I had no idea where he even ended up. His voice will always remind me of Big 8 basketball brought to you by Phillips 66 or whatever it was. Maybe he was always a Kansas honk, but I feel like he always called the games straight.
Dave Armstrong retiring
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He used to do a bunch of ISU games back in Fred's playing days. Most memorable to me was the comeback vs OK St in '92.
His voice reminds me of being young and watching the old Big 8 games.
I thought he did a great job and yes reminds me of the good ole days. Didn't he say something on air once and got himself in trouble and he stopped calling B12 games? If I recall it was minimal, but, he stopped doing games in our area. Perhaps I'm thinking of someone else.
Yes indeed. Love the old Big 8 college basketball. It was a good league, some years the best in the country. Had some great coaches in the late 80s/early 90s. Nee was the best Nebraska ever had, Lon Krueger led KSU to the elite 8, Eddie Sutton, Williams at KU, and characters like Billy Tubbs, Norm Stewart, and our own Johnny Orr. Orr coach in a very tough league. Armstrong was the voice we all heard on those Phillips 66 broadcast. Good memories.
He was down to doing just KU non-conference home games for ESPN+. The other night was their last one.
Dave's 68, so it's time to give up the grind. Evidently he'll still dabble in real estate in Bella Vista, AR.
I'd lost track of him and didn't realize he was still doing games. Makes me nostalgic for the old Big 8 and early days of the Big 12. Ron Franklin, Jon Sundvold, Dave Armstrong...now Fraschilla is the only guy out there I feel is really "ours."
He always had some play on words with player's names or hometowns or whatever he could find. Sometimes it worked well, other times it was pretty forced and you could tell he had been waiting all game to use it like the time when he commented that Stevie Johnson was everywhere almost like there was two of him out there, Johnson & Johnson. But you have to respect the effort.
I agree, his voice always makes me think of the old Big 8.
I agree, his voice always makes me think of the old Big 8.
