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And then, reality set in.
In January of 1981, All-South center Roe Waldron experienced his first “well-hell-I-didn’t-see-THAT-coming” moment. A few days earlier, the senior, in his last collegiate game, had swapped helmet paint with future NFL mauler Jim Burt in the Peach Bowl against the University of Miami (the Florida one in case you were wondering). But when he returned to his room at Hillcrest dormitory, he sensed something was amiss. He got that idea when he heard the sound of a blow-dryer coming from inside his room.
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