HA Note: "McMackin also confirmed that Lelie, who played for five National Football League teams during an eight-year career, will work as a student manager. The position will enable him to complete work on his bachelor's degree. Lelie left UH after his junior season, in which he caught 84 passes for a school-record 1,713 yards and 19 touchdowns in 2001. He also holds the UH single-season record of 142.8 receiving yards per game."
About how Lelie (who walked on to UH in 1998) was taken with the 19th pick in the first round of the 2002 NFL draft, the highest draft pick in UH history, Rolo (the starting QB in Lelie's final season) said:
"He really made himself into a great player." (HA)
Praising Lelie's work ethic, Rolo said:
"He always put in extra effort and hard work. I remember watching him run wind sprints to try to get faster, and then running around during practice. He's a good example of what it takes to get to the next level." (HA)
About the opening they have after Ron Lee resigned, Mack said that he's heard from sever:
"very good coaches." (HSB)
About how Mouse Davis will apply for the WR coach job, Mack said:
"He's a great one. He's taught us all about the run and shoot. He's an ageless guy." (HSB)
About the mandated 10-day application period before they can start decided who will get the job, Mack said:
"We're not in a great hurry. I promised the players we'll get the best coach out there. We have great receivers and they deserve a great coach. Whoever comes in has to fit into the culture and love it here. Understand the people here. … Everything." (HSB)
Ferd wrote: "A big reason for the change is the disparity in BCS money. The six automatic qualifying conferences received, on average, $19.2 million this past season. The non-qualifiers got an average of $4.8 million. That kind of money pays for a lot of facilities upgrades, coaching salaries and more. Keep that up over a couple of decades and you understand how the cash-rich schools have managed to pull away."
My note: I normally agree with Ferd's takes, but this time I think that he COMPLETELY misses the real problem by being focused on BCS bowl money. The difference between BCS money comes out to a little more than $1 million per school according to his numbers, which does not even account for the difference in football coaching salaries...so basically NONE of that money affects the softball programs. If you look at the difference in TV money, you'd see that the Big 10 brought in $242 million while the WAC got $4 million...*that* makes the difference in BCS money look like NOTHING.
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