Nothing Like That Southern Hospitality

Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes that Auburn football Coach Terry Bowden is hardly a recluse.

“A sign in the local bookstore, advertising a holiday home tour, says, ‘See Coach Bowden’s Home.’ He has even allowed a local alternative paper, Worm Gear, to print directions to his house, which sits on a lake in an exclusive section of town.

“We’ve seen a lot of people who drive by, but they seem to be afraid to drive around the circle,”’ Bowden said. “Tell them I don’t mind, Just don’t run over the kids.”

Trivia time: Who holds the Raider record for most pass receptions in a season?

Revision: As reported recently in Morning Briefing, Robert Parish, speaking of when he played in Boston, said, “People gave me the finger.”

Now the former Celtic center says, “I was talking about some of the cabdrivers.”

No news there.

CB on the CD: Put this on your Christmas shopping list: Deion Sanders, San Francisco 49er defensive back, will show his rap style on a soundtrack album to be released next week.

Sanders will be joining some rap heavyweights on the “Street Fighter” album, including Ice Cube, Paris, Nas, Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Anotha Level and the Bums.

Baby-sitting: UCLA basketball Coach Jim Harrick, in the Sporting News, on the problem of redshirt seasons for outstanding recruits:

“If you ever mention that you’re going to redshirt someone, they think you’re insulting them. They think they’re going to come to college and change the face of athletics.

“They think they’re Michael Jordan, and their parents think they’re better than that.”

Dress code: An excerpt from the minutes of a 1941 NFL public relations clinic: “Publicity men are instructed by the commissioner (Elmer Layden) to forbid the taking of any pictures in dirty, tattered or misfit uniforms and it is especially emphasized that all players must wear stockings in publicity pictures.”

Looking back: On this day in 1946, Army halfback Glenn Davis was named the winner of the Heisman Trophy.

Trivia answer: Todd Christensen, with 95 in 1986.

Quotebook: Pro golfer Ian Baker-Finch on signing a lot of autographs: “I wish my name was Tom Kite.”