Minnesota QB Cole Kramer’s Fiancée Reacts to Getting Taylor Swift Treatment During Quick Lane Bowl: ‘Bit of a Reach’ (Exclusive)
“But as someone who shed tears of joy getting to see Taylor at the Eras Tour earlier this year, I’ll take it,” Katie Miller tells PEOPLE
Meet the Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift of college football: Cole Kramer and Katie Miller.
Kramer, a fifth-year backup quarterback for the Minnesota Gophers, was ready for the next chapter of his life — stepping into a career beyond football, moving to Arizona and marrying Miller — when he got the chance of a lifetime, according to The Star Tribune.
“I kind of had my mind made up that I was going to be done — just with everything going on in my life,” Kramer told the Minnesota newspaper.
Then, he got a call from Gophers head coach P.J. Fleck
Three days after a tough loss to Wisconsin last month, the Gophers’ former starting quarterback, Athan Kaliakmanis, entered the NCAA transfer portal along with freshman quarterback Drew Viotto, per the newspaper.
Suddenly, freshman walk-on Max Shikenjanski was the team’s only remaining quarterback — and they needed someone more experienced for the bowl game at Ford Field in Detroit. They needed Kramer.
“I got some calls that I would be the starting quarterback, and as a kid that grew up in Minnesota, that was my dream ever since I was little,” he told The Star Tribune
So, with a little encouragement from his fiancée, Miller, Kramer agreed to end his career with a bang. He led the Gophers to a 24-30 victory in his first and only college career start.
But it was his relationship with Miller that stole the show — and drew comparisons to NFL it-couple Kelce, 34, and Swift, 34
