FOMB NOTES: 1/6/11

Fontana Summit WR Devon Blackmon’s gaffe Wednesday night proved why he is not a sure-thing at the next level. Oft-injured and inconsistently brilliant, Blackmon, who has committed to the University of Oregon, caught a touchdown pass and also dropped a probable TD pass at the Under Armour All-America game. According to sportswriter John Murphy on his HSGameTime blog, Blackmon’s miscue had one broadcaster laughing: “He caught … Continue reading

Betten Best Bet For Cal Poly Pomona

Randy Betten, a fixture in the Inland Area college baseball scene since the mid-’90s, will be named Cal Poly Pomona’s head coach today, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Betten, an assistant baseball coach at Riverside Community College, Cal Baptist University and UC Riverside, is taking over a Broncos program steeped in history (three NCAA Division II titles) created by legendary … Continue reading

Taylor Martinez Is Corn Fed

Saw this today running across ESPN.com: “Casey Martinez of Corona, Calif., owns an apparel company known as Corn Fed. He signed a contract with Nebraska in June 2007 that entitles Nebraska to a 10 percent royalty on Corn Fed products bearing the Huskers’ logo. The Los Angeles Times first reported the agreement.” So Martinez’s dad has … Continue reading