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[QUOTE="javadoc, post: 1473323, member: 338"]
Taking a moment today to remember, among other things, our first game after 9/11.  We had no game scheduled the weekend immediately after that day, and had Auburn in the Dome the following weekend, Saturday the 22nd.

I flew up to the Cuse from Atlanta a few days before the game, and the airport was being patrolled by openly-armed National Guard troops.  Local police were out in force.

There was a small American flag waiting on each seat before the game.

The Auburn OT who would line up against Freeney was famously quoted as saying that he would not allow a sack.  There was also some tradition where the QB would buy the linemen a steak if they didn't allow a sack, or something to that effect.  Freeney ran right past the guy on Auburn's first play and put the QB onto the turf.  The play didn't count due to penalty, but the crowd went wild.

And wasn't the end of the harassment.  We won 31-14.  One of the most memorable games I will ever experience.
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