Chief hung out with Ricky’s dad before the 1999 NC game. He was one of 3 people that told Chief UConn was going to win. The other two were Tate George, who was at the the Channel 3 truck and a newspaper guy from Newark. Ricky’s dad said the team was so locked in the night before that even the great Jim Calhoun didn’t quite know what to make of it given the late time of the game the next day. Could they keep that killer laser focus? They did. Ricky’s dad was a professional golf caddy and usually he had some great golf stories for Chief, but we did not discuss golf at all - Ricky carried the team the first half until Rip took over.