Quote from: Steel Curtain on November 23, 2011, 08:09:53 PMQuote from: D O.C. on November 23, 2011, 06:26:36 PM
Lemme kick the dead horse again...last year's St Thomas game was exciting as they come for this fan. A drive to tie on an away field of a higher ranked opponent with 17 seconds left, but lose on a fumble near the end zone in OT.
Not quite The Mishap In the Mud, but exciting.
Wish I had seen live the 1984 NAIA Title Game at McMinnville High School. With 18 minutes left, defending champ Northwestern(IA) held a 22-0 lead, before Linfield exploded with 33 to take the victory. I believe this comeback might be the largest in 1AA, D2, D3, and NAIA championship game history.
I have a followup on that game. I was operating the scoreboard and our long-time timer was running the game clock (no play clock operator back in those days). His niece was being married about that time and our timer's wife INSISTED that he go to the wedding.
As he left, with the intention to return as soon as possible, I took over the game clock operation. And lo and behold, Linfield began to score! As we began to close, I commented to those in the press box "If Ez (our timer) gets back, I'm not giving up this clock control!" As luck (bad for Ez) would have it, on the way back to the game a young driver ran a stop sign and broad sided Ez's car. He didn't make it back for the rest of the game, and the Cats won 33-22 if my old memory - today is my 88th birthday - is correct