As I wind down my broadcasting career, I have to tell you that being able to come onto egriz has been so very entertaining for me, and watching this thread has been another movie ticket well-spent. I've had some great interactions with many of you Griz fans, and admire the success you've had in the past in football and men's and women's hoops. I went back through some archives and found an old post I shared about my first experience with how much class a lot of Griz fans have. I'll share part of it here:
"Now to make a point about the class fans in Missoula...I was doing an ISU/Montana game at Dahlberg back in the 80's. ISU had a 6-7 forward named Mike Denkers who played as blue-collar of a game as possible, every single game. ISU lost the game, but Denkers had one of those games where he spent all night either skying for rebounds, or diving on the floor for loose balls. He also suffered from pretty severe asthma and always had to have his inhaler courtside. When he finally fouled out late in the game, every fan in Dahlberg Arena (probably close to about 7-to-8 thousand) gave him a standing ovation...it was one of the classiest moments I've ever seen in a hostile arena..."
Anyway, keep on keeping things interesting. BTW, for those of you that don't know, yes, stats can and often are changed after a game is finished...even many hours or days later. Occasionally, even I have gone to an SID to suggest a correction when I've found errors in my live, on-screen stats during a broadcast. I make a note of it and report it later. If video exists (teams always shoot their own video or get a copy from the home team) the SID can go back to game video later and double-check. I assume if a head coach has enough sway he could possibly get numbers changed, but I'm leaving that determination up to you guys. I'm looking forward to seeing you one last time in Dahlberg on January 14.