When Ronnie Rivers was ripping up the football field at 8, 9, 10 years old, he would – without much hint of a ha-ha – tell his dad that one day he would go to Fresno State and break all of his school rushing records.
Ron Rivers would get a kick out of that – he was at that time the leading rusher in school history, racking up 3,473 yards in just three seasons at a stellar 6.6 yards per play, and that is a record that would stand for 19 years.
He would think, “OK, buddy, you have a long way to go.