Fun facts to know and tell

Sporting notes compiled while noodling numbers:

--The University of South Carolina has approximately 240,000 living alumni.

--Clemson University has approximately 115,000 living alumni.

--College of Charleston has approximately 40,000 living alumni.

--The Citadel has approximately 25,000 living alumni.

--Charleston Southern has approximately 12,000 living alumni.

--S.C. State has approximately 21,000 living alumni.

--Furman has approximately 28,000 living alumni.

--Wofford has approximately 15,000 living alumni.

--Presbyterian College has approximately 8,500 living alumni.

--Newberry College has approximately 12,000 living alumni.

--Coastal Carolina has approximately 17,000 living alumni.

"Cause I've got friends in low places/ Where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away." "Friends In Low Places," Garth Brooks.

Beach Music

Some interesting sports figures who own beach houses or live in the Lowcountry:

--Bobby Johnson, head football coach at Vanderbilt, owns a beach house on the Isle of Palms.

--Roy Williams, head basketball coach at North Carolina, owns a home on the Isle of Palms.

--Fisher DeBerry, former head football coach at the Air Force Academy, has retired to his beach house on the Isle of Palms.

--Ralph Friedgen, head football coach at Maryland, owns a beach house on the Isle of Palms.

--Cal McCombs, former head coach at VMI and now a scout for the Denver Broncos, lives on the Isle of Palms.

--Al Skinner, head basketball coach at Boston College, owns a beach house in Wild Dunes.

--Tom O'Brien, head football coach at North Carolina State, owns a home on Daniel Island.

--Paul Maguire, football analyst for ABC and ESPN, owns a home on the Isle of Palms.

--Gene Budig, former president of the American League, lives in Wild Dunes.

--Billy Packer, basketball analyst for ESPN, owns a home on Kiawah Island.

--Mike Gminski, former NBA player and TV analyst, owns a home on Kiawah Island.

--Bob McNair, owner of the NFL's Houston Texans, owns a home on Kiawah Island.

--Ben Roethlisberger, quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, is part owner of the new King Street Grille at Kiawah/Seabrook.

--Rick Carlisle, rumored to be the next head coach of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, owns a home on Kiawah Island.

"I went away a small man/ But I'll come home a tall man/ Then what a pretty bride you'll be." "Big Man In Town," Frankie Valli.

Shoot your age

--Federal Judge Sol Blatt Jr. of Charleston shot his age last Saturday at the Country Club of Charleston. An 86 at 86! Not too shabby, considering he qualifies for the super senior tees but refuses to use them.

--There are 10 women with the last name "Kim" in the LPGA Media Guide.

--Eight of them played in last year's Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika at RiverTowne Country Club.

--An amateur golfer's chances of making a hole-in-one are 1 in 12,750.

--Despite decades of improvement in clubs and balls, the average score for the amateur golfer remains the same: 100 for 18 holes.

--Only 10 percent of all golfers can break 100, and 10 percent of them are lying.

"Tell me why you cried, and why you lied to me." "Tell Me Why," The Beatles.

Reach Ken Burger at 937-5598 or kburger@postandcourier.com.