it was back in 1989 when i was a sophomore at vanderbilt that i first heard the name perry wallace. and i was struck by a scene that was in a student magazine article about perry. and he was, it was a story about his freshman year on the freshman basketball team. back then they didn't play on the varsity as freshman. he did have one african-american teammate that year, god freed dillard. they were sitting in the locker room halftime against mississippi state, two young, strong basketball players holding hands to gain the strength to go back on the court for the second half. the first half had been such a gross, grotesque display of racism, they both described it as their version of hell on earth. and just reading that article as a relatively new person to nashville and to vanderbilt really hit me, and i was taking a black history class at the time and wrote a paper about perry. he was a professor at the university of baltimore at the time, and i called him up in baltimore, ended up writing two papers about him, several columns for the student newspaper. of all the things i did as a s

perry? what's she been doing? getting a hug from old miss black bear. less than three minutes left to play tied at 17, wallaceouchdown. the rebels led 23-17 over alabama. they drove in ole miss territory. here's the "hail mary." back at the end zone. take another look. is it an interception? ole miss pulls the upset. >>> kenny hill heisman hype. setback against mississippi. up by a couple of scores bulldogs if the 2nd quarter, oh, the pass is deflected into the waiting hand of ritchie brown. hill threw three interceptions all of them to that man. and mississippi state zach prescott nine yards. wilson made it 28-7 dogs. and then in the third, a 51- yard strike. fred brown oh, nice grab over the defensive back. prescott had a couple of passing scores with three touchdowns and the bulldogs stop the aggies 48-31. >>> oakland visiting texas christian. sooner leading 31-24 mid 3rd quarter. here come the horn frogs. boykin ties it up at 31. early 4th quarter, trevor knight it is picked off by paul dawson returns it back to the house. texas christian the horn frogs upset oklahoma 37-33. >>> over to the nfl. i would g