PiLfan
February-7th-2007, 05:25 PM
You all probably remember "the play" from this all time great NCAA football finish. This was John Elway's last college game (if they had won, he would have likely would have played a bowl game). With about a minute to go and Stanford losing 19-17, John Elway led the Cardinal on an amazing drive to what seemed to be a game winning FG. Elway looked like the Elway we would come to know from his days as a Bronco, converting on a 4th and 18 deep in his territory. Stanford called timeout with 8 seconds left and kicked the FG to go up 20-19, and with 4 seconds left, they appeared to have won. Even the announcer said "only a mircale can save the Bears now"...how prophetic.
We all know what happens next.
And we've probably seen the clip any number of times, but it's frustrating that all we get is that lousy distant camera shot that makes following "the play" so hard.
Well, here's a video clip of that famous kickoff return that has been zoomed in and enhanced so you can clearly see the amazing play as it happens. There are 5 laterals, including the last one which was a prayer, as the Cal player just blindly tossed the ball back over his shoulder, and the last Cal player caught it and ran through the band members and into the endzone...of course topping it off by spiking the trombone player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awax0xMDcdY
The third lateral has been controversial to some because it appears the Cal player had his knee down...but this zoomed-in version shows he may have gotten it off a nanosecond before he was tackled. Either way, it probably wouldn't have been overturned if they used replay back then. The penalty that was called, if i recollect, was on Stanford for, ironically, "too many men on the field". Well, duhhh. :laugh:
On a side note, gotta love the call guy going crazy.
We all know what happens next.
And we've probably seen the clip any number of times, but it's frustrating that all we get is that lousy distant camera shot that makes following "the play" so hard.
Well, here's a video clip of that famous kickoff return that has been zoomed in and enhanced so you can clearly see the amazing play as it happens. There are 5 laterals, including the last one which was a prayer, as the Cal player just blindly tossed the ball back over his shoulder, and the last Cal player caught it and ran through the band members and into the endzone...of course topping it off by spiking the trombone player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awax0xMDcdY
The third lateral has been controversial to some because it appears the Cal player had his knee down...but this zoomed-in version shows he may have gotten it off a nanosecond before he was tackled. Either way, it probably wouldn't have been overturned if they used replay back then. The penalty that was called, if i recollect, was on Stanford for, ironically, "too many men on the field". Well, duhhh. :laugh:
On a side note, gotta love the call guy going crazy.