Was that really a "Hail Mary?"

[The PonyGrad]

My impression of a Hail Mary is that you just throw up a prayer into the end-zone amid a bunch of players and pray your player comes down with it. Romo hit Chase in stride. That is just a great pass and catch.

Doesn't calling it a Hail Mary detract from the actual performance.

I know it gets attention and that may be why the PR people are hyping it. It is too late now by wouldn't it be more accurate to call it one of the greatest comebacks in history. Going 80 yards on four plays in 23 seconds?

[mrydel]

My impression of a Hail Mary is that you just throw up a prayer into the end-zone amid a bunch of players and pray your player comes down with it. Romo hit Chase in stride. That is just a great pass and catch.

Doesn't calling it a Hail Mary detract from the actual performance.

I know it gets attention and that may be why the PR people are hyping it. It is too late now by wouldn't it be more accurate to call it one of the greatest comebacks in history. Going 80 yards on four plays in 23 seconds?

I agree with this post. I do not qualify the last pass as a Hail Mary but rather a great throw from 31 yards on a rope and a receiver going up over a defender to make a catch, after having deftly positioned themselves on the previous plays. BYU beat us in the Holiday Bowl on a Hail Mary. (Sorry Ponyte).

[PK]

Do Mormons believe in Hail Mary's???

[ponyte]

My impression of a Hail Mary is that you just throw up a prayer into the end-zone amid a bunch of players and pray your player comes down with it. Romo hit Chase in stride. That is just a great pass and catch.

Doesn't calling it a Hail Mary detract from the actual performance.

I know it gets attention and that may be why the PR people are hyping it. It is too late now by wouldn't it be more accurate to call it one of the greatest comebacks in history. Going 80 yards on four plays in 23 seconds?

I agree with this post. I do not qualify the last pass as a Hail Mary but rather a great throw from 31 yards on a rope and a receiver going up over a defender to make a catch, after having deftly positioned themselves on the previous plays. BYU beat us in the Holiday Bowl on a Hail Mary. (Sorry Ponyte).

Salt in my wonuds, man. Salt in my wounds. That said, I agree as well. Fantastic drive with a well executed final pass. Not a Hail Mary but a well executed deep pass.

[Caballo]

That was not a "Hail Mary."

Staubach to Pearson, Hail Mary.
Flutie to ?, Hail Mary.
BYU vs. SMU, Hail Mary, (or the Joseph Smith intervention),

Romo to Chase, well executed pass play with no time on the clock.

Let's also remember that this play was brought to you by DeMyron Martin and Reynaldo Pellerin. Both took the ball out of bounds to stop the clock so that this play was possible. Heads up plays.

80 yards in 23 seconds. Who would have ever thought our offense could pull that off? Actually, me, my wife, and two of my children huddled around a pair of headphones connected to my small exercise radio chanting "Bobby Chase, Bobby Chase, . . ." over and over when the play started thought it could be done. You should have seen the expression on the kid's faces when the announcer yelled that Chase caught the ball. They were looking at me like I had just cured cancer.

Go Ponies, beat the butt Pirates!

[that's great raplh]

I was not a HM - it was a perfectly thrown and timed pass.

I was there. I should know.

[lawless]

Phelan. Gerard Phelan on the end of the Flutie play. And Saturday was no Hail Mary.

[SWC2010]

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80 yards in 23 seconds. Who would have ever thought our offense could pull that off?

Based on "RIVALS.COM", it is not possible. According to previous rivals reports, none of our guys can run that fast!

[MustangSally]

I agree. For me, the last play wasn't the best part, but just the end of an AWESOME drive. It was great to see us go down the field so methodically, eating up big chunks of yards at a time.

I believe the Mormons called theirs the "save-the-game pass."

[bubba pony]

I confess, I said a Hail Mary before the play and that is why it was successful. The entire 80 yard was one Hail Mary after another. It was improbable and an answer to the unlikely. Hence a Hail Mary. Don’t entertain blasphemy.

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

I know i was saying a "Hail Mary" and a few "Our Fathers" at that point in the game!

[EastStang]

I thought it was Longley to Pearson, but it wasn't a Hail Mary there either, unfortunately Pearson was wide open.

[gostangs]

The viking playoff game pass was Staubach to Pearson.

[feelan]

Phelan. Gerard Phelan on the end of the Flutie play. And Saturday was no Hail Mary.

yes, the great Phelan...though he doesn't pronounce it right.