LET'S HEAR IT FOR 'UNCLE RON'





YEA! … BOO!! (Briefly told):


YEA! JMU … no, not because it’s moving up in the college 

football world, leaving the Sun Belt Conference for the more-

competitive American Conference … but because the one-time 

all-women’s institution is rapidly becoming the modern-day

Cradle of Coaches … Surely you’ve noticed what CURT 

CIGNETTI has done at Indiana and what BOB CHESNEY

is doing in his first season at UCLA, both win-starved 

programsprior to the arrival of the James Madison graduates …

Somewhere in the great beyond DR. RONALD CARRIER

 smiling … for it was “Uncle Ron” as JMU president (1971-98) 

who was most responsible for turning a small college in out-of-

the-way Harrisonburg, Va., into a major, well-known university 

… by concentrating on athletics.


BOO! Triple-A golf … Even though it is second only to the 

game’s major leagues and loaded with “stars of tomorrow,” 

how in the world can anyone take seriously a tour named after a 

management consulting firm based in Los Angeles … founded 

in 1969 by LESTER KORN and JAMES M. FERRY. Thus 

… the Korn Ferry Tour. Really? … Really… Originally named 

after former golf great BEN HOGAN, it has had five title 

changes in all since the first ball was struck February, 1990, in 

Bakersfield, California ...That was the Korn Ferry, established 

in 2019, which held its final, marque tournament of 2026 at the 

Federal Club, on a course designed by ARNOLD PALMER.


BOO!! … to long list of critics who said JAYDEN DANIELS

 never willlive down the major gaffe on the last play that cost 

the Commanders an opportunity to beat the football Giants.


YEA! DREW BREES … who called out the NFL Washington 

quarterback’s critics after he apparently forgot his team was out 

of timeouts and ran with the ball instead of throwing it away … 

and thereby kept DREW STEPHENS from attempting a very 

makable 37 yard FG when time ran out before the Commanders 

could get off another snap to spike the ball and stop the clock.


BOO! 27-27 … the final score, satisfying no one and leading to 

the question: Why hasn’t the NFL kept up with the times and, 

like long-time holdout NHL, figure a way to have a winner 

every time?


YEA/BOO! – Virginia Polytechnic Institute/ Virginia’s 

suddenly-lackluster Cavaliers. To think we were about to anoint 

UVA a true challenger to Miami for the ACC title. Maybe 

Clemson won’t want TONY ELLIOTT to replace likely-to-be 

fired DABO SWINNEY after all.


Meanwhile, the Hokies’ KEVIN DUNKEMEYER has surged 


]ahead of Virginia’s BEAU PRIBULA in the former PennState 

teammates’ quest for ACC newcomer of the year.


YEA! ACC NETWORK’s WES DURHAM, son of North 

Carolina’s late, legendary voice WOODY DURHAM, used to 

be play-by-play for Georgia Tech football but you would be 

hard-pressed to accuse him of prejudice while calling the 

Ja ckets’ spirited but nevertheless disappointing  34-24 loss to 

VaTech Oct. 17 in Blacksburg.                                                                                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Until next time ...







                                                                                                                












 

 

BOO!! … to long list of critics who said JAYDEN DANIELS

 never will live down the major gaffe on the last play that cost 

the Commanders an opportunity to beat the football Giants.


YEA! DREW BREES … who called out the NFL Washington 

quarterback’s critics after he apparently forgot his team was out 

of timeouts and ran with the ball instead of throwing it away … 

and thereby kept DREW STEPHENS from attempting a very 

makable 37 yard FG when time ran out before the 

Commascould get off another snap to spike the ball and stop 

the clock.



BOO! 27-27 … the final score, satisfying no one and leading to 

the question: Why hasn’t the NFL kept up with the times and, 

like long-time holdout NHL, figure a way to have a winner 

every time?



YEA/BOO! – Virginia Polytechnic Institute/ Virginia’s 

suddenly-lackluster Cavaliers. To think we were about to anoint 

UVA a true challenger to Miami for the ACC title. Maybe 

Clemson won’t wantTONY ELLIOTT to replace likely-to-be 

fired DABO SWINNEY after all.


Meanwhile, the Hokies’ KEVIN DUNKEMEYER has surged 

ahead of Virginia’s BEAU PRIBULA in the former Penn State 

teammates’ quest for ACC newcomer of the year.



YEA! ACC NETWORK’s WES DURHAM, son of North 

Carolina’s late, legendary voice WOODY DURHAM, used to 

be play-by-play for Georgia Tech football but you would be 

hard-pressed to accuse him of prejudice while calling the 

Jackets’ spirited but nevertheless losing 34-24 loss to VaTech 

Oct. 17 in Blacksburg.


Until next time ...



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