A college football coach had recruited a talented player who couldn't pass
the school's entrance exam.

Needing the recruit badly, the coach went to
the dean and asked if the recruit could take the test orally.

The dean
agreed, and the following day the recruit and the coach were seated in his
office.

"Okay," the dean said. "What is seven times seven?"

The recruit mulled it over for a moment, then said, "I think it's 49."

Suddenly the coach jumped up.

"Please, Dean," he begged, "give him another
chance!"