He was fond of walking around the Tennessee athletic complex with a rolled-up towel around his neck. For Georgia, it is Herschel Walker-as pure and as powerful a college football player as ever was. He beat Tennessee almost by himself the first time he ever set foot on the field, as a freshman. At Auburn, Bo Jackson will always be the standard-bearer. He, like Walker, won the Heisman Trophy.
Specific plays live on in the collective memory.
On a Georgia Web site, one fan recently recalled being in the Jacksonville, Florida, stadium when Scott scored that touchdown. His dominant memory is of gold-hued whiskey flying through the air as fans suddenly lurched out of their seats and threw their arms in the air as the play unfolded. It was a big play, paving the way for Georgia's national championship. Whiskey is something that southern football fans enjoy with their games. For the initiated, The Goal Line Stand needs no elaboration.