Because it deserves another post
It's old news at this point, but for the record, Alabama wide receiver Tyrone Prothro's catch behind the Southern Miss defender's back this year was indisputably the most spectacular play I've seen in a lot of years of watching football. And that's not even the crimson bias talking.
Considering how the Crimson Tide had been racking up victories in the weekly Pontiac Game-Changing Performance votes -- five honorees in all this season -- it seemed inevitable that Prothro's catch would win top honors as play of the year. It did, of course -- it just had to -- and there was much joy around these parts.
And that was followed by even more joy when Texas quarterback Vince Young single-handedly pre-empted the looming USC "three-peat" talk that entirely would have ignored the undefeated 1966 Alabama team that did everything required to win the school's third straight national title but was denied it because pollsters at the time didn't think any team deserved to win three in a row. At least that prospect is gone for a few more years.
OK, you're right; college football has been over for almost a week, and I really need to get over it. So feel free to crank up an NFL discussion in the comments to distract me. One proposed topic: Why has no one made offensive guru Norm Chow a head coach?
Considering how the Crimson Tide had been racking up victories in the weekly Pontiac Game-Changing Performance votes -- five honorees in all this season -- it seemed inevitable that Prothro's catch would win top honors as play of the year. It did, of course -- it just had to -- and there was much joy around these parts.
And that was followed by even more joy when Texas quarterback Vince Young single-handedly pre-empted the looming USC "three-peat" talk that entirely would have ignored the undefeated 1966 Alabama team that did everything required to win the school's third straight national title but was denied it because pollsters at the time didn't think any team deserved to win three in a row. At least that prospect is gone for a few more years.
OK, you're right; college football has been over for almost a week, and I really need to get over it. So feel free to crank up an NFL discussion in the comments to distract me. One proposed topic: Why has no one made offensive guru Norm Chow a head coach?
posted by Alabamian at 11:55 PM
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