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Hype-Tape Superstar Sam McGuffie's Crazy Journey from CFB to NFL to...Olympics?

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At some point in the past nine years, the black, unlabeled VHS tape that helped ignite a multibillion-dollar industry went missing.

There are working theories as to its whereabouts. One is that it's at the bottom of a cardboard box in an attic like buried treasure, melting away in sweltering Texas summers. Another is that it was simply discarded and lost for good.

Either way, only a select few have ever seen it—the full, unedited 30 minutes of raw, grainy footage of Cy-Fair High running back Sam McGuffie creating magic.

Mere bits and pieces of it, preserved on YouTube (with NSFW background music), have been enough to make millions stare at their computers in awed disbelief.