11:45 Arrive at Stadium at Mississippi State.
11:50 Unload our 50 pound box of broadcast gear.
12:00 In our radio booth in the press box.
12:05 Begin set-up of the booth, which includes ISDN and Analogue phone unit, master mixer, headphone amp, headsets, crowd mic, ref mic, and lines to the locker-room.
12:40 In the home locker-room to hook up our lines for post-game interviews.
1:00 Back in the press box.
1:00 Organize Cue Cards and live reads for broadcast.
1:10 Now I have a little free time, so it's off to watch some of the other games on TV.
2:00 Connect with the flagship station of the Memphis Radio Network, WREC.
2:05 We are connected with no prolems, so back to watching some other games.
2:30 Analyst Chris Powers arrives and begins his final preperations for broadcast.
3:00 Chris and I get to visit with the legendary voice of MSU, Jack Cristal.
3:30 Dave Woloshin arrives and sets his charts up for the broadcast.
3:35 Time to grab a quick meal in the press box before pregame show.
3:45 Stat person and Spotter arrive to go over pregame prep.
4:00 We're on the air for the first game of the season.
6:00 Kick-off: During game I am responsible for Audio levels, all cue cards/live reads, ref and crowd mics.
App 9:15 game is over and Dave and Chris head to the locker-room while I wait in the radio booth to hear from them.
9:25 I hear from Dave in the locker room and everything is working.
9:30 Coach Porter and Players now come on for post-game interviews.
9:45 Dave and Chris wrap it up and we send it back to Forrest and Matt for the post-game call-in show.
9:45 Now I pack everything in the booth up, takes about 10 minutes to get it in our equipment case as fast as possible.
9:55 Wait for elevator to go to the ground floor.
10:05 Meet Dave and Chris on ground floor, they have the locker room gear.
10:15 At my Automobile in the media lot, load, and leave Starkville.
1:00 Back home in Memphis !






















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