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11-21-2007, 11:37 PM
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| | Giver of Sexy
Join Date: Feb 2006  Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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| 25th anniversary of "The Play"
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Originally Posted by emainvol  what can I say, I enjoy a good spanking. |
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11-21-2007, 11:40 PM
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| | good pocket presents
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Knoxville, TN
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| I saw a show about this this week, and they mentioned that to this day Stanford refers back to that game as a win. They refuse to accept the play, citing that one of the players was down, and that one of the laterals was forward. I have no idea if there is merit to that. I looked close, and I can't find any "conclusive video evidence" of either. | 
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11-21-2007, 11:50 PM
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| | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Knoxville, TN
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| From what I saw - Stanford is 100% correct. | |
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11-21-2007, 11:51 PM
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| | good pocket presents
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| On which, the being down part or the forward lateral? Or both? | |
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11-22-2007, 12:02 AM
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| | Senior Member
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| Knee down. The lateral looks legit but it's just too close. | |
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11-22-2007, 12:15 AM
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| | VN GURU
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| An overhyped play in a game between two meaningless programs. Big deal. | |
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11-22-2007, 12:26 AM
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| | UTK '93, '08
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| Another vote for the knee being down. | |
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11-22-2007, 01:42 AM
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| | doo doo doo
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: looking out my backdoor
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| Last Spring I hung out with 3 guys from that Stanford team (while visiting San Diego).
They all really hate that game and swear the guy was down.
More over, they believe it got a good coach fired.
It was interesting to hear their view of their team that year.
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11-22-2007, 01:45 AM
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| | doo doo doo
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Originally Posted by hatvol96 An overhyped play in a game between two meaningless programs. Big deal. | Disagree - great moments in sports are not limited to championship contenders. Winning in an improbable way is at the core of sports.
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11-22-2007, 08:38 AM
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| | Junior Member
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| I've always thought the best part of that play was the guy screaming "OH, THE BAND IS OUT ON THE FIELD!!" 
Classic stuff.
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11-22-2007, 08:49 AM
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| | VN GURU
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Originally Posted by Vercingetorix Another vote for the knee being down. | I agree. The laterals all look backward. | |
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11-22-2007, 08:55 AM
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| | Volunteer
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Boston, MA
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Originally Posted by tvolsfan I agree. The laterals all look backward. | The one they argue about is a bit tricky. It is as they are rushing down the right sideline near the end. The player throws it to his right as he is running. The ball is caught behind him....but because he is running forward, the point is made that the ball is released at like the 42 .... and the other players catches it at the 43 (or something along those yardages) .... they say the ball's momentum carried it forward even though it did go behind the player (i.e., he ran past it).
I've never taken the time to watch the yardages closely enough to see. I'm just happy that Cal's most memorable win was probably a sham  . | |
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11-22-2007, 08:56 AM
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| | VN GURU
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dublin, Ohio
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| Stanford should be glad the play ended up as it is. It is the only reason people even know that rivalry exists. It may be the only reason people know the teams exist. | |
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11-22-2007, 09:32 AM
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| | ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
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Originally Posted by volinbham Disagree - great moments in sports are not limited to championship contenders. Winning in an improbable way is at the core of sports. | i agree with you on this. Quote:
Originally Posted by JAllen18MVP I've always thought the best part of that play was the guy screaming "OH, THE BAND IS OUT ON THE FIELD!!"
Classic stuff. | they were interviewing the announcer a few days ago on ESPN and he was saying he's never reacted like that to anything before and was so caught in the moment of that play, he just lost all control. | |
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11-22-2007, 09:33 AM
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| | ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
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| and the knee was most definitely 110% down. | |
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