it was mary willingham. i did not think a great deal about that except i figured bill friday was telling me, it must have some substance. i was already worried as so many of us were, about the indications without much proof that not all was well. i also as a sort of member of the faculty, would go from time to time to the meeting of the faculty council because, among other things, it is a way to find out or should be, what is the heart of the academic enterprise's thinking as well as the administration. and there i discovered one thing that was going on was, if your name was jeff smith and you got up and said, prophetic things about sports you might as well have been an immediate pariah because you were. and the one thing i can tell you about when jeff spoke was that people turned their heads not to listen but to somehow or other try by proving by not listening that what he was saying would go away. these were not partners at this particular moment except they were aiming for the same final end. jeff smith a

the it was mary willingham. i did not think a great deal about that at the time except i figured bill friday were telling me it must have some substance. but i was already worried that so many of us were about the indications without much proof. i also is a sort of member from the faculty would go from time to time to the meeting of the faculty council because among other things it's a way to find out what is at the heart of the academic enterprise is thinking as well as the administration. there i discovered one thing that was going on was if your name is jeff smith and you got up and said prophetic things about sports you might as well have been a media pariah because you were and the one thing i can tell you about what jeff spoke was people turn their heads not to listen but to somehow or other proving by not listening that what they were saying would go away. these were not partners at this particular moment except they were aiming for the same final thing. jeff smith and mary willingham and that is the kids

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