Mike Anthony: Even brain cancer couldn’t stop a UConn tailgate tradition

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-> Norm Myers, Peg Myers and their children, Tommy Myers and Kelly Fields, represent UConn athletics as well as any family in history. Norm, a linebacker, played football at UConn, graduating in 1985. Peg, a forward, played basketball for the Huskies, graduating in 1986 after serving as Auriemma's first captain as a senior. Tommy, a tight end, played football at UConn and Kelly, after transferring from St. Francis in New York, was on the track team, both graduating in 2017.<-

-> The risk factors are white, male, in your 60s, higher educated and high IQ,” Peg said. “Norm is all of those.”

Norm didn’t miss a football game last season. The pit cooker, which one time in recent years cooked an entire pig to feed about 100 people, kept smoking and it will again in the fall. The pizza record was set Oct. 4, before the Huskies’ victory over Florida International. Sixty pies were charred and handed out. The siren wailed. Norm wasn’t drinking but he was toasted by dear friends who talked about coming together to fight with him. He is four months into that fight, proving already that something so scary and demanding doesn’t have to change who you are and what you do best.“Off to a good start,” Peg said.<-

 

[uchusky32]

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[Woof 101]

Wow a sad one here, a most wonderful bleed blue family. Always a delight wondering from our tailgate to The Husky Walk going through the family tailgate area up front outside gate C. The siren goes off and you hear Peg and others shout out SHOT TIME!!!
Best thoughts and wishes for a recovery, godspeed.

 

[ArtTheFan]

Brain cancer is bad, but I'll be praying for him to recover. Best of luck to the Myers family...

 

[WrenchFan69]

Incredibly well-written - credit to Mike. The Myers family are an amazing bunch across the board. UConn lifers and great people. Best of luck to Norm.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

Love the Myers family!!! My mom was AD at Coventry when Norm's kid was recruited to UConn. Myers Family are the sweetest, nicest people you can imagine, and they absolutely bleed blue. Rooting for Norm and the whole family. <3

 

[Skiblets]

Used to play pick up hoops with Norm and Peggy in Coventry back in the early 2000s. Great people.

Peggy was a baller and Norm believed in the ‘hard foul’ which often left a mark

Used to tailgate near them in the first ten or so years at the Rent and was often called over by them when the siren rang. My dad would go too and even though he didn’t partake they would treat him like a long lost friend

Wishing them well ❤️