We don't know what secrets reside in Howard Schnellenberger's voice, particularly in its lower registers: the location of German submarines loaded with Nazi gold, the authorship of the Nazca lines, and the point where Amelia Earhart was abducted by aliens. Admit that you believe Schnellenberger could be holding onto all three, and also responsible for the events leading up to them, or you are a liar.
The question had Howard Schnellenberger lowering his signature baritone voice to a level where deep, dark secrets reside.
Are you thinking about entering Memorial Stadium Saturday in a helicopter?
"I have one rented," rasped Florida Atlantic’s 75-year-old football coach, "in Oklahoma."
You think he's lying, but when the Dapper Don swoops in like a Green Beret clad in Brooks Brothers into the stadium Saturday, you'll all be at your knees for the number one stunna of the class of 1857. Schnellenberger did actually fly in a helicopter into a press conference at the 1984 Orange Bowl when his Miami team faced Nebraska and eventually spoiled an undefeated season for the Huskers, because if you give people money in South Florida, they like to do things like burn it in piles and take helicopters everywhere.
Also, please bow at the awesome contained here:
Next on the list after that might be how his wife of 50 years, Beverlee, wore a full-length white mink coat atop a fire engine while reveling in the ticker-tape parade for the Hurricanes down Biscayne Boulevard after they’d delivered Nebraska with arguably its most emotional defeat ever, a 31-30 outcome that spoiled an unbeaten season.
"She looks good in white mink," crowed Schnellenberger, who since 1982 has worn a suit during games.
And a flurry of women's panties hit the stage.