Bill Yeoman

•Bill Yeoman, University of Houston football coach, on 5'9" Cougar quarterback Gerald Landry: "If he was 6'2", he'd be All-America. Of course, if he was 6'2", he'd be at Southern Cal."

•Todd Blackledge, former Penn State quarterback, after calling his parents to tell them about his lucrative contract with the Kansas City Chiefs: "I told them it was the last collect call I'd ever make."

•Johnny Carson, after the Angels blew a two-games-to-none lead and lost the American League playoffs to the Brewers: "Gene Autry has been in touch with Roy Rogers. He wants to know how to stuff a whole baseball team."

•Al Hanlon, in charge of preparing football schedules for the University of Maryland: "I'll tell you how far in advance we schedule. We have two open dates left before 1990."