A 7-year-old Braxton Berrios, clothed in a green Miami football jersey and a beaded necklace with an orange and green “U,” woke up from his nap inside a booth in Goobs Grill & Bar in Coral Springs, Florida. It was January 3, 2003 and Berrios watched from inside his aunt’s bar as Miami was one play away from beating Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl.
On a fourth and 3 in overtime, Buckeye quarterback Craig Krenzel lofted a pass into the end zone that fell to the grass. Berrios and his older brother Austin celebrated for about six seconds until they saw the yellow flag.