I'm here in Jackson, MS, where I witnessed the most amazing end to a football game I've ever seen. Trinity was trailing Millsaps 24-22 and got the ball back after Millsaps turned it over on downs. Two seconds left, no timeouts (not that it would do any good), sixty yards away. Millsaps goes into major prevent defense. Trinity completes a short pass in the flat. The receiver laterals the ball, to another guy who laterals, and another guy who laterals, so on and so forth. I think there were something like 14 laterals before one of the Trinity receivers suddenly found himself with nothing but clear field in front of him and took it 40-some yards for a TD. Trinity wins 28-24 and the homecoming crowd in Jackson was absolutely stunned out of their gourds. Millsaps' coach, btw, is former Alabama HC Mike DuBose.
Not only were the laterals all legit but a couple of them game from an offensive lineman who just pitched the ball backwards over his head (rugby scrum style) after he found that thing in his hands.
There is a video whch the local ESPN radio guy is trying to get onto the big channel, but if not it should land on local TV in SA. I kid you not when I say the play puts both the "Music City Miracle" and the Cal/Berkeley play to shame.
Yeah, I know, nobody in SA cares about Trinity. Pity.
As a Trinity alum, I'm glad to hear that they beat Millsaps to avenge last year's loss. With wins over Millsaps and DePauw, the Tigers have an inside track to the SCAC le now, particularly since Rhodes got beat down today.
Beat Centre and Austin College and the Tigers are back in the playoffs again.
Sounds like that was one crazy play -- I'll look forward to seeing the video somewhere! Thanks for the report!
Last edited by FromWayDowntown; 10-27-2007 at 09:56 PM. Reason: new information about Rhodes
I know who has the video - so I sent a note to Jerry Briggs and unless ESPN wants exclusive rights it should show up on mysa.com in a day or so. They are interested.
Rhodes lost big time to Centre (27-0). How Trinity lost to those guys is beyond me because their three losses are by something like 80 points now. Actually I know, Trinity turned it over the first three times they touched it, plus Rhodes had some fluke fumble return for a TD. Trinity beats Centre in SA next week and then Austin in Sherman the week after and they get the bid.
And it's comforting to know that one of the most respected and logical posters on the board is a fellow TU alum.
Here it is!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbzQoXuxdU
Wow -- it's even more amazing to see it.
I didn't realize you were also a TU alum, CubanMustGo. If you've mentioned it elsewhere, I've missed it.
I can't say that I know a lot of specifics about Tiger football anymore, but I do try to keep an eye on the big picture. Obviously, a big win for Trinity in the big picture.
I'll admit that part of me was rooting for Rhodes to stay in the race for at least another week. The head football coach at Rhodes, Joe White, recruited me to play football at Columbia when he was an assistant there. He's a wonderful man who deserves to have great success -- though I'm not ready to concede that he should have that success at the expense of the Tigers.
Last edited by FromWayDowntown; 10-27-2007 at 11:00 PM.
Damn.
Well done Tigers!
Coach White's a class guy - had a chance to talk to him this summer. Most of the guys that coach at this level are, because you know they're not doing it for the money. Example? The coach at Howard Payne left a couple of years ago to take over 4A Frisco HS in the Metroplex.
Trinity FB is probably never going to be what it was around the turn of the millennium. The admin runs a very tight ship on admissions these days - that Coach Mohr can get out of these guys what he does is simply amazing.
I know I've mentioned the TU connection over in the Club. It was a long time ago ('81) but was a wonderful experience for a kid from the south side.
That was insane...
It made SC.
holy .
Led off the college football review and was a bonus play of the day. The video ESPN used is much higher quality than what I posted earlier:
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/...64308&n8pe6c=2
And the funny thing is I half wanted Trinity to lose last week so I wouldn't have to come all the way out here to watch them get pasted by Millsaps.
Holy crap. That was awesome.
Gotta Spurs forum this for a while so more peeps can check it out. Nice report, CubanMustGo.
WOW! Is that not the greatest play in recorded football history? Somebody count the laterals, please.
EDIT: I count 15 (one a one-hopper from across the field) Absolutely insane.
Official count was 15. Play recorded by the refs officially as a 44-yard pass from Blake Barmore to Riley Curry.
Thanks, I wasn't sure; one of them to a lineman is kind of hard to see. A box score never did a play less justice!
Just finished counting......If im correct, it was 15 laterals. Just an amazing play.
Yoda
Looking at the video yet again, I think the play took 61 seconds. The play lasted longer than a minuteThis one won't be topped for a loooong time.
am i crazy or wasn't that last one a bounce pass?... or is that legal?...
Even someone who knows practically zero about american football like me can appreciate the play.. I actually found it kinda funny.
This is the first time I watch an American football clip. Great play, but wasn't there only 2 seconds left? What are the rules for countdown?
ball stays in play until the ball is dead or down. the ball can stay in play when there's 0 seconds left.
kinda rough explanation... but i think it does ok.
Oh i get it now. Dead/down as in the player is taken down with the ball in his hands, or the ball hits the ground with no one around?
Then what about the bounce pass during the play? I guess that's the place where the 2 secs were taken out?
Games must take a very long time then. Unless you have 5 minutes or something similar?
I guess 0.4 must happen often in American football
kinda sorta but not really... ive just realized i dont have the word smithing here to make it sound good.
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