Thanks to the University of Akron sports department, we now have video of the miracle 90+ yard lateral play that provided the game-winning play as time expired in the Zips 39-38 win over Western Michigan Saturday night.
There was no local TV, and some of you have already been emailing and calling asking to see the miracle finish.
As part of Coach J.D. Brookhart's press conference today, the UA Sports Dept. released footage from its cameras of the final play, which includes play-by-play man Steve French's passionate call of the play.
Enjoy .. and Go Zips!
7:15 p.m. UPDATE: E-mail from John in Stow: "Eric - Thanks for the UA Football story tonight. The ABJ relegated their coverage to a small inside story on Sunday's sports section with no follow-up Monday. Instead the ABJ devoted a front page story in the sports section on Sunday with 2 color pictures to a Kent State losing effort. Very poor coverage by the ABJ. UA deserves better from their hometown paper. Thank you for your coverage on 23 News."
Dear John: "You're welcome ... we actually called the NBC affiliate in Kalamazoo, but their photographer left the stadium before the final play ... fortunately, the U of A was willing to share their video with us .. the best part is Steve French yelling like a wild man in the broadcaster's booth at the game ... sorry it took until today to finally get the video, but we knew early on today that we HAD to get it."
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