Logan Ryan had the scene storyboarded in his mind.
"I wanted to pull up in the parking lot with my uniform on and run in right before kickoff," he said.
That made-for-the-movies entrance never came about as Ryan wound up missing two games after contracting COVID-19.
"I had hopes and thoughts and prayers that I could make it to both games," he said. "I thought it was a possibility. I packed my equipment bag for both. I did everything I could."