credibility with your audience first, then, if you must, throw a few shots in there.
it almost made it seem like he was trying to indirectly take credit for where BYU is at today, like it's some big palace, then he proceeded to shoot the man down largely responsible for keeping the castle from falling down in the first place.
he needs to know his place...if it were ty detmer or steve young or some "big name" pesron then yes...he doesn't carry that much cache.