IN THE FALL OF 1984, the Detroit Tigers were completing an amazing season, Bruce Springsteen was on his Born in the USA tour, and Bill Murray was busting ghosts.
Otherwise, it was an average start to an average fall semester at Michigan State University.
But one new student was about to set out on an incredible gridiron adventure.
Who would have guessed that a single conversation with a football coach would eventually culminate in a trip to the Rose Bowl in front of more than 100,000 fans?.