1983: The game was the first of the season and we had scrimmaged O.S. several times and they were making it hard on us. The score was tied 7-7 in the 4th. Randy Pack and I were the running backs and Coach Branson allowed us to choose who would be the tailback when we ran out of the “I” formation. This usually wasn’t a problem, when the huddle broke one of us would say “I got it” and the other would take fullback. Well on this occasion Coach had sent in an option play out of the “I” and as we broke the huddle both of us said “I got it”. We proceed to stand and argue “I got it, No I got it” back and forth until QB Bryan Ogle turned around and said “let’s go” (of course Barry Narramore was also turned around looking but that was just to get the snap count which he forgot every play). I told Randy “Fine you take it.”
The play started and as we ran around the left end there was absolutely nobody for me to block. It was wide open all the way to the end zone some 70 yards away. Randy scored the go ahead and ultimately winning touchdown. Randy had come to SOR late in life and hadn’t played organized football so this was a big thrill for him and his family (rightly so). They were very excited to see the Monday edition of the Roane County News like most of us were when we thought we might get a mention but something went terribly wrong. The sportswriter (obviously not Brownie) made an error and gave me credit for the score. It was a full page with like 3 pictures. I thought it was funny, Randy didn’t see it that way, he called the paper and they promised to make a retraction which they did about 3 weeks later that was buried so deep in the classified section that I found a nice cheap, one owner, low mileage, coon hound while trying to find it.
Story submitted by Junior Gaylon