Pop Quiz - Aaron Ingram

Pop Quiz for Aaron Ingram,  Churchill's returning all league running back.

GH is Gary Halski
AI is Aaron

GH:  What have you done to improve yourself in football this summer?
AI:  I've been here [Churchill field and weightroom] every day, working with my teammates.  Lifting, running and practicing routes.  No camps.

GH:  Which player on your team has impressed you over the summer?
AI:  Nate Parks,  he's our Mike backer.  Nate's been here every day.  He's a senior.  He's been on the scout team his sophomore and junior years.  He's really worked hard every day.

GH:  Which team do you want to beat most this year?
AI:  Willamette.  My brother Judah Ingram plays for Willamette.

GH: Who is the meanest coach on the coaching staff?
AI:  Coach K and coach Dumar.

GH:  What types of music do you listen to on your Ipod or mp3 player.
AI:  I don't own one.
GH:  Neither does  the Willamette player I interviewed.  What do you listen to on the radio?
AI:  I don't have a radio.
GH:  Do you ever listen to anything?
AI:  I guess I've listened to rap, but I know you don't like rap and don't believe it is really music.

GH:  What is your routine to get pumped up for a game?
AI:  I psych myself out during quiet time, then I yell like crazy when quiet time is over.
GH:  What is quiet time?
AI:  At five o'clock everyone goes into the wrestling room and no one talks - everyone focus's on what they have to do.  After quiet time I yell.
GH:  What do you yell?
AI:  I yell at the players, I yell down the school hall.  I just yell.

GH:  What kind of meal do you have the night before a game?
AI: A  big one.  We eat until we can't eat anymore.  We eat whatever the mom's prepare for us.
GH:  What about lunch on game day?
AI:  Whatever the school serves.

GH: What is the best thing to do in the summer around Eugene?
AI: Come to football practice.  I look forward to it every day. 

GH: What's your  favorite place to eat?
AI: Papa's Soul Food Kitchen.  It's got the best barbecue in town.  I love the vibe there.  It's really laid back.  I really love the bread pudding.   I always have to have it.

GH: What do you consider the ideal place to go on a first date?
AI:  Taco Bell, go for a walk, picnic in the park.

GH: What formal restaurant would you take a date to?
AI: Papa's Soul Food Kitchen.
GH: Yikes.
AI:  They have great music, nice people, good vibes and are laid back.
GH:  I think I'm getting the idea.  And  you like the bread pudding.

GH: Who is your favorite superhero?
AI:  I can't think of one.
GH:  Who's your  favorite actor?
AI:  I can't think of one.
GH:  Your favorite character in a movie?
AI:  That's easy!  The Joker.  That would make Heath Ledger my favorite actor.  He was great as The Joker and great in another mover.  But he's dead now.
GH:  I forgot about that.

GH:  Thanks for interview.