Changes

A couple of changes in the football offices at Floren Varsity House to report. Jake Kirkendall, who did a terrific job as the Big Green's video coordinator/football operations person for the past year, has moved on to Eastern Michigan University, where he will be the director of football operations. The move returns Kirkendall, an Ohio University graduate, to the Mid-American Conference...Also, assistant coach Kenyada Davis has stepped down for personal reasons.

Want a real time waster on this Sunday? Check out Texas Bob's database of Texas high school football stadiums. He has the stadiums broken down into categories such as top capacity, those with video capability (there are 56 of them!) and the six-man stadiums. There are photos of a majority of the facilities and I'll admit to clicking on more than a few of the pictures. I particularly enjoyed getting a peek at some of the incredibly remote fields that host the six-man game.

A reminder that the Friends of Football golf outing is this Saturday. There's still time to sign up. You can find a flyer for the afternoon/evening here.

Remember Chip Kelly, the offensive coordinator responsible for that high-tech UNH offense? He won over a lot of skeptics in his first year at Oregon and now at least one pundit has him potentially ending up as head coach at Syracuse or Arizona after the 2008 season. Check out the story that includes this:

Oregon offensive coordinator Chip Kelly won't say it, but I will: he's a rock star. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked if he's a I-A head coach at this time next year.

Not bad for a guy who was coaching Division I-AA New Hampshire in 2006. I know it has a good program. But, c'mon, it's New Hampshire.

It's graduation day in Hanover and it's going to be a scorcher. I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but trust me, hot and humid are the order of the day. The temperature is expected to crack 90 degrees. ...

I spend a good part of yesterday and will be working the next three days as the media coordinator for the Vermont Open professional golf tournament at Lake Morey Resort, about a half hour north of Hanover. Players from 19 states and as far away as California have descended on the Lake Morey course and will be playing for $51,800 in prize money.

The tournament is the lid-lifter for the New England state open tour that always features a number of freshly minted pros getting their game in order before heading to Q-School in the fall. The best-known of the recent winners at Vermont was Sean O'Hair. He won at Lake Morey in 1994 and was on the PGA Tour the next year. He's gone on to win almost $8 million on the tour since then, including a victory this year at the PODS championship...In addition to filing stories and agate with the media, I've created a Vermont Open blog.