There is crying in football — a lot of it, in some cases.
BYU tight ends coach Steve Clark knows that all too well, after watching the scene that unfolded at the school’s practice facility the last day of August, the 35th Monday of this excruciatingly difficult year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But it had nothing to do with a pesky virus not expected to depart any time soon, and everything to do with a gut-hammering, season-ending injury sustained by tight end Matt Bushman in what was supposed to be the new father’s final season in Provo before an expected long and successful NFL career.