'My God, a freshman!': An oral history of Herschel Walker's encounter with Bill Bates

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Even 35 years later, nobody can believe what they saw on Sept. 6, 1980.

On that day, Georgia running back Herschel Walker and Tennessee safety Bill Bates met in one of the most famous collisions in college football history.