re: 20 years ago, September 21, 1996: The night the barn burned

I saw the black smoke first and it looked like a big balloon rising.

When I got home a friend had left a message on my answering machine. One of the announcers said you could tell this was a game in the south because everyone was watching the game. If this was on the west coast the stadium would be empty and all the fans would be outside spitting on trees.