re: Was anyone at the Bluegrass Miracle?

Posted on 7/18/12 at 10:34 pm to The312

Posted by PhiTiger1764

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Posted on 7/18/12 at 10:34 pm to The312

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I was there. Sitting the LSU section in the upper deck. Kentucky kicks the field goal to go ahead. Commonwealth Stadium erupts. Things look bleak. LSU receives the kickoff and manages a mediocre return. Things look even bleaker. The Kentucky crowd is swarming and buzzing, sensing a historic moment for their program. Randall goes over the middle to Clayton for a modest gain. LSU takes its final timeout. The bleakest moment yet. The result appears to be a foregone conclusion. Kentucky students pour over the parapets and ring the field. The stadium resounds with insistent electronic Wildcat growls broadcast over the PA system, one after another after another. LSU trots out for the final play. The stands are rattling and vibrating as the Kentucky fans stomp the bleachers in ecstasy. A Paunchy Smurf sitting near me bellows some incomprehensible taunt-cum-warcry-cum-celebratory honk, his blue-clad manboobs all abounce. I put my head down as Randall rolls. My wife shrieks. I bolt upright to see the ball sailing through the air ... hanging ... (somewhere a cannonade echoes) ... descending ... well short of the endzone ... it's over ... F*CK ME ... then it's not ... WAIT ... as the ball ricochets ... NO WAY ... once ... NO F*CKING WAY ... twice ... NO MOTHERF*CKING WAY... Devery is in the clear ... I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I AM SEEING ... touchdown LSU. MY GOD MY GOD MY GOD MY GOD. My wife bursts into spontaneous tears of joy. I am suddenly on the ground, in the midst of a huge impromptu dogpile that was instantaneously teleported on top of me. I break free. Then I am hugging and kissing people I do not know and have never met. We are all one. Social boundaries are gone. Sheer jubilation. Silence has descended on the stricken Kentucky crowd. Paunchy Smurf throws his hat and doubles over as if to vomit. The field is chaos. The entire LSU team is a gold and white smear in one corner of the endzone. LSU students have been loosed upon the gridiron, running mindlessly in circles. My wife and I hold each and jump and jump and jump for joy.

Greatest reversal of fortune you can possibly imagine.

Goosebumps.