Breakfast Bonus: Your Letters

Posted Nov 22, 2006 by Tom McEwen

Updated Nov 23, 2006 at 08:22 AM

Over your coffee and toast these additives - comments from readers of this renewed and well-received feature. Keep your comments and thoughts coming, folks:
 
‘‘Always glad to see a column from you. Been reading you since I was a kid in the Sixties. Like a sign in the Gator end zone said at a recent game: ‘Forever A Gator.’ ‘’- Larry Martin, Ocala

‘‘Nice tribute to a great coach from great writer. Nobody does it greater. Nobody.’’ — Campbell, Bend, Ore.

‘‘I still miss your list of top recruits on Christmas. You make people enjoy sports. Keep writing.’‘—Gordon Moody, Tampa
         
‘‘Thrilled to see you still pumping out the words. Our Wauchula/Hardee football team continues to pump out the wins. Good health.’’ — Col. Donell Mathews, Melbourne.

‘‘Good to see your blog. It is amazing how you can make observations about the Gator-Gamecock game without wisecracks. We’ve missed you, Tom’’ — Randy Wilson
 
‘‘When I came here in 1977 it was your columns that led me to subscribe to the Tribune and I have missed your perspective on sports in our community since retirement—the exact combination of commentator, booster, homer and sage. We need more like you, sir.’’ — Fritz Archard, Tampa

‘‘I am so glad you’re back giving us breakfast tips and sports as you did since I was a kid in Tampa in the Sixties. Thanks. Go Gators!’’ — John Kearney, Nokomis

‘‘Guess it is no surprise that you return when your beloved Gators are in the Top 25. One major thing has changed. USF football is far more than an afterthought. I sure miss Jim Selman and Bob Smith. Bet you do, too.’’ — Thomas Kenyon, Sarasota

You bet. Selman is dandy. His Works are with his grandkids, garden and church. Washington Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs, in town last weekend, wanted to be remembered to him. For some time, they taught Sunday school at a juvenile detention center here before the NFL games the same day.

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