Bruce James will never forget that moment as one of the Arkansas Razorbacks captains when he looked up as he approached midfield for the coin toss on Oct. 24, 1970, at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock.
Arkansas' opponent that day was Wichita State, which had been involved in a fiery plane crash 22 days earlier that killed 14 starters and left eight other players injured.
It was one of those survivors, too banged up to be out there, who struggled across the field on crutches to participate in the coin toss with James and the other Arkansas captains.