Anniversary of Pete Taylor's death

[fsanford]

The man had to sit through a lot of bad football, though basketball was pretty solid. But at least he got to see a couple of good football seasons before his passing

I know that LE bawled his eyes out when he got the news.

 

[Cloned4Life]

Imagine Pete getting to call the last 8 years of Cyclone football

Or him being here when Fred restarted the program

I think about this often.

Deonte Burton comes to mind. Can you imagine him calling that alley oop dunk from Naz in the Big 12 title game!? Or Deonte draining 8 three pointers in the Phog, including that 30 footer right in front of the press row.

Or football too - any of Breece’s 60+ yard TD runs. The missed field goal from Texas to clinch our spot in the Big 12 title game.

A voice silenced too soon.

 

[Cloned4Life]

The man had to sit through a lot of bad football, though basketball was pretty solid. But at least he got to see a couple of good football seasons before his passing

I know that LE balled his eyes out when he got the news.

Me too.

And I never met him.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

I was driving when I heard news. I had to pull over and park asap. Imagine him calling last night's game. Would have been alot of good griefs and good nights.

 

[cydsho]

Still catch myself saying I'm going to listen to Pete and Eric occasionally.

I do this ALL the time.......

And that's not a knock on John at all. John is awesome. Pete's voice was just one of a kind. So smooth and easy.

 

[cydsho]

I got see to him and Eric call his last game at Nebraska because seats were second row behind media.
Always remember the empty feeling during the pregame show the night of his death.....

 

[Arkansas Cyclone]

Still miss this guy as much today as I did on this day 22 years ago.

 

[Kinch]

 

[Kinch]

My dad was a rural mail carrier and had to get up early, so he missed Barry Steven’s shot against Missouri as he was in bed. His alarm went off at exactly 5:00 a.m. with the radio as the alarm. The first thing he heard was the CBS news jingle then their lead story with Pete‘s call. My dad jumped out of bed full of adrenaline.

 

[ruxCYtable]

If there actually was a Cyclone Mount Rushmore, Pete would be on it.

Having said that, no one -- and I mean no one -- could have stepped into his shoes and done a better job than John Walters.

 

[FarmerCy1]

As great of a job as Walters has done, still miss Pete having grown up listening to ISU games while running my parents old JD 4440 and sometimes wonder what some of the calls for recent games would have been like if he was still around. Hard to believe it’s been that long

 

[CyTuT]

Thanks for this tread. Pete’s daughter had kids that went to school with mine. She was really sad because she thought no one cared about him anymore. I sent her a link to the other thread honoring Pete. I hope we can keep these threads for Pete going. He was a great human and loved the Clones. To me, he will always be the voice of the Cyclones!

 

[michaelrr1]

Don't forget his TV career. I remember him as the Sports Director on channel 8.

 

[casey1973]

A good time to post this. Just had to ask Pete sign this after we won it all. Have most of the men and women signatures and coaches for that team. What a year. No one like Pete. No one.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Thanks for this tread. Pete’s daughter had kids that went to school with mine. She was really sad because she thought no one cared about him anymore. I sent her a link to the other thread honoring Pete. I hope we can keep these threads for Pete going. He was a great human and loved the Clones. To me, he will always be the voice of the Cyclones!

I know with 22 years passing there is a group that can only know him from clips but I hope his daughter knows that Cyclone fans who grew up listening to Pete have and will never stop caring or remembering this man. He truly was and will forever be the heart of Iowa State.

 

[cycloner29]

I just loved his calls on football games. He just sounded so deflated after a fumble or INT. He told it like it was. He was a class act!

 

[Bestaluckcy]

I was going to ISU when Pete was chosen to be the voice of the Cyclones. At the time it was considered a travesty among our diehard fan group that a Hawkeye grad was hired. Not too long until it became obvious that although Pete was an Iowa grad, he was a Cyclone at heart.

 

[Kinch]

Thanks for this tread. Pete’s daughter had kids that went to school with mine. She was really sad because she thought no one cared about him anymore. I sent her a link to the other thread honoring Pete. I hope we can keep these threads for Pete going. He was a great human and loved the Clones. To me, he will always be the voice of the Cyclones!

If you see her, tell her that he is always in our hearts.

 

[Kinch]

I don’t say this lightly, because I took broadcasting classes in JLMC, but Pete was the greatest broadcaster in the U.S., IMHO.

 

[Kinch]

Favorite Pete calls:
1. Luther Blue kickoff return against Nebraska.
2. Billups punt return.
3. Fizer stuff it over Mims.
4. Seneca’s run.
5. Marvelous Marvin’s run.
6. Iowa State holding Iowa on 4th down 1980.
7. Lafester against Iowa.