In warm, inviting, food-filled TV rooms big and small this past weekend, we virtually shared and enjoyed the excitement and sorrow of the most athletically-gifted gladiators of our time.
And, among the NFL rosters with players not from a Power 5 conference, there is a niche NFL audience keenly aware of former players from the Mountain West Conference who are in this season’s NFL Championship run.
It’s a bit like not knowing anyone at a big party, then seeing a familiar face you can smile and talk to.
Then, among us writers struggling to extract and concoct some newsworthy article during college football’s dry season, there is this writing schmuck who remembered one obscure Jaguar player from San Jose State and said, hmm… besides Boise State’s, Jay Ajayi, who else is there?