This past Monday, Clemson won the college football championship, thanks in no small part to a former walk-on receiver, Hunter Renfrow, who had 10 catches for 92 yards and 2 touchdowns, including the game winner with a second to go.
One day prior to the game, the sports crew at WBTW-TV, the CBS affiliate in Myrtle Beach, SC, did a national championship preview special, and one segment featured WBTW’s Julia Morris interviewing the hometown kid, Renfrow. In an eerie bit of foreshadowing, Morris says “He has a knack for clutch plays, we’ll see if he can make a couple more tomorrow night.”
I should probably mention that Julia Morris is my niece, the eldest child of my older sister Jeanne and her husband Michael. And since Julia has been doing sports for WBTW, an underdog Coastal Carolina baseball team won the College World Series, and the underdog Clemson Tigers toppled the mighty Alabama Crimson Tide in the college football championship.
Clearly Julia not only is a fantastic sports anchor/reporter (as you can see from her interview with Hunter Renfrow and other clips like this one and the highlight reel below), but she also has the Midas touch. If any major market teams would like to win a title, they don’t need to worry about recruiting 5-star athletes, they just need to recruit Julia to do TV sports in their town.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ilr2w4Efc&feature=youtu.be
Miami University could use a gal like Julia!
And of course…”Princeton could use a guy like Joel. “
Sounds like Risky Business to me… as much as you’d love a national championship for your beloved HCAM (Horseshoe Club at Miami), as you and I both know from working in radio there, Oxford, OH isn’t exactly a major market. But if Julia works in Cincinnati, Xavier can win the hoops title and Miami can win hockey. Deal?
Your niece has a much better face for TV than you did for radio.
That’s not saying much…