Nice Call That Almost Didn’t Get Played
September 28th, 2005
Dan Chou's Story of the Week
Everyone has heard of stories like this, with kids that have terminal diseases and corporations that are willing to help them grant one last wish.
This article stood out to me, however, because of the things that happened en route to fulfilling this boy’s request. The requests I tend to hear about are kids who want to go to Disneyland, or perhaps he wants a new bike. Calling a play for a college football team sounds like a simple request, but it was also very hard for the team to come through with it.
Even more touching was the fact that the boy had already passed away the Friday before the game. Still, the coach and the team (Notre Dame) made good on their promise. They still “passed right,” despite it being right after a fumble recovery and when no one thought that the play could go through.
Probably because I go to USC, there’s a certain amount of cockiness when it comes to college football. We are, after all, the defending two-time National Champions. But something more universal and more important than winning, is compassion. It makes all the difference.
2 Responses
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stephanie and monica October 3, 2005 at 9:58 am
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thats such a nice story. i wish the boy could have lived to see it though. about your previous post, doesnt spiderman’s boss whats his name’s son go to space and brings venom back with him and then spidey gets possesed by him? that’s what i remember from the cartoons but maybe my memory is skewed. hopefully i’ll be able to call you sometime soon daniel! hope school is good.
hey dchou! we’re in journalism right now and Rampage is comin out tomorrow so we don’t have anything to do. we were xanga surfing and we came across yours and thought we’d say hi! you are very missed at the rampage, esp by us–who are we gonna not go to classes with at the NSPA thing this year? How are things in sunny CA?! This is monica now!! Hey, dont be a stranger!! (mopo5050@aol.com) We wanna hear from our favvv ed in chief!! haha
steph again–seriously, dan, IM me or something once in a while. like mon said, don’t be a stranger!
hope USC is all you wanted it to be. love steph and moncica
p.s. if you want, we’ll send you cookies or a care package in CA if you want (since we’re used to being J1 slaves anyhoo)