For one, the word “center” does not appear in the NFL rules handbook. That is what we all call the position, but the league does not. It never has. The “center” is what the position is called in college football, because he is located in the center of the line. 2

Lynn Burke’s geographical area for his tome stretches beyond South Hampton Roads and the Peninsula, south to Courtland, north to the Eastern Shore, up to the Middle Peninsula, Northern Neck

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The game at Ohio Stadium represents a homecoming for Ethan Grunkemeyer, Penn State's new starting quarterback, who has replaced Drew Allar after the quarterback had season-ending ankle surgery. Grunkemeyer played high school football in the Columbus area with the Olentangy Braves before committing to play football at Penn State.

Even for Louisiana, a place with a history of jarring political acts and unusual public behavior, Gov. Jeff Landry’s unfurling this week has been a bizarre jolt. But the state's politics have long been uncomfortably intertwined with LSU football.

Regardless of some of the understandable hurdles, at the end of the day, Napier’s wins and losses will be how his tenure will be remembered.