The TEN
(“The Ten” is not a top ten, but ten items worth being included in The TEN)
1.) “I anticipate the media will ask me if our football coach is on the hot seat this year, here is my answer, and will be my answer whenever I’m asked. He is not.”—USC Athletic Director Pat Haden
2.) On this date in 1952 Tulare, California product Bob Mathias wins his second Olympic Decathlon gold medal in Helsinki, Finland. Four years earlier Mathias won his first gold in the London games.
3.) Former Temple City tight end Zak Brannon turns 28 today.
4.) El Monte ran 290 more plays than next closest in league. Teams in league averaged 50 plays a game, EM averaged 74. They all averaged about 100 plays a game. Here are the totals against the Lions: Arroyo 127, Mead 140, View 132, Gabrielino 140, SEM 131. EM forced every team in league to play 5+ quarters of plays. Gab played 6 quarters of plays when compared to their average games.
5.) Adam Morrison, one time Gonzaga star, Laker benchman, NBA bust, returns to alma mater as an assistant on Mark Few’s staff.
6.) “As a spectator of prep football, D Riley was a spectacular player to point your binoculars at. He was the consumate “impact player”, a game changer who brought forth his athletic skills, often at times his team needed a spark to overcome an opponent. I saw one of his multiple interception games where it seemed any thrown ball he intended to make his own….once in the air it was his.
It is tough to forget a young kid who plays with that kind of heart and God given talent. Best of luck to Mr Riley.”—Mid Valley Sports poster “NewRam”
7.) Atlanta Falcons and quarterback Matt Ryan agree on five-year contract extension.
8.) Windward junior offensive tackle Roy Hemsley: 6-5, 269.
9.) “When you’re at a press conference confessing your sins and your wife looks at you lovingly and you avert her gaze, it’s very telling.”—Dennis Miller
10.) “I feel like, and Nick (Punto) and I talk about it, like something really bad has to happen for us to lose the game. And that’s a good thing. Before, we were almost waiting for the bad to happen.”—Los Angeles Dodgers utility man Skip Schumaker
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