Okay, somebody please tell me they saw that Jaguars game! Wow!
Last year was our first year with our new coach (Del Rio) and we were 0-8 on the road, not winning a single game. And we gave away three of those games in the last 30 seconds. So everybody was crossing their fingers that we could make a better showing this year, even though we gave away Mark Brunell, our amazing quarterback who's been with us since the beginning (1995). Today was the first game of the official season, against the Buffalo Bills, in Buffalo. It was close, very close. They scored a touchdown; we scored a field goal, then another. Seven to six, and so it stayed. The clock ticked down, around one minute. Our new quarterback, Leftwich, wasn't having his best day and it looked like we were going to start off the season with another loss.
One more drive, our last chance. Downs one, two, and three: zilch. Then, on fourth down, Jimmy Smith - who else? - pulled in a long, desperate pass from Leftwich and kept the drive alive.
Again, nothing on first, second, or third down. And then, somehow, we got the fourth down again. Unbelievably, we were into scoring range. And then, for the third time, downs one, two, and three yielded nada. Fourth and goal, with five seconds on the clock. Last chance.
Pass to a rookie in the back of the end zone. He leaps up, grabs the ball, clutches it tight... then gets slammed into by two defenders and knocked out of the end zone.
Coach's challenge. Referee review. Agreed that said rookie would have come down in bounds had he not been hit by defenders. So... TOUCHDOWN!!! Final score, 13-10. On the road. As the announcers called it, "What a nail-biter!", but still, we kicked off the season with a win!
GO JAGUARS!!!
Last year was our first year with our new coach (Del Rio) and we were 0-8 on the road, not winning a single game. And we gave away three of those games in the last 30 seconds. So everybody was crossing their fingers that we could make a better showing this year, even though we gave away Mark Brunell, our amazing quarterback who's been with us since the beginning (1995). Today was the first game of the official season, against the Buffalo Bills, in Buffalo. It was close, very close. They scored a touchdown; we scored a field goal, then another. Seven to six, and so it stayed. The clock ticked down, around one minute. Our new quarterback, Leftwich, wasn't having his best day and it looked like we were going to start off the season with another loss.
One more drive, our last chance. Downs one, two, and three: zilch. Then, on fourth down, Jimmy Smith - who else? - pulled in a long, desperate pass from Leftwich and kept the drive alive.
Again, nothing on first, second, or third down. And then, somehow, we got the fourth down again. Unbelievably, we were into scoring range. And then, for the third time, downs one, two, and three yielded nada. Fourth and goal, with five seconds on the clock. Last chance.
Pass to a rookie in the back of the end zone. He leaps up, grabs the ball, clutches it tight... then gets slammed into by two defenders and knocked out of the end zone.
Coach's challenge. Referee review. Agreed that said rookie would have come down in bounds had he not been hit by defenders. So... TOUCHDOWN!!! Final score, 13-10. On the road. As the announcers called it, "What a nail-biter!", but still, we kicked off the season with a win!
GO JAGUARS!!!
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