Matt Clement

Your thoughts on the Pirates line.

Guess what I did last night, Bob?

Wrong.

I went over to the Division II quarterfinals, NCAA Division II, Damon College there.

And did they win?

They lost by three.

But I wound up, Mike White invited me, and I wound up sitting right next to Danny Holzer and Tim McConnell.

Do you know how many Whitfield championships those two have combined to win?

Wrong.

15.

They've won 1,200 games and 15 Whitfield titles, and there I am watching basketball, the highest level Division II basketball you can find, and it was fascinating just seeing the game, imagining them watching it through their eyes.

I was peppering Holzer with questions.

Yeah, I really peppered Holzer and he was very kind.

But Bob, at halftime, I said, this is a column.

Plus, I didn't have an idea for this morning.

I'm sitting with these two.

Who else alive could I be sitting with?

Two coaches that have combined for 15 Whitfield titles and 1,200 wins or thereabouts.

Two of the best, no doubt.

So I plopped myself right between them.