I emailed that link to a friend of mine. This was his reply:

As I understand the history of it, my biological great-grandpa, Joe Maddock, (1)wrote Utah Man whilst he was head football coach (2)at the U, before he moved to Eugene to (3)coach the Ducks.

Of all the things he might regret, those three sins are possibly pretty low on his list.

(4)Knocking up a cheerleader-slash-(5)daughter-of-an-apostle and (5)having her give the baby up for adoption to be raised by a (6)70-year old couple of (7)destitute (8)strangers in (9)Wayne County (10)rather than in the luxury of their SLC mansions, is probably a little further up that list.