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Ten questions I can't figure out, but maybe you know the answers to:
1. If the relatively advanced age of some BYU football players is a non-issue -- as school officials claim when they are asked about 26-year-old seniors -- why does the online media guide fail to include any ages or birthdays?
2. Because TCU coach Gary Patterson tweeked Utah for playing "Sweet Home Alabama" over the loud speaker prior to its first practice, will coach Kyle Whittingham order an onside kick if the Utes build a six-touchdown lead in the third quarter of their game against the Frogs?
3. Where is Joe Glenn these days?
4. What happened to all those folks who, 23 months ago, wanted Utah athletic director Chris Hill to fire Whittingham after the Utes opened the 2007 season with a 1-3 record, capped by a 27-0 loss at UNLV?
5. If you had to pick one -- without considering where each program registers on the Interest Scale -- which member of the University of Utah athletic department is coming off the best year of coaching: Jim Boylen, Elaine Elliott, Bill Kinneberg, Greg Marsden or Whittingham?
6. Has any Utah State football coach in the last 30 years had more tools for success at his disposal than Gary Andersen, who inherits a) legitimate Division I facilities; b) a 105-player roster at the start of training camp; and c) a conference that does not include Middle Tennessee, Louisiana-Lafayette or Cal State-Whatever?
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8. How is it possible for a star football player to transfer from one high school to another because of academic issues and be immediately eligible to play?
9. Where do some athletes get their over-blown sense of entitlement? Perhaps it starts when they transfer from one high school to another because of academic issues but are immediately eligible to play.
10. What's up with the moralistic outrage over Louisville coach Rick Pitino's "indiscretion" six years ago with a woman other than his wife? I know the entire incident and its aftermath reads like something you'd find in Penthouse . But when will everyone accept the fact that big-time college coaches in the major sports are paid to do one thing -- win games? If their words and deeds happen to help mold the next generation of societal leaders along the way, even better.
