George Teague Asks Whether "The Strip" Counted

[tusks_n_raider]

Michael Rogers

Interview is at 1:08:20 on the video below:

There goes my faulty memory again..lol

I thought it was post game jubilation but the interview was actually mid game.

 

[dtgreg]

Michael Rogers

Interview is at 1:08:20 on the video below:

That's it! Got 'em confused. Thanks.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

There goes my faulty memory again..lol

I thought it was post game jubilation but the interview was actually mid game.

Here's what stood out about that interview to me:


That interview happened right after the controversial "unsportsmanlike conduct" call on Derrick Lassic (perhaps the most preposterous call in the entire game). We'd just taken a 13-3 lead in a game we supposedly had no chance.

Oh - and on December 29, I'd had my wisdom teeth all pulled, so I'm both on a lot of pain meds, in a lot of pain, eating crap that I can sort of liquify and pumped my team is leading Miami while angry we just got denied four points.

So I'm high on medication and adrenalin listening to Rogers talk while high on medication and adrenalin........it's the kind of thing that inspires symphonies (go look up "Symphonie Fantastique")

 

[TideEngineer08]

That play buried them.

And yes it was critical that Teague did what he did. Thomas was going to score easily, and it would have made it 27-13 with plenty of time for Miami to come back. And remember, Jay Barker did absolutely squat passing the the ball that game. It wasn't like we had the tools to get into a shootout with Miami and win.

Now it may have amounted to naught in the end; Kevin Williams did return a punt for a TD later in the game which did bring it to that same 27-13 score. But the damage had been done. Miami's offense was not going to score a TD all night, and Teague's rundown of Thomas was the final nail in that coffin.

 

[rolltide7854]

It made a HUGE difference in the game, it definitely counted.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

That play buried them.

And yes it was critical that Teague did what he did. Thomas was going to score easily, and it would have made it 27-13 with plenty of time for Miami to come back. And remember, Jay Barker did absolutely squat passing the the ball that game. It wasn't like we had the tools to get into a shootout with Miami and win.

Now it may have amounted to naught in the end; Kevin Williams did return a punt for a TD later in the game which did bring it to that same 27-13 score. But the damage had been done. Miami's offense was not going to score a TD all night, and Teague's rundown of Thomas was the final nail in that coffin.

In the Super Bowl, though, Jay Barker would have won the MVP.

You will notice I did not use the blue font.