UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE! (part 3)

TITLE: UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE! (part 3)
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CATEGORY: Sports

DATE: 10/07/2003 01:43:52 PM
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My team is now up by 1.5 points. All it would take for Andrew to regain the lead is two sacks, a turnover, a blocked kick. Basically anything.

The Bucs win the toss. I pray for them to drive down and kick a winning field goal. The Colts force them to punt. Goddamn it. Now the Bucs' D has a chance to score again.

The Colts slowly - and painfully - drive the length of the field. They get in position for a winning field goal. A stat flashes across the screen: no NFL team has ever come from 21 or more points down with under 4 minutes left to win a game.

If Tampa, Andrew's defense, blocks the kick, he wins our game.

If the kick goes in, I win our game.

If Indy misses the kick, Andrew and I (and the growing crowd that returned to the stadium once they figured out what was going on) were back at square one, where anything could happen. For the love of God, don't let that happen, guys. My night's sleep is counting on you.

The kick is up. It's...NO GOOD! NO GOOD!!! AAAARRRGH!!!!!

BUT WAIT. There's a PENALTY on the BUCS!

The refs called an unsportsmanlike conduct foul for a Tampa player leaping on another player to try to block the kick, which is against the rules. IT was a bullshit call, but I am ecstatic. Indy's kicker is the most accurate kicker in NFL history. He couldn't possibly miss a short field goal twice in a row, right? I mean, he hadn't missed all season until just now. Somebody back me up on this.

The kick is up...


...HITS THE UPRIGHT POST...


...and BOUNCES IN! THE COLTS WIN ONE OF THE GREATEST COMEBACKS AND FOOTBALL GAMES IN HISTORY...BARELY.

Final score of our fantasy game:

<b>jcabana:</b> 79.67
<b>Andrew:</b> 79

It's only fitting that one of the greatest games of all time be accompanied by one of the greatest fantasy games of all time.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: daina
DATE: 10/08/2003 06:52:58 PM
as an epilogue to this story:
half way through this madness, andrew and i were yelling SO loudly at the TV that our neighbors started banging on the wall yelling for us to shut up! from then on we had to whisper! it was hilarious!
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