Desert Anyone

Now I think I have heard of everything. Coach Skip Holtz of East Carolina has suspended two players from today's Liberty Bowl due to the fact they had a fight during the Liberty Bowl Banquet. Why were they fighting?, over desert.

Former Greenville Rose player Jonathan Williams and Leonard Paulk will miss the game. You know there are lots of reason to mess up like miss curfew, shoplift, academics, but I think fighting over a desert in front of the opposing team as well as all the dignitaries there for the banquet is about as embarrassing as you can make it for the people who let you wear the Purple and Gold.

You would never know that he was fired from his job. Bobby Bowden took about as high a road as you can take today in the news conference following Florida State victory in the Gator Bowl.

I don't know why but I just got a feeling he may coach some where else next year.

The all- state high school football team has been announced and there are not any local players at all on the team. There are only two players that Rocky Mount played this past year even on the team.

Place kicker Warren Harvey of Greenville Rose made it. His three field goals and the fifty yarder late in the game helped beat Rocky Mount 16-13 was enough for me to think they made the right choice for place kicker.

Wide receiver Dee Williams from South Johnston is another player who the Gryphons faced who after we played them I can see he is deserving to be on the team. The west dominated the all state team, besides these two players there was one from Havelock and Wilmington and all other players are from the west.

Finally today I want to leave you with maybe the best quote that I heard during football season. Mid season when B W Holt came back to Rocky Mount to watch the Gryphons play Nash Central I ran into coach after the game in the parking lot. I ask him how's retirement? Holt's answer "Great everyday is Saturday"