(03-13-2020, 07:19 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(03-13-2020, 04:32 AM)JagFanatic24 Wrote: I was a 12 year old down at the stadium the atmosphere was electric. Everyone was chanting Super Bowl where I was sitting.

I also watched the plane fly over after Denver. And Widell asked if we believe in Miracles.

All bc of that missed FG.

The elation I felt when that thing missed was unbelievable.  I have never gone so deeply into the depths of despair and then so high into a feeling of ecstasy in such a short period of time.  It was a rocket blast of pure clean happiness.   And I'd bet 71,999 other people felt the same thing.  

Nowadays, we're all scarred and cynical from decades of ineptitude, but back then, we were innocent newbies, so we had no reservations about how we felt at the time.  God himself had come down and saved us.  There was no other explanation.

I was in the North EZ (Cage of Rage back in the day) directly behind the goalpost for that game. I remember thinking about closing my eyes so I wouldn't have to see something that I could never un-see. Boy am I glad I didn't.

This is definitely 'the play' for all of us Old Fart Jags fans out there, IMO, because of everything it made possible to come after. And maybe the Jimmy Smith TD catch 2 weeks later a close second.

The encouraging thing is, is that we probably haven't seen the greatest play in Jags history yet.

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