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It is now 35 years, six presidents, and a dynasty ago since they met on the 1 and history and from the confines of Charlie 4 Seasoning Inc., in Sugarland, Texas, former Bengals running back Charles Alexander had just one question from across the goal line of generations.

“I always wanted to know, did he know what was coming at him?” Alexander says of that pass in the flat on top of the football world in Super Bowl XVI. “It seemed like he knew it was coming.”

Across the country nestled on the leafy side of Sacramento, Calif.