Someone I know from quizbowl!

• From: theaug37 <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 00:53:37 -0000
• Message-ID: <at62ah+m1i3_at_...>

I always find it a pleasant surprise to see names I know mentioned in
national news/columns and such.  So, I was pleasantly surprised to
find Chad Kubicek, the guy I only know as the maintainer of NAQT
website and qb player of yore was mentioned in one of my favourite
sports columns, the Tuesday Morning Quarterback, by Gregg Easterbrook. 

I thought I'd share my excitement with non-readers of TMQ; he wrote a
wonderful senryu (not haiku) and gave us an enlightening bit of
football history.  Taken from
http://espn.go.com/page2/s/tmq/021210.html : 

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Finally, Chad Kubicek of Lenexa, Kan., noted that in choosing to kick
after winning the overtime coin toss in the 1962 AFL title game, Hank
Stram accomplished the double futility of surrendering both the ball
and the wind. Stram wanted the wind, and told his captain Abner Haynes
to take it if winning the toss. At midfield Haynes said, "We'll kick
toward the clock," meaning the clock tower at the downwind end of the
field, but zebras heard only "we'll kick" and allowed the Oilers to
pick direction, and they picked toward the clock. Stram's Texans won
anyway in the second OT, and the moment created some fine lore. In haiku,

"Kick to the clock" in
'62 championship;
a double-whammy.
-- Chad Kubicek, Lenexa, Kan. 

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Oh, by the way, if this is not THE Chad, please ignore everything.  

-Augustine-