Lester Holt

In fact, none of the kids said that they saw any physical violence between the two.

This feels like it could be a long trial.

How long do they expect it to last?

The trial is expected to last between seven and nine weeks, and I expect it to conclude in late March.

Sergey, thanks so much.

Pleasure to be here.

Coming up, a college football player is on trial for the murder of his teammate 20 years ago.

And once again, welcome to college football prime time, the first ACC meeting between former Big East rivals Boston College, still on the hunt to win the conference title, and Miami.

You're listening to ESPN's coverage of the 2006 Thanksgiving Day matchup between the University of Miami Hurricanes and the Boston College Eagles.

But something more than a friendly rivalry was in the air that night as players took to the field.

There was also a profound sense of grief.

Look at this moment here.

Brian Potter's image.

Slain hurricane teammate in a banner that fans made and the team gathering around it at midfield What a moment

Just two weeks before the game, the Hurricanes' 22-year-old defensive lineman, Brian Pata, had been shot in the back of the head on his way home from a football practice.

The murder made national headlines, but for 15 years, there were no arrests.

Until in August 2021, Rashawn Jones, one of those players who had gathered on the field to remember Brian, was charged with murder.

Jones insists he had nothing to do with Brian's death.

On Wednesday, his trial began.

Dateline producer Jay Young was in the courtroom and is there to get us up to speed.