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Article: SATURDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS : THE HERO JIM SANSON, NOTRE DAME.(SPORTS)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- September 22, 1996
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Faced with a tie score and seconds remaining in Saturday's game at Texas, the kicker fought off his nerves by imagining he was practicing field goals at home in Scottsdale, Ariz.``All I thought about was the palm trees back home,'' he said. ``We didn't have goal posts, so all I had was palm trees to kick through.'' Sanson's back-to-nature psychology paid off in a 27-24 victory.
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