It's peripherally related to him, so perhaps my subject line is misleading.

Back in the mid 90s, I listened to local (salt lake) radio during the day while at work.
Rudy Ruettiger was in town and was interviewed by the local sports radio guys. They spent a whole segment telling him how inspirational his story is and what a hero he should be to anyone who goes through a struggle. It was over-the-top praise for the guy. I'm a fan of the Rudy movie, but it was just too much.
Later, they invited the radio audience to call into the show to ask Rudy their random, usually stupid questions.

One of the callers made, for me at least, the most memorable call to a sports talk radio show in my lifetime. (overall, nothing beats the Love Line call about the guy and his dog)
The caller started by gushing about Rudy like the hosts had done and said what an honor it was to speak to the legendary Rudy. (I believe one of them could have been David James.) He then jumped right in to asking Rudy what was going through his head when he watched Vernon Maxwell jump into the crowd during a game and start a fight with a fan. Rudy gave a standard answer explaining that it really did seem crazy to him too. The caller pressed on with follow-up questions. It was
awkward. Of all the things a guy could ask Rudy Ruettiger, why was he so interested in Vernon Maxwell?
The caller finally said something that made it clear that he assumed Rudy was there that night. Rudy cleared that up right away and told him that, no, he wasn't even there to see it live. He just saw it on TV like most everyone else.
The caller sounded baffled and asked how the coach of Maxwell's team wasn't there at the game when it happened...
..."uhhh... This is Rudy Tomjanovich, right?"

Uhhhh no.

Funniest thing ever.

So here we are in SLC. The Rockets were a rival as one of the fellow top teams in the Western Conference and a guy in Utah assumes the "Rudy" that everyone is gushing over is the head coach of that team. It was absolutely hilarious.
Now a show like that 20 years after his retirement may make sense, but this was while he was the coach of a rival that had caused the Jazz so much trouble.