![]() "The phone rang and I had no clue who it was. Then, there was a phone call from a number she didn't recognize. She said so many people were tagging her on Facebook that the app stopped loading. Mollie had been dealing with the same thing. I called my wife to figure out what was going on and she said, 'Glad to see you're figuring it out now!'" "When I made it out and got service, my phone just started blowing up. When he came back above ground Monday afternoon, he was amazed at the attention. Micheal was working underground all day Monday, he had no idea the photo of him and Easton had captured the hearts of so many Wildcat fans. "My family's American dream started in a Clarksburg, WV coal mine, so this picture hits home," he said. He shared the photo and talked about his own family's background in the mines. It didn't take long for that photo to reach Coach Cal himself. "My phone started going absolutely crazy," Mollie said. Someone snapped a picture of the pair, remarking on how much respect they had for Micheal clearly running straight from work to bring Easton to the game. Turns out, Micheal and Easton attracted more attention than they ever could have imagined. "I made the joke to my husband, somebody's going to record him dancing and it's going to go viral," Mollie said. ![]() "Pretty much anybody that dunked the ball was his favorite! Anybody that would jump up and dunk, he was like 'Ooooh! Look at him!!'" Mollie said.Įaston made a big impression on his section with his dance moves. Micheal ended up working late Saturday and had to run straight from the mine, covered in soot, to the arena to meet Mollie and their three-year-old son, Easton. "It's literally just like a big, giant cave." I was like, 'Wow, I didn't think people really could go through stuff like this,'" he said. "I started about a year ago and it kind of blew my mind. Micheal works as a roof bolter in a coal mine. I thought it would be a great experience for him to share with our son," she said. "They had posted the presale link and I hopped on and grabbed some tickets because I knew it was important to him and his dad. When UK announced they would hold this year's Blue-White game in Eastern Kentucky, Mollie saw an opportunity to surprise her family. Micheal lives in Pikeville with his wife, Mollie McGuire, and their two kids. ![]() "I was a little boy, growing up watching with my dad," he said. Like so many kids across Kentucky, Micheal Joe McGuire and his dad had a Big Blue Tradition. (LEX 18) - A photo of a coal miner covered in soot with his son at the University of Kentucky Blue-White Game went viral Monday, eventually earning the pair a shout-out from Coach John Calipari.
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