Cincinnati Bengals Quiz (1968-2003): 1) Rushing, career? 2)
Passing yards, career? 3) Receptions, career? 4) Interceptions,
career? 5) FGs, career? 6) TDs, career? 7) Passing yards, game
with 490? [Different from #2] 8) Only first-round draft pick
from Notre Dame? Answers below.
NASCAR Tragedy…Payne Stewart
10 people died Sunday when a plane owned by the Hendrick
Motorsports organization crashed on approach to Martinsville,
VA airport where the 8 passengers (2 crew) were to catch
Sunday’s NASCAR race. Owner Rick Hendrick lost his son,
brother and two nieces, as well as the team’s chief engine
builder.
This Monday also marks the 5th anniversary of the death of
Payne Stewart. Like any good golf fan I think of him from time
to time. Stewart was the life of a party and as one who has
toured Ireland 15+ times to play the links and do a little pubbing,
I’ll always remember the story I heard of Stewart when he visited
Ireland the week before the British Open, the last year he was
alive. Stewart went to Waterville as part of a group that included
Mark O’Meara and Tiger Woods. While Woods went to bed
early, Stewart stayed up to the wee hours, partying with the
common folk. And guess who has the statue now outside the
golf course there? Stewart, not Woods. No doubt the locals
toasted his life Monday, as they will for years to come around the
world.
#4….4….4…
I haven’t run this in over four years. Man, time flies. Following
are some of the songs that peaked at #4 on the Billboard Chart
and thus you’ll never see them in my top three listings down
below. Funny how some truly great songs couldn’t climb any
higher. Then again, a few of these will bring back nightmares.
America – “Tin Man” (9/74)
Badfinger – “Day After Day” (12/71)
Fontella Bass – “Rescue Me” (10/65)
Beatles – “Lady Madonna” (3/68)
Beatles – “She”s A Woman” (12/64)
Brook Benton – “Rainy Night In Georgia” (1/70)…awesome)
Blues Image – “Ride Captain Ride” (5/70)
Jerry Butler – “Only The Strong Survive” (3/69)
Glen Campbell – “Galveston” (3/69)
Captain & Tennille – “The Way I Want To Touch You” (10/75)
Chicago – “25 Or 6 To 4” (8/70)
Chicago – “Just You ”N Me” (10/73)
Dave Clark Five – “Bits And Pieces” (4/64)
Dave Clark Five – “Can”t You See That She”s Mine” (6/64)
Dave Clark Five – “Catch Us If You Can” (6/64)
CCR – “Up Around The Bend” (5/70)
Deep Purple – “Hush” (8/68)
Deep Purple – “Smoke On The Water” (6/73)
The Delfonics – “La-La-Means I Love You” (2/68)
Dion – “Abraham, Martin And John” (11/68)
Drifters – “Under The Boardwalk” (7/64)
First Class – “Beach Baby” (8/74)…[Tony Burrows was the
vocalist on not just this hit but also hits for Brotherhood of
Man, Edison Lighthouse and White Plains.]
Four Tops – “Bernadette” (3/67)
Four Tops – “Ain”t No Woman (Like The One I”ve Got)” (2/73)
Samantha Fox – “Touch Me (I Want Your Body)” (12/86)
…………hey, how did this get in here?
Connie Francis – “Where The Boys Are?” (1/61)
Marvin Gaye – “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby” (5/69)
Marvin Gaye – “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” (7/71)
Gerry and the Pacemakers – “Don”t Let The Sun Catch You
Crying” (6/64)
Grand Funk – “Bad Time” (4/75)
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds – “Don”t Pull Your Love”
(6/71)..another personal favorite
Herman”s Hermits – “There”s A Kind Of Hush” (3/67)
The Isley Brothers – “Fight The Power” (7/75)
Michael Jackson – “Got To Be There” (11/71)
Tommy James and The Shondells – “I Think We”re Alone
Now” (3/67)
Tommy James (solo) – “Draggin” The Line” (6/71)
Elton John – “The Bitch Is Back” (9/74)
Elton John – “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” (7/75)
Ben E. King – “Stand By Me” (5/61)
The Kingsmen – “The Jolly Green Giant” (1/65)
Kool & The Gang – “Jungle Boogie” (1/74…a boogie)
Led Zeppelin – “Whole Lotta Love” (12/69)
Gary Lewis & The Playboys – “Everybody Loves A Clown”
(10/65)
Los Bravos – “Black Is Black” (9/66)
Mamas & The Papas – “California Dreamin”” (2/66)
Martha Reeves & The Vandells – “Heat Wave” (8/67)
Curtis Mayfield – “Freddy”s Dead” (Theme from ”Superfly”)
(9/72)
Scott McKenzie – “San Francisco” (6/67)
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ”66 – “The Look Of Love”…[From the
Movie “Casino Royale”…my favorite scene, the baccarat table.
“Carte?” “No carte.”] (6/68)
Roger Miller – “King Of The Road” (2/65…one of the most
underrated songwriters of any era.)
Wayne Newton – “Daddy Don”t You Walk So Fast” (6/72)
1910 Fruitgum Co. – “Simon Says” (2/68)
Ohio Express – “Yummy Yummy Yummy”…[5/68…same
producer as ”Simon Says.” Should have been thrown in jail.]
The Osmonds – “Down By The Lazy River” (1/72)
Gene Pitney – “Liberty Valance” (5/62)
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – “Woman, Woman” (12/67)
Rare Earth – “Get Ready” (4/70)
The Rascals – “How Can I Be Sure” (9/67)
Paul Revere & The Raiders – “Kicks” (3/66)
Paul Revere & The Raiders – “Good Thing” (12/66)
Righteous Brothers – “Unchained Melody” (7/65)
The Rip Chords – “Hey Little Cobra” (1/64)
Ronny & The Daytonas – “G.T.O.” (8/64)
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels – “Devil With A Blue Dress
On” (10/66)
Santana – “Black Magic Woman” (11/70)
The Seekers – “I”ll Never Find Another You” (4/65)
Shirelles – “Mama Said” (5/61)
Shirelles – “Foolish Little Girl” (4/63…awesome)
Paul Simon – “Mother And Child Reunion” (2/72)
Simon & Garfunkel – “Cecelia” (4/70)
Frank Sinatra – “That”s Life” (12/66)
Spinners – “Could It Be I”m Falling In Love” (1/73)
Dusty Springfield – “You Don”t Have To Say You Loved Me”
(6/66)
Ringo Starr – “It Don”t Come Easy” (5/71)
Steely Dan – “Rikki Don”t Lose That Number” (6/74)
The Temptations – “I Wish It Would Rain” (1/68)
Three Dog Night – “Easy To Be Hard” (8/69)
Three Dog Night – “The Show Must Go On” (4/74)
The Ventures – “Hawaii Five-O” (4/69)
The Vogues – “You”re The One” (10/65)
The Vogues – “Five O”Clock World” (12/65)
Jr. Walker & The All Stars – “Shotgun” (3/65)
Jr. Walker & The All Stars – “What Does It Take (To Win Your
Love)” (6/69….all-time best beginning for a pop song!)
Dionne Warwick – “I Say A Little Prayer” (11/67)
Lenny Welch – “Since I Fell For You” (11/63…When you just
give love…but never get love…you”d better let love, de-part……)
**I forgot last week to acknowledge that it was Chuck Berry’s
birthday….10/18/26. As Harry K. observed, with Berry now 78
he just may be the oldest rock and roller, classically defined,
alive today.
Stuff
–Baseball Musings:
2001: Seattle wins 116 in its first season without A-Rod. A-Rod
and Texas go 73-89.
2002: Texas is 72-90 with A-Rod.
2003: Texas is 71-91 with A-Rod.
2004: Yankees blow 3-0 ALCS lead with A-Rod pulling a
disappearing act at crunch time. Texas goes 89-73.
2005: A-Rod becomes one of the great whipping-boys of all time
as an increasingly surly Yankee fan base turns on him. He hits
just .285 with 29 HR and 92 RBI.
2006: A-Rod flees to Japan, but Japanese hurlers refuse to pitch
to him, all season.
A-Rod had one single in his final 15 at-bats in the ALCS,
including 0-for-7 with men on base.
Johnny Mac notes that the Yankees were really the most
overrated squad to ever win 101 games in the regular season.
They beat up on the poor all season, going 37-10 against Tampa
Bay, Baltimore, Colorado and Kansas City. They were only 13
over .500 vs. everyone else. Derek Jeter had 78 RBIs for the
year, with 36 coming against Baltimore and Tampa.
J. Mac also chimes in on the issue of walks. “Anyone who still
needs convincing about the importance of throwing strikes and
making the batter earn his way on base need only look at the four
teams who surrendered the fewest walks this year…Minnesota,
Yankees, Boston, Angels…all made the playoffs.”
Even Curt Schilling basically admitted that Pedro Martinez
insisted on appearing in Game 7. As J. Mac says, “You know, it
was what, 40 degrees, windy, he’s looking to make two starts in
the Series, but his freakin’ ego is so large he needs to be out
there, and Francona, who makes less than the batboy, can’t say
(squat). You saw that Martinez was desperately trying to crank it
up, could have blown his arm out, or his rotator, whatever. It’s
amazing that owners will spend $130 million in salary and trust it
to a guy making less than the minimum player’s wage. It’s like
hiring Stevie Wonder to drive your Bentley.”
And to throw in a little history, J. Mac weighs in on “Mr.
October,” Reggie Jackson. “In 11 ALCS appearances totaling
45 games and 163 at-bats, Reggie hit .227 with 6 homers and 20
ribbies. Last I checked they played these games after Sept. 30.
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.” [Reggie did
hit .357 with 10 HR and 24 RBI in 27 World Series games.]
Of course the reason behind Johnny’s disgust is that one of his
all-time favorites, George Brett, doesn’t get enough respect for
his postseason play. In 6 ALCS, 27 games, 103 ABs, he hit .340
with 9 HR, 19 RBI and 22 runs. He also hit .373 in 13 World
Series games.
[Do you realize Lenny Dykstra had 10 homers in 32 postseason
games, including 6 in 13 Series contests? By my back of the
beer coaster calculation, that’s a rate 5Xs his career average of
81 HR in 1,278 games.]
But back to the Yankees, as J. Mac points out, they received a lot
of press this season for having six players hit 20 homers, 242
overall as a team. But did you know that the White Sox also had
six with 20 or more, and 242 total as well? It’s true…it’s really
true. Now name the six ChiSox ballplayers with 20 or more
…….Time’s up.
Paul Konerko (41), Joe Crede? (21), Aaron Rowand? (24), Jose
Valentin (30), Carlos Lee (31), Juan Uribe (23). [Plus Frank
Thomas had 18 in just 240 at bats.]
Mike Lupica / New York Daily News:
“A-Rod will be remembered for the way he finished these
playoffs…disappearing against the Red Sox in the last two
games. Then, in what has to be called an unforgettable moment
if not a defining one, he hit a ball about 50 feet against Bronson
Arroyo, tried to slap the ball out of Arroyo’s hand in what looked
like a purse-snatching move. Finally, he stood on second base
clapping like he was David Ortiz and had actually done
something.
“ ‘I should have knocked (Arroyo) on his ass,’ Rodriguez said
afterward. Very tough talk. Except that by the time Arroyo had
hit the ground it would have taken the whole Yankee team and
maybe a few cops to pull Jason Varitek off Alex Rodriguez….
“Steinbrenner will throw more money around this winter, most
of it at Houston’s Carlos Beltran, the big free agent out there.
Steinbrenner will try to add Beltran to Alex Rodriguez – who
came up as small as an exercise jockey in Games 6 and 7 against
the Red Sox – and Gary Sheffield and maybe even Jason Giambi,
who was the big free agent a few years ago and now has a body
breaking down in front of everybody’s eyes…
“The Yankees just crumble in the big moments now. They
couldn’t put the Diamondbacks away, couldn’t put the Angels
away in the first round in 2002, couldn’t beat the Florida Marlins
in the World Series last year. They are the champions of money
now. That is all.”
–College Football Review
Congratulations to Mississippi State and coach Sylvester Croom
for their shocking upset of Florida, 38-31. Granted, Florida’s
squad isn’t of the same quality as its normal standard this season,
but it was still significant. Why? It was the first conference win
for Croom…the first black head coach in the SEC…that’s why.
You have to feel great for him.
Iowa and Penn State played a truly dreadful game on Saturday
that was an embarrassment for big time college football, and yet
another pitiful performance by Joe Paterno’s Nittany Lions.
We’re talking the final score was 6-4…yes, 6-4…with Iowa
accumulating 168 yards total offense to Penn State’s 147. Penn
State had only six first downs the entire game.
My Wake Forest Demon Deacons came close again but failed to
pull off what would have been the biggest upset in school
history, losing to #5 Florida State 20-17 after leading 14-3 at
half. Wake is now 3-4 with two overtime losses, away, to
Clemson and North Carolina State and a 7-point loss to Virginia
Tech. But once again, we beat the spread, 13 ½ according to
Phil W. [Thanks for digging this up for me, buddy.]
Meanwhile, Michigan beat Purdue, 16-14, in a decent match-up,
and Boston College had a great win at Notre Dame, 24-23, on
some last second heroics by quarterback Paul Peterson. I hope
you caught this one.
And Navy ran its record to 6-1 making it bowl eligible after
defeating Rice, 14-13. So I have reason to stay on the
bandwagon, scarfing up more free beer and pulled pork barbecue
sandwiches.
Oh, but J. Mac’s East Stroudsburg University, #7 in the nation,
Division III, lost to West Chester (PA) in overtime as it missed
an extra point. It was just last week that Johnny secured a
bandwagon and was last seen hopping on. Once again, in now
jumping off, he has suffered compound fractures. Never, ever let
him near your favorite team.
–NFL Musings:
Got to hand it to New England, with their win streak now at 21.
And guys, wouldn’t it be fun to be Tom Brady for a day? [One
night?]
Good to see the Lions on the rebound. At least the Thanksgiving
game may mean something this year.
Wouldn’t want to face the Arizona Cardinals the rest of the way.
They’ve been improving with each week.
Eddie George watch: 72 carries, 250 yards. 3.47 avg. [Over /
under is 3.5………IS THIS EXCITING OR WHAT?!]
–Manchester United ended Arsenal’s league record 49 match
unbeaten streak.
–Luciano Pavarotti’s former manager of 35 years has written a
tell all book on the great tenor. Among the revelations is the
following.
Pavarotti used burnt cork to darken his beard and mustache and
to cover his bald spot. “Half the time he just looked dirty,” says
Herbert Breslin. “It didn’t endear him to the hotels he stayed in,
because all his sheets and pillowcases were black from the stuff.”
[South China Morning Post]
–Uh oh……..the snakehead has found its way into Lake
Michigan. I’d like to see the presidential candidates address this
issue. It’s all about homeland security.
–Did you know there are 508 Men’s Warehouse stores across
America? [And 114 in Canada under the name “Moore’s
Clothing for Men.”] This little tidbit brought to you by Business
Week.
–Bill Christine of the L.A. Times had a piece on the sad state of
affairs with jockeys and insurance. Gary Birzer, for example, a
jockey who had a crippling spill at a West Virginia racetrack last
July, thought he had a solid insurance policy. Riders are covered
by the Jockeys’ Guild, but Birzer, “who suffered a severed spinal
cord and is paralyzed from the waist down, has already incurred
medical expenses estimated at $500,000, with at least a year of
rehab ahead of him.” And the guild did NOT renew the
catastrophic insurance policy that was to cover Birzer and others’
expenses.
Birzer did have coverage through a policy with the
Thoroughbred Racing Association, but it has a ceiling of
$100,000. In preparation for next week’s Breeders’ Cup, Lone
Star is expected to purchase extra insurance for the jockeys.
This month, Shane Sellers, who has won more than 4,000 races
during a 21-year career, quit riding because he couldn’t find
disability insurance due to a knee injury.
But here’s something I was ignorant of.
“In a multibillion-dollar industry, we, the riders, on average are
getting less than $20 a (losing) mount after agents, valets, the
IRS and health insurance (are paid), and if I fall, I’m responsible
for any healthcare costs over $100,000,” said Sellers.
Christine writes that after the top 75 riders in purse money, “the
rest of the country’s jockeys earn an average of about $26,000 a
year.”
Many jockeys are now asking that the guild be audited along
with its consultant, Matrix Capital Associates.
–Now that Britney Spears is taking a little time off, let’s check in
on J. Lo. According to the Los Angeles Times, she just sold her
home on 2 acres in a gated Beverly Hills community for $12.5
million. Doesn’t sound that great to me. After all it’s only a
one-story contemporary with four bedrooms, seven bathrooms,
and a projection room. Okay, it also has an infinity pool.
–Peter Applebome of the New York Times interviewed Bill
Peters, now 81 and a man who caddied numerous times for Babe
Ruth. Nothing Peters says dispels your image of the Babe.
Peters and his brother caddied at St. Albans Golf Club in Queens
and Babe would often pick them up in his open-topped yellow
touring sedan as they walked to the course.
It was 1938, 3 years past Ruth’s retirement, that Peters started
caddying for him. Ruth played in the same regular foursome,
none of them ballplayers, usually scoring in the mid-80s.
[Remember, sports fans, back then the equipment and course
conditions were inferior to today’s.] Caddies were paid $1 plus a
25 cent tip, but Ruth paid $1.50, though there was a catch, as
Peters describes.
“At the third and seventh holes, you had to climb the fence or
crawl under it to get him a beer at a nearby deli. You had to wait
while they poured it from a tap, and it came in cardboard
containers about the size of two beer cans. At the ninth hole,
they served drinks, hard stuff, on a tray. Then there was another
deli to get beer at the 14th.
“He always had a glow about him, but I never saw him drunk.
Not once. And then he could eat six or eight hot dogs at one
sitting when he was through….
“He rumbled when he spoke. You could hear him two blocks or
two fairways away. But he was the same with everybody. He
didn’t act like a celebrity, and he wasn’t treated like one.”
The one and only. The Greatest.
–In Defense of Poker
You know who’s becoming a real irritant? Sports Illustrated’s
Rick Reilly. Unless he’s bashing Barry Bonds, I can’t recall the
last time I agreed with the guy. This week he takes off on kids
playing poker and treating the tourney players as heroes.
“This poker craze is the biggest waste of time since Stevie
Wonder went to a mime festival….
“What really sucks is that the kids are losing their own cash
while the poker stars sort of aren’t….
“Hey, I play poker with my buddies. But it’s four times a year
and comes with the requisites bad meatballs, cold beer and dirty
jokes. Poker isn’t a sport, it isn’t for kids, and it sure as hell
shouldn’t be on my damn sports channels.”
Oh, gimme a break. Where do I begin? Of course some of us,
especially yours truly, want our youth outside, playing sports,
and not focusing on indoor activities. But let’s get real. This is a
helluva lot better than playing video games that don’t require any
real brain power, or doing drugs, or, as was revealed the other
day in Bogota, New Jersey, plotting to kill your 9th grade
classmate.
I played poker all through high school, beginning in 9th grade.
Seven of us were regulars and we remain great friends today,
over 30 years later. All of us have also had successful careers.
Sure, I’d rather our youth worshipped sports heroes from the
fields of football, baseball or golf rather than Chris Moneymaker,
but while most of my spare time as a youth was spent outside, I
wasted quite a bit of it watching Pro Bowling every Saturday
afternoon, plus I was also hooked on roller derby …remember
that?
And Reilly talks of the kids losing their own cash. I know they
have a lot more money these days than when I was growing up,
but back then we lost our $5 or $10 and that was it. Big freakin’
deal. [We always made sure we had enough for betting on pro
football, however. Oh, the great memories I have of lunchtime
in high school, guys gathered in every corner of the place, betting
the spreads.]
Of course some will take the gambling a bit too far as they go
through life, but that’s the way it’s been since time immemorial.
[I stopped gambling on football, by the way, once I started
playing the stock market. That’s more than enough risk for me.]
So Mom and Dad, don’t discourage your kids from playing
poker. At least you know what they’re doing, they’ll learn some
good life lessons, they’ll develop their math skills and use parts
of their brain they wouldn’t have otherwise. As for Rick Reilly,
I wish he”d go back to slamming Bonds.
–Here’s my take on the NBA as it embarks on yet another
meaningless regular season. I’ll watch an occasional Knick or
Net game as background noise while I’m boning up on the U.S.
Constitution…or reading my Calvin and Hobbes cartoon books,
but don’t expect me to care.
That said, for the record Sports Illustrated tabs the Pistons to beat
the Spurs in the NBA Finals. I’ll go with San Antonio, assuming
Tim Duncan stays healthy.
We’re going to be focused on college basketball around here,
you understand.
–Speaking of predictions, hey, I wasn’t that bad with my choice
of the Astros to win the Series.
–Golfer Tom Watson is a huge sports fan and I liked this bit
from a story in PGA Tour Partners magazine.
“Tom Watson likes listening to his Kansas City Royals on the
radio. He has no use for baseball on television; that leaves
nothing to the imagination. No, he likes it on the radio with
Denny Matthews, the voice of the Royals since the very start of
the franchise some 35 years ago. Watson’s favorite part of the
broadcast is between pitches, when Denny is silent, and he can
hear the crowd murmuring and the vendors shouting
‘Lemonade,’ and the wind blowing through the concourses.”
Yup, that’s why some of us still get our ball that way. Actually,
football is good on the radio too. And then some of us grew up
with Marv Albert and his great calls on Knicks telecasts.
“Re-bound REED…upcourt to Frazier…over to Bradley…side
jumper……YESSS!”
–This is comical. The current Sports Illustrated has an
advertisement with McDonald’s, “Hangin’ with Carmelo
Anthony.” Ah yes, timing is everything. [Carmelo was just
busted, in case you missed it.] But I did take note of his
“favorite flicks.” The Godfather, Goodfellas, Casino, Scarface.
Not a bad list there, Carmelo.
–ABC’s Sex Survey
ABC News’ “Primetime Live” polled 1,500 adults and came up
with some of the following.
57% have had sex outdoors or in a public place. [Huh]
29%: First-date sex (men)
30%: Paid for sex (single men, 30+) [Huh]
14% were involved in a threesome…guess the 4th didn’t show.
12% have had sex at work [Huh]
70% of men think about sex every day. 34% women. [Oh,
c’mon. It’s 100% men and 80% women, or my name isn’t “The
Editor.”]
83% of men enjoy sex a “great deal.” [Unless there’s a good
football game on.]
5% of men in the survey reported having had 99 or more sex
partners. And Wilt Chamberlain is dead, so he couldn’t be one
of those polled.
42% describe themselves as sexually adventurous. I’m assuming
this has to do with whether one likes premium or light beer.
70% of those married more than 10 years “Enjoy sex a great
deal” [Unless there’s a good football game on.]
There’s other stuff in the survey, such as the “Big O”, and I’m
not talking Oscar Robertson, but you’ll have to dig this up
yourself. We have our standards here at Bar Chat, after all.
–Hey, guys, did you see that picture of First Daughter Barbara
Bush the other day? Goodness gracious.
–I saw John Kerry was speaking Spanish in Colorado. Bar Chat
was there to translate.
“I’m so happy to be at Lambert Field, where Manny Ortez has hit
many a home run.”
–Re my piece last time on Led Zeppelin, Harry K. writes his
favorite story “is that they originally tried to get Randy Bachman
(BTO) as their lead guitarist. But Bachman, at the time part of
the Guess Who, wasn’t interested. Since he’s a clean-living
Mormon, joining a band of drug-crazed boozehounds probably
seemed like a career-limiting move at the time. Oddly enough,
when the Bachman Turner Overdrive launched its first LP in
1974, the reviews said ‘Imagine Led Zeppelin without
pyrotechnics.’” And there was the time when LZ was booked for
the Man-Pop festival in Winnipeg on 8/29/71, the outdoor
festivities were rained out and their contract said they didn’t have
to play. Over 18,000 fans then jammed into the Winnipeg Arena
instead and the band took the stage just after midnight.
–Johnny Mac notes that on 7/21/69, two days shy of his 15th
birthday, he paid $2 to attend the Schaefer Music Festival; “some
band who had been getting some buzz, played Fillmore West,
Newport Jazz Festival, Fillmore East…must admit, Led Zeppelin
was pretty awesome.”
Top 3 songs for the week of 10/25/75: #1 “Bad Blood” (Neil
Sedaka) #2 “Calypso” (John Denver) #3 “Miracles” (Jefferson
Starship)
Cincinnati Bengals Quiz Answers: 1) Rushing, career: Corey
Dillon…8,061 (1997-2003). 2) Passing yards, career: Ken
Anderson…32,838 (1971-86…looking back, this guy was
underrated). 3) Receptions, career: Carl Pickens, 530 (1992-99).
4) Interceptions, career: Ken Riley, 65 (1969-83). 5) FGs,
career: Jim Breech, 225 (1980-92). 6) TDs, career: Pete
Johnson, 70 (1977-83). 7) Passing, game: Boomer Esiason, 490
(10/90). 8) Ross Browner is the only 1st rounder from Notre
Dame.
Homer Simpson’s twist on “Take Me Out To The Ballgame.”
“Buy me some beer, and beer, and beer……..”
Next Bar Chat, Thursday. Your exclusive NHL forecast. Oh,
sorry, there is no hockey this year.
