01-24-2017, 05:53 PM
(01-24-2017, 04:13 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:I'll add another one. Ukropina's kick to beat Votre Dame at home in 2015. I was sitting behind the end zone with some family friends who were casual fans (at halftime they had a segment in support of special needs children so our friends, who have a child in the program got to walk on field and welcome the team back after halftime, an experience which was wonderful for them). The game was obviously close, and when Votre Dame scored with 30 seconds left to take the lead, I for some reason was not especially concerned. Neither, apparently, was Ukropina, who calmly drained the 46 yard field goal with time expiring for the win. And there was much rejoicing.
That one was so great. ND scored and I said "They left too much time on the clock!" After a couple plays my seat neighbor asked me how much farther we needed to get to be in Ukropina's range, and I replied "We're in his range now!" And then he went out and kicked it. Couldn't be better!

