This $#!+ still hurts. One year ago today, I was waking up to messages from Adam Schulz and my friend Erik. One was a message with “Ty Jordan (broken heart emojis). Then I got into my Twitter and Adam had a string of messages to me. One read, “Ty’s been shot.” From there I frantically scrolled through Twitter, hoping I’d eventually wake up from a cruel dream, only for the reality to get worse. Utah’s legend that was just starting, was gone.
It’s weird, I still sometimes talk to people about it and start to get a little watery-eyed, or my voice cracks—not always, but it still hits me.
By now, most of you have heard me talk about my conversations with the program a few days before. Jordan was a transcendent talent, a gift that they were going to ride into the CFP 1-2 times with him, he was going to be on the Heisman stage 1-2, and on and on… All of these words were spoken the night of the Wazzu game and the day after.
Legends grow over time, people are viewed as even better than they were or better than they would have been. With Ty Jordan though, he was going to be on the Mr. Rushmore of Utes. It’s very real that he would have led them to the CFP in 2021, Ty probably would have shattered all Utah rushing records and done so in three seasons. Again, all of this was discussed before that god-awful and fateful night.
Dammit he was so gifted. Ty was a good person, too. May your memory be eternal Utah G.O.A.T. It just isn’t fair.
It’s weird, I still sometimes talk to people about it and start to get a little watery-eyed, or my voice cracks—not always, but it still hits me.
By now, most of you have heard me talk about my conversations with the program a few days before. Jordan was a transcendent talent, a gift that they were going to ride into the CFP 1-2 times with him, he was going to be on the Heisman stage 1-2, and on and on… All of these words were spoken the night of the Wazzu game and the day after.
Legends grow over time, people are viewed as even better than they were or better than they would have been. With Ty Jordan though, he was going to be on the Mr. Rushmore of Utes. It’s very real that he would have led them to the CFP in 2021, Ty probably would have shattered all Utah rushing records and done so in three seasons. Again, all of this was discussed before that god-awful and fateful night.
Dammit he was so gifted. Ty was a good person, too. May your memory be eternal Utah G.O.A.T. It just isn’t fair.
