Sports Fact and Book Rec of the Day 9/23/2007

9/23/1967:
Coached by Bill Yeoman and featuring a revolutionary offense known as the veer option, the Houston Cougars demolish Michigan State, 37-7, before a stunned audience at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. The Coogs pile up 416 yards of total offense, led by scatback Warren McVea (14-155) and quarterback Dick Woodall, who throws TD passes to Ken Hebert for 77 yards and Don Bean for 75 in the second half, as the best-kept secret in Texas thrashes the 1965 and 1966 co-national champions.

Birthdays:
Marty Schottenheimer b. 1943
Larry Mize b. 1958
Pete Harnisch b. 1966
Tony Mandarich b. 1966
Eric Montross b. 1971

CHICK LIT

Nora Blackbird goes from riches to rags when her parents leave town and leave her with a punishing tax bill. What’s a Philly socialite to do? She gets herself a job as a society scribbler at the local paper. When she finds a local millionaire (and family friend) murdered at his own party, she soon becomes a society sleuth. Zany complications and romance make this first in the Blackbird Sisters series a breezy, escapist chick lit romp. “Great clothes, great mystery, great fun!” says fellow chick lit author Jennifer Crusie.

HOW TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE, by Nancy Martin (Signet, 2002)