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harry coleman beast 
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| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 4:02 pm to liquid rabbit)
16 rabbit. 16 more days.
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liquid rabbit
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16 more days.
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PurpleAndGold86
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fly ball hit deep, caught by the shorstop.
Oh boy he really got a hold of that one. That ball is crushed DEEP to left field. And Wes Davis calls off Larson and will make the catch in foul territory down the LF line to end the inning.
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TIGRLEE
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Cenla
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| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 4:06 pm to PurpleAndGold86)
Me and my dad where in Memphis in 1996.
I remember when it was bottom of the ninth and Warren Morris was up to bat.
We were down to Miami and morris hadn't hit a hr all year.
Jim hawthorn Said "delivers the pitch, long fly ball to right field, that's way back there, that's way back there... Home run.... Tigers win! Tigers win ! its a 3 run home run and the Tigers are the national champions, I do not believe it.
It's first home run OF THE YEAR! holy cow!
You losers need to get off JH dick... The man has made all the great LSU calls that we love the past 25 plus years... And it done with tremendous passion and pride.
I wouldn't trade him for anyone.
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PurpleAndGold86
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16 more days.
Hell yeah.
Single game tickets go on sale Thursday.
Me and wife will be driving in for the series against Washington, Auburn, and South Carolina.
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Walter White
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| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 4:09 pm to S)
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jack hunt!
I'll never forget that one
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liquid rabbit
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| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 4:10 pm to TIGRLEE)
Ho-lee cow!
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3xlsugrad 
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| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 4:10 pm to TIGRLEE)
Why am I not surprised that you are the one up Hawthorne's ass. The moment I saw this thread I wondered how long it would take for you to chime in with your absurdity.
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TIGRLEE
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| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 4:23 pm to 3xlsugrad)
My Absurdity, really? ?
Guy has managed to keep same job longer than you've more than likely been alive.
Carry on though, you know better than the folks that sign old Jim's paycheck.
Absurdity huh?
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la_birdman
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fly ball hit deep, caught by the shortstop.
Priceless.
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20MuleTeam
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Member since Sep 2012
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| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 5:07 pm to Mattwells90)
Jim sucks and is the laughing stock of the SEC otoh Dan is great
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Gray Tiger
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Prairieville, LA
Member since Jan 2004
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| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 5:10 pm to Mattwells90)
May sha me an my fren Antnee frum da ninet wawd tink dat boat uf dem caint speek gud dat's why we don lissen to dem. Dey soun like dey got my-nes in tey moyths. Dey shud soun lak us an dem we wud lissen.
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JETigER
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Member since Dec 2003
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| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 5:19 pm to Mattwells90)
Dan Borne cost LSU the 2008 Bama game by talking over the loadspeaker while LSU was kicking a fieldgoal. That LSU miss was the difference.
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lsu2006 
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| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 6:09 pm to Gray Tiger)
So is that supposed to be a coon arse or a Ninth Ward resident? Two very very different things.
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lsutigerbandfan
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Amite, Louisiana
Member since Mar 2011
1038 posts
| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 6:12 pm to 3xlsugrad)
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John Ferguson was great.
+1. But I like to listen to Jim too.
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Jimbeaux
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New Orleans
Member since Sep 2003
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| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 6:15 pm to Mattwells90)
Dan Borne is good, but believe it or not, the guy before him was even better and more legendary. It's odd that his name seems to have been forgotten by you youngsters, but Sid Crocker was an outstanding PA announcer! He was the announcer during heyday of Dale Brown Basketball, and many legendary football games.
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Sidney F. " Sid " Crocker
A native of DeRidder, he was born Oct. 19, 1923, to Sid and Evelyn Barrick Crocker . He died Saturday, July 30, 2005, at his home in Baton Rouge. Sid served in the U.S. Navy from 1941-1947, aboard the battleships USS Nevada and USS Iowa and was present at D-Day and Pearl Harbor. He attended Southwestern Louisiana Institute in Lafayette, now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and worked for radio stations in southwest Louisiana before coming to Baton Rouge in 1953. He worked for WAFB radio and TV for 30 years and will be remembered as the "voice" of Senor Puppet on the Buckskin Bill Show. He also was the public address announcer for LSU sporting events for 30 years (191 straight football games).
Old TD Thread about Sid from 2010
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mtntiger
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Asheville, NC
Member since Oct 2003
7825 posts
| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 6:35 pm to TIGRLEE)
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you know better than the folks that sign old Jim's paycheck.
Perhaps the guys that sign JH's paycheck keep him on because he brings in money for the school. That's all well and good. If that's what you need him for, then let him go to town and keep bringing in the cash.
Being a good fundraiser, though, does not make one a good play-by-play announcer. There are better ones than JH out there. LSU deserves better.
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Papa Tigah
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TIGER ISLAND, LA
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| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 6:47 pm to Mattwells90)
Dan can stay, but Jack Hunt has to go.
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Stallpepper
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Metairie
Member since Jan 2007
121 posts
| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 6:53 pm to mtntiger)
Sid Crocker and John Ferguson were the best.
I respect the fact that a lot of younger fans grew up with Jim Hawthorne's calls, and to them that's a big part of the LSU tradition.
But it's gotten bad. Very bad. Too bad.
Let's ignore the fact that about half of Hawthorne's greatest calls were wrong. (They had to dub in Henderson's name post facto for the Music City Miracle.) Put aside the fact that he's whiny, apocalyptic and "woe is us" whenever things go even slightly wrong in a game.
The worst thing is that he's just plain lost. Doesn't report the game correctly -- whether it's players' names/numbers, penalties, strategy and really anything.
Doug Moreau is very good, and a true gentleman. I have enormous respect for his patience and kindness, and don't know how he restrains himself from correcting Hawthorne in every instance except the most egregious circumstances.
It's long past time for a change. Time to start a new tradition and end the embarrassment.
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TIGRLEE
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Cenla
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| re: Dan Borne and Jim Hawthorne. (Posted on 1/29/13 at 6:53 pm to mtntiger)
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mtntiger
I couldn't disagree with you more, but whatever... See my post on ot about asheville.
Thnx
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