Crosswords and Receivers

So I was lying on the couch last night, watching King Of the Hill and munching on a 100 calorie snack pack of Chex Mix, when my cell phone rang. It was none other my good friend and Mississippi State head football coach, Dan Mullen...Turns out, Coach was working a crossword puzzle and needed a seven letter word for "overrated". I told him to try Ole Miss and Alabama. Both would fit, it was just a matter of figuring out which one would coincide with #3 down, which was "Tuberville" (a ten letter word for "large eared mammal")....To make a long story short, the B's lined up and, sure enough, the answer was Alabama.

However, as is usually the case with these calls, Coach Mullen had more on his mind than just the crossword puzzle. He was worried about his freshman receiver from Tupelo, Chad Bumphis. After hurting his foot in practice, Chad has been slowed for a week and Coach was wondering if he would still be ready to make an immediate impact by the Jackson State game. I assured him that everything would be fine...I've seen Bumphis play. He could hop on one foot and still find the end zone faster than Brett Favre can come out of retirement...This made Coach feel a lot better.

I promised to come down before the weekend was over and help the staff review film of Saturday's scrimmage...Then I told him to stop worrying and get back to his puzzle...He's just having those "new head coach jitters"...He'll be ok.