Rocky Road

Ernie Driscoll, the man responsible for Stroker Ace, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, Gator, Hooper and Sharkey’s Machine, has died at the age of 75. The former quarterback at North Carolina State was playing against a Florida State squad with a cornerback named Buddy Reynolds in 1957. Wide receiver Dick Christy ran out of bounds, went behind the Florida State bench and then returned to the field, catching a pass from Driscoll in stride and scoring the only points of the game. A confused Reynolds was left on the field, then got screamed at by coach Ted Nugent and left the Gators for good, packing up and moving to Hollywood with a new name, Burt.