On New Year’s Day in 1929 California was playing Georgia Tech in the Rose Bowl. And Georgia Tech was marching for a touchdown when the ball was fumbled. A California player named Roy Riegels picked it up and he lost his sense of direction. And instead of running toward his opponent’s goal line he turned and started running toward his own goal line and he ran 65 yards before he was tackled by one of his own men. The end result was that California surrendered a safety for two points and they were behind 2-0 at the halftime and eventually lost the game. And during halftime you can imagine the gloom in the California locker room. The coach tried to pep them up, to brace them and inspire them for the second half but all of them were down, especially Roy Riegels. He sat in a corne...