Great news.
I met Ashley at the Colorado game in Boulder. Her grandpa was sitting in the Utah section and cheering for the Utes. He told me it was really hard for him to cheer for Utah being a Colorado grad, but that he would do it for his Granddaughter. I asked which player was his granddaughter. He pointed up a row and said this is my granddaughter, she’s being recruited by Utah. I said, well thanks for cheering for Utah and I hope she comes it is a great school.
And KJ Burgess, had to check to see where she was from. Her uncle used to come to my house for games in Virginia, talk about a family torn by allegiances. Her aunt played basketball for BYU, her dad is Chris, and her Uncle also went to the U. Good family, in spite of those 11 million members her father let down.
Sort of Burgess related… Then there was the time Roger Reid’s brother was in my neighborhood in Midvale. One day we were talking with some other guys and of course sports came up. I din’t know this was Rogers brother, and I said, “Yeah, I hate BYU, as long as Roger is their coach I think they’ll always underachieve!” He said, “That’s my brother!” I quickly covered it up, “Well it was funny wasn’t it?” Not the first or last time I’ve stuck my foot in my mouth. No, it was not Duke, I can’t remember his name it was back in the 1997 time frame. In fact it may have been a couple weeks before Reid was fired.