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Did College Football cameramen get a raise before the season or do they deserve a raise? The broadcast was in the middle of a two-point attempt, Houston down 26–28, 49 seconds left, and the camera guy did the only logical thing. He found the real story. Zoomed all the way in. Locked on. Hands behind her head, red top, not blinking. Meanwhile the sideline is losing its mind and the announcer is out here going, “Wow. Just look at her. I’m speechless. Who is this missile?” Missile. Sir, there is a football game happening. Fourth quarter. Two-point try. You just called a coed in the student section a missile and nobody in the truck told you to cut back to the field. That’s not a camera operator. That’s a man who has seen enough 3rd-and-longs to know where the ratings actually live. He deserves a raise, a bonus, and maybe his own booth. The rest of the crew was tracking a kicker. He was tracking national television. Then they finally cut away and you get the crowd going feral and some poor