RolandDeschain
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I have a confession to make. I'm an addict, and my addiction is watching the Percy kickoff TD from Super Bowl XLVIII, usually the version in this 7-minute-long fan video starting at about 4:10 in. The Transformers orchestral music playing is just perfect, and it makes me recall the state of my living room every single time. (I also love the ending part starting with Kearse's TD, with Forever Young playing.)
I had seven or eight people over, one of whom was a Rams fan friend. He had made a comment during halftime about how he hoped Denver would wake the frig up and make it a game, which of course nobody could blame him for and let's be honest, most of us were expecting the Broncos to come back and be at least somewhat competitive at that point.
How it unfolded in my living room:
1) As we see the kick come in shallow, realizing they were trying to keep him from returning it, someone swore.
2) It takes a rather favorable Seattle hop which allows Percy go to grab it fairly quickly, and one of us says "Come on!"
3) He breaks past the first three Denver guys while insulting the speed and acceleration capabilities of a Lamborghini. I stand up and start shouting something; I don't even remember what. At least a couple other people shoot out of their seats at the same moment and start cheering.
4) Percy crosses the 40-yard-line, juking Prater. At that point, his acceleration kicks up to a gear that simply nobody else on the field has, and as he's crossing the NFL shield, everybody knows he is gone for the score. It's absolutely beautiful. Everyone is screaming, jumping around, etc.
5) Percy crosses the goal line and the room is just going absolutely insane. High-fiving, hugging, etc. Everybody except my Rams friend is ecstatic.
6) Rams fan yells out "Aw, **** this ****!" and opens the front door and storms out as a joke pretending to leave because all he wanted was a competitive game and it's over 12 seconds into halftime. We all burst out laughing; it was really a funny moment you had to be there for.
7) We all went to my kitchen and did shots of Patron Silver.
This moment is seared into my memory for how it went down where I was at the time, and because it's the moment I knew Seattle was bringing home the Lombardi Trophy. I'm not sure it's the best play of the game, but it is undoubtedly my favorite play of the game.
What's yours?
I had seven or eight people over, one of whom was a Rams fan friend. He had made a comment during halftime about how he hoped Denver would wake the frig up and make it a game, which of course nobody could blame him for and let's be honest, most of us were expecting the Broncos to come back and be at least somewhat competitive at that point.
How it unfolded in my living room:
1) As we see the kick come in shallow, realizing they were trying to keep him from returning it, someone swore.
2) It takes a rather favorable Seattle hop which allows Percy go to grab it fairly quickly, and one of us says "Come on!"
3) He breaks past the first three Denver guys while insulting the speed and acceleration capabilities of a Lamborghini. I stand up and start shouting something; I don't even remember what. At least a couple other people shoot out of their seats at the same moment and start cheering.
4) Percy crosses the 40-yard-line, juking Prater. At that point, his acceleration kicks up to a gear that simply nobody else on the field has, and as he's crossing the NFL shield, everybody knows he is gone for the score. It's absolutely beautiful. Everyone is screaming, jumping around, etc.
5) Percy crosses the goal line and the room is just going absolutely insane. High-fiving, hugging, etc. Everybody except my Rams friend is ecstatic.
6) Rams fan yells out "Aw, **** this ****!" and opens the front door and storms out as a joke pretending to leave because all he wanted was a competitive game and it's over 12 seconds into halftime. We all burst out laughing; it was really a funny moment you had to be there for.
7) We all went to my kitchen and did shots of Patron Silver.
This moment is seared into my memory for how it went down where I was at the time, and because it's the moment I knew Seattle was bringing home the Lombardi Trophy. I'm not sure it's the best play of the game, but it is undoubtedly my favorite play of the game.
What's yours?