A quick poll of the kickers and other sideline denizens at Friday afternoon's sauna -- errrr, practice -- provided a unanimous choice for the best moment of the day.
"No doubt, when Clay Broyles came on the field with a big smile saying he had passed his Spanish class," reported fellow senior Marshall Burton, the cannon-legged punter and pundit.
Burton and junior placekicker Robert Weeks, along with sophomore kicker Lee Scott and junior deep snapper Reb Bel, watch as much practice as anybody. It's not that they don't work hard, but you simply can't kick all practice every practice. So there is a pretty hefty amount of time spent watching the goings on, and discussing them, hence my tendency to visit with the kickers on a regular basis to take a reading on what's up.
Broyles, the personable senior tight end, isn't the guy most likely to be sidelined by academics. But his command of Spanish isn't his forte, admittedly. He was sweating out the summer class that he needed to pass to play. The grades were posted Friday afternoon and the news was muy bueno for the grande East Texan.
Somewhere, anybody who had Spanish class with me is cringing. I had a lot more anxiety than Clay did in my day. No habla espanol, me.
Friday's fashion report: sophomore fullback Quinten Goodie is sporting orange shoes wrapped in purple tape. He sure looks faster, anyway!
Doug Ireland, SID
No comments:
Post a Comment