BleedGopher
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per Hunt:
But, I have to say I have never seen one quite like one of the people who spoke at this year's convention, held on Jan. 27-31.
You may or may not have heard of him, but his name is P.J. Fleck. He is, of course, the head football coach for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.
This guy has more energy than 100 normal, average people have combined.
When he was introduced he was nowhere to be seen, but he came running to the stage from the back of the ballroom, bounded onto the stage and grabbed the mike from the newspaper association president and proceeded to talk.
He spoke loud and fast and paced back and forth on the podium and proceeded to give a speech about his life, his family, football, the Gophers, coaching, the media, life skills, the people of Minnesota and a whole lot more.
He spoke for an hour, at least. Never hardly paused, never hardly took a breath. Never stopped moving.
Nobody dared move or look away, or, you know, get up to go use the restroom.
The audience was captivated and riveted on his every word. You could have heard a pin drop, except, you know, he was talking so loud you couldn't have heard much of anything.
When he was done he answered a couple of questions in his rapid-fire manner, then ended by leaping off the stage and running out of the ballroom.
I was exhausted just listening to his speech and had to go take a nap afterwards.
And, since he says he has aways been this wired and high energy, I truly feel sorry for his poor mom and dad...
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Go Gophers!!
But, I have to say I have never seen one quite like one of the people who spoke at this year's convention, held on Jan. 27-31.
You may or may not have heard of him, but his name is P.J. Fleck. He is, of course, the head football coach for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.
This guy has more energy than 100 normal, average people have combined.
When he was introduced he was nowhere to be seen, but he came running to the stage from the back of the ballroom, bounded onto the stage and grabbed the mike from the newspaper association president and proceeded to talk.
He spoke loud and fast and paced back and forth on the podium and proceeded to give a speech about his life, his family, football, the Gophers, coaching, the media, life skills, the people of Minnesota and a whole lot more.
He spoke for an hour, at least. Never hardly paused, never hardly took a breath. Never stopped moving.
Nobody dared move or look away, or, you know, get up to go use the restroom.
The audience was captivated and riveted on his every word. You could have heard a pin drop, except, you know, he was talking so loud you couldn't have heard much of anything.
When he was done he answered a couple of questions in his rapid-fire manner, then ended by leaping off the stage and running out of the ballroom.
I was exhausted just listening to his speech and had to go take a nap afterwards.
And, since he says he has aways been this wired and high energy, I truly feel sorry for his poor mom and dad...
From the Editor’s Notebook:
There have been a lot of interesting speakers at the Minnesota Newspaper Association Annual Convention over the past 50 years or so. And yes, to be honest, there have been a few who were not all that interesting. The first convention I ever attended had the vice-president of the United States...
Go Gophers!!
