Coach Roaring, but Will Lions Do the Same?

Detroit Lion Coach Wayne Fontes is exceedingly high on quarterback Scott Mitchell, saying: “One day this quarterback will take the franchise to the big dance. He’s that type of player, and that’s something you have to have to go to the Super Bowl.

“It could be this year, it could be next year. In his career, here with the Detroit Lions, he’ll take this team to the Super Bowl.”

Question: Will he take Fontes along with him?

Trivia time: Who holds the Pacific 10 Conference record for most consecutive pass completions in a game?

Perspective: Hubert Mizell of the St. Petersburg Times on Florida’s 73-7 rout of Kentucky last Saturday in a Southeastern Conference game:

“As conference historians know, Florida usually has trouble scoring 73 against Kentucky in basketball.”

Accolade: Indiana basketball Coach Bob Knight, on Michael Jordan: “There is absolutely no argument as to who was the best player who ever played the game.

“I’m not sure we’ve ever had an athlete in this country in any sport from whom so much was expected as Michael Jordan, or who delivered so often as Jordan did.”

Tough sell: Blackie Sherrod, in the Dallas Morning News: “In overheard taped interview, Pete Rose protests his ban from the baseball Hall of Fame ‘just because I told the commissioner I had bet on a Super Bowl game!’

“Aw, come on, Pete. Nobody buys the Brooklyn Bridge anymore.”

Oh no, not again!The Buffalo Bills have lost four consecutive Super Bowl games, but the fans at Rich Stadium are keeping their sense of humor as demonstrated by this sign on opening day:

“Super Bowls Are Our Hobby--See You at Joe Robbie.”

Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami is the site of the next Super Bowl.

No trade value: When New York police stopped Manny Ramirez, a Cleveland Indian outfielder, recently in upper Manhattan for driving erratically, his girlfriend showed police his baseball card.

The police were more impressed by his .13 reading on a breath test--.10 is considered intoxicated in New York.

Looking back: On this day in 1965, Dave Morehead of the Boston Red Sox pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park. The Red Sox have not pitched a no-hitter since.

Trivia answer: Rick Neuheisel of UCLA, with 17 against Washington in 1983.

Quotebook: Pro golfer Bruce Lietzke: “I’ve been coaching my 10-year-old in the state playoffs of Little League, but it appears that there is no future in baseball.”