If this was the "Late Show with David Letterman", the question for the night's Top 10 list would be: What is the most unexpected thing you've heard said by a high school senior football player in 2009?

The No. 1 answer would come from River Hill offensive lineman Max Coale, a 4.0 student and a captain of the 5-0 Hawks, who is featured Thursday in The Baltimore Sun's Q&A profile.

During a casual conversation about what a good time of life it is to be 17, Frank Sinatra's name came up and Coale had this to say:

"Frank Sinatra?" Coale said. "I love Frank Sinatra! I love the way he sings. If I could be anybody, be anybody, I'd be Frank Sinatra, a 1920s lounge singer."

Coale, his brown eyes sparkling, wasn't kidding.