'"It was the perfect storm. He was the underdog; I was a prototypical quarterback with size. He had the autistic son he did commercials with–that pulled at people's heartstrings; I was the surfer boy from California. A local radio station had this skit where they used a high-pitched voice for Doug, I guess because he was short, and I sounded like Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It was hilarious. That's how people thought of it."'