PROVO — Beau Hoge's father, Merril Hoge, made a living out of breaking down football, and how individual players performed, when working as an analyst for ESPN for almost 20 years. But when his son got through with his first collegiate start in a 40-6 loss to Wisconsin, Merril decided to put any type of analysis aside.
Beau was down, along with the rest of his team, due to the lopsided result, with Merril understanding all of it completely.
“He turned into a dad, at that point,” Beau Hoge said. “He wasn’t critical or anything. He was just happy for me.