Friday's news

Here's what I've found so far in Friday's papers about the OVC:

The (Clarksville, Tenn.) Leaf-Chronicle follows Austin Peay freshman linebacker Daniel Becker around campus as he checks in and gets ready for camp. "I'm really pumped up about it, because we're going to have a really good team. Once we get into the OVC, no one will see us coming," he tells the paper. There's also a story about the buzz that the beginning of camp has created among the team.

The (Charleston, Ill.) Journal Gazette/Times-Courier has a report on Thursday's practice at Eastern Ilinois. The paper quizzed quarterback Mike Donato about the challengers for his position. He didn't say a lot.

The Gadsden (Ala.) Times has a story on former Jacksonville State quarterback Ed Lett (1979-82) joining the Gamecocks' radio broadcast team as the color analyst for new play-by-play man Matt Coulter. AD Jim Fuller apparently wanted to "upgrade and expand the school's sports network." I know this is a feature on Lett, who grew up in the Times' coverage area, but no mention of departing broadcaster Mike Parris, who held the job for 23 years? There's an elephant in the room, and it's not mentioned in the story. Oh, but the other elephant is: "I want him to be what Kenny Stabler is to Alabama fans," Fuller said of Lett.