And so I had to go watch it, you know, in preparation for having this conversation with you. I was 14, I think, in 1985.īACHELDER: And those games were on at 9, and I usually watched at least the first half and this happened early in the second quarter, so I saw it. MARTIN: When did you first see this football play happen? Were you old enough to have watched it when it actually occurred (laughter)?īACHELDER: Yes, I was. Chris Bachelder joins us from member station WVXU in Cincinnati.ĬHRIS BACHELDER: Thank you. It's called "The Throwback Special," and it's a surprisingly funny and poignant story about a group of friends who reunite every year to re-enact that play and then reflect on their middle-aged lives in the process. This moment frozen in sports history is at the heart of a new novel by Chris Bachelder. And quickly, Lawrence Taylor is up saying Theismann is hurt. That's not necessarily a good play to have called. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: And it was Lawrence Taylor who slammed Theismann to the ground at the 42-yard line. Washington quarterback Joe Theismann ran a play called the flea flicker, and it left him wide open to the hard-charging linebacker of the New York Giants, Lawrence Taylor. Football fans of a certain age can still recall with horror a particular moment during a "Monday Night Football" game in 1985.
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