Archives for June 25, 2011

‘"He could have worked a camp and charged kids $50, $30," said Williamson football coach Bobby Parrish, who assisted Coleman on Friday. "He could have done it over at the high school, at Ladd Stadium. He could have done it anywhere he wanted to, but to come here to the youth center and put it on for these kids, I think, is very special.’

‘ "It felt 10 times better, even though I didn’t get to play, than at any high school game," said Smith, a 2008 graduate of Maple Grove High School, where he played football. "Everybody was cheering for you. I was really excited. To have all the different services there, it was an honor to stand up there with everybody."’

‘The white colour of the helmet has also been enhanced with what’s termed a “metallic flake” to give the white a sparkling quality, which will really pop in the sunlight or under the lights for a night game.’

‘”We never had nothing like this,” Spiller said as he looked around a packed gymnasium. “It was something I always wanted to do. This might be a first for this city and county.”‘

‘”One of the things we heard consistently was there was really no identifying mark on our jersey,” said Bills Senior Vice President of Marketing and Broadcasting Marc Honan. “We feel that the charging buffalo is perhaps one of the strongest marks in the league and why not incorporate it into the look and we think it looks great on the jersey.”‘