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Does this play remind you of the Langdon fall?

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A refresher from 99 as if anyone of us needed a reminder.



Now this play from Saturday night the Parham blitz shocking Mensah.



I couldn't find a better video.

What I mean by this is having that feeling of defeat on your face knowing you are cooked. Mensah having the ball stolen from Parham reminded me of Langdon falling on his face when Moore came over to trap him. Duke was shell shocked and didn't know what hit them Saturday night was a glorious seeing Mensah's head in the grass much like seeing Langdon on the floor. Of course pure jubilation for our husky's, pure guts and this was no upset btw. Ripping Dukes heart out is glorious sure this doesn't compare to 99 and 04 but was still amazing to see this.
 
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What trip? He fell over himself.

I did however see some poetic symmetry in if you started with the 77-74 final score from the 99 national title game then removed 40 points from each school per the scoring nature of each sport you end up with 37-34.
 
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FfldCntyFan said:
What trip? He fell over himself.

I did however see some poetic symmetry in if you started with the 77-74 final score from the 99 national title game then removed 40 points from each school Puerto scoring nature of each sport you end up with 37-34.
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I know the Langdon fall (fixed it btw)
 
DRBackup said:
Context matters. One is a national championship game, one is a single regular season game.
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Ya I brought that up in my post. That feeling of a guy who caught in a trap and knows he's cooked, just the end of game moment is what I meant, yes I get it's a regular season game but still a huge moment. The feeling in person is indescribable.
 
DRBackup said:
Context matters. One is a national championship game, one is a single regular season game.
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Big difference. What both share is those games are pivotal points in their respective programs.

My intellectual side knows the difference. But when both those plays happened at their respective end of games there was no difference in the degree of elation I had.
 
Not sure if we need to compare. The football team is worthy of starting their own legacy.

Still takes time, but the ship is on a different course that's for sure, all the pieces are coming together.
 
Y'all, not to be a wet blanket but we beat a 6-4 ACC team and are comparing it possibly the biggest moment in basketball program history? What are we doing?
 
I'll only add that if you were at Pratt, you just love the UCONN feeling. Brock and our boys were going after Mensah all day, and given the team's continuing momentum and outstanding persistence - yeah it was a big f$#$ play.
 
Inyatkin said:
1. The two plays looked similar.
2. The schools are the same.
3. Given where the football team has been, this is huge.
4. Don't be that guy
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Exactly my thread title clearly says in it "the play" not the game, and I already stated it doesn't compare to 99 or 04, reading comprehension is hard for some on this board. Mensah like Langdon is in panic mode under duress and off balanced caught in a trap.
 
Inyatkin said:
1. The two plays looked similar.
2. The schools are the same.
3. Given where the football team has been, this is huge.
4. Don't be that guy
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1. No they didn’t.
2. Vastly different given their relative success within their sport.. but ok.
3. Ok. Still not as big as winning a championship.
4. Honest?
 
YearoftheHusky said:
1. No they didn’t.
2. Vastly different given their relative success within their sport.. but ok.
3. Ok. Still not as big as winning a championship.
4. Honest?
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1. Yes those plays were similar a guy under duress with the ball in his hands well defended by a senior vet, ended up being trapped by multiple defenders, absolutely those plays were similar.

2. Yes were well aware about UConn and Duke being basketball schools thank you captain obvious, both have good football programs now.

3. Yes was already addressed that it wasn't as big as winning a championship as I had already mentioned in my post, again thank you captain obvious that this wasn't as big as winning a championship which no one in this thread compared it that.

4. I'm not saying you are that guy but you are coming across as that guy imo.
 
Always a good time to mock Puke

And y'all shouldn't forget about JJ's fall in 2004. Although in his defense, it wasn't his fault, he couldn't breath, because he was choking badly
 
Waquoit said:
The smug reply meets "that guy" criteria, imo.
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It’s not smug. It’s a honest answer. If I wanted to be smug I would’ve pointed out the OP’s inability to spell our team’s name correctly. (It’s Huskies, not Husky’s). But of course I wouldn’t go there (a joke by the way).

Back to the topic at hand - The OP’s title literally asked if the plays reminded us of one another and to me it’s an emphatic no.

As far as you want to stretch it, a sack in no way made me think of the Langdon play and I think comparing the two is objectively silly.

I enjoy a good trip down memory lane but come on.
 
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