Baby talk

If you were looking for a repeat, don't get excited. Norries Wilson's press conference was without incident this year.

Well, almost.

I wasn't at Baker Field, but DP football reporter Andrew Todres was, and here's how he described the post-game chat to me:

No real memorable quotes, but he [Wilson] did bring his infant into the press conference, presumably to keep reporters from asking any provocative questions. Midway [through], Trinity (the name of the baby), broke down crying after one reporter asked a question. For the next 30 seconds, Norries tried to console the baby, but she was crying uncontrollably. Finally, the Columbia SID or someone came to the table and had to take the baby out of Norries' hands and bring it to his wife. Norries was literally talking baby-talk to the baby to try to get it to stop crying.

In other Columbia news, you can see Patriots owner Robert Kraft talk about his $5 million gift to Columbia football here (scoll down on the video list). The Spec chimes in as well.

From the Inquirer comes news of D.J. Rivera's upcoming hiatus and Frank Fitzpatrick's series (Parts One and Two) on alumni giving in college athletics.