One Frame At A Time: MSU Past
"...he has no idea Charles Woodson can jump 15 feet in the air." — actual call, not really hyperbole.
When I posted the above GIF on Twitter today, someone pointed out that the icing on the cake was Dhani Jones (#55) body-slamming the MSU receiver on the sideline. I've watched that play literally hundreds of times since it first happened (gulp) 16 years ago; this is the first time I've ever noticed Dhani's hit. Watching a purportedly-mortal human take flight can be distracting.
[Hit THE JUMP for Braylonfest.gif, Desmond Howard doing Desmond Howard things, Manningham FTW, and more.]
My laptop is being a pain so no lightboxes for these. If you have a non-Chrome browser, hit 'escape' to stop animation. If you have Chrome, I highly recommend adding the extension GIF Scrubber, which gives you movie-like control of GIFs.
Last year's MSU OFAAT post lives here; it was actually the first full-blown OFAAT, and I was still getting the hang of the GIFs thing, but this one holds up well:
From 2007, here's Mario Manningham's game-winning touchdown:
Other 2007 GIFs: Henne's freakin' perfect TD pass to Mathews, Hart saves Mallett's bacon, Henne's comical yet triumphant exit.
From 2004, BRAYLONFEST DOT GIF:
Tyrone Wheatley laughs at your futile tackling attempts:
Yep, still laughing.
Interfere with this:
Kicking to Desmond: not a good idea.
No, Michigan State did not invent, nor perfect, the fake punt:
Move, ref, get out the way.
November 1st, 2013 at 5:50 PM ^
Another reason I love that gif of the Woodson pick is because I can see a friend of mine who was sitting on the field in the end zone that day. I forget how she got the tickets, she must of knew someone, but she got tickets for her, her boyfriend and another friend to sit on the field for that game.
Everyone else sitting on the field there is State's 1987 Rose Bowl team, who were there for their ten year reunion. So glad they had front row seats to see Woodson's interception up close.
November 1st, 2013 at 5:53 PM ^
also pulled it off in the Rose Bowl in Bo's last game then the Pac10 ref through a shakey holding flag.
November 1st, 2013 at 6:08 PM ^
He didn't play in Bo's last game. JD Carlson had taken over kicking duties and the punter that day was Chris Stapleton.
November 1st, 2013 at 6:42 PM ^
And that was actually a Big Ten ref, and he bragged about finally sticking it to Bo in the refs' locker room after the fact, and a Pac Ten ref ratted him out, and he got his ass handed to him by the Big Ten office.
November 1st, 2013 at 8:26 PM ^
Jim Kemberling. What an a*shole.
He seemed to ref every single big Michigan game in the 80's and 90's.
November 2nd, 2013 at 10:11 AM ^
and greg robinson (YTGR) had pointed out the ref to me before the game and said he was a "USC suckass" and that he would job Michigan at some point during the game.
November 1st, 2013 at 6:30 PM ^
hands down the best play I have ever seen in college football...
for reference the best nfl play I have ever seen is Terrell owens blocking on the Garrison hearst run back in the day...
I can't wait for tomorrow.
November 1st, 2013 at 6:34 PM ^
Nothing beats a Barry Sanders run - especially behind the crappiest line in the history of the NFL.
Calvin Johnson catching that TD in triple coverage against the Cowboys was something special as well.
November 2nd, 2013 at 2:46 AM ^
Two Pro-Bowlers on that line when Barry was here. The talent was no where near the level of the Cowboy's line. But that line wasn't the worst line in the NFC that year, Let alone history.
With that being said, Barry was truly the best!
November 1st, 2013 at 9:39 PM ^
Pretty sure one of the most amazing NFL plays I have ever seen was the Marshawn Lynch against the Saints a year or two ago
November 1st, 2013 at 10:04 PM ^
Lays a good lick on the sparty QB during the Woodson INT! We use to be the team that savaged sparty! We need to get back to the hard hitting football.
November 1st, 2013 at 10:20 PM ^
Don't forget for one moment. We still own that place.
November 1st, 2013 at 10:36 PM ^
If the icing on the cake was Dhani, the a la mode has to be Juaqin Feazell (#90) planting Sparty QB Schultz.
November 1st, 2013 at 11:15 PM ^
Fourth and 4 on their 40. Should not have been showing punt anyway.
/s
November 2nd, 2013 at 9:37 PM ^
To stop living in the past?
November 3rd, 2013 at 3:15 PM ^
Will not make up for what happened yesterday. But if it comforts you, by all means, go ahead.
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