This week features John Thayer, the voice of the University of South Dakota Coyotes, as a guest host. He visits with Matt Coatney, the women’s basketball hoops voice of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Topics of discussion include:
- The challenges of covering college football during a pandemic.
- The importance of understanding medical terminology surrounding Covid 19 to help inform fans.
- How Covid 19 and politics have affected his social media presence.
- Learning to live with Covid 19 as a sportscaster.
- Broadcast changes that may continue after the pandemic.
- The moment in 7th grade where he knew he wanted to get into broadcasting.
- How a cable company rule requiring educational content led to play-by-pay reps as a high schooler.
- His first breaks in the business as a professional.
- Becoming a NCAA DI broadcaster at age 20.
- Thinking that his broadcast career was over when he moved to Nebraska for his wife.
- Taking advantage of a chance meeting with the Nebraska women’s basketball coach.
- Getting rewarded with a special season early in his tenure with Husker wbb.
- Why he loves broadcasting women’s basketball.
- Handling covering a team after a coaching scandal occurred.
- Why he doesn’t consider himself part of the media as a play-by-play broadcaster.
- The time a casual conversation with a newspaper reporter ended up as front page news.
- Hosting the Husker football pre/post and halftime show.
- Handling crazy callers on the Husker post game reaction show.
- When is the right time to challenge a caller?
- Coming up with his signature “You Betcha” three point call.
- How he and his analyst make each other better.
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