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Gene Deckerhoff reflects on nearly 50 years as FSU’s iconic radio voice | Commentary

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When I called him earlier this week, he was hard at work doing his research, scouring statistics, reading player bios, writing out his game notes, finishing up his depth charts.

What else would you expect from the iconic Gene Deckerhoff? It didn’t matter that he was preparing for a relatively meaningless spring game on Saturday — his final act as the legendary radio voice of the Florida State Seminoles. He could have easily just showed up at the press box, turned on the microphone and broadcast the Garnet the Gold game without anybody really knowing or caring about a lack of game prep, but that’s simply not Deckerhoff.