FIXING THINGS UP IN ALABAMA.Byline: Scott Wolf Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Steven Wolf and Susan Enowitch, Wolf was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. He graduated in 1986 from West Orange High School. College Football If you have any doubts about the influence a college football program can have when it dominates a state, here's this week's cautionary tale A cautionary tale is a traditional story told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger. There are three essential parts to a cautionary tale, though they can be introduced in a large variety of ways. , courtesy of Alabama. With the state holding a vote Tuesday on instituting a state lottery A game of chance operated by a state government. Generally a lottery offers a person the chance to win a prize in exchange for something of lesser value. Most lotteries offer a large cash prize, and the chance to win the cash prize is typically available for one dollar. (it lost), someone ``removed'' a file from the office of interim director of public safety, Col. Mike Sullivan. The file contained information regarding speeding tickets that had been ``fixed,'' or dropped, on Sullivan's recommendation. Among those who had received favors: the wife of Alabama Gov. Don Seigleman, several judges and state legislators, the proposed director of the lottery, and, of course, several members of the University of Alabama The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as 'Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship campus of the University of Alabama System. athletic department. Sullivan, a 33-year veteran of the state troopers, was one of the Crimson Tide's sideline escorts for many years. Most notable among those who'd had tickets fixed were senior wide receiver Shamari Buchanan, the only active player whose named turned up. Buchanan was suspended for the Florida game pending investigation of the allegations by embarrassed Alabama officials. The favor could be construed as an NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association violation under the ``extra benefits'' rule, and the school was appealing his suspension, based on his one-game suspension and his paying the proper amount of fines for the speeding ticket. Also caught in the report were Alabama linebackers coach A Linebackers Coach is a coach in charge of the Linebackers in American Football. This position is very common in the NFL and college football programs. The coach is part of the defense, which is lead by the Defensive Coordinator. Jeff Rouzie, former assistant and current associate athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Mal Moore, and Alabama athletic ticket manager Rhoda Vaughn, who also allegedly had a ticket fixed for her nephew. While `fixing' tickets is illegal, it is not considered an NCAA violation when done for coaches or administrators. But almost worse than the ticket-fixing was the reaction of Rouzie. ``I'm not going to lie about it,'' he said. ``It's like paying taxes - you don't want to pay any more than you have to. It (ticket fixing) has been going on around here since the 1970s, and probably at every other place you can think of.'' If that wasn't enough, that great moral authority, Alabama head coach Mike DuBose Mike DuBose (born January 5, 1953, in Opp, Alabama) is a former college football player and the current head coach of Millsaps College. He is most notable for his tenure at the head coach at the University of Alabama. , dismissed the investigation as ridiculous. ``I imagine if you check the world, there's people all over the world (doing it),'' DuBose said. ``I think it's silly.'' That's the worst rationalization since Cade McNown Cade McNown (born January 12 1977 in Portland, Oregon) is a quarterback who played in the National Football League. He attended played college football at the University of California, Los Angeles. tried to weasel weasel, name for certain small, lithe, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae (weasel family). Members of this family are generally characterized by long bodies and necks, short legs, small rounded ears, and medium to long tails. his way out of the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX handicapped parking scandal. Crossing the T: The orange ``T'' painted on the Neyland Stadium Neyland Stadium, along with Husky Stadium in Washington, is one of two college stadiums located on a major body of water. The south end of the stadium sits on the banks of the Tennessee River. field stood for more than Tennessee last Saturday night. It stood for ``Ticked.'' The Vols were not amused after Georgia's players gathered in the middle of the field during warmups, danced on the Vols' emblem and kicked at the turf. Linebacker Raynoch Thompson Raynoch Thompson (born November 21, 1977) is a free agent linebacker in the NFL. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2nd round (45th overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft out of the University of Tennessee. delivered a pregame talk to several teammates in the locker room. ``I told everybody, `Georgia can't come in our house and do that,' '' Thompson said after Tennessee's 37-20 victory. ``They were living off false emotion.'' Defensive back Fred White Fred White (b-1849, d-October 30th, 1880) was a young lawman and the first town Marshal of the then boomtown, Tombstone, Arizona. White had been elected on January 6th, 1880. of Griffin, Ga., also said the Bulldogs got under the Vols' skin by ``getting in our faces before the game. They disrespected us. We had to come out and show they have to respect us.'' No change: Cal coach Tom Holmoe Thomas Allen Holmoe (born March 7, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional American football player who played with the San Francisco 49ers from 1983 to 1989. elevated true freshman True freshman is a term used in NCAA sports, indicating that an athlete is playing the sport in his first year of college, rather than redshirting for one or more years to protect future college eligibility. Kyle Boller Kyle Bryan Boller (born June 17 1981 in Burbank, California) is an American football quarterback who plays for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Ravens in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of California. to the starting quarterback spot three weeks ago, and the coach is sticking with him. The Hart High graduate was 11 for 33 Saturday against BYU BYU Brigham Young University BYU Bayou BYU Bob's Your Uncle BYU Bayreuth, Germany - Bindlacher Berg (Airport Code) BYU Beyond Your Understanding for 173 yards with one touchdown and one interception. At one point, he was 1 for 11 for 5 yards. Holmoe said he didn't replace Boller - and doesn't plan to - with Samuel Clemons because, ``I don't want to start a Ping-Pong match.'' Futile conference: The Associated Press in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of said it believes (as best it could tell) that this is the first time the Pacific-10 Conference has not had even one team in the polls since Oct. 6, 1985 (it was the Top 20 then). For what it's worth, the last time the league didn't have a single team ranked in the final AP poll of the season was 1963, when only 10 teams were ranked by the organization. Mascot bashing: Middle Tennessee's hardest hit of the night against Arkansas came before the game when the team stampeded the fighting Razorback mascot while taking the field. Brad Lynch, who wears the Razorback costume, said he did not realize he had wandered so close to the visitors. ``It's pretty hard to see wearing this,'' Lynch said, referring to the big Razorback head. ``I didn't see (the Blue Raiders). ``One of their guys really lowered his shoulder into me. They were laughing about it.'' Lynch, who was examined by a trainer, suffered a cut above his eye but returned to cheer. Go Terps: Maryland is in position to play in its first bowl game since 1990 after a 4-1 start. The Terrapins won 17-14 at Wake Forest, their first ACC See adaptive cruise control. road victory over a team other than Duke since 1995. Maryland has not won more than six games in a season since 1985, the year the Terps captured their last ACC title with a 6-0 league record. Ahead on the schedule are Duke, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , N.C. State and Virginia. Footnotes THE TOP 10 1. Florida State (6-0): No Warrick, so QB Weinke completes passes to 11 receivers. 2. Penn State (6-0): Lions can tie Marshall for nation's longest winning streak (9). 3. Nebraska (6-0): Seems like old times. Huskers outscored past 3 opponents 127-38. 4. Tennessee (4-1): Fulmer-Georgia coach Donnan's animosity made for chilly handshake. 5. Florida (4-1): Steve Spurrier hate-tour rolls into Auburn on Saturday. 6. Kansas State (5-0): Kansas not impressed after 50-9 loss, predicts Nebraska blowout. 7. Georgia Tech (5-1): Suddenly, Warrick fans jumping on Hamilton's Heisman bandwagon. 8. Michigan (5-1): Wolverines get break from killer schedule. 9. Virginia Tech (5-0): DE Corey Moore has eight sacks in five games. 10. Texas A&M (4-1): You know you're boring when kicker is most-publicized player. Five more to watch: 11. Michigan State (6-0); 12. Mississippi State (6-0); 13. Georgia (4-1); 14. Ohio State (4-2); 15. Alabama (4-1). THE LIST Each week, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network offers its take on who the leading candidates are for the major player awards: Heisman Player Position College 1. Joe Hamilton QB Georgia Tech 2. Shaun Alexander RB Alabama 3. Ron Dayne RB Wisconsin 4. Drew Brees QB Purdue 5. Peter Warrick WR Florida State Lombardi (Outstanding Lineman/LB) Player Position College 1. Corey Moore DE Virginia Tech 2. Courtney Brown DE Penn State 3. Alex Brown DE Florida 4. LaVar Arrington LB Penn State 5. Corey Simon NT Florida State Say What? ``I think I've played in more homecomings than any Division I active coach, being at Kent State, Kansas and now at Minnesota. I'm not kidding you. I think I'm going to wear a crown this Saturday. When we go to away games, we don't rent buses; we rent floats.'' - Minnesota coach Glen Mason Best Bet No. 18 Ohio State (4-2) at No. 2 Penn State (6-0) Motivational ploy or honest admission? Listen to this statement from Buckeyes coach John Cooper: ``It's pretty obvious if we play our best game and they play their best game and neither team makes any mistakes, they'll probably win the game.'' The Nittany Lions are 11-1/2-point favorites. This Week's must-see tv games Toledo at Marshall Today, 5 p.m., ESPN This is the first Mid-American Conference regular-season game on national TV since 1987.Marshall owns Division I-A's longest home winning streak at 27 games and also has Division I-A's longest overall winning streak at nine games, along with 106 victories in the 1990s, a record for any decade in Division I-A or I-AA. Indiana at Wisconsin Saturday, 9 a.m., ESPN With Florida State receiver Peter Warrick out of the picture, the Badgers' Ron Dayne gets a chance to make an impression in the scrambled Heisman Trophy race. USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. at Notre Dame Saturday, 11:30 a.m., Ch. 4 Recent history is on the Trojans' side. Irish head coach Bob Davie is 0-2 against USC and his seniors are 0-3 as the Irish have gone 1-3-1 in the schools' last five meetings. The Irish are 3-3 this season. Syracuse at Virginia Tech Saturday, 3 p.m., ESPN The No. 4 Hokies may be dwelling on a perfect season and national title again, but coach Frank Beamer is trying to keep his players focused on No. 16 Syracuse. ``This is a real challenge for our team, making sure our minds are right this week,'' Beamer No... it's not the latest BMW! It was a window in the StarOffice desktop that displayed the contents of the element selected in Explorer. (video, hardware, communications) beamer - A personal video station (PVS) that adds video to standard telephone lines at no additional cost. said. Arizona State at Washington Saturday, 4 p.m., Ch. 7 Under new coach Rick Neuheisel and with new starting quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo at the controls, the Huskies have reeled off three wins in a row after starting the season 0-2. They can go 3-0 in the Pac-10 with a win over the Sun Devils, who were thrashed by Notre Dame last week. Quote of the week I feel I can play with just about anybody this year. I feel no one person can tackle me. - Washington Huskies tailback Willie Hurst Stat of the Week Kevin Feterik Brigham Young quarterback 25 of 41, 414 yards 4 tds vs. Cal, Saturday CAPTION(S): photo, 4 boxes PHOTO no caption (Ron Dayne) BOX: (1) Footnotes (see text) (2) This week's must-see tv games (see text) (3) Quote of the week (see text) (4) Stat of the week (see text) |
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