Editing Ricky Byrdsong (section)

===The walk on the wild side===
On February 5, 1994, while coaching a game against Minnesota, Byrdsong abruptly left the game and joined the fans in the stands shaking hands, high-fiving the Minnesota Gopher mascot and taking an unticketed seat until removed by an usher. The team had started the season 9–0 but was at this point on a 9-game losing streak.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704694004576019650146284700?mod=WSJ_article_CollegeBasketballHeadlines | work=The Wall Street Journal | first=Darren | last=Everson | title=Chicago's Other Sports Curse | date=December 15, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4256679.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105071431/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4256679.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|title=RETURN FROM THE WILD SIDE // Byrdsong Puts NU's Attitude, Image in Focus – Chicago Sun-Times &#124; HighBeam Research|date=November 5, 2012}}</ref>

After returning to Evanston, Byrdsong's wife requested a leave of absence for the coach, to which  Byrdsong remarked, "My wife, after watching me, obviously got concerned, now, any time I'm going to take a walk on the wild side, I should let her know."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jul-07-mn-53670-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Mike | last=Downey | date=July 7, 1999 | title=The Last Walk in the Short Life of Ricky Byrdsong}}</ref>