He was a professional acquaintance of a friend of mine, and my friend and I loved how The New York Times would insist on quoting him by his full name, with initial, instead of just ""Joe Hodas."" So, as an inside joke, I put his full name on the back of a jersey of a team I created in NCAA 2004.He was the backup QB as a senior.He had lost his my web replica watches job to a sophomore (incidentally, the writer who profiled Brian for 5280 Magazine.)I later heard Joe was kind of disappointed about getting benched in the middle of a championship season, and I honestly felt bad for that.
Like he'd been the unwitting butt of a joke.So when EA Sports asked for names, I submitted his and hoped for the best.EA Sports reminded that you were submitting names only for ""potential use.""Who knows, how, exactly, his last name got in there.I do know I'd never heard it said in previous versions.But I'd like to think that in a recording watches gift online studio somewhere, maybe Florida, or New York or the West Coast, Brad Nessler of ESPN sat down, maybe cleared his throat, looked at a piece of and a pronunciation guide, and said ""Hodas.""And in a game on Friday, Virginia Tech vs.
the University of Denver (above), I got to hear ""Hodas comes to the line under center."" As silly as it is, it was a game-pausing, fist-throwing moment.Because it really underlines the game at its finest, when real life collides with sports fantasy on the television set, where you've always wanted to see a great sports moment starring you or your friends.So, web watches gift thank you, EA Sports.And I have one more promise: Joe, we're going to the title game this year.And we're doing it with you in the saddle.
