Bowl system, Heisman turn into farce
A backward glance, if you please, at the BCS championship game; plus a few observations on the just ended collegiate football season.
After watching Florida defeat Oklahoma, I don't think there is any doubt about the Gators being the best college football team in the country. Before that game, I felt that Utah should be voted No. 1 because of its big win over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and winding up at 13-0.
I think the NCAA made a mistake by not pitting Florida against Utah in that game and at least giving the Utes an opportunity to play for the title. I have no doubt that Florida would have won, then there would be no doubt about which team should be No. 1.
This year was just another example of the need for a college football playoff. There are just too many meaningless bowl games with a lot of teams going to postseason play that were barely above .500.
Did you notice all the empty seats at most of those games? But if those games had been part of a playoff, then the teams would have had something to play for, and it would have created some excitement.
The BCS game also turned this year's Heisman Trophy award into a farce. Tim Tebow took charge of the BCS game, proving once again that he is by far the best college football player in the country. Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford is good, but he isn't in the same class with Tebow. The people who voted him the winner must have been red-faced watching that game.
My suggestion, for what it's worth, is that the Heisman Trophy winner should not be selected until after all the bowl games have been played. Otherwise, it is going to lose a lot of prestige with mistakes such as this.
A lot of Alabama fans are talking about what might have been if Tebow had signed with Alabama instead of Florida when he graduated from high school. It was close, and Alabama coaches believed he was coming until right at the end.
How many times have you heard some Alabama fan say this: "If we'd gotten Tebow, we'd have won the national championship."
Probably, if Tebow had been the quarterback on this year's Tide team. But remember, if Mike Shula had signed Tebow, he wouldn't have been fired, and Nick Saban wouldn't have been hired. So, given that scenario what kind of season would Alabama have had this year?
Playing the "ifs and buts" game can be fun but in reality a lot of factors would have entered into the mix. It would have been just one thing.
I’ve mention this numerous times previously, and probably will again. I think there should be a standard regarding to singing the National Anthem, just as there is a code for displaying the colors. The woman did a nice job singing it before the BCS game until she got to the end. Then she turned it into a fiasco.
A news release Friday said Florida claimed the MacArthur Bowl, seen as one of the most celebrated and sought-after team trophies in America. It is presented annually by National Football Foundation to its choice of a national champion, but I doubt if it carries the prestige as the BCS's crystal football you saw the players passing around after the game.
I remember when Alabama was named national champion by the Associated Press after the 1961 season; the Tide also received the MacArthur Bowl. One weekend after the presentation Gary White, who was the team's manager, was home. He came by The Times sports department and asked if I wanted to see the trophy.
"Sure," I said.
We went outside to the where he was parked. He had the silver trophy wrapped in a blanket in the truck of his car. We carried it inside and took a picture of Gary and my son looking at it sitting on my desk. I still have that picture.
Alabama announced over the weekend that Glen Coffee will not be back for his senior season. He is looking at the NFL draft, same as teammate Andre Smith. I think a couple of Auburn players, and some from other SEC teams, also will try to get pro contracts.
Tebow may be thinking the same thing. At least he didn't reply when some TV guy asked after the BCS game if he would be returning to the Gators for his senior year.
That has to be a huge temptation for him. He would probably be a first round pick and receive millions of dollars.
Another year in college might be fun, but what if he should sustain a career-ending injury? Is the risk worth it?
Copyright (c) 2009 GadsdenTimes.com
Nick Saban You Blew It For the SEC
Nick Saban what are you doing? You come to Alabama and in two years turn around the program into the nation's No. 1 team for half the season. You go undefeated and lose a close game to Florida in the SEC Championship game.
The last piece of business you have to take care of this season is to win your bowl game against the Mountain West Conference team. Almost every other team in the conference took care of business and showed the SEC is the nation's elite conference, but your loss has undone all of their hard work.
Kentucky (6-6) managed to defeat a good East Carolina team that had beaten Big East power West Virginia and ACC Champion Virginia Tech. Vanderbilt (6-6) managed to defeat the ACC's second best team in Boston College. Ole Miss (8-4) even managed to knock off Texas Tech who had lost only one game coming in, and whose quarterback even broke the all-time touchdown mark during the game.
However, Utah outright embarrassed you on national television. You made the SEC look weak, and you brought up the question of whether your team even cared about the opportunity to play in the Sugar Bowl.
So get your act together Mr. Saban, or head back to the minor league of football, the NFL.
Copyright (c) 2008 Bleacher Report, Inc
TU's Reedom kept eye on prize
Jontell Reedom was just one slot short on the state's rushing leaderboard last year to be declared California's 2007 Rushing King.
Reedom, a junior in 2007, rushed for 2,707 yards, ranking him second in the state and ahead of several of the state's top college football recruits.
So it would seem only natural for Reedom to enter the 2008 season with the pursuit of a state rushing title as his No. 1 goal.
Reedom was all business this year, hardly a smile would pop up on his face despite producing some of the Central Section's most jaw-dropping individual-game performances.
From time to time, Reedom would talk about "keeping his eyes on the prize." But the prize he had in mind had nothing to do with individual glory.
"I didn't care about the carries. I didn't care about the yards. All this season mattered about was the wins and about the scoreboard," Reedom said.
A change in Reedom's demeanor took a sharp turn after Tulare Union captured its fourth Central Section football title by defeating El Diamante 42-33 in the Division II championship game on Dec. 12 -- Reedom was all smiles, a state of emotion that was still intact a week later.
"It felt great to finish off 13-0 and get that Valley championship," Reedom said. 'We had the best offense in the Valley, and one of the best defenses. We played Redskin football all season long."
Reedom, the 2008 Times-Delta/Advance-Register offensive player of the year, compiled 2,306 yards rushing with 43 total touchdowns. He scored at least two touchdowns in every game but one, and had four games with five or more touchdowns. He posted a 10.4 yards-per-rush average, a number this area hasn't seen since Dominique Dorsey was at Tulare Union (1998-2000).
"We knew Jontell was going to be a pretty good player when he was a sophomore. But once he started working hard in the weight room and becoming a more physical running back, he changed tremendously. Instead of being a pretty good player he turned himself into a great player," Tulare Union co-head coach Jason Edwards said. "He has a bright future in this game."
If anyone said they sensed some disappointment in Reedom after seeing his offensive workload reduced (132 less carries than 2007 which resulted in a drop of 401 yards rushing), they couldn't be more wrong.
"All that really matters is we got our [championship] rings," Reedom said. "We played a perfect game every time we went out there. We dominated on offense. We dominated on defense. We dominated on special teams. This was a great group to play with and win a Valley championship with."
Reedom still unofficially ranked 12th in the state for rushing yards, and was at his best when the Redskins needed him the most:
In the lone game where Tulare Union faced a deficit against a county team, Reedom was a one-man wrecking crew with 336 yards rushing and five total touchdowns in a 60-30 win over Mt. Whitney.
Reedom would become an integral part of the Redskin defense at the start of EYL play as an outside linebacker/defensive end hybrid. He impressed EYL coaches enough to be named a first-team defensive end.
And in the biggest game of his stellar high school career, Reedom rushed for 287 yards against El Diamante in the Division II championship game. He had 195 yards in the second half, and was the driving force in all three of the Redskins' second-half scoring drives. Ironically, that was the only game that Reedom didn't score at least two touchdowns.
"When the team needs me, that's when I'll be there," Reedom said. "It wasn't all me. The big uglies kept pushing up front. The offensive line made my job a lot easier by making key blocks."
Reedom finished his stellar high school career with 5,693 yards rushing and 79 total touchdowns.
In its preseason rankings, Rivals.com rated Reedom as a three-star prospect and the 65th best prospect in the state, attracting interest from several West Coast NCAA Division FBS (formerly Division I-A) programs. Reedom is scheduled to play junior college football in 2009 before trying to move on to an NCAA program.
Copyright (c)2008 Visalia Times-Delta
Bowl-Palooza: The Games to Watch
I have a confession to make: I love bowl games.
Excuse me?
There's no denying it. If college football were like high school, then the talk of playoffs would be the new hot girl at school and the bowl system would the old girl that was really hot when she first got to school a while ago, but has since lost her luster. This is mainly because of the situations that we've run into almost every year since the BCS's inception about who should be playing in the BCS bowls and most importantly, who deserves to play in the title games. All are valid arguments, but beyond the politics and controversy that the BCS garners, the non-BCS bowl games, also known as to some as "The Others," still provide great matchups.
We have to face facts. Recently, the BCS bowl matchups have left a lot to be desired once the actual games are played on the field. The hype for most of these games has been great, but the product that follows sometimes can be less than satisfying. And while the masses have their eyes set to the big money bowls on New Year's Day and thereafter, there are usually some good bowl games to keep an eye on. Here's a look at a few that should be entertaining going through Christmas, through the ball dropping up to most people getting over hangovers on the morning of January 1, 2009.
Poinsettia Bowl: No. 9 Boise State vs. No. 11 TCU
Qualcomm Stadium; San Diego, CA; December 23; 8 PM
Quite possibly could be listed as the "BCS Busters" Bowl. Both the Broncos and Horned Frogs have done their damage to favored opponents in BCS conferences in recent years. Boise State, led by '07 Fiesta Bowl hero Ian Johnson, is looking for their second perfect season in three years, while the Mountain West runner-up Horned Frogs look to get to 11 wins. Both teams have high scoring offenses and underrated defenses.
Meineke Car Care Bowl: West Virginia vs. North Carolina
Bank of America Stadium; Charlotte, NC; December 27; 1 PM
This has the potential to be an extremely exciting. Pat White looks to cap a brilliant career, including upset wins in two BCS bowl games, with his fourth win as the Mountaineers' signal-caller. Sophomore star Noel Devine had over 1,200 yards for the Mountaineers after splitting time in the backfield with Steve Slaton in his rookie season, but only found the end zone three times.
Meanwhile, it didn't take long for Butch Davis to get North Carolina back in the discussion in ACC; the Tar Heels are headed to their first bowl since 2004. Hakeem Nicks had a great season with just over 1,000 yards receiving and 10 total touchdowns. Carolina's T.J. Yates, who missed five games this season, is expected to be delivering the ball to Nicks and the rest of the receiving corps, but it's possible that backup Cam Sexton, who took the snaps while Yates was sidelined, could see time, as well.
Holiday Bowl: No. 17 Oklahoma State vs. Oregon
Qualcomm Stadium; San Diego, CA; December 30; 8 PM
This game could have huge offensive fireworks. Both teams tout top 10 offenses in total yards, rushing yards and scoring. There is no shortage of talented skill players in this game. The Cowboys will be lead by quarterback Zach Robinson (24 passing TDs), largely overshadowed in the QB-rich Big 12, his number one target All-American wideout Dez Bryant (1,313 receiving yards, 18 TDs), and the dangerous Big 12 leading rusher Kendall Hunter (1,588 rushing yards, 6.7 avg. per carry, 14 TDs).
The Ducks will be lead by a pair of Jeremiahs, quarterback Masoli (12 passing touchdowns, 7 rushing TDs) and running back Johnson (1,082 rushing yards, 12 TDs). Johnson's backfield of LeGarrette Blount rushed for 928 yards and set a school record with 16 rushing touchdowns. The only talk about defense in this ballgame could very well be the one that makes a big play to stop the other offense. This bowl game historically has been a high-scoring and often exciting one to watch over the years.
Chic-Fil-A Bowl, LSU vs. No. 14 Georgia Tech
Georgia Dome; Atlanta, GA; December 31; 7:30 PM
A bowl game that features two teams that moved in the opposite directions of expectations. The defending champion Tigers had some embarrassing losses this year, including blowouts at Florida, at home against Georgia, and a crushing second straight defeat to Arkansas. Add in the near catastrophe against Troy, and LSU and Les Miles became the first defending national champs to play in the Chick Fil-A bowl and are looking to rebound a year after winning it all to end the season on a high note.
The Yellow Jackets in their first year under Paul Johnson really came on late in the season. Teams had a whale of time containing the triple-option as Jonathon Dwyer (1,328 rushing yards, 12 TDs) became arguably the most explosive player in the open field in college football the last four games of the season. Tech stayed competitive in the ACC and came within a early season Virginia Tech loss of the ACC championship game. The Jackets have a virtual home game with the Georgia Dome less than two miles away from Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Capital One Bowl, No. 15 Georgia vs. No. 18 Michigan State
Florida Citrus Bowl; Orlando, FL; January 1; 1 PM
This year turned out to be a huge disappointment for the Bulldogs, who were ranked No. 1 in the polls before the season. Expected to contend for the national championship this year, they faltered in their big name games against Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Tech. Matthew Stafford had a decent junior season with 22 touchdowns. Knowshon Moreno led the SEC in rushing with 1,338 yards and 16 touchdowns and Mohamed Massaquoi and super freshman A.J. Green combined 102 catches, more than 1,800 yards, and 16 touchdowns. Georgia's defense was a huge disappointment in the second half of the season, with poor tackling displays against Florida and Georgia Tech. They will need to tackle better against the overachieving Spartans, led by senior super back Javon Ringer (1,590 rushing yards, 21 TDs) who had a stellar final season in East Lansing.
Are there too many bowls? Absolutely! But there are some dandies on this year's bowl schedule. It really is the most wonderful time of the year and if you really love college football, these are the times you enjoy the most. Plus, you have all the offseason and next year to drum back up the playoff debate. I'll think I'll stick with old hot girl for now.
(c)Sports Central 1998-2008
Irish excited for Floyd's expected return
Without Michael Floyd making all of those pesky catches, Notre Dame sophomore wide receiver Golden Tate had a career day against Syracuse in his team's second-to-last game.
He caught seven passes for 146 yards, both career-highs. For the first time as a college football player, he scored two touchdowns in a game.
And yet, he can't wait to have his sidekick back.
"As you can see," Tate said this week, "we need him. He's a deep threat. He's got great hands. He's strong and powerful."
Floyd has not played since he left the field after the third play against Navy on Nov. 15 with a sprained knee. And he won't go as far as to declare himself a sure go for the Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl against the University of Hawaii. On Friday, he called his status a "day-to-day thing," using the murky injury terminology favored by his head coach Charlie Weis.
The reality is that Floyd is expected to return to full-go at practice this week, a terrific development for an offense that desperately needs him back. Barring a setback, he should be on the field against the Warriors as Notre Dame tries to snap a nine-game bowl losing streak, longest in NCAA history.
To be sure, Notre Dame's late free fall was bigger than just the absence of one player, and a true freshman at that. But without Floyd as a threat in the offense for the better part of three games, the Irish vertical passing game eventually ground to a halt. Tate's numbers against Syracuse look good on paper. In the context of a shocking 24-23 loss on Senior Day at Notre Dame Stadium, they rapidly lose their meaning.
The following week, quarterback Jimmy Clausen passed for just 41 yards in a 38-3 loss to USC. The offense failed to earn a first down until the last play of the third quarter. Floyd may have not made the difference in a game like that, but his presence might have at least helped to mitigate the embarrassment a little bit.
Floyd suffered his injury while trying to make a block on a running play against the Midshipmen. His receivers coach, Rob Ianello, has gone on the record since then saying that poor technique on the block put Floyd in the awkward position that led to his injury.
It wasn't an easy lesson to learn, but it could have been worse.
"I kind of got buckled up into the pile and the pile just came through to my leg and kind of twisted it," Floyd said on Friday in his first public comments since the injury. "I was going to run back to the huddle, but my knee felt kind of weird, so I came out one play and they told me I'm not going back in."
Floyd ended up watching the rest of the game, a harrowing 27-21 Irish victory, with his left leg wrapped in a bulky immobilizer.
"I won't put myself in a jam like that again," he said.
Before the injury, Floyd had rewritten the Notre Dame freshman receiving record book. He has 46 catches for 702 yards and seven touchdown catches, all Irish freshman records. Floyd has four 100-yard receiving games this season, the same number All-American Jeff Samardzija had as a senior in 2006. Not that you would ever hear Floyd boast about the job he has done adjusting to the college game after coming out of St. Paul, Minn., as one of the nation's most heralded high school receivers.
"I won't say I'm really important to the team," he said. "I just try to help them any way I can. I just try to do my job and that's catch the ball and run with it and score touchdowns as much as I can."
Copyright (c) 1994-2008 South Bend Tribune
Close your eyes and dream of college playoff
We can shake our fists at the times or we can imagine a better world.
I am referring, of course, to the Bowl Championship Series. Again this season, it will feature four meaningless exhibitions and a college football championship playoff field of two teams.
Enough energy has been wasted pointing out how arbitrary and self-interested it is. Across the political spectrum, from Barack Obama to Mike Shanahan, everybody wants reform.
So let's imagine a better world. In fact, let's imagine my personal preference, since it's my column. Let's imagine a 16-team playoff.
We'll select the field with a big selection show, just the way ESPN does for the men's basketball tournament. We will call it, imaginatively enough, the Bowl Championship Playoff (BCP, not to be confused with PCP, the use of which is a natural byproduct of the current system).
At the moment, the BCP is abuzz with the final weekend of regular-season play, which will determine seven playoff bids. Under BCP rules, the 11 conference champions qualify automatically. A selection committee awards five at-large bids.
Going into Friday night's game for the Mid-American Conference championship, only four playoff bids had been locked up:
Big East champion Cincinnati (10-2), Big Ten champion Penn State (11-1), Mountain West champion Utah (12-0) and Western Athletic Conference champ Boise State (12-0).
Southern Cal and Troy need wins today in their regular-season finales to lock up the Pac-10 and Sun Belt conference bids. With losses, they fall into three-way ties and a series of Byzantine tiebreakers which depend, in the case of the Pac-10, on other results today.
The remaining five conference bids will come out of conference championship games. Then the selection committee will barricade itself in a room and debate the at-large candidates. No weapons allowed.
It is a no-brainer, for example, that the loser of the SEC championship game will get an at-large bid. I would hate to think what might happen to that attractive ESPN outdoor set if it didn't. Alabama and Florida, the top two teams in the country according to The Associated Press poll, will both be in the tournament.
In our brave new world, by the way, the BCS standings do not exist, not only because the BCS does not exist but because they would make the playoff selections automatic and eliminate the need for a big selection show. We like the big selection show.
We also prefer knowledgeable humans to indecipherable computer code when choosing the final at-large qualifiers.
As you can imagine, this year's big complication is the Big 12, which has three of the nation's top 16 teams — in fact, three of the top eight, according to the AP poll. As it happens, only one of the three is in the Big 12 championship game.
It seems likely that the Big 12 will get three BCP bids, although, should Missouri upset Oklahoma for the conference championship today, it would need four, which would cause quite a stir in our selection committee and elsewhere.
The effect of four Big 12 teams in the tournament might be to squeeze out another deserving team such as Ohio State or TCU, which would cause some serious howling from the Big Ten and Mountain West bureaucrats. Luckily, bureaucrats don't have nearly as much influence in the BCP as they do in the BCS.
Although the field is the most controversial element of the selection process, it is not the only one. The committee also assigns seeds to the 16 teams, determining the first-round matchups, which we will play in the week leading up to Christmas.
And it must designate which of the nearly three dozen current bowls will be included in the BCP. We will need 15 of them, including the granddaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl, for our championship game on Jan. 17, the day before the NFL's conference championships.
The bowls want these slots because inclusion in the playoff guarantees a sellout, which, let's face it, not every Weedwhacker Bowl got under the BCS.
The rest of the former BCS bowls will get latter-stage playoff games, but we're open to suggestion for the bowls that get first-round games. If you want to make a case for the Chick-fil-A Bowl, by all means, let's hear from you.
The BCP selection committee will also review public comment on the at-large berths, although, in the end, its decision is final.
So that's the plan. During the next six weeks, we will imagine a 16-team college football playoff through to its conclusion. When the BCS completes its lone playoff game, we will be on the eve of our final four.
We will use no complicated computer simulation to play the games. That's the kind of thinking that got us into the mess we're in now. We will just imagine them.
You may imagine them differently, of course. That's the charm of the exercise. For once, they're actually going to play the games on paper.
(c) 2008 The E.W. Scripps Co
Fulmer goes out on high note
KNOXVILLE -- What he called a "three-week long funeral" came to a halt on Saturday night when Phillip Fulmer manned the sidelines for the final time for the Tennessee Volunteers.
"It's been a really tough year, particularly a really tough month," he said.
The Vols sent Fulmer out the proper way with a 28-10 victory over Southeastern Conference rival Kentucky, which extended the nation's longest active winning streak over one team to 24 games.
Fittingly, Fulmer was carried off the field with the game ball in hand and on the shoulders of senior offensive linemen Anthony Parker and Ramon Foster.
"I don't know if I can describe it," Fulmer said of the treatment. "I think they made a statement that they really care about this staff and really care about how we tried to do things here."
"He'll be remembered at the University of Tennessee for being a great guy, a great coach and a man of God. That's the way a legend should go out -- on top," senior defensive end Robert Ayers said.
He steps aside as the school's second winningest coach behind Gen. Robert Neyland with a record of 152-52.
"I'm really proud of that. That's not done everyday," Fulmer said.
Add to his credentials rings for a national title in 1998, a pair of SEC crowns and five Eastern Division banners in the last 10 years. Fulmer also touched countless lives far beyond the playing field. When asked about how after all that he's done for the university to be dismissed amidst just his second losing season was it just about the university's money, the coach admitted he felt put on the spot before answering.
"We did do the things that I think they asked us to do," Fulmer said. "We had a year that wasn't as good. I don't make those decisions. If I had it to do over again there wouldn't be a lot that I would change. Obviously there are some games that you would have liked to have won, but even with those, we grew as a coach and we grew as young men.
"We've certainly had our highs, and we've had a couple of lows. People don't really understand how important it is that we did it the right way. We didn't have anybody from the NCAA or anybody breathing down our throats. We're blessed to have done it as well as we did as long as we did. I think over a period of time, that will be more appreciated."
In spite of his program being tarnished over the last five years or so due to some poor decisions by young men, Fulmer held true to his guns. He kicked off and suspended several athletes, including big-name contributors like James Banks, LaMarcus Coker, Onterrio Smith and Demetrice Morley.
People sometimes seem to think that you can just put a wall up around collegiate athletes and they'll all behave like good little boys and girls. Try getting 110 finely-tuned football players to attend every single class, make straight 'A's and keep out of trouble that usually shadows people in the spotlight.
Coaches do what they can to battle Xs and Os with one another but some take much more pride in turning teenagers into men. It's not an easy task to look into the eyes of about 25 mothers every February and tell them, without blinking an eye, that they can trust him with their baby boy.
"I love the profession. It's a great profession. It's an honorable profession when you do it the right way," Fulmer said. "I never got in it for the money. I never got in it just for the glory or anything like that. I enjoy the players, and I enjoy the camaraderie with the coaches and the Saturdays in the fall and the battles in recruiting, all those things. I've been blessed to be able to do it a long time."
Some of the sadness was lifted from the belly of Neyland Stadium when Fulmer was asked about setting up a scholarship in his name at UT.
"You asking me for some more money? I'm unemployed."
He does want to stay involved in an area of the state that he's called home for over 30 years.
"We've been very active in this community, and we would like to stay that way. There's 2-3 organizations that I need to touch base with if we're still going to do that whether we're here or somewhere else."
The 58-year-old Winchester native was put on the spot yet again when asked about speculation surrounding the vacancy at Clemson.
"This is a very special place and it would take a special place for me to go to. Being unemployed right now, I'm interested in those kind of jobs because that's a special place," Fulmer said on Saturday.
"Also, I've been told by some people that I really respect that I need to take some time to think through and not just jump at the first thing and reflect and enjoy the time. My family has paid a dear price for me to do this job. It's not without stress."
The coach that's helped recruit and develop 16 first-round NFL selections since 1993 and a total of 90 players drafted overall will have to look elsewhere if he wants to strap on the headsets anytime soon.
Numerous sources confirmed that Clemson is taking the interim tag off coach Dabo Sweeney with a press conference tentatively scheduled for today.
"I do believe when one door closes, another one opens," Fulmer said. "If that's not the one that's open, there'll be something somewhere if I choose to do that.
"I'm just going to enjoy this game and this win and finish up in a couple of days. Will I be on another sideline next year? Maybe, but I just don't know. There's not a lot of really good jobs open this year."
The reins of the Tennessee football program will be officially handed over to 33-year-old Lane Kiffin today at 1. More smiles developed on the faces of the media when Fulmer turned up the pressure already.
"To me they ought to win every football game next year. How's that for pressure on the new guy?"
Several clapped after he answered his last question and rose from the press conference to hug and kiss his family. But, no quote, mug shot or column can accurately describe the mixed emotions within Fulmer. Despite it all, he took the high road when being forced out of his home at Rocky Top.
The funeral is over. Let the rejoicing of a remarkable career begin.
(c) 2008 Shelbyville Times Gazette
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