Ziggy Ansah

[MarkGrace]

Article in SI.
http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/b...ig-thing-1.jpg

[All-American]

Article in SI.
http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/b...ig-thing-1.jpg

Fun read.

The Wyoming game from which the kickoff they talk about comes is on BYUtv. The kickoff comes at the beginning of the second half, at about 1:09:28. Ziggy is number 74, on the right side toward the middle off BYU's kickoff coverage.

[Surfah]

Article in SI.
http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/b...ig-thing-1.jpg

He's on the cover. His name anyway:

[DrumNFeather]

McShay now has him at #26 on the draft board.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft...te-draft-board

I think he moved up to 23 this week.

[YOhio]

I saw this link on CB. Pretty cool blog by the SI author.

http://www.jeffbenedict.com/index.ph...log/313--ziggy

[Indy Coug]

So how long before the SI article is released to their website?

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I saw this link on CB. Pretty cool blog by the SI author.

http://www.jeffbenedict.com/index.ph...log/313--ziggy

I'm pretty excited for him to be on NPR! That's going to make his stock soar.

[Indy Coug]

I'm pretty excited for him to be on NPR! That's going to make his stock soar.

Too bad there won't be any Mormons listening to that liberal dung heap of a radio station.

[YOhio]

I'm pretty excited for him to be on NPR! That's going to make his stock soar.

Watch SU post a bunch of Ziggy highlight clips after he hears the piece.

[Surfah]

Cool article in DesNews by Benedict:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...nsah.html?pg=1

I got chills reading this part:

With Ziggy, there is an undercurrent of destiny. Consider that Frei met Ziggy on a basketball court in Ghana. Their common love of basketball turned them into fast friends. The interesting thing is that Steve Young partnered with Engage Now Africa to build the sports court where Frei and Ziggy met. The school's headmaster, a Mormon, allowed the missionaries to play pick-up basketball games there. And Ziggy worked there as a teaching assistant.

I called Young while writing the Sports Illustrated story on Ziggy. The former BYU quarterback still keeps close tabs on the Cougars. So he's familiar with Ziggy. But he had no idea that the court he helped build in Ghana proved to be the meeting place between Ziggy and the Mormon missionaries.

"The idea that Ziggy's story began there is heartwarming to all of us," Young said.

Pretty awesome. Reminds me of Rogers old man hooping it up with Papa Fredette.

Also, I am stoked to read Benedict's book. I can't wait to read about Van Noy in it.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Too bad there won't be any Mormons listening to that liberal dung heap of a radio station.

When the NFL groupies get to Ziggy he can go on John Darvin's Mormon podcast with UtahDan and CUF will be a buzz!

[YOhio]

When the NFL groupies get to Ziggy he can go on John Darvin's Mormon podcast with UtahDan and CUF will be a buzz!

lol. John Darvin.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

lol. John Darvin.

Isn't that his name?

[YOhio]

Isn't that his name?

Yes it is.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Isn't that his name?

No. It's James Dehlin.