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Which miracle win was better? We go back and forth

Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007 | 7:26 a.m.

By Ron Kantowski

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Normally, lateral moves aren't considered a good thing.

They still aren't at Millsaps College.

But Trinity University, a small liberal arts school overlooking downtown San Antonio has secured a place in college football history thanks to the mother of all lateral moves. It occurred on the final play of a Division III game played in front of fewer than 4,000 spectators last Saturday in Jackson, Miss.

Seemingly everybody wearing a Trinity uniform and associated with the school, with the exception of the student managers and the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, touched the ball on a wacky play that featured 15 laterals.

By contrast, there were only five laterals on the last play of Cal's 25-20 victory against Stanford in 1982, the fantastic finish against which Trinity's will always be judged.

Even if the Millsaps band didn't run onto the field.

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