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By Hannah Gordon
Daily Bruin
LOS ANGELES (U-WIRE) —
The clock is moving. Seconds
silently slip away as the digital
numbers change seamlessly on
the big board overlooking the Rose
Bowl. It is November but in sea
sonless Pasadena, the air is only
cool, crisp. The breeze clears the
sky for a soft view of the lavender
mountains in the sunset. The kind
of weather football was made for.
But while the mountains stand
oblivious to time, the clock is
still moving. UCLA offensive co
ordinator Kelly Skipper has deci
sions to make.
0:43 is ticking away on 4th-and
5. 0:02. The kicker takes the field.
A collective breath as the ball
flies. Wide and short.
Exhale.
The disbelief remains even as
the silence disintegrates. The
whole bowl seems to growl like an
upset stomach as the fans file out.
Can Skipper hear it up there in
the box?
The board stares back
indifferently.
0:00.
Oregon 21, UCLA 20.
Tomorrow his team will be
skewered in the papers. Colum
nists will derail him and his col
leagues for poor clock manage
ment. Monday morning
quarterbacks will say they would
have called the plays differently.
For a perfectionist like Skipper,
this is hard to take.
Of course, had the 50-yarder
flown through the uprights, this
would be a different story.
“That’s how small the margin
of error is,” Skipper says sitting
in his office six months later.
Knowing the margin of error
both in the game and in a foot
ball career is slim.
“Pro football is so stereo
typed,” his father, Jim Skipper,
running backs coach with the
Carolina Panthers, said in refer
ence to Kelly’s size.
“You’ve got to fit certain dimen
sions and if you’re not in that
measurement, they don’t want
you,” the elder Skipper says.
As the only African-American of
fensive coordinator in the Pac-10,
Kelly Skipper does not exactly “fit
the measurements” now either.
“You don’t like to put a racial
thing on it,” his father says. “But
there is also a reality. Race is al
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With the departure of Tyrone
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can head coaches in the Pac-10
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while head coaches are always
under scrutiny, the margin of error
for African-American coaches is
as small as the Oregon game.
Despite the type of scrutiny that
follows games like the one against
Oregon, Skipper wants to be a
head coach.
“I didn’t look at it that way,” he
laughs. “But as you bring it up
there is (a hierarchy). I was very
grateful to coach (Bob) Toledo for
giving me this opportunity. He
had faith in me and that’s all I
needed — an opportunity.”
attitude in check and his mouth
shut, he may be considered one of
baseball’s greats—up there with
Ty Cobb and Ted Williams. But
baseball fans look for a combina
tion of incredible talent (which
Henderson has), a little flair and
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Although in the end Rickey
will be headed to the Hall of
Fame, don’t expect the streets of
Cooperstown to be flooded with
Rickey fans who have stuck with
him every day through his 23
year career.
E-mail sports reporter Chris Cabot
at chriscabot@dailyemerald.com.
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