Cousin Fred is a wonderful sort.
Urbane, sophisticated, cosmopolitan. College professor, nice guy, raconteur, a success from humble beginnings.
Been everywhere, done everything. Dusted the grime of Muskogee off his hippie sandals long ago.
But he still carries one small trinket of Oklahoma in his heart - his love of Sooner football.
Probably cause he’d rather hobnob with us eclectic, exasperating yet unceasingly friendly Longhorn fans rather than those crazy, dangerous Uraguan futbol rivals of his beloved Argentina.
And did you know there’s a major road in El Paso named after Fred Wilson? Makes me smile every time I see it. I tell everybody there, “I know Fred. He’s my cousin.”