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Zook U.

By by Gene Wojciechowski

Sunday, December 2, 2001

HOOVER, Ala. -- Ron Zook strode to the microphone as if his hair were on fire. Once there he grabbed both sides of the podium, leaned forward, and went from 0 to 110 decibels faster than a hummingbird beats its wings. His voice was loud enough to peel the ballroom wallpaper. And you needed a court stenographer to keep up with the word count. Zook doesn't believe in periods, which is why his sentences kept bumpingintoeachotherlikethis. Three minutes into his debut at the annual SEC Football Medi ...

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