Irrelevant Week: Mr. Irrelevant hoping to survive

Richard Dunn

To cap Irrelevant Week XXVI, BYU tight end and hopeful Arizona

Cardinal Tevita Ofahengaue will be the featured guest today in the

inaugural Survivor Challenge at Palace Park in Irvine.

The Challenge consists of teams of four in perfectly irrelevant events

like wacky golf, bumper boat relays, go-cart races, laser tag and other

virtual reality games.

Try your skills against Mr. Irrelevant while competing for immunity,

food and other benefits befitting a true “survivor.” The last team that

endures the brutal tribunal takes home the Survivor Award. It all begins

at 9 a.m. Details: (949) 263-0727.

Ofahengaue, who probably qualifies as the wittiest Irrelevant Week

honoree, set IW records this week for largest entourage (60), being the

oldest player (26) and having the most children, four.

Mr. Irrelevant XXVI, chosen 246th overall and absolutely dead last in

the NFL draft, was a walk-on player at BYU, then earned a scholarship and

started for three years.

“At first, I just wanted to play one down. I would’ve been happy with

that,” Ofahengaue said at the All-Star Sports Banquet, where he received

the coveted Lowsman Trophy.