reportedly, weaver was not caught until he told a reporter that he planned to write a book about his scheme. he was not exposed until the day before the december 1995 sugar bowl, when "the salinas californian", acting on an anonymous tip, revealed his real name and age. a promise to produce a birth certificate came to nothing, and he disappeared shortly before the game. the longhorns lost to virginia tech; several players later said they were badly shaken by the discovery that one of their teammates was an imposter.