Football season is under way, and right now some football fanatic somewhere is probably telling the often-repeated story about Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels. Riegels pulled one of the worst blunders in the history of college football by running the wrong way for 65 yards after picking up a fumble during the 1929 Rose Bowl.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Honoring those who went the wrong way
Monday, October 4, 2010 | 12:01 a.m. CDT;
updated 4:09 p.m. CDT, Sunday, October 10, 2010
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