment in time - mostly, of course, by what was happening on the basketball floor with Steve Johnson and Company, but also from a media standpoint. We were completely inundated with requests from national media outlets during the several weeks that OSU was ranking No. 1 in the nation. It was incredible - I remember (as just one example) a guy on the phone from this new Superstation WTBS yelling, "Send us some video! Can you send it today?!" No internet back then, and we did not yet have the ability to uplink video via satellite. We literally sent them a videotape across the country in the mail, which obviously took a few days.
I still think of that time now and then, and like I said, it was truly incredible.
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Post by TheGlove on Sept 6, 2024 18:04:54 GMT -8
Most all those guys (including Steve, of course) would come in for interviews when we used to produce The Ralph Miller Show in Kidder Hall, or we would have them on the half-hour show in prerecorded feature segments. And then there was Ralph himself, sitting there on set, chain smoking his More cigarettes. I asked him just once (sheepishly) if he would refrain from smoking in the television studio, as it was (very) bad for the electronic equipment. He answered me by blowing smoke in my direction - I was several feet away, so he didn't exactly hit me with it, but I got the message. I never mentioned it again. To me, 1980 in particular was just a magical moment in time - mostly, of course, by what was happening on the basketball floor with Steve Johnson and Company, but also from a media standpoint. We were completely inundated with requests from national media outlets during the several weeks that OSU was ranking No. 1 in the nation. It was incredible - I remember (as just one example) a guy on the phone from this new Superstation WTBS yelling, "Send us some video! Can you send it today?!" No internet back then, and we did not yet have the ability to uplink video via satellite. We literally sent them a videotape across the country in the mail, which obviously took a few days. I still think of that time now and then, and like I said, it was truly incredible. Awesome story. Thanks for sharing. |
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