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Kirk Ferentz Is Just Plain Ornery

By Mark HastyOct 11th 2008 – 8:08PM

He's a sneaky one, that Kirk Ferentz. He seems almost Mister Rogersish with his low-key demeanor and his dry sense of humor. You'd have a much easier time believing he was the chair of the English department at some small liberal arts college, not a coach in a BCS conference.Let it be said, however, that the man is now...

MisterRogers News From the Web

  • 04/30/12 The Time Margaret Hamilton Visited Mister Rogers Source: World of Wonder Margaret Hamilton aka The Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz stopped by Mister Rogers' place to gently assure all the children that she isn't REALLY a witch, that she was an actress in a movie that definitely wasn't real, and that she was just playing dress-up.
  • 04/15/12 Remembering 'Mister Rogers' Source: Asbury Park Press - Neptune NJ For generations of viewers, Fred Rogers was a trusted and cherished television neighbor.

Background on MisterRogers

26858 Misterrogers () is a main-belt asteroid named after children's television host Fred Rogers. Rogers, who had a lifelong fascination with the sky and astronomy —he obtained a pilot's license while still in high school— also produced a planetarium show called The Sky above Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which is still shown at many planetariums across the United States.

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