Spencer Cloward with his feet up on BYU football head coach Kalani Sitake's desk. (Derik Stevenson)
Seven-year-old Spencer Cloward got the opportunity of a lifetime at the BYU-St. Mary's game after an image of him wearing Cougar Blue amongst a sea of Utah fans went viral.
The University of Utah tweeted the image showing Spencer, a first grader at Lone Peak Elementary School, at an assembly with his classmates. The vast majority of those in the picture were in red and making the 'U' sign with their hands. But not Spencer.
https://twitter.com/UUtah/status/693301496700534784
The image began spreading on Twitter and it attracted the attention of former BYU linebacker Derik Stevenson. Stevenson immediately took action and went to Twitter asking Cougar Nation to help.
https://twitter.com/derikstevenson/status/694916366990594049
'People gave him tickets, sent him gift cards so he could buy more BYU gear - it's just been awesome for the kid and I'm so happy just to be a part of it,' Stevenson said to the Deseret News.
https://twitter.com/derikstevenson/status/694917115166330880
https://twitter.com/derikstevenson/status/694982006447304704
Here are some of the many highlights from Spencer's trip to BYU.
https://twitter.com/Nmtrippy/status/695348576507985928
https://twitter.com/derikstevenson/status/695408792234622976
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https://twitter.com/derikstevenson/status/695416415327641600
https://twitter.com/derikstevenson/status/695418367084072961
https://twitter.com/derikstevenson/status/695426314380050432
https://twitter.com/desnewssports/status/695467048772612096
https://twitter.com/drewjay/status/695425873604775936
https://twitter.com/jaromjordan/status/695427809674539008
https://twitter.com/derikstevenson/status/695441913776775169
https://twitter.com/derikstevenson/status/695460821799833600
https://twitter.com/BrandonCGurney/status/695418546025689088
After the long and exciting night:
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