It's been a week since graduation day, but there's one more recollection that I didn't get posted. It's official, as far as I'm concerned. Brian Williams is a Buckeye. He earned his Scarlett and Gray stripes, witnessed by thousands in a brutally hot, sultry Ohio Stadium, when he began his commencement address with a big O-H, and these exact words:

"I'll be brief here today, because I know how hot it is out there, but at least I don't have to speak slowly and measure out every syllable, and explain everything as I go along, like you have to do up in Ann Arbor."

It brought the house down.

What a tumultuous week Brian had. Sunday, speaking in the 'Shoe. Tuesday, reporting live from Afghanistan. And since Friday, trying to cope with the tragic death of his friend Tim Russert. He is a busy guy, but when I emailed NBC news before commencement, Brian kindly replied to me through his executive assistant that he would try to send a note with his impressions of graduation after his day in the Horseshoe. That all seems so long ago now, and with all that has transpired, it will be understandable if that gets overlooked in his profound loss and the grieving process. If I do get something down the road, I will share it with you in the book. For now my thoughts are with the adopted Buckeye.