Wow Reebs, you just opened a can of worms that the regulars on this board might compare to Pandora's box! They have heard this adnauseum but in the interest of bringing you up to speed and nothing more (yea right), I will reluctantly tell the story....It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....No, no I'm sorry that is Charles Dickens' classic
A Tale of 2 Cities. No, no mine is a far less popular story although extremely significant in the sports world as a whole. You see, there was a small cable television network located in Bristol, CT that deemed a matchup between 9th ranked East Tennessee State University and a little college in Lynchburg Virginia called Liberty located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains. They played in a shoe box of a gym back then but boy did they pack in the fans and they were rowdy. This game was no different. Liberty was outmatched from the start but that didn't stop our hero, a 6'3" 200 lb senior from Philadelphia from taking matters into his own hands. If dunks were worth more than 2 points, this play would have won the game single handedly! The score was tied about 10 minutes into the game and the crowd was sensing something amazing about to happen. It was at that moment that an errant cross court pass from Marty Story of ETSU was intercepted by the Philly Phlash! In his haste to make up for the mistake Marty Story took off toward his defensive end with every intention of putting a layup on the glass like a Sir Mix a Lot video. Not to be out done, the recipient of the pass, Major Geer decides to join this scheduled "Block Party" at the other end. But alas, it was not to be as our hero had other plans. Our principle characters were set on this collision course that would quite frankly change the world of sports as we know it. The young guard from Liberty, partly from fear of getting his shot blocked, but mostly out of the sheer competitive will and athleticism of a playground legend, decided to leap toward the rim in an attempt to score. All 3 players come to a junction somewhere between the ground and the stratosphere! What happened next can only be described as extraordinary! Our hero pulled the ball behind his head with 2 hands like Dominique Wilkins and hammered home the most thunderous dunk any man, woman, or child had ever witnessed. You could almost see the folks all around the region watching this take place marvel at what happened. Story and Geer would never be the same. The 2 of them left for a block party but ended up being subjects on a poster!......
Ok, it didn't happen quite like that but close
Reebs the next time you are in town I will gladly pull up the old footage out of the archives in Stately Scarborough Manor. But I must tell you that you will never see me in the same light again
- By olldflame
- By Sly Fox