Payne, Bremser, and Blackwell will always be the soundtrack of my early Husker fandom. Payne was the kindest soul I have ever met working at the State Track Meet.
Jack Payne RIP
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I met Jack in 2017 when he was 94. It was at the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, CA. It was an event for California people who donated a lot to NU, which he apparently did. He was impeccably dressed, sharp as a tack, and his voice was strong and sounded like a "radio voice", which it was. We had assigned tables and he and (I think) a grand niece were at the table with me and my wife. From the second we sat down I knew he was "somebody", and when he spoke I told him "I KNOW YOU". He said yeah, he was the color guy with Bremser and I remembered him instantly. He had some stories to tell and the 3 hours there were one of the most enjoyable evenings of my life.
My folks had KFAB radio on every morning at the breakfast table. I grew up listening to him. And after listening to Kent and Jack call many a Husker win on the radio, I still to this day get a lot of satisfaction out of listening to radio play by play.
Payne, Bremser, and Black were quite a radio team during the Devaney era and I was clued to the radio
on every playing listening to them.
Remember Jack also being the voice of the CWS
RIP, Jack..
on every playing listening to them.
Remember Jack also being the voice of the CWS
RIP, Jack..
Jack along with Bremser and Dave Blackwell were an integral part of my sports life growing up as a kid in Omaha. They were all "Husker" through and through during the Devaney era. They initiated the "get off your fanny and help Bob Devaney" slogan that jump started the sellout streak. Without these guys the Husker football program wouldn't be anything near what it became. Jack Payne was an excellent. consistent broadcaster and a heck of a human being. RIP !!
I played in a Little League game at Rosenblatt Stadium in
front of a dozen fans and parents. Jack Payne did the pa
announcing. His involvement and his voice made it feel
like the major leagues. Rip Jack!
My experience was similar.
I listened to KFAB for Nebraska football in that wonderful period of the late 60s and early 70s. Also NU basketball with guys like Marvin Stewart, Leroy Chalk, Tom Scantlebury, Al Nissen, etc. I think that was Payne or Tom Johnson on the mic.
Those were soothing voices of my childhood and teen years. I remember listening to football without fail every Saturday and staying up late and listening to radio play by play of Nebraska at USC in 1970 and Hawaii in 1971.
I also attended about 10 years of CWS games between 1980 and 1990 and Jack Payne was a folksy and splendid presence as he narrated that slice of Americana event.
I get nostalgic thinking about all of it.
I met Jack at the CWS many years ago. We had a nice talk of about 5 minutes.
I told him it would have been nice if he had written a book about his days with Bremeser and Blackwell. Right away he responded that it would have been a good idea.
In only a few seconds he changed his mind and said it probably wasn’t a good idea to document those days.
I told him it would have been nice if he had written a book about his days with Bremeser and Blackwell. Right away he responded that it would have been a good idea.
In only a few seconds he changed his mind and said it probably wasn’t a good idea to document those days.