Dad watches No. 28 as a free man

 
By Jenni Carlson
Published: October 8, 2006

Disbelief welled in Nelson Peterson 's eyes as the referee on the jumbo flat-screen television announced that the ruling on the field would stand.

The pass that Peterson's son and Oklahoma 's superstar, Adrian, had missed, the one that Texas had recovered in the end zone, was indeed a lateral.

Touchdown.

Ballgame.

Even though there was still time in the fourth quarter, Peterson knew the game wa...


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