kerouac9
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This was an amazing moment. I remember watching it from my dorm room in McClintock hall.
That 1999 team sucked so much. LOL.
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This was an amazing moment. I remember watching it from my dorm room in McClintock hall.
That 1999 team sucked so much. LOL.
gmabel830
It's football season!!
I was at that game too, though working concessions for a high school fundraiser. My mom trying to pour beer from a tap was a sight to see! She literally poured one that was like 80% foam and the guy looked at her like “Is this real life?!”
Stout
Hold onto the ball, Murray!
Oh God! That leads with the play where I broke my remote control! &@#ing David Boston not only muffing the punt, but literally KICKING it to the opposition! 
GatorAZ
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Let me guess. The best game of Lawrence Phillip’s career?
Bkbobo
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Wow, I remembered that hit. Stuart Scott with the lowlights. Man I miss him
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easily.
Jetstream Green
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I remember when Aeneas hit a young Troy Aikman on a CB blitz and Aikman was out cold with maybe his first of many pro concussions. Aeneas said he knew something was wrong and stated he say blood in the ear hole of Troy's helmet and felt like he just killed the guy. Aeneas was a football player and the best technique at the position I ever saw... the only guy I have seen play which reminds me of Aeneas is Richard Sherman in his prime
Goldfield
Formally known as BEERZ
Lawrence Phillips memory not good
Krangodnzr
Captain of Team Conner
He didn't move for a looking time I remember.
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vibraslap
Saw it live. Didn’t realize the significance at the time it happened.
It was a long time
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Anyone who thinks Peterson was even close to the equal of Aeneas, who was not only an incredible cover corner, but also a great playmaker and fearless in run support bring the wood (while not being that physically imposing) is drinking drano.
The only reason he wasn’t acknowledged at the level of a Deion, Rod Woodson or a Darrel Greene was because he was on complete dogcrap teams for the overwhelming majority of his career.
The only reason he wasn’t acknowledged at the level of a Deion, Rod Woodson or a Darrel Greene was because he was on complete dogcrap teams for the overwhelming majority of his career.
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Coverage- even (only when Peterson was in his prime)
Remember Aeneas played back in the day where a CB was allowed to get their hands on a receiver more but what Aeneas might have lacked in freakish athletic ability as Peterson, he more than made up in technique and instincts and why he was still great in coverage much longer than Peterson when physically he was dropping off. I forget the span, but I think at one time Aeneas had like a whole season which WRs were unable to score on him. In their prime I say it's a wash, one due to physical ability while the other being technique and instinct
Run support- Aeneas
Football intelligence- Aeneas
Leadership- Aeneas
Physicality- Aeneas
Endurance- Aeneas
Character (as in humility, as seeing oneself as part of a team)- Aeneas
If Fitz is the greatest Cardinal of all-time, then Aeneas Williams is surely right behind him
perivolaki
perivolaki
Me too.
Jeez that was ugly. You guy's have lived through some PAIN.
Commentator made me laugh when Plumber scrambles for a 1st down and he says "That's why they call him "The Snake"". Nothing to do with him being called Jake and there being a famous wrestler at the time called Jake the Snake, it was because of his mobility...sure.
Commentator made me laugh when Plumber scrambles for a 1st down and he says "That's why they call him "The Snake"". Nothing to do with him being called Jake and there being a famous wrestler at the time called Jake the Snake, it was because of his mobility...sure.
Zeno
Ancient
That was back when I still had season tickets I still have the red towel they handed out at that game somewhere. Aeneas was awesome, probably my favorite Cardinal of all time--I ran in to him at the Super Bowl in Minnesota, he was walking through the convention center, I don't think anyone else in the crowd knew they had a HOF right there in front of them...I walked up introduced myself as a long time Cardinal fan and we shook hands, super nice guy.
Same, but then again I only missed two games (both preseason) during our time at SDS.
Come on, man. That team won 4 straight games which is one more win than they got in all of 2000.
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uh... the Snake was his nickname because of his mobility, elusiveness and way he could slither out of trouble, which he started showing off at ASU. Most notably in the Rose Bowl for a TD run that should have won them the national title.
Jake The Snake Roberts time in the Sun had passed a decade earlier and he was already smoking crack by then.
We went from SDS to SFS in part because of Aeneas.
In 2000, he played his final season for us, but it was that year he had possibly his greatest impact on the future of the franchise.
With a vote on a stadium proposal only two days away, Aeneas almost single-handedly defeated the Washington Redskins at SDS. He had a fumble recovery that he returned for a record-tying 104 yards and then an INT shortly after that (which resulted in 3 more points). Gave us a 10 point lead which we used to hang on for a 1-point victory.
Terrible season - only 3 wins. But Aeneas apparently gave the voters some hope with that victory and his exciting plays. Prop 302 passed two days later and the rest is history.
Probably got the idea from here:
Jake Plummer - Wikipedia
His nickname, "Jake The Snake", was given to him as a tribute to professional wrestler, Jake "the Snake" Roberts. Coincidentally, Roberts adopted his nickname as a tribute to his favorite NFL player, former Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler, who was nicknamed "Snake."
Wikipedia is so unreliable. I personally always thought it was because of Kenny Stabler and/or Jake being elusive.
Here's a piece from an article in an Idaho newspaper:
“Jake the Snake” Plummer got his nickname in junior high after he read the autobiography of another quarterback known as “Snake,” Raiders great Ken Stabler. The moniker fit the skinny Plummer, who was known for his ability to elude defenders and make plays — leading Capital to a state title his junior year and a runner-up finish his senior year.
Here's a piece from an article in an Idaho newspaper:
“Jake the Snake” Plummer got his nickname in junior high after he read the autobiography of another quarterback known as “Snake,” Raiders great Ken Stabler. The moniker fit the skinny Plummer, who was known for his ability to elude defenders and make plays — leading Capital to a state title his junior year and a runner-up finish his senior year.
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