Byrd was one of my all-time favorites and gave me the single greatest quote in my 3 years covering UC basketball and Football after the win at West Virginia in 2008:
I asked him about the defensive line's domination of Pat White and the WVU running game.
He was the man at Colerain... he was the man at UC... guy should have gotten a shot in the league... he could have found a niche... was too strong, fast and had too good of technique not to, imo.
