Bill picked Frank up on the usual corner on the edge of campus. When Frank got into the car, Bill immediately put a hand on his thigh and gave a strong squeeze. Frank covered Bill’s hand with his and returned the pressure. Frank knew the squeeze wasn’t meant to be s****l. It was a call for support.
“We came so close, Frodo,” Bill said as he pulled away from the curb.
“How’s the team treating Dante’?” Frank asked. Dante’ was the player who’d committed the leaping foul that had given Alabama another chance after missing the field goal.
“They’re trying to be supportive. They’re not bad-mouthing him or anything. Dante’ is a freshman. He says he didn’t know that you couldn’t run and use people to jump to block the kick. He feels awful about it. He sat in the back of the plane alone. I went a
