41.   But when his numbers went down because of injuries, some said he was losing it.

42.   But when the final numbers went up, Eldredge, blowout patches and glue and all, was back atop the podium.

43.   But when the numbers went up, Kirk was third.

44.   Each year since he became the starter his number of interceptions goes down.

45.   Evenings, that number goes up to a dozen.

46.   He can be charged with everything up to and including eating gazelle with monkey sauce, and still his poll numbers go up.

47.   He said he wondered if the number would not go back to single digits if the law disappeared.

48.   His poll numbers went up last week.

49.   However, the financial field in sports television has gone crazy since those days, and the numbers are going out of sight.