The voice on the other end of the phone is a little halting, a little shaky, but absolutely distinguishable. The former is what you expect from an 84-year-old man who has lived a long and sometimes hard life. The latter is what you expect from Howard Schnellenberger.
But even without that basso profundo voice, without that Kentucky drawl, you would know you were talking to Schnellenberger, by the content of his words.
This is the man who predicted Miami would win a national title within five years of his hiring; the man who said Louisville was on a collision course with the national championship, “the only variable is time;” the man who said books would be written and movies would be made about the Oklahoma renaissance he would oversee.