With Thursday’s game and the team’s postseason hopes hanging in the balance, Georgia put the ball in J.J. Frazier’s hands.
This inspired a press row observer to recall the ability of a former Georgia athletic icon to repeatedly come through when it mattered most.
Frazier was like Herschel, he said. No last name necessary (but, of course, it was Walker). Third-and-2, Georgia gave the football to Herschel. Herschel got the first down.
Because Frazier did his Herschel to Tennessee in a Southeastern Conference second-round game, he became Kentucky’s problem in Friday’s quarterfinals. With Tennessee leading by one point, Frazier scored eight of his team’s final 12 points.