THE STAND

[Stix]

Imagine the t-shirt sales for a shirt that reads, "I was at THE STAND"

22K in attendance last night. Eventually 50K will say they were they.

THE STAND = Epic

Being in the red zone maybe we should officially call it

"The Red Stand" ?

or is just "THE Stand" good enough?

THE STAND, as in the epic Stephen King novel. Who's the GIMP expert? I'd love for him/her to take a photo of our defense, and superimpose it over (or under) a green version of this (eliminating Stephen King, of course - sorry, Stephen).

[ragpicker]

That Mean Green defensive stand was big time football by any standard and the best I have ever seen by all odds.

[Harry]

Love the naming of this!

[Christopher Walker]

Red October?

Ooh. Yes. One of my favorite movie adaptations ever.

Plus, it adds to my running Tom Clancy-Skladany mythos.

Oooh, man.... hold on.

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[Christopher Walker]

Red October?

BOOM.

Edited November 2, 2013 by Christopher Walker

[UNTLifer]

The plays from The Stand that stand out. Trice's tackle/planting, Jones tackle/planting, the phantom call on Whitfield, Abbe kicking his feet just prior to Lee lowering the boom and the reaction of Rice's coaches.

[Proud North Texan]

#TheStand

Go Mean Green

[meaniegreenie]

Joe approves.

[oldguystudent]

I've never made a .gif before. Kinda like my new sig, even if it is bogged down with watermarks.

[Rudy]

I thought the Rice QB was unconscience for a second after that hit. I was watching him and his arm stifened and then relaxed slowly.

[NM Green]

There are moments in time and this rates at the top:

The stand

Miracle in the desert

Lance against middle Tennessee

The goalpost game

GMG

[ColoradoEagle]

So, anyone have the GIF of Bailiff after the stand?

[Christopher Walker]

So, anyone have the GIF of Bailiff after the stand?

If anyone can get me the file off of their DVR, I will GIF the *&%! out of it.

[golfingomez]

or can someone just upload the game onto youtube?

[Christopher Walker]

or can someone just upload the game onto youtube?

Puh-lease. Or even better, all of our TV games. Again, if people can get them to me (Google Drive, Dropbox, whatever) I'll post 'em up.

[trussbussdad]

Georgia has the Hedges.

LSU has Death Valley.

MEAN GREEN now has THE STAND.

How appropriate that the student section of Apogee to be referred to THE STAND now based upon those 8 plays. Would love to see a banner / sign now in the student section identifying it as THE STAND.

This could be the jump start to get the 36k + students more involved with filling the student section all the way to the wing.

Edited November 3, 2013 by trussbussdad

[Green59]

Kevin Sherrington from the Dallas Morning News called it "The best traffic stop since the Berlin Wall!"

[meaniegreenie]

"The Stand of José de Egipto"

[Cerebus]

"The Stand of José de Egipto"

Holy crap. Completely forgot about this. WHICH BAR IS HOSTING THE WATCHING PARTY?!

[UNTLifer]

Watched "The Stand" again last night and came away with a few thoughts.

1. The first play was the option left where Trice planted Dillard. I really think this set the tone for "The Stand."

2. Second play, Wright had a picture perfect tackle knocking Dillard's helmet off.

3. Option right led to a big loss with Orr getting credit for the tackle.

4. Phantom call on Whitfield.

5. Think a stuffed run up the middle.

6. Incomplete pass to right side of endzone.

7. Jones beating his block and upending Dillard on a sweep right.

8. McHargue channeling his inner Bob Griese and taking a big loss with Lee dropping him for a huge loss.

9. The students/fans getting louder and louder as "The Stand" progressed.

I may have a few plays out of order, but I really believe Marcus Trice set the tone on play one.

Edited November 4, 2013 by UNTLifer

[golfingomez]

Watched "The Stand" again last night and came away with a few thoughts.

1. The first play was the option left where Trice planted Dillard. I really think this set the tone for "The Stand."

2. Second play, Wright had a picture perfect tackle knocking Dillard's helmet off.

3. Option right led to a big loss with Orr getting credit for the tackle.

4. Phantom call on Whitfield.

5. Think a stuffed run up the middle.

6. Incomplete pass to right side of endzone.

7. Jones beating his block and upending Dillard on a sweep right.

8. McHargue channeling his inner Bob Griese and taking a big loss with Trice dropping him for a huge loss.

9. The students/fans getting louder and louder as "The Stand" progressed.

I may have a few plays out of order, but I really believe Marcus Trice set the tone on play one.

switch 2 and 5 and i think that makes it ok

play #2 was the qb keeper

i think had Rice coach not been trying to outthink UNT's D he should have pounded it up the middle after play #2... but then he went outside and gave our D so much more confidence

[Rudy]

That tackle on the sweep left was a thing of beauty. Not only does this defense hit as hard as anyone in the nation, but they can tackle well. I love the attitude they have. They went into The Stand saying, "That's cute that you got to the 2 yard line and s**t, but that's all you get. You're going to regret the next five minutes of your life.".

[Christopher Walker]

Watched "The Stand" again last night and came away with a few thoughts.

1. The first play was the option left where Trice planted Dillard. I really think this set the tone for "The Stand."

2. Second play, Wright had a picture perfect tackle knocking Dillard's helmet off.

3. Option right led to a big loss with Orr getting credit for the tackle.

4. Phantom call on Whitfield.

5. Think a stuffed run up the middle.

6. Incomplete pass to right side of endzone.

7. Jones beating his block and upending Dillard on a sweep right.

8. McHargue channeling his inner Bob Griese and taking a big loss with Trice dropping him for a huge loss.

9. The students/fans getting louder and louder as "The Stand" progressed.

I may have a few plays out of order, but I really believe Marcus Trice set the tone on play one.

Laramie Lee had the final tackle in THE STAND/Hunt for Red October/Building the Green Curtain/etc.

[greenminer]

If you had 4 downs from within the 5 yard line to score on our D, how would you do it?

Try to go outside? Pound up the middle? Play Action to a TE?

[Rudy]

I think on the final play, McHarque was running around "Popke style" begging the ref to "Blow the whistle, blow the whistle!"