Why are there so many Mark Sanchez jerseys at the WM Open? - ESPN

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Fans walking around the WM Phoenix Open in football jerseys have become pretty common over the years, especially with the tournament played during Super Bowl weekend.

Just this year, Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers jerseys have been spotted around TPC Scottsdale, with the occasional hometown Arizona Cardinals jersey sprinkled in.

That's why so many heads turned Friday when not one, not two or three, but seven, guys in seven different Mark Sanchez jerseys walked through the mass of people around the famous 16th hole.

«The funny part is, so one of us walks by and people are, 'Oh, Mark Sanchez, what's that for?'» said Wyatt Rozas, who was wearing a white New York Jets Sanchez jersey. «And then another one walks by and they're like, 'Sanchez?' and then six more walk by and they're like, 'What the hell?'»

The Sanchez gang is a group of friends who are juniors and seniors at Texas A&M and grew up together in Dallas. They're all between 21 and 23 years old, and two — Wyatt and Bryce Rozas — who's the mastermind of the Brotherhood of the Traveling Sanchez Jerseys — are cousins. The seven friends — Drew Bonneau, Reed Pafford, Carl Wilson, Connor Lehman, Carter Kryzak, Wyatt and Bryce — used their trip to Scottsdale as one last hoorah before returning to the real world and real responsibilities, by sitting in the grandstand along the right side of the fairway of the famous 16th hole.

In 2012, Bryce received a green Jets Sanchez jersey as a gag gift for Christmas shortly after the quarterback's butt fumble. Like many family jokes, it morphed into legend and lore. Before Bryce knew it, he started getting a Sanchez jersey every time the quarterback changed teams.

«Ever since, our family has been