Likely WKY was his last game. Jims a good man and will always be a tiger. Posted: Monday, 02 November 2015 4:05PM Jim Hawthorne likely to miss remainder of football season Tiger Rag Reporting Jim Hawthorne has likely called his final LSU football game. The Voice of the Tigers for 35 years who has called every Tiger football game since 1984, Hawthorne underwent heart surgery last week and is likely to miss the rest of the football season, several sources told Tiger Rag. He will not call Saturday's game against Alabama, the first LSU football game he'll miss after 387 straight calls. LSU spokeman Michael Bonnette said on Twitter that Hawthorne's status for the rest of the football season "has yet to be determined." "We are hopeful that Jim will return in a couple of weeks," Bonnette tweeted. Patrick Wright will fill in for Hawthorne during Saturday’s LSU-Alabama game, and perhaps through the rest of football season, according to sources. Plans for basketball season remain unconfirmed. Sideline reporter Gordy Rush will fill in on the Les Miles show Wednesday.
He had his 387 game streak broken with only 4 regular season games left plus a bowl or maybe 2 playoff games. That's like if Cal Ripken Jr had gotten hurt before he planned to sit out a game to end his streak. Hopefully Jim can call the semifinal and championship wins to end his football career in style.
With all of our games being televised, who listens to the radio feed? I may be wrong, but I don't think the TV and radio feeds are in sync.
There are times when I have to go somewhere and I listen on the radio. Lots of people who have to work and can't watch listen. The feeds are not in sync but there is a device you can buy to sync the feeds. This one costs $69.95 http://www.sportsyncradio.com/
I understand those situations. I was thinking along the lines of you're watching the game on a big screen TV in your family room.
If you hate Verne Lindquist and some of the other talking heads you can watch in your home without having to listen to them. I listened to the radio broadcast in the second half of the Superbowl when the Saints won. Hardly noticed it was slightly out of sync with the TV.
