Best Plays of 2008: this time vote for the winner
Please note the rule change for the final poll. No longer do you vote for the play you want to see eliminated. Vote for your favorite to win.
Well, Eric Berry Flying Corkscrews Marquis Maze bows out in a sort of graceful violence, and our finalists are Berry All the Way and Eric Berry Clobbers Knowshon Moreno. First, though, say goodbye to Corkscrew before it becomes just another clip in a very long reel of Eric Berry's highlights:
So now that it's down to only two choices, I'm going to take a giant risk and change the rules.
That's right, VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE PLAY OF THE TWO. The play with the most votes will be declared the Best Play of 2008. Make your case below, but before you do, be sure to revisit the links, at which we address the context and impact of the plays. Here are those links again:
My vote for best play and the reasoning for it will go in the comment section later. Also, I'm going to keep this final poll open until Friday morning at 6:00.
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Well, that'll make things interesting.
I wonder how many people will bother reading the rule change before clicking a vote button. We’re trained, darnit!!
by Hooper on Jun 10, 2009 10:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I am thoroughly confused
I think that maybe the vote-out vs. vote-in switcheroo may have indeed tripped some people up. Because certainly no reasonable person would vote for the Moreno hit over the “showcase-of-athleticism” pick-six. Right?
by kidbourbon on Jun 10, 2009 11:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, either people are confused or I am blown away that Moreno going well over the top of Berry All the Way.
now with less meyton panning.
by Pride of the Southland on Jun 10, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Berry All the Way
can i get a link to the youtube clip? it’s blocked at my office, and my blackberry won’t display imbedded videos.
by golfballs03 on Jun 10, 2009 11:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Moreno
I voted for that play to win simply because Berry’s athleticism, especially with the ball, is well documented over the last two seasons, but taking a marquee player out of the game with one of the most vicious hits you’ll see on a RB was impressive.
Hypothetically, if it had been Tebow instead of Moreno that Berry crushed would that change people’s minds? Both the Florida and Georgia games were already losses, but Berry took out a season’s worth of frustration on possibly the second-most hated player in the SEC last year. By opposing teams/fans that is.
by VolBrian on Jun 10, 2009 11:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate Moreno.
So bad that I now want the Broncos to fail miserably (Sorry Hoop).
I had nightmares about the Titans drafting that turd. And JT Mapu.
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Summer 2009 Troll Call: Bedazzlers(2), Ratbirds, Squeelers(2), Rosencopters, Cardinals
by gramsey712 on Jun 10, 2009 12:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I will say that Berry All The Way is a "better" play, but knocking out Moreno was my "favorite" play.
So there.
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Summer 2009 Troll Call: Bedazzlers(2), Ratbirds, Squeelers(2), Rosencopters, Cardinals
by gramsey712 on Jun 10, 2009 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Personally
I think the moreno play should have been one of the first to go. It has relatively no significance, it makes a cool sound and thats about it. The hit on Marquis maze was six times cooler, in every single way. It would be a disgrace for that play to win over berry all the way.
by cincyvol6198 on Jun 10, 2009 1:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm on the side of Berry All The Way as well.
Not that it’s a surprise, really. It seems that the Moreno hit gets a lot of pub because of the sudden and gratuitous nature of it and the our-superstar-just-leveled-your-superstar aspect. But really, BOTW required more skill from Berry. And MSU tried really, really hard to stop him. Just watch their #6 on the replay from start to finish. Berry made that runback when everything should have reasonably stopped him.
by Hooper on Jun 10, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
An injustice.
now with less meyton panning.
by Pride of the Southland on Jun 10, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I freaking love that Maze hit.
I was disappointed to see that it got voted out.
by Graysnail on Jun 10, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, yes. Another delightfully nonsensical poll result.
Really? The majority of fans think the best play from last year was Eric Berry illegally hitting Knowshon Moreno (regardless of whether it was called or not) in a game in which we were getting our butts kicked instead of a play of pure skill that actually won a game? I hated Moreno as much as the next guy, but come on guys! Seriously?
by nirwin on Jun 10, 2009 3:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and theres been very little discussion on the merits of the Moreno play too.
For as many votes as it has rec’d, you’d think some of them would be a bit more vocal…
now with less meyton panning.
by Pride of the Southland on Jun 10, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which is why I'm thinking it's not the locals.
by Graysnail on Jun 10, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
With great pain, that can be figured out.
We could go through user profiles and see who’s voted. It’s a touch easier with admin priviliges, but it’s still more trouble than it’s worth. I can tell you this much though; we’ve had a lot of votes from non-RTT members throughout this thing, so I’m sure you’re right about that.
I don’t mind the non-member votes, though. (Hopefully a few of them are people who will stick around and join up!) It just makes it impossible to tell if they’re voting for serious or for malice.
by Hooper on Jun 10, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not suggesting you comb through the votes.
I’m suggesting you rule by fiat. :)
by Graysnail on Jun 10, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What was illegal about it?
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by gramsey712 on Jun 10, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the name of haste
it wasn’t
From the trusty old NCAA rule book:
Approved Ruling 9-1-3-III:
As ball carrier A20 sweeps around the end and heads upfield, he
lowers his head and contacts defensive end B89 who is trying to
tackle him. The players meet helmet to helmet.
RULING: No foul. Neither A20 nor B89 is a defenseless player and neither has
targeted his opponent in the sense of Rule 9-1-3.
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by gramsey712 on Jun 10, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We could poll the jury
Feedback on that idea?
Rocky Top Talk
by Joel on Jun 10, 2009 4:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think the jury would back Berry, but I'm just testing the silent majority now.
I’m okay with it.
by Graysnail on Jun 10, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I voted each time,
And I’ve always held out for he Moreno play maybe because it’s my FAVORITE moreso than the BEST, but I really, really, really hate Moreno AND Georgia.
And no it wasn’t illegal.
The hit Morley laid on AJ Green was through, and was called as such.
Either way, Moreno got knocked the…….you get the idea.
by VolBrian on Jun 10, 2009 5:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ve been reading here for a good long while (and voting), but I thought I’d go ahead and sign-up just to say how much crap this is. The best play was either Berry All the Way or the Flying Corkscrew. This wasn’t even close. Didn’t change a thing and Georgia got the first down.
by Incipient_Senescence on Jun 10, 2009 5:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The hit on Moreno
is simply the most lasting image of the season, and that’s why it’s winning. I’ve mentioned this before, but my logic was that the Denarius Moore TD against Kentucky was the biggest play of the year, because it made the biggest difference in the only win that mattered.
But in voting between these two picks today now that Moore’s TD was eliminated, I found myself voting for Berry’s hit. The INT return was spectacular…but the opponent and the season itself seem to, for me, drown out the significance of it. It made a difference against Mississippi State…but ultimately I think the only win all season that truly mattered was UK the way things went down, and that one only because it was Fulmer’s last game.
The hit on Moreno is more memorable because it’s Moreno and because it’s a nice isolated moment to feel good about in a season with little else to offer in that department, and since none of us are going to say “Man what a big win over Mississippi State”, the significance of that play gets slightly downgraded. This line of thinking is just another consequence of a 5-7 season – even the things we remember most fondly and the plays we consider to be the “best” end up getting judged by different criteria.
Anyway, just wanted to say that it’s not all crazies who are voting for the hit on Moreno. I hope.
Will - Rocky Top Talk
by Will on Jun 10, 2009 6:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm just trying to figure out where all the love came from.
I didn’t figure on it being a runaway win – there was a period of time where it was #2 to to get voted off. The voting was trending toward Berry All The Way once there started being a trend,, so it was kind of weird to see.
By the way, I agree with your reasoning, but that’s why I was backing the Maze hit.
by Graysnail on Jun 10, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Split votes effect?
I wonder how many of the Corkscrew folks are now Clobber folks?
Rocky Top Talk
by Joel on Jun 10, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point about the opponent.
Having that happen against UGA certainly made it better. If it had been identical except a hit on Tebow, we probably could have skipped the votes altogether and simply declared it the winner.
by Hooper on Jun 11, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The hit on Tebow
wins next year
Will - Rocky Top Talk
by Will on Jun 11, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Berry All the Way...
OK, the Moreno destruction was great and all and seeing the clip repeatedly on ESPN is nice, but the pick-six against State has to be the best play of the year, at least between the two. I agree with WIll that the Crompton-to-Moore TD against Kentucky should have won overall.
by Home Sweet Home on Jun 10, 2009 6:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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