Anonymous | Posted: 6 Oct 2000 | Updated: 6 Oct 2000

Josh Lowe, Up Close

Nickname: Tiny and squatch, or P. Lowe

Favorite cold cereal: Cocoa Puffs, its an unholy offense to touch my Cocoa Puffs.

What is your favorite LaVell Edwards quote: "Let's make sure to get this thing taken care of."

Why did you choose to play football over other sports: It's a mentally challenging sport .

Before a football game, I: I won't talk to anyone and I crack bad jokes.

How did you spend your off-season: Laying flat on my back recovering from back surgery.

Who has had the greatest influences on your football career and why: Jesse Parker, my high school coach, because he taught me how to believe in myself and work hard, settling for nothing less than perfection.

What do you want to be doing 20 years from now: Be married and raising a family.

Who is the best player you've ever faced: Thomas Jones, Virginia, he's the quickest little guy I've ever seen.

The dirtiest team I've ever played is: Air Force, they are a bunch of cowards who block below your knees.

What would you like to do sometime in your life: Hangliding.

One place I would like to visit: Everywhere

If you could play another position, what would it be: Fullback, they are the unsung heroes of the game.

How did you select your jersey number: I chose the first half of 5150, a Van Halen album and is the name of a guitar amp and its the police code for a legally insane person on the loose. And its a cliff-jumping spot in Arizona that is 112-feet high.

What is the best book you've ever read: The Call of Cthulu by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

My advice to youngsters: "Never, never, never, never, never give up," by Winston Churchill

My favorite professor or most interesting BYU class I've taken: Dr. Steven Walker in the English Department, you eat up every word he says.

If you had to give up all of your possessions except one, what would be the one thing you kept and why: My guitar.

My Favorite scripture: Romans 7:12 - Romans 8:2

People say I look like: Bill Cosby

Interesting fact most people don't know about me: I like classical music.

If I were on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," the person I'd call for my lifeline is and why: Teag Whiting because I like him.

If you could invite any three people to dinner who would they be: Vladimir Lenin, Jesse Parker and my Grandpa Lowe whom I've never met.

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