The Band is on the field! The band is on the field!
When USC plays Stanford, the bands usually design their half time shows so as to insult the other school. In a game during the 1980’s—I believe it was 1983 or 1985—the USC Trojan Marching Band concluded its half time show with a re-enactment of The Play—complete with the proper football uniforms and Trojan bandsmen dressed in Stanford Band uniforms. The real Stanford Band members were obviously not amused.
“The Play”? I thought you meant “Bo Over the Top”.
I was there. About 20 rows up in the middle of the Student Section.
I know the number of people who were there grows every year. But I really was there.
Nobody knew what happened until the cannon fired, and then all Hell broke loose...
And, yes, we are getting old...
The guy’s knee was clearly down before he pitched the ball.
(Elway leads a long drive to score, thinking he has won the game and will be going to his first Bowl game as a college QB)
A few years later, Elway led a similar last minute drive in Cleveland (minus the ensuing kick return) which took him to the first of his 3 Superbowl losses...
IMO, The Trinity University game from earlier this season is the best all time college ball finishing play.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrI52_2GaZI
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Yehuda , .. were we still kids back then? ,.. (( awwwww , nevermind ))
enjoy the long version
Probably the most dramatic play in modern sports history.
Don't bother thinking about how dire it looks; you don't have time for that.