In 1790 it was tailback Faster Than Deer from the Shawnee who rushed for 1000 yards in a stickball game against the Lower Tennessee River Cherokee on the Plains of Athens County. FTD however received more than 50 stick blows to his head and retire on a concussion pension with 3 games left to go.
Thanks, Doc, that really gave me a good laugh. I was just about to post something sarcastic about L.C.'s typo, but you beat me to the punch with much better material!
Now, the mere mention of Bill Garry (I think his name has a double "r," but I'm going from memory) reminds me of our 35-6 (also from memory) victory over UK in 1971. The Kentucky PA guy kept saying "Garry on the Carry" all night as the Bobcats rolled up mucho yardage on the Mildcats. The carry that night, however, that is forever embedded in my brain is one of his last ones. It was in the final few minutes of the game. Coach Hess had obviously told his boys that they weren't going to score any more TDs. On one play Garry busts through the center of the line (in a fashion much like his modern day reincarnation, Beau) and has nothing but open space between him and the goal line. The line of scrimmage being about on the UK 20. When Garry reaches about the five yard line the turf monster tackles him. It was the most obvious "flop," I've ever seen and would have made Tommy Freeman quite proud. (No offense, borna, Tommy took many legitimate charges in his illustrious career, but he could at times compete for the Academy Awards with the best of them.)
Last Edited: 10/2/2012 8:35:36 PM by OhioCatFan