Former University of Toledo star tight end Steve Rosi had a few go-to stories from his playing days that he passed along to his sons Drew and Nick Rosi when they were young.
The first one is when he was the lead blocker on Wasean Tait's game-winning touchdown run in overtime of the 1995 Las Vegas Bowl and then found himself with Tait on the bottom of a massive celebration pile.
“We just got buried on the bottom of that pile,” Rosi recalled. “I remember not being able to breathe. It felt like an eternity down there.