What’s your favorite John Ward phrase?

[BigOrangeFanatic]

Bottom!

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

"Its high enough. It's long enough, is it straight enough??? Yes sirreeee"

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

"Stops. Pops. Drops."

My Dog agrees.

 

[ksgovols]

Football- Give Him Six!

Basketball- Bottom, Tickles the Twine, Nothing.........but Nylon


All that to say I think Mike Keith will make the calls his own. Maybe we get some advertising ala the Titans for a First Horizon Bank First Down! Another Fooooooooood City Saaaaaaack! Tennessee Ford Dealers Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrdd Dooooooooooooooooown!

 

[cbrown]

Can’t say it’s my favorite, but I fondly remember, “Nix . . . Clicks.”

 

[Voljayton]

I'm sure kids being raised as vols now will probably think Mike Keith is the greatest just like John Ward was the greatest for me. I just don't think anyone will ever top Ward. Everyone has already said my favorites. I love this thread.

 

[VictorKruger]

(Steve) Ray in the Way
The Slender Sophomore (Dale Ellis)
Willie B from Millen G (Willie Burton)
Give it to him!
And that gentleman was fouled!
Bottom!

 

[macrovol]

Pandemonium reigns!

 

[Braemar_Vol]

Gooooood by Wood…

 

[volahoma]

“The national champions are clad in Orange”, or something like that.

 

[eaglevol]

"It's Football Time in Tennessee"
I love to hear that

 

[Pappy]

when John Ward got to the Pearly Gates, St Peter looked at his resume and went to God. He asked, 'based on Mr. Ward's success in life, how many mansions do we give him?" God thought for a minute and roared
GIVE HIM SIX!

 

[3holenones]

He’s at the 40. The 30. The 20. The 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. He. Goes. All. The. Way. Touchdown Tennessee!

He shoots. He scores.

Also, IIRC, before Joe Dean took it and expanded it to “swish-areno”, Ward would just simply say “swish”. He used “Bottom!” a lot more in his last 15-20 years and almost phased out “swish”.

He’s at the 40. The 30. The 20. The 10. The 9 etc… was my favorite.

 

[backdoorcutvol]

He shot that one from downtown Oak Ridge.

 

[CAVPUT]

Mike Keith please bring back some of John Wards favorite phrase such as “Bang, Bottom, and Give Him Six”.

Nah. There was only one John Ward. Keith needs to just be himself.

 

[Rushin Orange Collusion]

“You walked sir.”

Or

“Walk, no call.”

Clougherty, who else!

 

[Volizona]

Did he score?……….of course he did! Touchdown Tennessee.

 

[sami]

"Bottom!"

Not even close for me. That's the one I remember best listening to road games on the radio as a student in the Devoe-Ellis years.

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

Guns...bang is just so simple and good and I would be perfectly fine if Mike Keith brings it back.

 

[livefaith]

He Stops, Pops, and Drops

 

[tennrich1]

"Stopped there by a host of Volunteers."
"Spinning, turning, grinding, catapulting into the endzone...give him 6."
"He's to quick....they can't guard him" ....said about several basketball players
"I'm scanning the field and there no flags on the play"
"N-a-t-u-r-a-l G-a-s"....

 

[knoxvol52]

Mike Keith will develop his own style, doesn't need to mimick any John Ward sayings.

 

[1morevol]

He’s at the 40. The 30. The 20. The 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. He. Goes. All. The. Way. Touchdown Tennessee!

He shoots. He scores.

Also, IIRC, before Joe Dean took it and expanded it to “swish-areno”, Ward would just simply say “swish”. He used “Bottom!” a lot more in his last 15-20 years and almost phased out “swish”.

I loved John Ward. By the time he got to 1 in that sequence, the ball carrier had already scored and was handing the ref the football. But, it made it so exciting while listening to the game on a radio.

 

[1morevol]

Mike Keith will develop his own style, doesn't need to mimick any John Ward sayings.

My thoughts exactly. Would be disappointed if he did.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I loved John Ward. By the time he got to 1 in that sequence, the ball carrier had already scored and was handing the ref the football. But, it made it so exciting while listening to the game on a radio.

“The crowd will tell you. Give. Him. Six. TOUCHDOWN, TENNESSEE!”