Life has been crazy around here for the past few weeks as Michael worked feverishly behind the scenes on BYU's quest for independence in football. Everything finally came together last Wednesday as Michael pulled-off a stellar press conference announcing the big news. (He even got a nice shout-out from the WCC Commissioner during the live broadcast.)
Here is our friend Steve Sandberg getting interviewed by Dick Harmon of the Deseret News. Harmon writes a column about BYU football and during all the speculation reports he wrote about BYU's efforts to get out of it's crappy Comcast contract (one of the main reasons BYU wanted out of the MWC) and that BYU sent "one of these smart lawyer types" to find a way out. That would be Steve. All this came together mainly because of Steve's hard work.
I was excited that I got to see the press conference in person. One of the best parts was seeing the ESPN VP raving about how much ESPN loves BYU. It was also pretty cool to see LaVell. Dave Rose is the head basketball coach and Greg Wrubel is the local radio announcer that calls all of BYU's football and b-ball games - aka "the voice of the Cougars." But most of all, it was great for me to see Michael in action.
Michael and Steve - these guys both look good considering the spectacular sleep deprivation they were up against.
Here’s where you can watch the press conference. You just need to register quickly (free). You can fast forward past the first two minutes of the guys in the studio. The first 19 minutes are the best stuff.
3 comments:
That is the coolest! About BYU (hah that they will get more exposure and more moola for the school because of this change of conferences) and so cool that Michael gets to be involved in amazing milestones like this because of his job. Very cool that ESPN likes BYU so much! I am just guessing that the Utes are not too happy about BYU AGAIN pulling ahead of them. Makes me smile. I appreciate how calm and professional that Michael is and it comes across in his TV exposure. Wish I hadn't missed the broadcast...where can I find it?
Thank goodness that's over
Smiling at Catherine's comment. Loved the title. Thanks for letting me see my son in action. And for keeping him fed and dressed through all this! Glad you could be there.
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