In Short, He’d Better Get Owner Another Ring

Is Dave Campo destined to be Jerry Jones’ puppet as the new coach of the Dallas Cowboys, or will he be his own man?

Jim Reeves of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram writes of Campo: “Those who think the 5-foot-6 Campo isn’t his own man, or isn’t tough enough for the job, haven’t seen him at training camp, going nose to belly button to vocally rip into a 325-pound defensive tackle for missing an assignment.

“More often than not, he has been the loudest voice on the field.”

Loud enough to stand up to Jones?

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Trivia time: Who holds the NBA record for most three-point field goals in a game without a miss?

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Is that all? Greg Aiello, NFL vice president of communications, when asked what it would take for Nashville to host a Super Bowl: “Global warming.”

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Hind-sight: Kansas basketball Coach Roy Williams chided Jayhawk fans for not being loud enough to suit him after a recent victory over Colorado:

“The kids behind the bench, the students who camped out, were fantastic. But if you’re not going to cheer for us, keep your big butts at home. I’ll find enough friends to fill it up in here.”

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Give me a G, an A . . . : One of the things that Richie Whitt of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram found striking about the TV coverage of the Super Bowl:

“During chef Emeril Lagasse’s pregame cooking feature, fans actually cheered garlic.”

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Upgrading: Dan Shaughnessy in the Boston Globe: “A Super Bowl ring is better than currency. Some ring winners carry them around in small cloth pouches, then use them to get special attention from bell captains, maitre d’s, lot attendants, and airline personnel.

“How come a baseball writer’s card doesn’t work like that?

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More Shaughnessy: “Robert Redford plays the lead in ‘The Dick Vermeil Story.’ ”

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Fooling fun: According to Jerry Greene of the Orlando Sentinel, Disney’s production “met the criteria of Super Bowl halftimes: squeaky clean, extravagant, and making absolutely no sense whatsoever.”

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Trivia answer: Jeff Hornacek of Utah against Seattle in 1994, and Seattle’s Sam Perkins against Toronto in 1997, eight each.

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And finally: The death of former New York Yankee Manager Bob Lemon reminded the Hartford Courant’s Jack O’Connell of a game in the early 1980s when Yankee relief pitcher Dave LaRoche struck out the Brewers’ Gorman Thomas on a blooper pitch.

Thomas was so embarrassed, he tossed his batting helmet and whacked it with a bat.

“I’ll say this for Gorman,” Lemon said. “He got all of that helmet.”