Yep, they didn't cross the 50. They also didn't convert a 3rd down the whole game. We led 30-0 at the half, finishing with a 33-0 victory.
15 YEARS Ago Today, the Most Famous Leonard Leap
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Yep, they didn't cross the 50. They also didn't convert a 3rd down the whole game. We led 30-0 at the half, finishing with a 33-0 victory.
Like a dope I missed him
It was pretty quiet. The one that stands out more was in Knoxville. The Illini fans were never that loud. The Vols went from ear splitting to dead silence when Nate Jones runs back the opening kickoff for a TD
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Definitely this. The 100K+ Neyland Stadium silence was deafening...in a beautiful, only a visiting fan can appreciate, kind of way!
One of my regrets. I had it scheduled. I think there was a hurricane or a tropical storm a day or two before so I cancelled. Ugh!
That leap along with this one against Louisville are my two favorites:
we have a replica of that leap....years ago there was some guy in upstate NY that was making statues, for lack of a better term, of college football players. We had one made of this leap...and Brian signed it for us.
flying home from Illinois is when GS came up with the “Chop” mantra. That’s what I remember about the significance of that game.
One of my favorite things. Oh and "We?". That's MINE.we have a replica of that leap....years ago there was some guy in upstate NY that was making statues, for lack of a better term, of college football players. We had one made of this leap...and Brian signed it for us.
That game was one of the few times I watched a game and threw my remote control at the end in disgust ...and I’ve had lots of reasons to do watching Rutgers football for 45 years...
As much as I remember the Leonard Leep As one of the most athletic football plays I ever saw...I just remember that we had a lot of defensive tackle questions...and this #56 comes in and has a monster game ...and then gets hurt and knocked out the season for the season with an injury
i remember Schiano talking NOTHING about Eric foster the entire preseason 2016 camp ...and yet, off one game, he was named captain as a JUNIOR.
talk about keeping it under wraps ....but it started against Illinois for Eric
As much as I remember the Leonard Leep As one of the most athletic football plays I ever saw...I just remember that we had a lot of defensive tackle questions...and this #56 comes in and has a monster game ...and then gets hurt and knocked out the season for the season with an injury
i remember Schiano talking NOTHING about Eric foster the entire preseason 2016 camp ...and yet, off one game, he was named captain as a JUNIOR.
talk about keeping it under wraps ....but it started against Illinois for Eric
We were on a family vacation for my mom's 70th birthday party in Charlotte, where my sister's family also lived, so we had a bit party that day, but I got to watch most of the game since the party didn't start until about 3 pm. That leap was so friggin' awesome and I still have no idea how we lost that game. Had to put the happy face on for mom, lol...
People stopped leaping because players were taught it was dangerous. This recent play reminds why.
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That one.. I am sitting/standing there and say.. "well.. what do we have here?" meaning.. am I seeing something special here.. a star in the making? Yup.
That play/ game was like going out for a walk, finding $500 and then getting slowly run over by a street sweeper as we choked the lead away the rest of the game. I was still on the NJ.com board at the time and was still sore about the previous year and in the game prediction thread I actually made a fairly accurate call, saying we would be up 17-7 in the 3rd and then stall out on offense and lose 24-17 in OT. It's still in my Top 5 Worst/Most Painful Rutgers Losses (alongside '12 UL, '06 and '11 WVU, and the '12 RA Bowl) in that I will go out of my way to avoid watching clips of the game.
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To be honest the last 7 words were not important...could have just left it at Tyrone Stowe , Bruce (Pressley) and Elnardo Webster were my favorite RU players...they were ALL great ... That is the way we make positive change in this world...
