from the sidelines
LONG-TIME RADIO VOICE OF TENNESSEE TECH, ROGER EALEY, MAKES HISTORY BY CALLING FIRST HALF PLAY-BY-PLAY FROM THE GOLDEN EAGLE SIDELINES By Dylan Vazzano Golden Eagles Sports Network
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he final 30 minutes before the start of a football game is nothing more than a symphony of controlled chaos. Receivers running routes, quarterbacks tossing spirals, pigskins splitting uprights, punters pounding footballs, lights beginning to illuminate. On a Thursday evening at Tucker Stadium in mid-October, you can add play-by-play broadcaster strolling the sidelines to the list. It seemed only fitting that on a night where he would be honored for over 25 years of excellence in calling Tennessee Tech sporting events, voice of the Golden Eagles Sports Network, Roger Ealey, would face one of the more unique and tougher challenges of his tremendous broadcasting career. Calling a football game from the sidelines. At halftime of TTU’s football game against in-state rival UT Martin, Ealey received the 2012-13 Ohio Valley Conference Media Award, given to a media member who exhibits the highest commitment to covering the OVC. Leading up to the ceremony, it was decided that Ealey would call all the action of the first half from the sideline. “We figured that it was going to save some time already having Roger down on the sideline instead of having to rush him down right at the end of the half,” said Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Infor-
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