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5-at-10: Friday mailbag with Rushmores, Skenes’ flowers, Heupel’s status at UT, CFB predictions

FILE - Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes delivers during the second inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
FILE - Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes delivers during the second inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) FILE - Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes delivers during the second inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Let’s tend to our business.

Rushmore of players/people from the Negro League — Satchel Paige, Buck O’Neil, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell.

Rushmore of best sports stars with military nicknames (and we should have specified that we were looking for military ranks) — General Neyland (over Bobby Knight because Knight was a raging blankhole), The Captain Derek Jeter, The Admiral David Robinson, The Sarge Gary Matthews.

Rushmore of Roys — (sports version) Roy Williams, Roy Hobbs, Patrick Roy, Roy Jones Jr.; (non-sports) Roy Orbison, Roy Clark, Roy Rogers and Roy Roy Roy your boat.

Rushmore of sports Als — Al Michaels, Al Kaline, Al Davis, Al Horford.