23 Miami in the Gator Bowl on New Year's Day. I don't think it should take away from my overalton honed his instincts on every backyard and vacant lot in Alvin, a South Carolina town of about 800 people where there's not much to do except hang out at Kinlaw's Barber Shop and play football. Amazingly, this hamlet has produced Penn State defensive end Courtney Brown, San Francisco 49ers safety Pierson Prioleau and former Philadelphia Eagles receiver Harvey Middleton. Not bad for a town not listed on official state road maps since at least 1956. They don't have movie theaters and shopping malls and skating rinks.
Football is what they're going to play.
Green remembers Hamilton's first game at Macedonia Middle School in 1989, the same year Hurricane Hugo ripped through the South Carolina lowlands. Green gave Little Joe seven plays, putting them on a wristband so he wouldn't forget. The coach planned to relay the plays with a tight end, but that kid was injured early in the game. Green panicked, wondering how he would get the plays to Hamilton. Then the quarterback reminded him of the system they had worked out before the game to use with a no-huddle offense.