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Game Over. Game On.

CALLING ALL BALLERS

Joe Bryant (Kobes Dad) mighthave a spot for you on his

Phoenix ABA Team

SEPT 2008

QB RUDY CARPENTER

IS TEARING UP THERECORD BOOK AND

LEADING THE SUN

DEVILS IN HIS OWN

DISTINCTIVE STYLE

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Rudy!Rudy!Rudy!

Hes on pace to break every passing

record asU Has in tHeir deep and storiedrecord book, and rUdy carpenteris going to do it in His own UniqUe,attention-getting, HigHly-entertaining,opponent-agitating, winning style.

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t sm s u of take for granted here in the Valley, depite how ot of the ordinarily pectaclar

they ight be, epecially copared to how thing are in the ret of the contry.

Te weather eight onth ot of the year wold be one thing. Te qality of the

Phoenix sn ance ea wold be another. snet. Te ajety and beaty

of the rand Canyon. nd darn good qarterback play at su.

eah, the evil have had a lot of great qarterback over the year, bt

the one they have right now ha decided to take the tea centry-old record

book and do a coplete rewrite on it. dy Carpenter oved to epe frohi hoetown of Wetlake, California, a a talented, elf-condent 18-year-old

frehan with a trong ar, trong will and cockre wagger. e beginning

hi enior eaon with the sn evil with the ae attribte, only they are all

ore proinent. e grown into a atre yong an, and he ha three year

of ega-cce in the Pac en behind hi. r advice to yo: njoy hi nal

eaon a ch a yo can. Becae for all the p and down, there are not a

lot of qarterback like hi. e hold the key to the b of su drive to a

conference title. f yo feel like the tie own by ince hi rt gae back in

2005, o doe dy.

t really doe ee like yeterday when wa checking into y new dor

roo a a frehan, the enior qarterback told POST. owever, when look

back on y tie here, it alo doe ee like it ha been ve year becae o

any event have happened.

ere one of the event that hant gotten a lot of hype bt peak a lot abot

dy coitent and foc: e already ha hi degree in interdiciplinary

tdie. e picked p hi diploa lat may, which ean fro now ntil ew

ear hi foc can be exclively on playing ball and having a ball in hi

nal onth in college. For re, having y degree doe take ton of prere

of e a far a acadeic go. think it will allow e to concentrate on football

ore. alo do think that being done with chool will allow e to have oe

ore fn dring y enior eaon. will be able to enjoy yelf a little ore,and enjoy y o tie.

dy Carpenter wa born to play qarterback. e jt ee natral and at

hoe with a football in hi hand, tanding in the pocket. ne of the thing that

eparate hi fro ot QB in the contry i hi toghne. n order to break

record, yo cant break any bone. nd he been taking nap for 31 traight

tart an aazing thing conidering how hard oppoing tea coe aer

hi and how diclt it i to tay healthy at the iviion level. Tat not to

ay he hant been banged p and hrt over the pat three year; it jt wold

take a lot ore than prain, train, bp and brie to keep hi o the

eld. nd becae of that, he online to do oe very pecial thing thi eaon

individally. ll of which, according to dy, take a back eat to the one thing

he really want: to be the third sn evil qarterback to tart that early Janary

gae in Paadena that oe people call the granddaddy of all bowl gae.

a obvioly aware of all the record have a chance to break. nd ye, really

cant lie; having thoe record doe ean a lot to e becae have worked

really hard to be ccefl at what do, dy told Ps. owever, will ay

having all the record wold be fn and nice to talk abot, bt honetly, helpingy tea win a lot of gae and having an opportnity to play in the oe Bowl

wold ean ore to e than anything.

nd yo can iagine why it wold be even weeter for a gy like dy to

end hi college career exactly where he cae fro, sothern California. hort

ditance geographically fro epe, bt a world away when yo conider that

dy grew p in the heart of rojan and Brin contry. o be honet, really

didnt know a ton abot the tradition of QB at su ntil got here. rowing p

in sothern Cal, followed uCL and usC a great deal, and knew a lot abot

their football tradition. nce got to su, really did kind of pride yelf to

learn abot the great hitory here, and alo the QB tradition. bvioly gylike anny White, mark malone, Je Van apphort, Pal Jtin, Jake Pler

and ndrew Walter have all been great sn evil and in oe way or another

have aected e in o any poitive way. a o appreciative for that, dy

explained to POST.

Tat lat qote howcae a ide of dy Carpenter that fan at other Pac-10

chool ight not get to ee, nor hold they. e trly i a repectfl yong an

who ndertand where he cae fro. k people in Berkeley, con, gene,

Pllan, Corvalli and vario other Wet Coat locale and theyll decribe

the evil QB a cocky, feity, arrogant, annoying, and a few other word we

probably woldnt be allowed to print. Which ean he doing hi job. o

ee, dy int wating a lot of tie trying to win friend in thoe place. ejt trying to win gae. so ye, he an intigator, a lightning rod, if yo will,

who garner the ire of oppoing fan on a weekly bai. Bt that ee to be

oething he trly thrive on, and i one of the ain reaon hi nae will take

top billing in that aforeentioned sn evil record book.

o know, that really i a tre tateent [being a lightning rod] and it

i oething that do feed o of before the gae tart. Bt once the gae

begin, forget abot all that and really foc in on playing the gae and

execting the gae plan.

t kind of like an alter ego eerge when he pt on the pad. oodbye

eaygoing, ellow soCal dde. ello brah and bobatic bobardier. o

be honet with yo, a a very qiet and hy peron. Bt will ay that ye,

do feel like a an eotional peron o the eld, epecially when it coe to

y faily and friend and alo when it coe to ie that really care abot,

ch a politic.

Well ave dicion abot hi political leaning ntil next year, when he

playing in the FL. ight now, he hoping that all the long hor and weat

eqity he inveted over the er pay o. ll he really did i work ot and

prepare for the eaon, and pend a ch qality tie with hi faily and

friend a he cold. ven with hi sothern California root, the Valley ha

certainly becoe hi econd hoe. e treated like a rock tar on cap, and

hi allegiance to pro tea ha hied ince he arrived in Phoenix. sothernCal will alway be hoe to e and love it there, bt can honetly ay that

have becoe a hge fan of all the rizona pro tea. love the sn, epecially

now that they have shaq, and enjoy watching the iaondback play. alo

a Coyote fan becae had a chance to pend oe tie with Wayne retzky

thi er and he i a great gy.

so enjoy hi while yo can, sn evil fan. Te dy Carpenter tory i

beginning it nal chapter in rizona. nd if the ret of hi career i a gidepot,

it going to be penefl, thrilling, and yeah, aybe a little elodraatic

along the way. Tere are going to be record broken and hopeflly a lot of

win. Bt dy Carpenter playing qarterback at su i going to be like thoe

beatifl fall, winter and pring day here in the world bet port town: o

enjoy the heck ot of the while theyre here, and yo re do i the when

theyre gone.

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