Chase Winovich misheard a question at Big Ten Media Days Monday regarding Abigail O’Connor, Michigan football’s director of nutrition. He heard the name Conor McGregor.
Somehow, he has a connection with the famed Irish MMA fighter.
Getting the “A-list” celebrity’s number, he said, is “a story worth going through the proper channels.” However he acquired it, Winovich and McGregor covered a lot of ground in a minute-long discussion.
“It was quick, but we said a lot — we both speak pretty fast,” Winovich recalled. “At first, I started out by saying basically how much respect I had for him and everything — I get goosebumps thinking about it.