The days of DeAngelo

George Caliborne Video God

There was the crazy run against UTEP earlier this season. Then the crazy run against Central Florida the next week. Oh, and the touchdown run against Houston last year.

"The second he got the ball, he immediately took two or three steps backward to let a guy go by him, then -- boom! -- went through the hole to the end zone," said George Claiborne, the Tigers' video coordinator.

Claiborne has mixed feelings about Williams' departure. As the man who handles all Tiger football video, he's seen more of Williams than anyone. So he'll certainly miss the thrills.

"But he makes my job a lot longer," Claiborne said, "because I go back and look at his runs over and over and over."

Claiborne can remember all the great ones in glorious, eye-popping detail. His second touchdown against Ole Miss in 2003 ("He kind of karate kicked to his left, then blows down the sidelines."). His long touchdown against South Florida last year ("There were too many men in the box, and you can kind of see him looking over at Tommy before the play. It didn't matter. He scored anyway.").

"My all-time favorite was Tulane, 2003," he said. "It was one of those, right up the middle, but he had to make an 'S' move to get away from everyone. He showed everything on that one, vision, speed and elusiveness. And he didn't get touched. On a run right up the middle.

"I was watching that again a week ago, and I got chill bumps."