Old School: Zack Dumas Is the Obliterator

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Before offering bloomin' onions and enraging Iowa fans, the Outback Bowl was the Hall of Fame Bowl, a plucky little operation out of the tiny city of Tampa, Florida.

On January 1, 1990, the Hall of Fame Bowl was hosting Auburn and Ohio State. The Buckeyes took an early lead and seemed to be in command of the game. Then Auburn tailback Stacy Danley took a flare pass from Reggie Slack, a decision that nearly cost him his life.



Amazingly enough, that hit did more to incite the passion of Auburn than of OSU. Said Auburn LB Quentin Riggins:

"When we saw that hit and what it did to Stacy, it woke us up."

We're sure Riggins was speaking metaphorically, but in case anyone at the stadium was literally asleep, they were probably jarred into consciousness with the sound of Zack Dumas rearranging Danley's nervous system. Nonetheless, the Tigers would rattle off four straight touchdowns en route to a 31-14 victory.