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Hail Mary Haiku: Northern Illinois edition

Time for the Northern Illinois Hail Mary Haiku.

Here's the concept for those new to the game: You're behind by four at midfield. Only one second remains on the clock, and you have to heave the ball into a mass of players in the end zone and hope that one of your guys comes down with it. Bonus points for actually observing the traditional 5-7-5 format for haikus, but free form haikus are allowed. This is, after all, a desperation play.

I'll try to post the entries and open up the voting on Thursday morning. Voting will continue until Game Day, when I'll post the winner. The winner gets . . . a point in the RTT Guessing Game Challenge.

Enter yours by clicking on the "Comments" link below, and pass the invitation to enter along to others. Keep 'em clean, please.

Hike! Ooooh!

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Sixty thousand “strong,”
in Neyland this Saturday,
because of “gas costs”

"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook

by rustytanton on Sep 29, 2008 7:38 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

lol

Nice!

Go Vols!

by Joel on Sep 29, 2008 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Losing record on
Rocky Top? Still better than
cheering for Bama!

by Hooper on Sep 29, 2008 8:09 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Husky vs. Coon Hound?
No match for Nick Stephens as
Jumbotron gets lit!

by Aerobab on Sep 29, 2008 8:47 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

come on, Big Orange,
please do not let that Husky
mount up Ol’ Smokey!

whoshotwhointhewhatnow?

by thetennesseethumper on Sep 29, 2008 9:07 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

......

The I’m not over this weekend yet Haiku

One of those weekends
Where I regret choice to work
In Alabama.

Someday we'll look back on this and plow into a parked car.

by MeytonPanning on Sep 29, 2008 9:52 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I am Cromptoned out
Has it ever been so bad?
Load the G-gun, please

by kidbourbon on Sep 29, 2008 10:05 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

State of Tennessee:
Economy and Vols sad
Vandy is ranked, ouch

We need more G-Gun!

by Volorado on Sep 29, 2008 12:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Two QB System?
Now we are digging real deep,
Can Peyton suit up?

by Getoffmyvols on Sep 29, 2008 5:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Haiku-i-fication

Vicious wind is loose,
Vols seem down for the Count! Thus,
We wait for the “Bruce!”

by lawvol98 on Sep 29, 2008 8:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Heh.

I’d like to see Joel fit that picture into the Haiku poll… :-D

by Hooper on Sep 29, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My bad

On the vicious wind. Those petro bowls clean me OUT.

Someday we'll look back on this and plow into a parked car.

by MeytonPanning on Sep 29, 2008 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

OK, where's my "genius grant"?

“Northern Illinois,”
Hey, that is five syllables!
Haiku writes itself.

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Sep 30, 2008 7:26 AM EDT reply actions   1 recs

LOL

poetic genius, granted

whoshotwhointhewhatnow?

by thetennesseethumper on Sep 30, 2008 8:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

another lol from here

That may be my favorite of all time.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Sep 30, 2008 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Concession

I was going to
participate this week, but
can’t beat birdjam’s ’ku

by CornFromAJar on Sep 30, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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