Bill Khan

Apparantly Bill Khan does not recall calling Vassar cupcakes. Qudos to whoever sent him the cupcakes.

A package from my 'friends' in Vassar; at least it wasn't ticking
By Bill Khan Flint Journal
November 03, 2009, 8:34AM

Bill Khan The Flint JournalThese goodies were left for Bill Khan after Vassar upset Beecher, contrary to his pick last week.
FLINT, Michigan — There was a package waiting for me when I arrived at work Monday morning, compliments of my “friends in Vassar.”
I was relieved to find out it wasn’t ticking.
Gee, I didn’t know I had any friends in Vassar — or many other places, for that matter.
Knowing that I and everyone else on the planet who predicts such things picked Beecher to beat Vassar in the first round of the state football playoffs, I was curious what I wrote that caused a Vulcans supporter to single me out with a package of small black-and-orange cupcakes.
Did I say something about Vassar playing a cupcake schedule? That would only seem logical (sorry, couldn’t resist a bad Vulcan pun).
View full sizeRyan Garza The Flint JournalVassar's Troy Hecht runs the ball past the Beecher defense Friday night. Nope. All I wrote in our online picks was this: Vassar hasn’t seen a team with Beecher’s speed. The Vulcans had better hope for a muddy field to neutralize things a bit. Even then, Beecher has proven it can win with its defense when the offense isn’t clicking. Pick: Buctown
My brief preview on the game was even more benign, simply giving stats of the top Vassar players and noting that fifth-ranked Beecher was 9-0 for the first time since 1952 (if you count a victory over Flint Northern’s JV) or since 1949 (if you don’t).
My experience in picking football games is that the school you picked against isn’t trying to be nice when you receive a CARE package from said school. So, needless to say, I didn’t eat any of the cupcakes. Hey, momma didn’t raise no dummy. I ain’t fallin’ for the old Ex-Lax in the dessert trick!
Assuming the cupcakes were harmless, may I make one request? The next time I pick against Vassar — like this week against Millington, for instance — could someone send me a bag full of Baby Ruths or put a box of Drumsticks with my nameon them in the freezer at The Flint Journal? I know I shouldn’t make demands when someone gives me a free gift, but it’s how I roll.
By the way, my name was spelled wrong on the message left on the cupcakes. It read: “To Bill Kahn, from your friends in Vassar. Go orange!”
Don’t sweat it, though. Everybody spells my last name wrong. I’ve thought about changing it to Jones, especially for e-mail purposes since e-mail servers aren’t as forgiving about misspellings as I am.