Neely: "He didn't punch him. He slapped him. The referee started to throw a flag, but he wasn't sure if you could be penalized for roughing up your own teammates."
Silo: "He shouldn't have missed the block."
Third and one at the forty-eight, four-twenty to go in the game, Spartans are back at the line before East Pike is set, quick snap, Neely rolling right, a keeper, across the fifty to the forty-five and out of bounds. First down and the clock will stop. The Spartans need two touchdowns. They'll have to start using the sidelines.
Silo: "Go for it, Buck, why don't you just call the plays?"
Donnie: "I'm sure he knew them."
Randy: "Hell, everybody knew them. They didn't change in over thirty years."
Couch: "We ran the same plays you guys were running against East Pike."
Mabry off tackle again, for four yards, hit hard by Devon Bond and the safety, Armondo Butler, a real headhunter. They have no fear of the pass, so they're really loading up against the run. Double tight end set, Chenault in motion right, option left, pitch to Mabry, who spins forward, keeps chugging, somehow picks up three. It'll be third and three now, another big play, but they're all big now. Clock's counting,under four minutes to play.Ball at the thirty-eight. Curry sprints from the huddle, wide left, split backfield, Neely drops back into the shotgun, the snap, he rolls right, looking, looking, there's pressure, and off he goes to the far side, and he's nailed by Devon Bond. A really nasty helmet to helmet collision, andNeely is slow getting up.
Neely: "I couldn't see. I've never been hit that hard, and for thirty seconds or so I couldn't see."
Paul: "We didn't want to waste a time-out, so we yanked him up, got him to his feet,sorta dragged him back to the huddle."
Silo: "I slapped him too, and that really helped."
Neely: "I don't remember that."