Gene Deckerhoff Talks Stunning 2017 Depth; It’s Another Real Rock Riley Video, Including Practice Footage
August 16th, 2017Prowling every corner of the Bucs universe, it’s multimedia guru Rock Riley (@realrockriley) with another video report, as you see here every Monday, Wednesday & Friday. Today, Rock talks with a true Bucs icon, radio voice Gene Deckerhooff.
Great fun.
Deckerhoff, Bucs have depth from Rock Riley on Vimeo.
August 16th, 2017 at 4:40 pm
Gene Deckerhoff Is the best in the business, period. I wish I could find audio of back in the day when it was Mean Gene and Jesse The Body Ventura in the booth. As a kid I loved that combo with Gene playing the straight man to Jesse’s amped up wrestling promos he’d cut on the refs and our opponents.
Oh and Al Keck was the 3rd man in the booth and actually did OK.
To this day I still often turn down the TV broadcast and turn on the radio – I just wish the radio stations were smart enough to sync the action with TV like they used to before Janet Jackson popped out her T during the Super Bowl and they put in that delay. Using a DVR you can sync it up but it’s a pain.
August 16th, 2017 at 5:24 pm
I just learned that Gene Deckerhoff actually went to UF.
Mind blown.
August 16th, 2017 at 5:30 pm
Hey Munch — I have to tell you, when I listen to Deckerhoff, I have no idea what is happening on the field. He might have been good once but I think he’s been on too many prop planes from Tally to Tampa.
August 16th, 2017 at 6:16 pm
@RM I also enjoy Gene. I rather here Touchdown Tampa Bay from Gene than anybody else. He is getting rusty though. At times Dave Moore is correcting him. But I still rather listen to him.
August 16th, 2017 at 7:44 pm
Hey New, maybe you should spend your Sunday’s manning interstate bathroom glory holes – it doesn’t sound like football is your thing.
God bless.
August 16th, 2017 at 8:09 pm
@ Munch or anybody knowing
Is there any relation of the two coined nicknames of Mean Gene Okerlund & Mean Gene Deckerhoff both having broadcast time with The Body?
August 16th, 2017 at 10:18 pm
@BKNY – “Mean” Gene Okerlund I believe got the name while in the AWA in the early 80s (well before he was in the WWF) while Jesse Ventura worked with the Bucs in 1989 and parts of 1990 I believe so it was well after Okerlund had the name, The Body calling Deckerhoff that was just a natural since his name was also Gene.
August 16th, 2017 at 10:19 pm
Hey Munch — No apostrophe needed in “Sundays” but hey, I appreciate your witty repartee.
August 17th, 2017 at 2:11 am
Good one.
August 17th, 2017 at 6:23 am
@ Munch
Thanks for the info. Good stuff