"WaaaaaaH!!! WaaaaaaH!!! WaaaaaaH!!! His knee was down!" No it wasn't Stanfurd fans. No flag. No call. You lose. Your team and your band couldn't bring him down. How pathetic. How Stanfurd of you. Thankfully, this play is immortal in college football lore. DEAL WITH IT!
Now go run up the score with that douche of a coach Captain Comeback (even his Alma Mater disowned him).
Google owns YouTube, Google founded by two Stanford grad students. Obvious all these thumbs down done inside YouTube by a bitter Stanford supporter with Admin privledges.
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While some poor sports still argue laterals, they forget the three things that made The Play happen. 1. Elway called time with 8 seconds left, allowing time for the kickoff. 2. The Cal players on the field were NCAA Rugby Champions. 3. The band was watching the clock and started taking the field before the controversial laterals. Even if the ball was downed for one of the laterals, Cal would have had one more play, since a game can't end on a defensive penalty (illegal participation by the band)
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Wow! I see some people are still living in denial, over 25 years later. Elway got over it. Why can't the rest of you? It's amazing that people with Cardinal colored glasses can see what trained officials have never seen: conclusive video evidence that Garner's knee was down (he was surrounded by Stanfurd players, so those glasses must have X-ray capability) or that the fifth lateral from Ford to Moen (not Rodgers--check those glasses) was forward. Nice try, amateurs.
The fact that the officials let the 2nd (illegal) lateral go reminds me of the celtics/suns game of 1976 when the officials let the celtics get away with calling a time out when they didn't have one left and they went on to win that game.
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The flags were on Stanford. Garner's knee was not down just because you say it was. It was a great play and the right call. Your revisionist history will never take a great win away from Cal.
Do a search on 'Cal-Stanford "The Play to beat the Band"' and watch that 1:33 video. It CLEARLY shows that Garner's knee was down BEFORE he pitched the ball and that the last lateral was forward as the ball leaves the player's hands at the 28-yard line and Rodgers catches it at the 26-yard line. That is an ILLEGAL forward pass. The facts are that Garner's knee was down before pitching the ball and there was a forward lateral. cal lost the game. Check it out for yourself.
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evern heard of outside interference and penalty flags? you guys LOST, even the head referee said that without the touchdown he'd have awarded a penalty score against Stanford
If the officials had correctly ruled that Garner's knee was down, there would not have been any flags as the game was over. That was why the players on the sideline and the band came on the field. They saw that Garner was down while he still had the ball. Some of the officials have since admitted that they were were intimidated by the crowd on the field and were afraid to rule Garner down after the play. The Pac-10 later ruled that there should have been a penalty on cal for illegal formation.
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Great video on the photographer who took these great, great famous shots of "The Play".....I would surely like to see the black and white portion colorized!!!.....Go Bears!!!
Do a search on 'Cal-Stanford "The Play to beat the Band"' and watch that 1:33 video. It CLEARLY shows that Garner's knee was down BEFORE he pitched the ball and that the last lateral was forward as the ball leaves the player's hands at the 28-yard line and Rodgers catches it at the 26-yard line. That is an ILLEGAL forward pass. The facts are that Garner's knee was down before pitching the ball and there was a forward lateral. cal lost the game. Check it out for yourself.
GREAT piece of history. Thank you for posting.
mccormack9 1 year ago
Whats Sad is Kevin Moen is my LB Coach lol... i didn't believe him when he said he was apart of "The Play" but damn was i wrong.
cqdakota 1 year ago
"WaaaaaaH!!! WaaaaaaH!!! WaaaaaaH!!! His knee was down!" No it wasn't Stanfurd fans. No flag. No call. You lose. Your team and your band couldn't bring him down. How pathetic. How Stanfurd of you. Thankfully, this play is immortal in college football lore. DEAL WITH IT!
Now go run up the score with that douche of a coach Captain Comeback (even his Alma Mater disowned him).
kruegercal 1 year ago
Google owns YouTube, Google founded by two Stanford grad students. Obvious all these thumbs down done inside YouTube by a bitter Stanford supporter with Admin privledges.
Anymajordude5 1 year ago
Cal had the most heart no matter what anyone says...they won that game
BeastlyDuck1 2 years ago
Cal won. Case closed.
trojantjl 2 years ago
"trojantjl" is an idiot. Case closed.
abbeywood22 2 years ago 5
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While some poor sports still argue laterals, they forget the three things that made The Play happen. 1. Elway called time with 8 seconds left, allowing time for the kickoff. 2. The Cal players on the field were NCAA Rugby Champions. 3. The band was watching the clock and started taking the field before the controversial laterals. Even if the ball was downed for one of the laterals, Cal would have had one more play, since a game can't end on a defensive penalty (illegal participation by the band)
dzstroke015 2 years ago
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Wow! I see some people are still living in denial, over 25 years later. Elway got over it. Why can't the rest of you? It's amazing that people with Cardinal colored glasses can see what trained officials have never seen: conclusive video evidence that Garner's knee was down (he was surrounded by Stanfurd players, so those glasses must have X-ray capability) or that the fifth lateral from Ford to Moen (not Rodgers--check those glasses) was forward. Nice try, amateurs.
dzstroke015 2 years ago
The fact that the officials let the 2nd (illegal) lateral go reminds me of the celtics/suns game of 1976 when the officials let the celtics get away with calling a time out when they didn't have one left and they went on to win that game.
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The flags were on Stanford. Garner's knee was not down just because you say it was. It was a great play and the right call. Your revisionist history will never take a great win away from Cal.
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Do a search on 'Cal-Stanford "The Play to beat the Band"' and watch that 1:33 video. It CLEARLY shows that Garner's knee was down BEFORE he pitched the ball and that the last lateral was forward as the ball leaves the player's hands at the 28-yard line and Rodgers catches it at the 26-yard line. That is an ILLEGAL forward pass. The facts are that Garner's knee was down before pitching the ball and there was a forward lateral. cal lost the game. Check it out for yourself.
abbeywood22 3 years ago 108
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evern heard of outside interference and penalty flags? you guys LOST, even the head referee said that without the touchdown he'd have awarded a penalty score against Stanford
SORE LOSERS
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If the officials had correctly ruled that Garner's knee was down, there would not have been any flags as the game was over. That was why the players on the sideline and the band came on the field. They saw that Garner was down while he still had the ball. Some of the officials have since admitted that they were were intimidated by the crowd on the field and were afraid to rule Garner down after the play. The Pac-10 later ruled that there should have been a penalty on cal for illegal formation.
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@abbeywood22 Clearly down???? LOL!
Naperdude05 10 months ago
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Great video on the photographer who took these great, great famous shots of "The Play".....I would surely like to see the black and white portion colorized!!!.....Go Bears!!!
localboy333 3 years ago
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Do a search on 'Cal-Stanford "The Play to beat the Band"' and watch that 1:33 video. It CLEARLY shows that Garner's knee was down BEFORE he pitched the ball and that the last lateral was forward as the ball leaves the player's hands at the 28-yard line and Rodgers catches it at the 26-yard line. That is an ILLEGAL forward pass. The facts are that Garner's knee was down before pitching the ball and there was a forward lateral. cal lost the game. Check it out for yourself.
abbeywood22 3 years ago 24