Yow!
Played another game in my CSU Dynasty today, this time against Air Force. I rarely post about individual games here but this one deserves mentioning.
I’ll make it brief because I’m in a hurry today, but here’s a synopsis:
-I take a 28-0 lead in the first quarter after 2 nice drives, a 66 yd bomb, and a 55 yd fumble recovery for a TD.
-Air Force rattles off 35 unanswered points as I sat there in a stunned silence. They ran the Air Force ground attack beautifully — wingbacks, cross bucks, QB keepers, it was gorgeous to watch and I had no answer at all.
-I tie the game finally at 35-35 late in the 3rd.
-AF goes back up 38-35 with 4:00 to play (8 min quarters)
-3rd and 4 for me at my own 30. I call one of my bread and butter plays — the shotgun speed option. AF snufs it out and my QB is hammered…I make a desperation pitch to my 3rd string HB (in due to injury). The option never looked right and the pitch took the HB back an additional 5 yards. Two Falcons are right on the guy — I had to stop completely in my tracks in order to turn the runner around (the pitch truly sucked). I made the first guy miss, the second guy missed a tackle, and I took it 70 yards to take a 42-38 lead. It was the kind of play that elicited a “Holy Shit!” as I saw daylight down the sideline. A totally busted play that ends up being the 70 yard game winner.
Needless to say, it earned the #1 Instant Classic rating. It’s re-airing at 8 PM tonight.