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Kevin Gorman Picture Kevin Gorman 412-320-7812 Sports Columnist
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review  Kevin Gorman is a sports writer for
the Tribune-Review.   “The thing you've got to remember was the
atmosphere was so great in the Field House because, first of
all, it was Big Monday. That was the college basketball game on
TV. There weren't five other channels with games. The whole
nation was watching, so there was a buzz. What actually happened
so far exceeded expectations that, at first, there was a split
second of you-can't-believe-what-you-just-saw to a total
eruption of cheers. We stayed out there. As ball boys, our job
was to sweep the lane during timeouts. So we went down there
with brooms, thinking it was our job to clean it up. I grabbed a
couple pieces as souvenirs. I didn't think much of it at first,
but people were grabbing handfuls so I thought it might be
something worth keeping.