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Jim Phillips
Jul 11, 2012, 1:43 PM
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I miss Jim Phillips.
Wish he was still around to call the games.
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Oculus Spirit [93668]
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I just wish he was still around.***
Jul 11, 2012, 1:44 PM
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Re: Jim Phillips
Jul 11, 2012, 1:54 PM
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I wish we had good announcing again.
Anybody remember Bill Goodrich?
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don't remember him...before my time***
Jul 11, 2012, 2:05 PM
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Re:Yep, Coggins too.***
Jul 11, 2012, 3:01 PM
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Jimmy Coggins was also the owner of our small-town radio station in Newberry. He had a great radio voice, as does his son who took over after he retired. Not sure of the family allegiance though. I think the son went to Coot U.
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Re:I think you are right about the son.***
Jul 11, 2012, 3:11 PM
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Re:Yep, Coggins too.***
Jul 11, 2012, 3:40 PM
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Jimmy was a Clemson grad, however, there was hard feelings when he and his color commntator and business partner Ed Osborne were fired from the network. I don't know if Jimmy ever got over it. I worked with Ed at his station in Union for 13 years, one of the finest men I have ever known. Ed maintained his relationship with Clemson until his health hampered his attendance at games, etc. but he was solid orange through and through.
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Re: Jim Phillips
Jul 11, 2012, 2:16 PM
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Woohoo mercy
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I remember Bill Goodrich "Wooohooo Mercy!"***
Jul 11, 2012, 3:18 PM
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Thanks for the reminder.***
Jul 11, 2012, 7:29 PM
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Re: Jim Phillips
Jul 11, 2012, 1:55 PM
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Agree.. 100%. There are a lot of outstanding play by play announcers out there. Wish we had a good one.....
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Re: Jim Phillips
Jul 11, 2012, 1:58 PM
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Not sure if you guys are old enough to remember when Jim wore the world's worst toupee. Kinda looked like George Costanza on Seinfeld when he got his rug. A riot.
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Re: Jim Phillips
Jul 11, 2012, 2:02 PM
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Ashburn...I sure do remember...he must have bought it a yard sale...it was terrible. He also loved being on campus talkin' to the coeds. He was a real "tiger".
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He did. He bought a used shag carpet and cut a new...
Jul 11, 2012, 2:04 PM
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piece off of it every week. It saved on shampoo.
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Re: Jim Phillips
Jul 11, 2012, 2:04 PM
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Even better, he used to come out to the bar at the Holiday Inn for a few night caps, and his rug would be slightly skewed (based on the amount that he had imbibed). Nobody wanted to tell him to fix it up because it was too hilarious - oh, and along with his plaid pants. The man was a dude...
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Re:And loved country music.***
Jul 11, 2012, 2:08 PM
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He hated that rug. Channel 4 made him wear
Jul 11, 2012, 8:33 PM
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it for TV. One of the funniest things I ever saw was at halftime of a Furman basketball game he, Sam Wyche and the on Spartanburg Herald sports editor Les Timms were asked to wrestle a bear. The bear slugged him on the shoulder and the rug went flying across the court to everyone's enjoyment, including his.
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me too...his voice was such a part of my childhood
Jul 11, 2012, 2:04 PM
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for us who were born before cable tv went nuts Jim was how we would "see" road games in both basketball and football.
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Re: my favorite call by Jim..I get cold chills hearing it today
Jul 11, 2012, 2:47 PM
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Thats a good one. I also like the victory over UNC and hearing him say Buckner Jams is a good one too
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I knew when he passed it would never be the same.
Jul 11, 2012, 2:26 PM
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Pete and Will are O.K. But anyone after Jim wouldnt be able to fill his shoes.
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I agree, but the bigger issue is the buffoon Wil Merritt.***
Jul 11, 2012, 2:40 PM
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I agree and I still think he should be.....
Jul 11, 2012, 2:53 PM
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in the ROH - I know he didn't have a 4-year college degree but IMO an exception should be made in his case.
He was THE Voice of the Tigers for over 25 years. How many schools do you see anymore with one announcer who covers all their sports? How many announcers stay that long anymore at one school?
I hope he gets into the ROH one day.
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Agree. We got a couple ot ROH issues that need to be fixed.***
Jul 11, 2012, 3:21 PM
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the true "voice of the tigers"
Jul 11, 2012, 2:54 PM
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He was one of those people that you just though he would be around forever.
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You knew if you heard his voice on the radio......
Jul 11, 2012, 2:57 PM
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that a Clemson sporting event was on the air - didn't matter if it was football, basketball, baseball, soccer, etc. because he did them all (unless he couldn't be in two places at the same time).
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Met Jim when I was decorating WFBC Radio and he saw the art
Jul 11, 2012, 6:29 PM
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I had just hung in conference room.. of Sports Illustrated limited edition sports lithographs I had purchased from them. He walked into room as I was putting up my tools..and without looking at me asked where I had gotten these 5 prints since they were so neat..of Arnold putting at Amen Corner, Johnny Unitas with Colts, etc.
Go TiGERs!
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