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5-at-10: Friday mailbag on quitting, worst cartoon character, The Joker and my college football title pick

In this Jan. 2 file photo, USC quarterback Caleb Williams warms up before the Cotton Bowl against Tulane in Arlington, Texas. (The Associated Press)
In this Jan. 2 file photo, USC quarterback Caleb Williams warms up before the Cotton Bowl against Tulane in Arlington, Texas. (The Associated Press) In this Jan. 2 file photo, USC quarterback Caleb Williams warms up before the Cotton Bowl against Tulane in Arlington, Texas. (The Associated Press)


Let’s handle our business.

Rushmore of mounts — Mount Rushmore (of course), Rick Mount, Mount Cody and Mount Everest.

Rushmore of football players with names that could also be the name of your best friend’s mom growing up — Gale Sayers, Lynn Swann, Fran Tarkenton, Rosie Greir with a visor tip to former linebacker Kim Bokamper as well as defensive tackle Leslie O’Neil.

Rushmore of sheriffs — Peyton Manning, Andy Taylor, Buford T. Justice and Roscoe P. Coltrane, with all apologies to all the real-life sheriffs we left off — thanks for your service — as well as the inspired nomination of Omar Sharif, as well as former Wheeler High and Hawks star Shareef Abdur Rahim, who is now the president of the NBA development league, as well as former Auburn point guard Sharife Cooper, who also played his prep ball in Cobb County.