Boston College guard laughs at Dad's comment

Ayla Brown wasn't surprised when her father, newly elected Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, used his victory speech to advertise for a potential suitor for the Boston College guard.

It was just dad being dad.

``I think people are finally realizing he likes to joke around,'' she said after Boston College's 70-68 loss to No. 25 Virginia on Thursday night. ``I think every daughter could relate to how I felt in that moment.''

Brown, best known as the ``pickup driving candidate,'' won the Senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy in a special election Tuesday.

During his acceptance speech, Brown said both 21-year-old Ayla and 19-year-old Arianna were available before changing and saying only Ayla was.

``Oh, yes. That was very interesting,'' Ayla Brown said. ``That was my Dad.''

When asked if she spoke to him about it, she responded: ``I definitely had a talk with him. My Mom and I said, Dad, `You always do that.' It was really funny.''

Wearing a Boston College football sweatshirt, Brown attended his daughter's game along with wife, Gail Huff, a Boston television reporter.

Ayla, a senior at BC, said she has been flooded with Facebook friend requests since the comment. But she added she doesn't want to meet anyone through Facebook.

``I want meet someone that would like to come up to me,'' she said, smiling.

Ayla, who was in the final 13 of `American Idol' before her freshman season, understands the celebrity status her father has gained.

``I think my Dad's more famous than me, which is totally fine,'' she said. ``I'll give it up to him.''