It's a shame that this is going to take down "Coach Joe." He's one of the best men in the sport today.
He's always had a great affirmative action program at Penn State. Several years back, he got one athlete who was a great ball player, but whose grades were less than good.
Being the great man he was, he told him, "If you can answer the following three questions, I'll let you play football for me."
1) How many days in the week start with the letter "T"?
2) How many seconds are there in a year?
3) How many "D's" are there in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"?
"Go home and think about this over the weekend, and on Monday, if you can answer correctly, you make the team."
Bubba comes back on Monday, and Coach Joe asks..."Do you have the answers I wanted?"
Bubba says, "Yessir...I think so."
"Ok," Coach Joe says, "How many days in the week start with the letter "T"?"
Bubba looks at him and says, "Two."
Coach Joe is pleased...until Bubba continues..."Today and Tomorrow."
"Hmm," Coach Joe says..."I'll give you that one on a technicality."
"Next question, how many seconds are there in a year?", Coach Joe asks.
"That one was tough Coach, but I finally got it," says Bubba. "There are twelve seconds in a year."
"TWELVE?", asks Coach Joe, "How did you get that number?"
"Easy coach, second of January, second of February, second of March...and so on," Bubba replies.
Coach Joe scratches his head, and admits that Bubba is right...sort of.
"Alright Bubba. Last question. How many "D's" are in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?" Coach Joe asks.
"Coach, that one threw me all weekend. I thought I was going to have to give up...but this morning, it came to me. The answer is 2,342."
Coach Joe jumps out of his chair in astonishment. "Where the hell did you get THAT number? Are you stupid?", he asks Bubba.
"No sir, I ain't stupid. It dun took me a while to count them all, but "ded-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...."
Bubba suited up for practice that afternoon.