Yesterday was a big day in college football. Alabama beat Florida 32-13 for the SEC championship, Texas beat Nebraska 13-12 for the Big 12 championship. Both games were thrilling or disgusting, depending on your point of view. See Cecil Hurt's column on the Alabama-Florida game.

Today is the 40th anniversary of another game, a heart-stopper. This was the Big Shootout between Arkansas and Texas on December 6, 1969. The ADG has a big story about it today. Many Arkansans of that era have never gotten over the last-minute loss to Texas. In their minds the game was between them and us, between light and darkness, between good and evil. Funny thing, today Texas QB James Street and his teammates have turned out to be really nice guys, and they had a lot of respect for the Razorback players.

I remember the game well, and I was upset at the outcome, but I got over it. Many people still can't accept it. See here, for example. The DG has some stories today about how contemporaries recall their reaction to the game.

See this Google search.