02-11-2009, 12:54 AM
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OVR: 9
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Toledo, OH
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Re: Your best 4th quarter comeback
Not really a 4th quarter comeback but, here we go.
Year1 of my friend's C-USA I'm lowly SMU and my first game is against Rice a powerhouse in the conference. I didn't really expect to win since, I knew the guy and how well he played. We start and it's bad luck off the get go for me on offense I think the opening kick was fumbled and he got the ball on my 30 somehting. and he gets a fairly quick touchdown. My few posessions I had to punt. I played good enough defense shutting down Jarrett Dillard, who compared to C-USA secondaries is a Juggarnout, to a few short catches. But, none the less he takes a drive and puts in the endzone. I have a great long drive that gets stiffled in the redzone settle for 3. Rice then goes 3 and out and I get the ball and start my 2 minute drill. I'm really pushing the ball down field, I get inside the 10 and start to milk the clock down so I get the last posession. Time out called with :03 on the clock on about the 5 yd line, I would get the ball the ball at half and should of kicked the fieldgoal. Having momentum on my side I decided to go for it throwing a quick out to my slot but, I was blind not to see the CB in the flat and he took it for 6.
Halftime down 21 - 3
I was just thinking to myself how it was over and the best I could do is make it close. On my kick return I broke it all the way to the endzone. I was playing out of my mind on defense I had 2 pick 6's and back to back to back 3 and out's. My slow but, steady offense punched in another TD.
Somewhere in the 4th up 31 - 21
I'm grinning ear to ear thinking how mad I would be blowing a 18 point lead I had at half. While I'm grinning I play defense this posession with a bend and don't break mentallity, as to not give up a quick score. He put's it in the endzone with about 3 minutes on the clock.
up 31 - 28 with 3 minutes to go
Just burn the clock punch it in and its mine. I get things started off with a return to midfield. I'm sort of sweet and sour about it since I'm closer but, could score too quickly. I get to really working the clock, 3 or 4 yards and a cloud of dust. He burns his TO's and puts in a 4th and 3 inside the 30 with just over a minute, so I have to come out of here with some points and kick the fieldgoal. It's good.
34 - 28 1:07 to go
On the kickoff I kick far away from Dillard and force him to drive 70 some yds. Him with zero TO's left and me with a 6 point lead continue my bend and not break theory. Right around midfield he has maybe :20 seconds left I run a cover two with a CB blitz hoping to sack him and end the game right now or at the very least hurry an incompletion. I drop the secondary back disguise my blitz and before I know it I see Dillard runnin a deep post splitting the safeties and scoring and with the only the PAT to take the lead he does.
Final 35 - 34 Rice wins
This was by far my most fun game I felt the lowest of lows and the highest of highs.
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