South Carolina's Oscar Adaway files complaint after Kyle Field run-in as Aggies prep for Miami.
The Texas A&M Aggies' miracle comeback over South Carolina was supposed to be one of those "where were you?" moments in Aggieland lore. Trailing 30-3 at halftime, A&M ripped off 28 unanswered points and somehow walked out of Kyle Field with a 31-30 win to stay perfect on the season.
But a month later, that game is back in the news for an entirely different reason.
The focus this time isn't Marcel Reed's second-half heroics or the Aggie defense finally putting the clamps on LaNorris Sellers. It's a brief, heated encounter in the northeast tunnel involving a Texas A&M police officer and two South Carolina players - running back Oscar Adaway and wide receiver Nyck Harbor - that is now at the center of a potential legal battle.
The incident unfolded in the emotional afterglow of Harbor's 80-yard touchdown late in the first half.
As Harbor and Adaway made their way up the tunnel and then back toward the field, the two players and the officer bumped into one another. Video of the moment shows the officer reacting angrily, shouting at the players before he was ultimately sent home for his actions that day.
Now, Adaway is pushing back.
According to his attorney, B. Keith Jackson, the Gamecocks back has filed a criminal complaint and wants to press charges against the trooper, whose name has not been made public. Adaway has also reached out to Texas A&M campus police and is seeking a personal apology from the officer.
The Brazos County district attorney is reportedly weighing whether to move forward with charges, turning what looked like a quick, heated exchange into a potentially significant case.
Adaway says the incident has stuck with him, costing him sleep and sending him to speak with a sports psychiatrist at South Carolina. Harbor, for his part, has not publicly commented.
All of this swirls around the Aggies as they prepare for their next stage, hosting the Miami Hurricanes in Kyle Field's first-ever playoff game with an 11 a.m. CT kickoff with massive stakes.
The effect on Saturday's game and other moving forward is obvious: how will the legal fallout from one emotional moment in the tunnel shape the way game-day law enforcement and players interact going forward at college football’s biggest stages?