“Who’s our next all-American?” a Texas Tech football staffer asked me the other day. “Other than number 5.”
I paused for a moment, not sure if we were playing “Match Game” — me trying to come up with the name he had in mind — or if he was soliciting my opinion.
“Number 86,” he said, following up before I finished thinking. “He’s smooooth.”
No. 86 is T.J. Vasher, the freshman wide receiver from Wichita Falls Rider. Now, don’t look for Vasher to achieve all-America stature right away. He’s tall as an air traffic control tower, but needs to fill out.