instead being a running backwith sprinter’s speed.

“My eating habits,” Antho-ny Carter, a 6-foot, 275-pounder, said with a heartylaugh. “I like to eat. ... I’ve al-ways been a big kid.”

A big kid and also a finefootball player.

On Saturday against Patri-ot League rival Lehigh,Carter will make his 18thstart in 18 games for theBucknell Bison. He earnedthe starting spot at rightguard as a 17-year-old fresh-man last summer and hasbeen a consistent force forcoach Tim Landis’ programever since.

Saturday’s kickoff is 1 p.m.Bucknell owns a 3-3 over-

all record and the Bison are1-1 in league games. Lehigh is1-5 and 1-0.

“I came in my freshman

year with the mentality Iwanted to earn a spot rightaway,” Carter, No. 59, said.“But I’m a little surprisedhow quickly it came. I feellike now I’m playing well andI really like it here.”

The Freedom alumnus ad-mits his intensity level rises anotch when the Bison squareoff against one of the teams hegrew up following —Lehighor Lafayette.

Carter said Bucknell andLafayette were his final twocollege choices. Leopardscoach Frank Tavani recruitedCarter as a defensive line-man.

Bucknell plays atLafayette next Saturday.

“Really, I just wanted toget away from home and ex-perience something a littledifferent,” said Carter, whoseyounger sister Jasmine is ajunior field hockey player atFreedom. “I definitely likemy decision.”

He believes the Bison —mired in mediocrity for most

of this decade — is close toturning the corner as a pro-gram in Landis’ seventh sea-son at the helm.

Bucknell finished 4-6 aseason ago and is strugglingon offense this year.

“We’re definitely seeingsome potential,” said Carter,one of two freshmen whostarted for the Bison on theO-line last season. “We showglimpses. I feel we’re due fora breakout game offensivelyreal soon.”

At Freedom, Carter alsoexperienced both ups anddowns as the Patriots went acombined 7-13 his sopho-more and junior seasons. Athree-year starter, he then

helped coach Jason Roeder’steam to a 9-3 campaign hissenior year.

Carter also played basket-ball and baseball at Freedom.

Roeder enthusiasticallycalls “A.C.” one of the mostconsistent and gifted playershe has coached.

“We expected Anthony tomake an impact right away,”Roeder said. “He was only 17when he started his first fewgames at Bucknell but he hasa great work ethic and is anoutstanding athlete. Anthonyis real quiet and he’s humble,but he is a heck of a player.”

Like father, like son.Rodney Carter, too, was

only 17 when he started as a

freshman at Purdue.“It’s definitely a shocking

surprise, that first game youplay as a college freshman,”said Rodney Carter, an assis-tant football coach at Free-dom. “My first game wasagainst Stanford and John El-way was the starting quarter-back. So I know what Antho-ny was going through.”

Anthony Carter was bornin 1990 several months afterhis father retired from theNFL. He said most of what heknows about his father’s play-ing days is from watching oldvideotape.

“Not many athletes get toplay college football and evenfewer people make it to theNFL,” Anthony Carter said.“I’m very proud.”

The son probably ranksjust third in the family peck-ing order as far as athleticprowess. No. 1 might be a sur-prise to even Anthony.

“I’ve always conceded tomy wife that she’s the athleteof the family,” Rodney Carter

said. Though Rodney will miss

his son’s game Saturdayagainst Lehigh — Freedomplays Bethlehem Catholic in anight game at BethlehemArea School District Stadium— both mom and dad will bein the stands next week atLafayette.

As important as athleticsare in the Carter household,academics are even more im-portant. Anthony is a chem-istry major at Bucknell pursu-ing a career in either organicor pharmaceutical research.

“He’s a real good studentwho works hard and getsdone what he needs to,” Rod-ney Carter said. “But heknows what’s expected ofhim. My advice to Anthony isalways, if you’re going to getBs and Cs, you can do that atthe community college. It’s alot cheaper.”

Michael Blouse can be reached at800-360-3601 or atmblouse@express-times.com.

Continued from C1

CARTER:All in the family

Ha! Ha! Ha!However, “Eagle Eyes”

Haney is indeed the BaldBaron’s courageous choice asremarkable referee of thewhole week over runners-upBob “Chubby Cheeks” An-drews and Joe “One Second”Diorio.

Ha! Ha! Ha!Time to cut the chit-chat,

football fans. ...

Tonight’s tiltsNazareth at Liberty —

Bald Baron’s e-mail entry:Hey Bald Baron: Thanks

for the superb shout-out afootball Friday ago regardingthe birth of my tremendoustwins — Carly and Chase.You saved me a lot of prettypennies on pricey postage forbirth announcements. HAHA-HAHAHAHA.

Anyway, I’m going to re-turn the favor by giving youthis week’s upset special:Nazareth 28, Liberty 26. It’sabout time the Blue Eaglestake the next step and beat agood team. And no, I’m notdelirious because it’s the mid-dle of the night. If I’m right,you come babysit for a night.

Your favorite pitchingcoach,

Jason “Still Sleepless inNazareth” Brown

Brownie is a bullthrower!Hot Hurricanes handle eagerEagles by ’bout two TDs.’Canes combo of Anthony“Going, Going” Gonzalez andJarrod “Left Coast” West tootalented. And also, tremen-dous Tim “Macho Man” Mon-cman (Happy 40th Birthday!!!)outmasterminds radical Rob“Mad Man” Melosky. Liberty28-14.

Phillipsburg at WatchungHills — Bald Baron’s song se-lection for football fans:

(This hairless-headed hu-man, besides being a gridirongenius, is also a stellar singer.Ask anyone in our office.)

I have a mansion, forgetthe price

Ain’t never been there,they tell me it’s nice

I live in hotels, tear out thewalls

I have accounts pay for itall.

My Maserati does one-eighty-five

I lost my license, now Idon’t drive

I have a limo, ride in theback

I lock the doors in case I’mattacked.

Life’s been good to me sofar.

’Burg ballboy Ray “Phat”Patt is capably coaching pee-wee power Steele Hill. “Phat”Patt soon set to succeed ’Lin-ers leader Bob “Big Bossman”Stem, so says P’burg A.D.Tom “Trout” Fisher. Phillips-burg 41-14.

Belvidere at Bound Brook— Bald Baron’s Belvidereblonde wisecrack of the week:

Bev, a brunette fromBlairstown, and Barb, ablonde from Belvidere, werewalking in a Phillipsburg park.The brunette says suddenly,“Look, there’s a dead bird.”The blonde stops, looks sky-ward, and asks, “Where?” Ha!Ha! Ha! Belvidere 47-7.

Northampton at Easton —Red Rovers gridiron guruSteve “The Trap” Shiffert’scolor of choice: LILYWHITE! A baby Bald Baronrecalls George Jefferson usingthe white word “honky” often.Easton 28-0.

Cranford at Delaware Val-ley — R.I.P. Capt. Lou Al-bano! Jimmy “Superfly” Snu-ka. George “The Animal”Steele. Judd the Stud. “Mr.USA” Tony Atlas. Andre theGiant. Delaware Valley 20-12.

Northern Lehigh at Ban-gor — Pro wrasslin is so asport! Northern Lehigh 28-20.

Pen Argyl at Northwestern— Only one more month un-til grapplin gets goin in

GreenKnight-land. Mr.Welsh!!! Northwestern 26-14.

Palisades at Notre Dame— Only one more month un-til b-ball begins in Crusader-ville. Palisades 35-6.

North Hunterdon at War-ren Hills — Lions lose lethar-gically to non-Top 20 teams,but ... North Hunterdon 20-14.

Saucon Valley at Southern

Lehigh — Saucon studentsshaken by stupid strike.Southern Lehigh 33-7.

More matchups — Rutgers32, Army 17; Emmaus 16,Whitehall 7; Catasauqua 20,Palmerton 0; David Brearley45, North Warren 8; Hack-ettstown 26, Wallkill Valley 7.

Fixed fight — Pius X 50,Fleetwood 0.

Saturday’s scrums

Freedom at BethlehemCatholic — Ex-Becahi boss/gridiron great Bob “Big Boss-man” Stem, who capablycoached Hawks head honchoMike Palos and also Freedomfigurehead Jason Roeder, isexpected to attend this tilt.

Standings of LVC schoolsshould Stem still serve on thesideline at BethlehemCatholic:

1. Becahi 8-0; 2. Easton 7-1; 3. Freedom 6-2; 3. CentralCatholic 6-2; 5. Parkland 4-3;5. Emmaus 4-3; 7. Liberty 3-4;7. Nazareth 3-4; 7. Northamp-ton 3-4; 7. Whitehall 3-4; 11.Allen 0-7; 11. Dieruff 0-7.

Perhaps the petty peoplethat big Bob beat annually arehappy the Hawks aren’t stillstomping their sorry squads?

Freedom phenom Darrius“Charlotte’s” Webb dances,darts for 300 yards, 3 TDs.Freedom 35-14.

Fordham at Lafayette —Bald Baron’s political positionfor Forks folk:

Brainy Baron enthusiasti-cally endorses the one and on-ly smart selection for ForksTownship tax taker ... Mrs.Anne Bennett-Morse, thespectacular spouse ofLafayette Leopards legendScott “Mr. Steelers” Morse.Anne is awesome, especiallyat taking taxes, despite set-tling on Scott as her husband.

Inside information:Lafayette Leopards leaderFrank “GQ” Tavani made amove on some startled stu-dent from Columbia after awin weeks ago. “GQ” Tavani,a real-life Romeo, touted thisblonde beauty as the prettiestperson in the interview room.The Bald Baron is awfully of-fended. Ha! Ha! Ha!Lafayette 35-7.

Lehigh at Bucknell — Seethe scintillating story on for-mer Freedom football figureAnthony “Coach” Carter ofthe Bucknell Bison in today’sThe Express-Times. This is atilt ’tween inept offenses.Bucknell 4-3.

Salisbury at Wilson —Bald Baron’s best bet for de-generate dudes and “Ham-merhead” Hudak: Battlin’Bulls of South Florida (+6½)over proud Pitt Panthers.(Amusement only.) Wilson 48-14.

Penn State at Michigan —Isn’t Eastern Michigan avail-able for action, Prehistoric Pa-terno? Retire, Oldtimer. PennState 17-16.

More matchups — C.W.Post 27, East Stroudsburg U.14; Juniata 13, Moravian 3;F&M 34, Muhlenberg 23;Central Catholic 45, Allen 8;Blair Academy 21,Lawrenceville 15.

Continued from C1

BARON:Is Stealin signalsnewest part of Pius X playbook?

C3Friday, October 23, 2009BREAKING NEWS: lehighvalleylive.comFOOTBALL FOCUS

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• 7 wins over ranked opponents (including �rst ever win vs. Okla. St.)• 9 starters return from'08-'09

Oct 30 Wrestle-o�sNov 08 RiderNov 13 Penn State*Nov 15 Pittsburgh

Jan 15 West VirginiaJan 16 NavyFeb 05 Virginia TechFeb 06 Rutgers*

2009-10 Home Matches

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B uy N o w F o r T he B e st S e a ts !

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BlouseLast week: 17-5Year: 114-44Pct.: .722

TooleLast week: 16-6

Year: 111-47Pct.: .703

MillerLast week: 16-6

Year: 106-52Pct.; .671

Northampton at EastonNazareth at LibertyPalisades at Notre DameSaucon Valley at So. LehighNorthern Lehigh at BangorPen Argyl at NorthwesternPhillipsburg at Watchung HillsBelvidere at Bound BrookCranford at Delaware ValleyN. Hunterdon at Warren HillsDavid Brearley at N. WarrenWallkill Valley at HackettstownPius X at FleetwoodRutgers at ArmyFreedom at Bethlehem Cath.Salisbury at WilsonFordham at LafayetteLehigh at BucknellJuniata at MoravianC.W. Post at East StroudsburgMuhlenberg at F&MPenn State at Michigan

WechslerLast week: 16-6

Year: 113-45Pct.: .715

LoRéLast week: 16-6

Year: 113-45Pct.: .715

BurattiLast week: 16-6

Year: 111-47Pct.: .703

BlakeLast week: 16-6Year: 114-44Pct.: .722

EastonLibertyPalisadesSo. LehighNorthern LehighNorthwesternPhillipsburgBound BrookDelaware ValleyN. HunterdonDavid BrearleyWallkill ValleyPius XRutgersFreedomWilsonLafayetteLehighJuniataESUF&MMichigan

EastonLibertyPalisadesSo. LehighNorthern LehighNorthwesternPhillipsburgBelvidereDelaware ValleyN. HunterdonDavid BrearleyHackettstownPius XRutgersFreedomWilsonLafayetteBucknellJuniataC.W. PostF&MPenn State

EastonLibertyPalisadesSo. LehighNorthern LehighNorthwesternPhillipsburgBelvidereDelaware ValleyN. HunterdonDavid BrearleyWallkill ValleyPius XRutgersFreedomWilsonLafayetteLehighMoravianESUF&MMichigan

EastonLibertyPalisadesSo. LehighNorthern LehighNorthwesternPhillipsburgBelvidereDelaware ValleyN. HunterdonDavid BrearleyWallkill ValleyPius XRutgersFreedomWilsonLafayetteBucknellMoravianC.W. PostF&MPenn State

EastonLibertyPalisadesSo. LehighNorthern LehighNorthwesternPhillipsburgBelvidereDelaware ValleyN. HunterdonDavid BrearleyHackettstownPius XRutgersFreedomWilsonLafayetteBucknellMoravianESUF&MMichigan

EastonLibertyPalisadesSo. LehighNorthern LehighNorthwesternPhillipsburgBelvidereDelaware ValleyN. HunterdonDavid BrearleyWallkill ValleyPius XRutgersFreedomWilsonLafayetteLehighJuniataESUF&MMichigan

EastonLibertyPalisades So. LehighNorthern Lehigh NorthwesternPhillipsburg Belvidere Delaware ValleyWarren HillsN. WarrenHackettstownPius X Rutgers Freedom WilsonLafayetteLehigh MoravianESUF&MPenn State

EastonLibertyPalisadesSo. LehighNorthern LehighNorthwesternPhillipsburgBelvidereDelaware ValleyN. HunterdonDavid BrearleyWallkill ValleyFleetwoodRutgersFreedomWilsonLafayetteLehighMoravianESUF&MPenn State

HinkelLast week: 17-5

Year: 110-48Pct.: .696

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LEHIGH VALLEY CONFERENCEW L

Central Catholic (6-1) 5 1Easton (6-1) 5 1Freedom (5-2) 4 2Emmaus (5-2) 4 2Parkland (5-2) 4 2Liberty (4-3) 4 2Nazareth (4-3) 3 3Bethlehem Catholic (3-4) 3 3Northampton (3-4) 2 4Whitehall (3-4) 2 4Allen (0-7) 0 6Dieruff (0-7) 0 6COLONIAL LEAGUE

W LWilson (7-0) 7 0Northern Lehigh (6-1) 6 1Catasauqua (5-2) 5 2Southern Lehigh (5-2) 5 2Palisades (4-3) 4 3Northwestern (4-3) 4 3Bangor (3-4) 3 4Saucon Valley (3-4) 3 4Pen Argyl (2-5) 2 5Salisbury (2-5) 2 5Palmerton (1-6) 1 6Notre Dame (0-7) 0 7MOUNTAIN VALLEY CONFERENCE

W LEast Stroudsburg South (6-1) 4 0Pleasant Valley (4-3) 3 0East Stroudsburg North (4-3) 2 1Stroudsburg (2-5) 2 1Pocono Mountain East (2-5) 1 3Pocono Mountain West (1-6) 0 3Lehighton (1-6) 0 4

MID-STATE CONFERENCEDelaware Division

W LHunterdon Central (6-0) 4 0Bridgewater (4-2) 2 1Phillipsburg (4-1) 1 1Hillsborough (2-3) 1 2Franklin (1-4) 1 2Watchung Hills (2-4) 0 3Raritan Division

W LMontgomery (5-1) 3 0Immaculata (5-1) 3 1Ridge (3-2) 3 1North Hunterdon (2-3) 1 2Warren Hills (2-4) 0 3Voorhees (1-5) 0 3Delaware Division

W LDelaware Valley (3-2) 2 0Somerville (4-2) 1 0North Plainfield (2-4) 1 1North Warren (1-4) 0 3Hills Division

W LBelvidere (5-0) 3 0Pingry (3-3) 3 0Bound Brook (3-3) 2 1Bernards (1-5) 1 2South Hunterdon (0-5) 0 3Manville (1-4) 0 3INDEPENDENT

W LPius X 4 2Blair Academy 3 2

STANDINGS

“ I came in my freshman year with the mentality Iwanted to earn a spot right away. But I’m a littlesurprised how quickly it came. I feel like now I’mplaying well and I really like it here.”

Anthony CarterBucknell sophomore