[bucslover68]

The problems could be fixed if the referees had mics and could ultimately clear up any calls that may be confusing. I understand that financially this is not going to happen. In the booth, we did not know that the Ashland raido guy on the sideline got thrown out until after the game and their other commentators were talking about it. I could care less about that as long as its not me getting tossed.
Now to address a situation that has been chronicled in the Ashland Daily Independent. I love the atmosphere and the feel of game night in Ashland. However, Putnam is really outdated to the point that I am sure it has dangerous aspects such as the bleachers and the foundation, etc. One of the guys in the pressbox made the snide remark about how at Ashland they did not get the coal severance money that Belfry got to build its new field. We set him straight real fast that no coal severance money was used for the football field and that all of the approximately 750,000 was from private sources. He said the plans they had for a new complex would run near 5 milliion dollars. We asked him what were they gonna do, dome the thing!!!! Anyway, i love history and tradition, but the pressbox is crappy, and you have no room. We appreciated the fact we had a phone line, believe me some places do not. However, it is hanging down with two little wires leading into the jack and the jack would not hold any end of any phone line cords we used so finally we had to tape it down. That created some technical difficulties. I am only being constructively critical because any program that has had as much success as Ashland, with their great tradition, deserves better facilities to showcase it all. And I know they had food but we were never offered a drink or food at any time. I luckily pack my own drinks. BTW, to be fair, the gentleman who made the remark about the coal money going to Belfry, tried his hardest to get the jack to hold our phone line so we appreciate the help.