Posted on 01/03/2018 9:57:25 AM PST by LouieFisk
The obituary published in the Sandusky Register says Paul Stark, of Huron, died Wednesday at a hospice facility after a brief illness "exacerbated by the hopeless condition of the Cleveland Browns." The football team was 1-15 last season and 0-15 this year ahead of Sunday's finale at Pittsburgh. Even so, Stark's obituary included a nugget of the optimism voiced by some long-suffering fans. It says the 80-year-old Mansfield native "passed just before the Browns were prepared to turn the corner."
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I appreciated the humor. As he seemed to be quite the fan, it seemed fitting.
I think a lot of teachers have a “but what I really want to do” Walter Mitty fanstasy-life. Sounds like the math teach imagined he were a pro-football coach. And you can apply mathematics to just about anything, including devising football strategy.
Not to worry, I don’t think anyone would be offended by what you’ve wrote. Different strokes, y’know.
. I remember Brian Sipe at San Diego State U.
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