(04-29-2021, 07:17 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(04-29-2021, 06:44 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: We were chanting "Super Bowl!  Super Bowl!"  We were 2-4 after that game.  I knew there was no chance we would be a playoff team, but still, it was fun inching down the ramp with the crowd yelling "Super Bowl!" like that.

Of course.

Still it was an absolute blast.  We just beat the freaking Steelers-the same Steelers team that wound up in Super Bowl XXX-for our first ever home win.

I think with Trevor Lawrence, and other smart draft picks, there will be many more moments like that in our future.

The moment I remember from that game, because it is seared into my memory, is late in the game, the Steelers with the ball, Neil O'Donnell drops back to pass and lofts a pass down the left sideline, right in front of me, towards a wide open receiver, the ball seeming to hang in the air forever, here comes the inevitable game winner for the mighty Steelers, but somehow, some way, Harry Colon managed to close the gap and break up the pass.  That was like a movie, when everything goes into slow motion, the ball hanging in the air, Harry Colon looking like he was running in two feet of water, the Steelers receiver with his hands out waiting for the ball.  That was pretty intense.  

For you younger fans, yes, we had a player, a safety, named Harry Colon.  The Jags newspaper (yes, they actually printed those things on paper back then, and sent them to us in the mail) named him Jags defensive player of the year.

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