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...Louis, ten-year-olds suit up for karate class. "This will teach you inner discipline," says their teacher. "Gonna teach 'em not to rip me off," murmurs a disciple. "Like A Clockwork Orange...
...least our stands were noisy. "Whop, whop, side th' head; whop 'em upside th' head, hey hey hey," was now the staple cheer...
...plant is so poor that the coaches discourage visits from prospective recruits. "We'll let 'em see our nice, pretty brochures," Merritt explains. "We can't even afford to call prospective players long-distance every evening to tell 'em nighty-night, and we don't have the affluent alumni to do the little extras in recruiting that a lot of colleges have." Big under-the-table incentives are unheard...
Merritt likes his raw material big. Seventeen of this year's T.S.U. players weigh in at 235 lbs. or better. Then Merritt works off the flab. "If a player wears bigger than a 34 pants size, he has to buy 'em himself," says the coach, who covers his own generous frame with flashy shirts and colorful wide ties. Overweight players are also required to follow a ritual called "tea day," consuming nothing but tea two days a week. Barking orders through a cloud of cigar smoke, Merritt teaches pro-style football -tough defense coupled with a grind...
Smith said that he often received letters asking why he didn't disbar Richard Nixon. He replied, "Every once in a while I'd like to write 'em back and say 'I think I will...