(October 29, 2007)—Robinson native Josh Hooten and former China Spring Cougar Brandon Maddux were both part of what will probably be remembered as the most frenzied finish in college football history.

Hooten and Maddux now play for San Antonio’s Trinity University, which used 15 laterals after a completed pass on the final play of the game Saturday for an unlikely touchdown and 28-24 victory at stunned Millsaps.

They're calling it the "Mississippi Miracle" for Trinity, an NCAA Division III team. in San Antonio.

There was 2 seconds left, only enough time to snap the ball once, when Trinity took over at its own 40.

Blake Barmore dumped a short pass over the middle to a wide-open Shawn Thompson, who gained 16 yards before he ran into a defender and made the first pitch to Riley Curry.

Then there was another lateral, and another and another.

Curry got the ball four times.

The last came after it bounced off the turf into his hands around the 34.

He sprinted to the end zone, crossing the goal line 62 seconds after the ball was snapped.

In all, seven different Trinity players touched the ball, including Hooten and Maddux.

The rest, the players say, is sporting history.

Back in 1982, California needed only five laterals on its game-ending kickoff return for a touchdown.

That's the famous game in which Stanford's band stormed the field thinking it was over.

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