George O'Leary is a stolid, upstanding Catholic -- when it comes to at least nine of the Ten Commandments, anyway -- and therefore we're certain he was waiting patiently on the other end of the line with no idea whatsoever why reporters couldn't get through to the coach for his usual Monday teleconference:

UCF's scheduled media teleconference with football coach George O'Leary has been delayed this afternoon because the school accidentally gave out the number for a phone-sex line instead of the correct number for the teleconference.

"Hi sexy!" media members calling the number were greeted. "You've reached the live, one-on-one fantasy line."

Just an "innocent typo," according to the Tampa Tribune's South Florida beat writer, Greg Auman, but he asks anyway: why do these little "accidents" never re-route callers to the local library? Actually, Greg, I'm sure there's a fetish line for bookish types, too, if you're into that sort of thing.

Actually, if I know beat writers -- and the Doc has known a few, and pretended to be one his own self in college -- I'd say their fantasies are more like scoring a decent spread of barbecue in a press box overlooking a rainy beach volleyball match. As long as you can steal glances at the USC game on a TV in the back.

In this case, though (assuming there was at least one female writer, camerawoman or intern in the room), the shocked and disgusted reporters no doubt repressed their yearning, hung up on the filthy connection immediately and returned to the wholesome banter of the newsroom with red faces . . . well, after, you know, making sure O'Leary wasn't just crossing his legs too tight or something. Hey, it's all in a day's work.

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Hat tip: The Sporting Blog. Photo of O'Leary via US Presswire.