At the end, it looks like the ref looked down at him and said, "CALM DOWN!".

I noticed on one of the holding calls on OJH, it looked like he was pass blocking and "legally" holding the rusher's jersey inside the shoulders.  When Blake ran around the outside, the rusher tried to pull away and OJH continued to hold on too long, causing the holding call.  It is hard to fault him on that one.

My opinion is that I would throw that ball all day long, with a match up of O.J., Cooper, or Norwood, (last year), on a 5'9" defender.  Golson made a great play and that is what wins games at crunch time.  I won't write off a great player like O.J. after a bad hair day.  There were too many other things in the game, all easily correctable, that would have helped win the game.

They will get it right.

See you in the play offs.
    

Only 2 things wrong with that....the food and his date.   A sammich at home sounds pretty good to me.

I told you, the student section is empty and we still have 30 seconds on the clock!

It is amazing how the media loves heroes.  So much that they will make one up if they need to.  Look at the video with an open mind and you will see:

#7 for SMU was pushed in the back by #8 for TAMU AFTER they were well out of bounds.
#7 would have avoided the dog anyway.  He had already started to plant his foot before the cadet made contact with him.
The cadet is to be commended for doing the right thing, and he would have kept the dog from getting stepped on, if #7 had been heading for the dog.  But, the cadet's actions did nothing to save the dog from injury.  Injury was not going to happen, even if the cadet had been at the concession stand getting a hot dog.
Everyone did their job, but the cadet is no more a hero than #7, who made a good effort to avoid contact after being pushed by TAMU's #8.  If they want to buy some boots for the cadet, #8 should probably be the one to pay for them.
The cadet should be glad they were not playing Miss. State.  He would have had a tough time keeping Mr. Day from stepping on the dog.  Good thing that Day is suspended for the TAMU game.

I was also there in 1973.  Over 100,000 people remember being there, even though the stadium was much smaller then.

Yep.

Now, that's funny!  It is one of the images I was seeing in my head.

Before the game 0-0
Halftime 17-10 Bama
Final 31-17 Bama
First play for Bama offense:  Slant pass to OJH for 1st down.  If any players or coaches are reading this, get the word to CLK for me.

The remote control is your friend.