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Knowshon - The Hurdle
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Richt: ESPN ?missed boat? on Knowshon
By Chip Towers | Sunday, September 7, 2008, 06:07 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For those of you wondering why ESPN didn?t run Knowshon Moreno?s hurdling highlight on either SportsCenter or its College Football Final shows highlights Saturday night, Georgia coach Mark Richt was wondering, too.
Moreno literally leaped over Central Michigan safety Vince Agnew in full stride during the Bulldogs? 56-17 win at Sanford Stadium. Afterward Richt said it was one of the most amazing runs he?d seen in all his years and he looked forward to seeing it on SportsCenter that night. Trouble was, ESPN didn?t bother showing it.
ESPN buried Georgia?s game deep within its broadcast and, when it finally got around to the nation?s No. 2 team, quickly ran through the 78-yard interception return by Demarcus Dobbs, the first TD catch by Mohamed Massaquoi and Moreno?s 52-yard TD run in which he stiff-arms a defender to spring him down the sideline.
But the play that left everybody awestruck was a no-show.
I asked Richt about its omission on his weekly Sunday teleconference call and it initiated a pretty interesting exchange between me, him, an ?ESPN guy? and a ?Fox guy.?
Was he surprised they didn?t show it?
Richt: ?Yeah. They missed the boat or didn?t do their homework or whatever. I don?t know how they couldn?t have noticed that as thorough as it seems like that are most of the time. But it?s going to make our highlights for a long time.?
Then Brett Jensen of ?TotalUGA.com,? a website that covers Georgia athletics for ESPN, piped in.
Jensen: ?I spoke to some people up in Connecticut about that today. They said Fox, who had control of the game, didn?t put that in that highlight in the highlight package they sent up to the satellite.?
Richt: ?You?re kidding me? [Starts laughing] Oh, so you throw Fox under the bus? I threw you under the bus and now you throw Fox under the bus. That?s the way it works.?
Then Dean Legge, whose website georgia.scout.com is in the Fox family, chimes in? ?They had cameras there. They could have pulled it off the satellite.?
Richt: ?Maybe it just wasn?t that good of a play. I don?t know. I thought it was pretty good.?
Another reporter asks: ?So ESPN is back under the bus??
Richt: [Laughs] ?I think they?re both under the bus now.?
What do you think? Minor oversight? Major oversight? ESPN conspiracy against Georgia?
By Chip Towers | Sunday, September 7, 2008, 06:07 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For those of you wondering why ESPN didn?t run Knowshon Moreno?s hurdling highlight on either SportsCenter or its College Football Final shows highlights Saturday night, Georgia coach Mark Richt was wondering, too.
Moreno literally leaped over Central Michigan safety Vince Agnew in full stride during the Bulldogs? 56-17 win at Sanford Stadium. Afterward Richt said it was one of the most amazing runs he?d seen in all his years and he looked forward to seeing it on SportsCenter that night. Trouble was, ESPN didn?t bother showing it.
ESPN buried Georgia?s game deep within its broadcast and, when it finally got around to the nation?s No. 2 team, quickly ran through the 78-yard interception return by Demarcus Dobbs, the first TD catch by Mohamed Massaquoi and Moreno?s 52-yard TD run in which he stiff-arms a defender to spring him down the sideline.
But the play that left everybody awestruck was a no-show.
I asked Richt about its omission on his weekly Sunday teleconference call and it initiated a pretty interesting exchange between me, him, an ?ESPN guy? and a ?Fox guy.?
Was he surprised they didn?t show it?
Richt: ?Yeah. They missed the boat or didn?t do their homework or whatever. I don?t know how they couldn?t have noticed that as thorough as it seems like that are most of the time. But it?s going to make our highlights for a long time.?
Then Brett Jensen of ?TotalUGA.com,? a website that covers Georgia athletics for ESPN, piped in.
Jensen: ?I spoke to some people up in Connecticut about that today. They said Fox, who had control of the game, didn?t put that in that highlight in the highlight package they sent up to the satellite.?
Richt: ?You?re kidding me? [Starts laughing] Oh, so you throw Fox under the bus? I threw you under the bus and now you throw Fox under the bus. That?s the way it works.?
Then Dean Legge, whose website georgia.scout.com is in the Fox family, chimes in? ?They had cameras there. They could have pulled it off the satellite.?
Richt: ?Maybe it just wasn?t that good of a play. I don?t know. I thought it was pretty good.?
Another reporter asks: ?So ESPN is back under the bus??
Richt: [Laughs] ?I think they?re both under the bus now.?
What do you think? Minor oversight? Major oversight? ESPN conspiracy against Georgia?
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Who gives a feck about the TV stations now?? I certainly don't. I also don't put too much weight into a conspiracy theory.
It's been a REALLY long time since I watched SportsCenter or any other "sports news" show other than College Gameday.
The internet makes it too easy for people not to know about this play.
I love Richt!
It's been a REALLY long time since I watched SportsCenter or any other "sports news" show other than College Gameday.
The internet makes it too easy for people not to know about this play.
I love Richt!
Pretty impressive. Here is Chase Coffman performing the same stunt vs. Illinois.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m909cpzceZk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m909cpzceZk
Wow, great. How about maybe cutting it to the left and taking it in for 6 instead of just getting the extra four yards out of the play. At least the guy doesn't have the "hey everybody look at me attitude".
he has a great future. I remember seeing the little bio clips on him last year. I seem to remember too that he is a good kid and down to earth. Is that right, J? How bad is Rutgers hating it that they let this guy out of the state?
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The kid is refreshing to listen to, imo. He has a real respect for the game. Not sure where the previous poster is basing his opinion on except maybe one play.
I saw a clip where Herschel interviewed him. I was very proud to have the kid on our squad.
amazing stuff. i would be scared of the defender standing up and wreckin the family jewels though.
great athlete.
great athlete.
