But one guy got hit right in the hands with the tipped ball... and didn't catch it.
To be fair - to me and to him - I am one of the very few people who noted that Gideon did NOT "lose the game" by failing to get the INT, and nor did Thomas by not holding on to Crabtree while the clock ran out. Remember, pushing him out of bounds or tackling him immediately was not really an option with a one-point lead and Tech with a T-O left. . The game was lost by "scares ya ta death" Mack Brown and his dog shit game plan, and his dog shit in-game coaching, letting us get down 19-0 before we even scored... and running a delayed handoff seven yards deep in our own end zone. I was not, am not, and will never be, anything other than disgruntled and rankled by that game and its outcome... but I don't blame Gideon for its loss, all woulda shoulda coulda and un-called OL holding aside.
Oh, and how many times did Tech fans rush the field?