I got an email from a stranger in Australia who said she read a column I wrote for the 2009 Sugar Bowl, in which I interviewed a touch knell in the French Quarter. The reader said she too met the New Orleans fortune-teller and her luck has been terrible ever since.
She thinks she was cursed and wants it removed.
Deseret News photo by Jeffrey D. AllredThe email caused me to look back at the column, to see what actually came to pass. Not a lot. My line of questioning was mainly about Kyle Whittiingham and the Utes. The clairvoyant named Tom said, for instance, that Whittingham would be involved in some sort of salacious scandal. Didnt happen. He also said the Utes would never get in the Pac-10/12.
So much for hocus-pocus.
He knew nothing about Utah football and not much about football in general. So I kind of primed him on what was at stake in Utahs game against Alabama. He did predict the Utes would win.
Anyway, with Halloween approaching, I thought Id provide a little spooky stuff.
P.S., if any of you know how to get in touch with "Tom the Touch Knell," let me know.
Id be interested to know if the playoffs are in the Utes immediate future.