scrutiny.
"Even better, Reese headed the school’s Committee on Race, Equity and Belonging, which determined — correctly so — that BYU needed to address and get rid of every kind of racism."
Also took a shot at Merril J. Bateman.
"A university president who is a fan can be a great boon to a football program. Many past BYU presidents have been emotional fans. Merrill Bateman, who was the school’s president from 1996 to 2003, once chased me down walking to his car, which happened to be parked in front of my house for a funeral for a mutual friend at a nearby church, yelling to me, “Hey, Gordon, when are we going to convince you to be a fan of the Cooouuuuuggggaaaarrrrsss?” I swear, that’s how he said it.
Wiping tears away at the loss of my friend, I simply waved and said, “Sorry, not a fan. Just a columnist."