Full Circle: Sal Aunese (CU QB) and His Son 20 Year Later

ESPN ^ | Sept 23, 2009 | Tom Friend

[C19fan]

Every Sunday, after church, the 7-year-old boy would escape to Grandpa's basement. He'd never seen such a room -- trophies and game balls and jerseys and photos and videotapes, all at his disposal. He'd heard about a place called heaven, a magical place they raved about in Bible school, and he decided this had to be it. It had to be. Because his father was here.

One of those trophies … his daddy won. One of those game balls … his daddy earned. One of those jerseys … his daddy wore. One of those photos … his daddy's face. Stacks of those videos … his daddy coming to life. The 7-year-old would revel down there for hours, watching game film that made his eyes bulge, gripping a football that felt like love, deciding right then and there how he was going to spend the rest of his life:

Re-creating that basement.

[C19fan]

I remember following the whole sad story of Sal Aunese a very good QB at U Colorado who dies of stomach cancer at age of 20. Great story. Coach McCarthy really walks the walks when it comes to his Christian faith.

[fatez]

Hard to elieve it was 20 years ago...

[fatez]

Hard to believe it was 20 years ago...