07-21-2010, 05:59 PM
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OVR: 9
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Waco, TX
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Re: Espn Classic Games
I got an ESPN Classic for this Online Dynasty game between Texas and Georgia Tech. I played as Texas... not sure what the score was for it but here is the Online Dynasty article my opponent wrote afterward...
GT fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is: "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." But, only slightly less well known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!"
You can add another one to the list: "When the football gods smile on you, just kill the clock and kick the f***'in' FG."
In a bitter loss that will be talked about on the Flats for a long, long time, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets made a blunder of **** proportions, and the Texas Longhorns made them pay.
After taking a comfortable 20-6 lead early in the 3rd quarter, Tech had pinned the Longhorns on their own 1 yard line and were going in for the kill. Until Texas QB Sherrod Harris connected with WR John Chiles on a streak route down the right sideline for an unbelievable 99-yard catch and run that started to change the momentum of the game.
Entering the 4th quarter with a 7 point lead and the ball, Tech was driving to extend its lead when the Longhorns came up with another huge play - this time a 74-yard fumble return for TD to even the score.
After a quick 3 and out, Texas extended their lead by 7 when HB Tre Newton broke open a huge TD run.
Tech took the field with just over 3 minutes left to play, needing a TD to take the game to OT. Their prayers seemed to have been answered when QB Josh Nesbitt connected with HB Roddy Jones for a 50 yard TD catch over the middle with only 51 seconds left.
With both coaches anticipating OT, Texas promptly fumbled the ensuing kickoff, effectively giving the game to the Yellow Jackets with less than a minute to play.
But in an inexplicable series of play calls, rather than simply kneeling the ball and forcing the Longhorns to burn through their timeouts, the Yellow Jackets decided to run the ball - with devestating consequences.
On the first run, Tech's star QB went down with an injury that will keep him sidelined for at least 3 weeks. And, with only 6 seconds left, on what should have been the next to last play of the game, backup QB Tevin Washington had the football stripped from his grasp with his knee just inches from the turf, and SS Christian Scott ran the resulting fumble back 77-yards for the game winning TD.
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