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Post by HC92 on May 21, 2020 19:08:53 GMT -5
An instant classic in NJ in 1988:
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Post by lou on May 21, 2020 19:49:48 GMT -5
Fun! Was it a lateral?
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Post by rgs318 on May 21, 2020 19:52:03 GMT -5
It could have been the camera angle, but I wondered if it was pitched forward...but it has been in the WIN column Believe it is safe!
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Post by purplehaze on May 21, 2020 20:13:27 GMT -5
I was at the game sitting behind Fr. Brooks and Miller - after Princeton kicked the field goal to go ahead, they left to get a head start on the ride back to W - they were always very good fans but they only heard the crowd that day
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Post by Ray on May 21, 2020 20:19:23 GMT -5
Sure looks like a forward lateral to me. Shhhh....
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Post by HC16 on May 21, 2020 20:22:52 GMT -5
Sure looks like a forward lateral to me. Shhhh.... I said the same thing when I first saw the tweet...
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Post by hiltonheadcrusader on May 21, 2020 20:28:49 GMT -5
9-2 that year. Who did we lose to? Thx
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Post by HC92 on May 21, 2020 20:33:50 GMT -5
9-2 that year. Who did we lose to? Thx Army and Lafayette. The 1988 Week 3 loss to Lafayette was our last 1AA loss until Week 2 of the 1992 season (UMass). .
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Post by breezy on May 21, 2020 20:43:21 GMT -5
If I recall correctly, the Princeton coach initially had the same objection -- that it was a forward lateral. However, a day or two later, after he reviewed the tape of the game, he agreed that it was legal and that the referees had been correct.
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Post by hc87 on May 21, 2020 20:53:31 GMT -5
Was there to the very end, thank God. It's close but I think at worst, Cromwell threw/lateraled it evenly to Donovan. Next year we didn't need any late heroics beating the Tigers 46-0 before 30,000 and an ESPN audience at Fitton.
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Post by timholycross on May 21, 2020 21:22:22 GMT -5
30,000? Remember something Fr. Brooks said about "wait until you see the crowd when we play Princeton!". It wasn't very big, at least by 1989 standards. Maybe 10?
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Post by HC92 on May 21, 2020 21:36:45 GMT -5
Was there to the very end, thank God. It's close but I think at worst, Cromwell threw/lateraled it evenly to Donovan. Next year we didn't need any late heroics beating the Tigers 46-0 before 30,000 and an ESPN audience at Fitton. Only thing I remember about that game is when the announcer said “Ciaccio hit Reilly in a bad spot, right in the hands” after a Joey Reilly drop. We enjoyed making fun of him about that for quite a while.
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Post by HC92 on May 21, 2020 22:16:53 GMT -5
A 1983 performance for the ages:
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Post by hchoops on May 21, 2020 22:44:37 GMT -5
Thanks for this reminder, 92. I was fortunate to have been a witness to thIs, the greatest individual athletic performance I have seen in person. Second was Clyde Frazier’s Game 7 in the Knicks’ 1970 NBA Championship vs the Lakers of West, Baylor and Wilt. Walt had 36 pts, 19 assists, 7 rebounds(and multiple steals, before the NBA kept that stat) Third was any Jimmy Brown game vs the Giants at Yankee Stadium. Fourth was Oscar Robertson scoring 50 as a senior in the 1959 Holiday Festival.
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Post by hc87 on May 21, 2020 23:00:29 GMT -5
30,000? Remember something Fr. Brooks said about "wait until you see the crowd when we play Princeton!". It wasn't very big, at least by 1989 standards. Maybe 10? Yup...being the wise-ass per usual....I'd have to check, beautiful day if memory serves....I'm guessing it was closer to around 15K...we were still amidst the Carter/Duffner run, the crackdown on tailgating hadn't started yet etc etc
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 21, 2020 23:41:01 GMT -5
I was fortunate to have been a witness to the greatest individual athletic performance I have seen in person.Second was Clyde Frazier’s Game 7 in the Knicks’ 1970 NBA Championship vs the Lakers of West, Baylor and Wilt. Walt had 36 pts, 19 assists, 7 rebounds(and multiple steals, before the NBA kept that stat) Third was any Jimmy Brown game vs the Giants at Yankee Stadium. Fourth was Oscar Robertson scoring 50 as a senior in the 1959 Holiday Festival. I assume you are talking about John Provost's extraordinary performance versus Brown
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Post by thecrossisback on May 22, 2020 7:46:40 GMT -5
Holy Cross vs Princeton Directed by Charlie Steiner
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Post by longsuffering on May 22, 2020 8:13:10 GMT -5
I was fortunate to have been a witness to the greatest individual athletic performance I have seen in person.Second was Clyde Frazier’s Game 7 in the Knicks’ 1970 NBA Championship vs the Lakers of West, Baylor and Wilt. Walt had 36 pts, 19 assists, 7 rebounds(and multiple steals, before the NBA kept that stat) Third was any Jimmy Brown game vs the Giants at Yankee Stadium. Fourth was Oscar Robertson scoring 50 as a senior in the 1959 Holiday Festival. I assume you are talking about John Provost's extraordinary performance versus Brown Provost was class of '75. I was at the game he went off. Caught and returned everything. He floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee that day.
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Post by Crucis#1 on May 22, 2020 8:43:34 GMT -5
Fortunately I stayed until the end of the Princeton game and saw the final touchdown. Delirium ensued with beating the tigers at Palmer Stadium. Wearing purple tinted shades, it was clearly a lateral. 😎🤫
After a stop at the Princeton diner with friends, what joy there was in my car for the ride home.
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Post by hchoops on May 22, 2020 9:03:09 GMT -5
A good thing there was no instant replay
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Post by hc87 on May 22, 2020 10:30:49 GMT -5
A 1983 performance for the ages: Pretty decent end-zone crowd that day in a couple of clips. Game is kind of a blur lol....anyone remember the score by quarters? I know the Lions kept throwing the ball which prolonged the deluge, just curious how many points we had going into the 4th Q etc...I know many of our Ivy "friends" had oft used this game as animus toward us then.
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Post by breezy on May 22, 2020 11:43:15 GMT -5
I was there -- as I recall, the score was 51-14 at halftime.
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Post by rgs318 on May 22, 2020 11:57:11 GMT -5
Those were indeed the days...and may they be once again!
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Post by Tom on May 22, 2020 12:15:09 GMT -5
Was there to the very end, thank God. It's close but I think at worst, Cromwell threw/lateraled it evenly to Donovan. Next year we didn't need any late heroics beating the Tigers 46-0 before 30,000 and an ESPN audience at Fitton. Only thing I remember about that game is when the announcer said “Ciaccio hit Reilly in a bad spot, right in the hands” after a Joey Reilly drop. We enjoyed making fun of him about that for quite a while. If Ciaccio was throwing passes to Joey Reilly way back then, how can Reilly still have 3 years of hoops eligibility left?
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Post by hchoops on May 22, 2020 12:27:35 GMT -5
I was there -- as I recall, the score was 51-14 at halftime. I believe Gil sat for most or all of the fourth
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