Tony Buffa wrote in part:
 
>Secondly, altho I too enjoyed having the games on the tube, after the
>second Rhode Island comment, I turned it to mute.  I then took out my old
>RPI tapes of the 1985 tourney, with Tom Mees, and even tho beggars cant be
>choosers and we are grateful for the little crumbs ESPN sends us... the
>commentary in 1985 was so much better it was like a differnt world. On top
>of that, not once did they call Providence by Rhode Island, and at that
>time it was RPI, not Rensselaer. What a difference a decade can make :-)
 
Tony, the next time you watch those tapes check how many times Ken
Hammond was called Jeff Prendergast.  (Hard to tell those 26's from
28's.)  Clearly not as obvious as URI for UNH, but all announcers
make mistakes.
 
Ralph Baer
RPI '68, '70, '74
 
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