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IN NAME GAME, QBS FALL SHORT

IN NAME GAME, QBS FALL SHORT

We have a problem here.Someone is sleeping on the job. Someone is leaving the gate unlocked. Someone is allowing the wrong men to become NFL quarterbacks.Look. To be an NFL quarterback you must possess these things: a strong arm, a quick mind and the ability to date two girls at once.You must also have the right name.Turk.Yes. Turk is a good quarterback name. I'll take Turk. Or Bronco. Or Biff or Max or Joe. These are good names, all of them.Gale?Gale is not a good name.
UNSUSPECTING KOLESAR MEETS A BAND (ON THE RUN)

UNSUSPECTING KOLESAR MEETS A BAND (ON THE RUN)

ANN ARBOR -- There are moments when football looks like a good, clean sport, and there are moments when it simply looks like war. The moments can come one right after the other.John Kolesar, a small but gifted Michigan flanker, was running a pattern in the first quarter of Saturday's game -- running fast, but the pass was long, and he dived for it, landed head first, and slid into the Illinois marching band.