ARLINGTON, Texas — Quarterback Jalan McClendon has been to a few fan fests in his time playing spring football either with the XFL or UFL.
“You’d get maybe 20 people to show up,” said McClendon, now with the Columbus Aviators, “but at the one in Columbus, like that was my expectation going into it, but we get there and I’m like, ‘Oh, shoot.’ There’s like 1,000 people there, and it was snowing.”
The biggest cheers that day were for the Aviators coach Ted Ginn Jr. From 2004 to 2006, he starred at Ohio State. He returned the opening kickoff in the BCS National Championship game for a touchdown against Florida. In 37 games with the Buckeyes, he had 4,068 total yards and 26 touchdowns. Six of those touchdowns came on punt returns, two on kickoffs…