Daily Trivia Question for 9 January 2006
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:11 pmNASCAR Themed:
What is ESPN's Dr. Jerry Punch a doctor of?
What is ESPN's Dr. Jerry Punch a doctor of?
MD?
DO?
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:11 pmPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:14 pmPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:20 pmHe was an ER physician before becoming a nascar broadcaster. On a side note, he also was a walk-on quarterback for Lou Holtz while he was doing his undergrad at NC State.
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:31 pmCORRECT.
Dr. Punch is the head of trauma surgery at a hospital in Florida. He was "discovered" by ABC Sports in 1987.
Yes, he was also a walk-on for Lou Holtz at NC State. Dr. Punch went onto a successful career in both medicine and broadcasting. Holtz went onto run the NY Jets into the ground. Led ND and USC to NCAA probation. he can be seen nowadays doing his best Elmer Fudd on ESPN's college football coverage.
Next question:
Who succeeded Lou Holtz as head football coach at NC State?
Dr. Punch is the head of trauma surgery at a hospital in Florida. He was "discovered" by ABC Sports in 1987.
Yes, he was also a walk-on for Lou Holtz at NC State. Dr. Punch went onto a successful career in both medicine and broadcasting. Holtz went onto run the NY Jets into the ground. Led ND and USC to NCAA probation. he can be seen nowadays doing his best Elmer Fudd on ESPN's college football coverage.
Next question:
Who succeeded Lou Holtz as head football coach at NC State?
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:23 pmBoxing?
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:39 pmBo Rein - can't beleive anyone not affiliated with state would get this.
Another question:
What school hired Bo Rein away from NC State after the '79 season and why was he unable to coach there after being hired?
Another question:
What school hired Bo Rein away from NC State after the '79 season and why was he unable to coach there after being hired?
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:39 pmCorrect. Bo Rein.
From Wikipedia.com:
"Robert E. "Bo" Rein became the youngest college football head coach upon his 1976 hiring by North Carolina State University. He was extremely successful during his four years there, and was hired away by LSU after the 1979 season.
In early 1980, Rein and experienced pilot Louis Benscotter left Shreveport, Louisiana in a Cessna Conquest airplane after a recruiting trip. The flight was supposed to be a 40-minute trip to Baton Rouge, but after going east to avoid a storm, air traffic control lost contact with Benscotter. The plane suddenly climbed much higher than it was designed to go, and kept heading due east. After being tracked on radar, the plane was eventually intercepted by U.S. National Guard aircraft over North Carolina, a thousand miles off course. The military pilots could not see anyone in the cockpit. The plane continued on over the Atlantic Ocean, where it crashed after running out of fuel. The military pilots spoitted some debris, but no wreckage was ever recovered. The bodies of Rein and Benscotter were never found.
The most likely reason given was that the two men apparently lost consciousness due to slow depressurization of the cabin. However, no one knows why the two were not seen in their seats. It has been theorised that they undid their restraints before passing out.
Rein, one of the most promising young coaches in football history, was dead at 34, before he ever coached a game for LSU. Cessna later settled out of court with his widow for an undisclosed amount. Out of respect, LSU paid for his children's college educations at the universities of their choice."
I first learned of Rein whilst researching for a game in 1999. In a strange conincidence, it was an LSU game and the next week Payne Stewart's plane went down under similar circumstances.
From Wikipedia.com:
"Robert E. "Bo" Rein became the youngest college football head coach upon his 1976 hiring by North Carolina State University. He was extremely successful during his four years there, and was hired away by LSU after the 1979 season.
In early 1980, Rein and experienced pilot Louis Benscotter left Shreveport, Louisiana in a Cessna Conquest airplane after a recruiting trip. The flight was supposed to be a 40-minute trip to Baton Rouge, but after going east to avoid a storm, air traffic control lost contact with Benscotter. The plane suddenly climbed much higher than it was designed to go, and kept heading due east. After being tracked on radar, the plane was eventually intercepted by U.S. National Guard aircraft over North Carolina, a thousand miles off course. The military pilots could not see anyone in the cockpit. The plane continued on over the Atlantic Ocean, where it crashed after running out of fuel. The military pilots spoitted some debris, but no wreckage was ever recovered. The bodies of Rein and Benscotter were never found.
The most likely reason given was that the two men apparently lost consciousness due to slow depressurization of the cabin. However, no one knows why the two were not seen in their seats. It has been theorised that they undid their restraints before passing out.
Rein, one of the most promising young coaches in football history, was dead at 34, before he ever coached a game for LSU. Cessna later settled out of court with his widow for an undisclosed amount. Out of respect, LSU paid for his children's college educations at the universities of their choice."
I first learned of Rein whilst researching for a game in 1999. In a strange conincidence, it was an LSU game and the next week Payne Stewart's plane went down under similar circumstances.