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DIEHARD DAVE: Ring Me That Bell! |
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November 10, 2007 -- GREENCASTLE, IND. -- First things first my friends out there in DPU land...
Holy Crap!
A 47 yard field goal with a back-up Division III kicker? What elephant
did Coach Walker de-scrotumcize and replace his balls with on November
10th (think about that one for a second)?
Ready? Good.
Let’s
just jump straight to the last quarter plus :51 seconds. The Oxymoron’s
hit a 65 yard bomb from QB Matt “Not a River” Hudson hit Bart Banach
turning our side of the field into a quiet little cemetery of 5,000
attendants. It was scary folks.
On the Tigers’ second drive of
the 4th quarter, Wabash’s own man-crush Spud Dick along with Senior
All-World Jeremiah Marks led our Old Gold boys on an 83 yard, 15 play
drive. You talk about loud? It was like Dr. Bottoms had given the
entire campus permission to do keg stands in the middle of the HUB. And
think about this for a second; that was DePauw’s longest drive ALL
SEASON and who else would hook up for the most important touchdown of
2007? A good ole Dick to Marks for an 8 yarder – wait…that doesn’t
sound right…..
After the two point conversation and subsequent
kickoff, the Tigers had tied it up, but still needed to a) stop the
potent Wabash offense and b) get down the field and score again. Tough
job for any team the last time I knew anything about football. As
Hudson slowly moved the ball down the field like Joe Montana on
steroids, the Band – and the fans – got louder and louder. Finally,
Wabash (and this was rare all day) heaved a 40 yarder to the right side
of the field where Jevon “Prime Time” Pruitt snagged the ball from the
clutches of God’s own fingers to intercept the ball on the 4 yard line
with only a 1:23 left!
This is where we all yelled, “GOTTA PASS
IT COACH!” Yet, Walker – with those elephant sized whoppers - decided
to give ‘em more Jeremiah. Our Tigers went on a 9 play 67 yard drive in
only 50.5 seconds including Marks running for 38 yards and catching the
final pass of the day for an eight yard scamper to the Little Giants’
29. If the crowd wasn’t so dumbfounded we should’ve started chanting
MVP.
Out walks six foot nothing; 170 pound; never before
attempted a field goal kick at the collegiate level before Jordan
Havercamp with the weight of the entire DePauw Tiger nation on his
shoulders with 2.4 seconds left. This is a guy who a) replaced the
starting kicker (5 for 14 all season including a missed kick earlier in
the game) and b) missed an extra point attempt in the second quarter.
Does
anyone think this is a good idea? Just heave one into the end zone
Coach! Go to overtime and shut-up!!!! Win it there! Not here!!!
Hike. Spot. Kick? GOOD!
The
Indianapolis Star wrote about the game the next day this, “There are
moments, and then there are Monon Bell moments. There are heroes, and
then there are Monon Bell heroes.” We will always remember were we were
when a the back-up sophomore transfer student boomed a kick from 47
yards away to win back OUR BELL.
...DING DING DING DING...
-Dave Ziemba '03
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 March 2008 )
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