Defining play to this point...?

[BIG DAWG]

Once again, I'm going Ball St., and DT's TD run in the fourth to put or away.

What say you?

[H-towngreen]

The Stand

[BIG DAWG]

The Stand

My bad...how could I have forgotten "the STAND"???

This thread is irreverent now...that was a historical program moment...enough said!

*just to be clear...I'm not being sarcastic...that was the defining play/plays of this season

Edited November 17, 2013 by BIG DAWG

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

Chancellor's punt return v. Rice.

[BIG DAWG]

Maybe not a defining play, but the hits Laramie Lee and the defense threw down in that Ball St. game really kinda laid out for everyone as to the type of defense we had. I think that game made the defense start believing in themselves as a unit that could take games over, and make other offenses not want to play football anymore.

[RushnStudies]

The Chancellor punt return got shown on the top 10 on ESPN all over the country, which is pretty dang cool. I'll choose that, rather than the series of defining plays known as The Stand.

Edited November 17, 2013 by RushnStudies

[Mean_Green09]

The Zac Whitfield INT for a TD against La Tech. This has been a different team since that point. It gave them confidence that they could win on the road.

May not get a lot of pub from you guys, but it's certainly top 5 worthy

[JesseMartin]

Maybe not for the program, but for me, I have to go with Lairamie Lee vs. the Ball State offense as well. When I yelled his name and all of the Aggie, Oregon, ASU, etc. fans started paying as much attention to our game televised in AZ as their own...made me realize we might be getting somewhere.

[northtexassigep]

Chancellor's return against Rice. It woke up the crowd and i know from being in the student section that it seemed like it was the play that got a lot of 1st time fans not only really into the game but the program.

[casual fan]

1. The blocked punt at Georgia that tied the game in the 2nd half as it gave us some legitmacy with the media and fans.

2. The last play of the stand. If we hadn't made that play the other 7 wouldn't have counted.

3. Lairamie Lee's pick-6 against Middle Tenn. It started the 34-7 blowout of a very good team after the Tulane loss.

If we had lost that game the season would look entirely different.

[ParksAndRecRick]

_{Two Words: THE STAND!}

[THOR]

The stand was numerous plays...not play...

[MEANGREENCOACH2]

Brelan punt return versus Rice

[GrayEagle]

I still like the Tulane game as the turnaround. The Ball State game began showing them what they could be. The Georgia game showed that they could hang with the better teams of the country; at least for awhile. The Tulane game showed them that if they weren't together every single play that they could lose to a lesser team. Since that game they have not lost a game, home or away. The STAND was the punctuation mark of their new identity.

[Rudy]

The Stand is The Stand!

Do not stare directly into The Stand, for The Stand will steal your soul.

I'd go with the first play of the stand. The defender stopping the running cold with a big hit, then grabbing his leg, lifting his leg and planting him into the turf set the tone for the rest of The Stand.

[FirefightnRick]

My defining play was probably on the surface very insignificant, especially to the TV veiwer watching NT vs UGA. But to me it was the turning point this season.

NT had come back to tie it at 21 with the blocked punt in the 3rd, but UGA went on to extended the lead by 14 to 35-21.

But with 14:52 to go in the 4th qtr on a 1st and 10 at the UGA 33 yard line Derek Akunne hit Gurley in the ribs forcing a fumble that Kenny Buyers recovered at the UGA 34.

When they came off the field after getting us the ball back i could see there was no moral victory in those dudes eyes. They expected a win against the 9th ranked team in the nation and they have played with that same level of passion ever since.

Rick

Edited November 19, 2013 by FirefightnRick