It was an audible that OJ said what the heck was he thinking on third and 8 and in an interview with one of the offensive linemen years later he said he missed it altogether and never made the block he was supposed to but OJ somehow found a seam and was gone....
The lineman you're thinking of was Steve Lehmer, who was the left guard. He said he missed the audible and stood up to pass block; and because of the way the defense reacted to his standing up, Lehmer's block and the block of the left tackle created the initial hole for Simpson.
Yes, that’s exactly what everyone does when visiting the grave of their ex spouse, ride in the back with a loaded gun telling the driver where to go.
I think Zenon took too much shit for that loss. I don't think you can ever blame one player for a loss, even a kicker. In an otherwise great game, Beban did throw an egregious pick six. And UCLA blew some other scoring opportunities.
OJ took off on his eye-popping 64-yd jaunt with over 10 and a half minutes left to play. The bruhorns had lots of time to come back and win, but Beban, who by now was playing like he was out on his feet with pain and exhaustion, never even got ucla within 50 yds of another score.
Jimmy Gunn, playing with a torn ligament, spent the rest of the 4th quarter chasing Beban and the demoralized, slower bruins around like chickens with their heads cut off. ucla football has never recovered, literally.
I'm too young (ha! that's a good one!) to remember that game, but I've seen it a couple of times on video. It's tragic for UCLA fans, of course, but it's a good game.
Everyone talks about the long TD run by O.J. But the one that STILL blows my mind is the 13-yard TD run, his first of the game. I have watched that clip over 100 times, and I still can't believe he was able to get into the end zone. He made AT LEAST six guys miss, probably seven. Yeah, a couple of them were arm tackles, but the rest of the guys had a real shot at him and O.J. just -- made them miss. John McKay called it the greatest TD run he'd ever seen, and that's saying something. ABC announcer Chris Schenkel simply said, before O.J. had even crossed the goal line, "There's his brilliance!" And he was right.
O.J. had very deceptive strength to go along with his quickness, moves, and overall speed. He was defintely one of the best RBs of all-time, collegiate and pro.
Always grateful to you, Waldorf, for sending me a CD of the TV broadcast of the '67 game, with a copy of the Sports Illustrated cover that came out the Monday before the game. Classic. It wasn't until then -- gotta be about 15 years ago -- that I ever saw the tape from start to finish. I was in the student section, reaching for my airhorn as OJ made his cut along the sideline.
I knew it at the time but in retrospect it's undeniable: Chris Schenkel was awful.
Most football experts were more impressed by that run than the long td run. I agree how the hell did he make it into the end zone. If I remember correctly, our quarterback,Toby Page, audibled into the 67 yard td run when he saw the defense the Bruins were in. It was a perfect storm for USC thst day and see my comment on our blocking a field goal and PAT attempt.
the cameraman had a jones for the 2 blonde ucly song girls. What were they .... 45 years old? ucly was into DEI shit even back then?
Toby Page. Wow. I fogot that Sogge was pulled in that game. Page knew enough to give OJ the ball. Pretty sure that big run was an audible.
Thanks for the memories 66.
Ron Goldman sees it differently.
Third time was the charm for McKay to finally beat Prothro.
I'm too young (ha! that's a good one!) to remember that game, but I've seen it a couple of times on video. It's tragic for UCLA fans, of course, but it's a good game.
Everyone talks about the long TD run by O.J. But the one that STILL blows my mind is the 13-yard TD run, his first of the game. I have watched that clip over 100 times, and I still can't believe he was able to get into the end zone. He made AT LEAST six guys miss, probably seven. Yeah, a couple of them were arm tackles, but the rest of the guys had a real shot at him and O.J. just -- made them miss. John McKay called it the greatest TD run he'd ever seen, and that's saying something. ABC announcer Chris Schenkel simply said, before O.J. had even crossed the goal line, "There's his brilliance!" And he was right.
O.J. had very deceptive strength to go along with his quickness, moves, and overall speed. He was defintely one of the best RBs of all-time, collegiate and pro.