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On the other coast, two football rivals have agreed to abandon traditional uniform color schemes when they play this Saturday -- with no talk of timeouts, only a Whiteout.
In honor of senior quarterback Pat White’s final home game, West Virginia will wear its white road jerseys when it hosts South Florida. West Virginia made the request and South Florida agreed to wear its home uniforms on the road for this game. That means in addition to a “Whiteout” in the stands, White will be surrounded by white jerseys in the huddle.
West Virginia Coach Bill Stewart praised South Florida Athletic Director Doug Woolard and Coach Jim Leavitt for agreeing to the uniform change.
‘What a gentlemanly gesture by those two men and the South Florida Bulls,’’ Stewart said. ‘They will always be remembered in the Mountaineer nation for a class act.’’
Trivia time
The last time USC and UCLA both wore their home jerseys in their annual football game was 1982. Which school won the game that year?
Sleep on it?
Not trying to exploit Plaxico Burress’ misfortune or anything, bed manufacturer Hollandia International has renamed its Safe-T Bed “The Plax Bed,” which features a heavy-duty safe built into the bed and a hefty price tag: $20,000.
A publicity e-mail notes that “Plaxico could have ‘safely’ slept through the night and had a ‘safe’ place to keep his treasured artillery,” adding that Hollandia “originally developed the bed for the international customer who wanted to keep a handgun safely stored yet close to him for security purposes. However, the company realized that U.S. customers, such as Plaxico, may need the bed as well.”
But as the e-mail suggests, all of this unpleasantness could have been avoided if only Burress had stayed in bed.
There’s still time
For those golfers searching for the elusive secret of the hole-in-one, Max Herman offers this: Turn 90.
Herman, of Encino, aced the seventh hole on the West Course at Braemar Country Club in Tarzana on Wednesday -- at the age of 94. It is the third hole-in-one Herman has scored since turning 90.
“I didn’t start playing until I was 75,” Herman said. “I never took a lesson in my life. I take no pills. I take no vitamins. I just enjoy playing.”
Another Cleveland joke!
From Greg Cote of the Miami Herald: “Poor Cavaliers fans having to hear all this talk about LeBron James maybe going to the Knicks when he becomes a free agent in 2010. Like it’s not bad enough just having to live in Cleveland!”
Trivia answer
UCLA won, 20-19.
And finally
From Gary Loewen of the Toronto Sun, suggesting a trade for the Maple Leafs: ‘Reacquire center Bob Wren and put him on a line with new winger Lee Stempniak. Introducing Wren and Stempy.’
-- Mike Penner