ESPN's College GameDay pays tribute to colleague, CFB writer Ed Aschoff

ESPN college football writer Edward Aschoff passed away at the age of 34 on Christmas Eve — his birthday. He had contracted pneumonia around a month ago according to social media posts:

Anyone ever had multifocal (bilateral) pneumonia in their early 30s as some who never gets sick and has a very good immune system? Asking for two friends … my lungs.

— Edward Aschoff (@AschoffESPN) December 5, 2019

Damn. So I had a virus for two weeks. Fever and cough and the doctors think it turned into this multifocal pneumonia recently. I’m on day 4 of antibiotics. Days are getting better but nights are basically fever and coughing and sweating. How long were you out for?

— Edward Aschoff (@AschoffESPN) December 5, 2019

On Saturday, during ESPN’s specialized version of College GameDay, the crew paid tribute to Aschoff:

“We salute him as we cover the sport he loved, college football.”

The @CollegeGameDay crew are wearing flower lapels as they pay tribute to Ed Aschoff. pic.twitter.com/KCLptoKFQ8

— ESPN (@espn) December 28, 2019

As the tweet mentions, the crew is wearing flower lapels as they pay tribute. Our thoughts are with Aschoff’s family.

The college football world has endured many deaths recently, including Iowa’s Hayden Fry and Bump Elliott. Coach Herman Boone, who was played by Denzel Washington in the film ‘Remember the Titans’ also passed away in December.

Football is amazing, but appreciating what we have — football related or not — is something we should all do more often.