It’s almost easy to forget he actually played football once before a crime. But seeing him help hoist Bob Hope in the air in the annual LOOK All-Americans crowdsurfing bit — it was pretty much the same thing, even the same jokes, most every year — is a pretty good reminder.
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“With a name like Orenthal you have to run fast.”
By the way, UCLA’s Gary Beban (who follows O.J.) won the Heisman in 1967 (O.J. was runner-up before winning the following season).
Jeremy Henderson is a writer and historian. He edits The War Eagle Reader and hosts a weekly “guerrilla Auburn history” radio program called It’s Pronounced Jordan. Follow him on Twitter: @wareaglereader.
