Invincible Page #8

from the fans here at the Vet.

No surprise,

given the start to their season.

Six consecutive losses

in the preseason,

followed by last Sunday's

embarrassing loss in Dallas.

ALL:
Break.

Special teams were a disaster

last weekend.

If the Eagles are to have

any shot today,

they need to make a statement

right here and right now.

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

No return.

CO MMEN TA TOR:
And the kick

is away.

(GRUNTING )

It is taken near the goal line.

(GROANING )

CO MMEN TA TOR:
What a hit

to start things off.

Vince Papale putting the Giants

back inside their own 15.

(WHOOPING )

He's pointing at me.

He's pointing at me.

What a turnaround from last week,

when Papale could do nothing right.

There you go. Good speed.

Nice, Vince.

PLAYER 1:
All right, baby,

this one's for...

PLAYER 2:
What a hit, baby.

What a hit.

DICK:
All right, let's go.

(CHUCKLING )

PLAYER:
53...

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

PLAYER:
Red 32. Hut.

(GRUNTING )

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

Hut.

CO MMEN TA TOR:
Craig Morton,

rolling out to the right.

He's got an open receiver

in the end zone.

Touchdown, Giants.

And New York draws first blood.

(WHOOPING )

-MAN:
This is our house.

-Sit down!

Hey. Hey.

I told you, Andy, one more time.

Come here.

(STRANGLEHOLD

B Y TED NUGEN T PLA YIN G)

Hut.

(ALL EX CLAIMING )

(ROARING )

Hut.

(GRUNTING )

(WHISTLE BLOWING )

Okay, we're gonna go far left for 28,

pass right. Okay?

DICK:
Come on, Mike,

take care of that ball!

Hut.

(EX CLAIMING )

CO MMEN TA TOR:
Boryla

with a nice play-action fake,

looking, moving out to his right.

He's got Carmichael.

-Touchdown, Eagles.

-Yes!

No!

-Yeah, yeah.

-Yeah!

Eagles and Giants now deadlocked

at 7-7.

Let's get some points up.

Stick him, T.J. Come on.

(BOTH GRUNTING )

(GRUNTING )

A brilliant open-field tackle by Papale.

That was Papale!

Yeah.

Somebody block that guy.

That's the way it's done. That's football.

(MAN WHOOPING )

Yeah.

ALL:
Eagles! Eagles! Eagles!

CO MMEN TA TOR:
And listen

to this crowd right now.

ALL:
Eagles! Eagles! Eagles!

How long has it been

since we've heard that?

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

(GRUNTING )

The Eagles, drawing new life

from this crowd.

But this game has become

what we knew it would be all along,

a grind-it-out defensive struggle

in which every yard is hard to get.

Again, the Eagles have been

completely shut down.

Hut.

(ROARING )

(GROANING )

-Punt, punt.

-PLAYER:
Come on, team, let's go.

-Andy! Andy.

-It's Frank.

Okay, Frank, they're holding

my receivers all day long.

Eight minutes to go, fourth quarter,

game tied at 14 apiece.

(GRUNTING )

(ALL GRUNTING )

Late in the game now,

only a minute 20 to play,

and the Eagles facing a key third

and 10 from their own five-yard line.

(CROWD CHEERING )

(GRUNTING )

Sullivan hit in the backfield.

Now finding some running room.

(GRUNTING )

Yeah!

And he's brought down

very close to a first down.

(PLAYERS CLAMORING )

-Official time-out for a measurement.

-Come on.

Now, if the Eagles pick up

the first down,

they'll still have a long way to go

for a go-ahead score.

(CROWD SHOUTING )

REFEREE:
It's short.

-Yeah!

-Damn.

Denied!

CO MMEN TA TOR:
And they are short

by inches.

REFEREE:
Fourth down.

PLAYERS:
Yeah.

Punt team.

Tight punt.

(CROWD BOOING )

Eagle fans are not happy

with the decision to punt,

but Vermeil,

not taking any chances here.

Now hoping for overtime.

Relax, relax.

Listen up. Tight punt.

Good job. Keep it safe. Safe.

(WHISTLE BLOWING )

-This is a huge play for both teams.

-PLAYERS:
Break.

No room for mistakes on either side.

Watch for the Giants

to go for the block.

I'm coming in, baby.

-PLAYER:
61. 61.

-Overload right.

(CLAMORING )

Come on, baby.

Come on. We got this.

(PLAYERS SHOUTING )

-Check Zorro. Check Zorro.

-What?

What did he call?

Check Zorro. Check Zorro.

CO MMEN TA TOR:

It appears the Eagles

are calling a last-second audible

changing the play.

Check, check.

-What the hell is he doing?

-Here we go, Vince.

-Watch the fake.

-First down.

Yeah!

And Papale with a tremendous break

on the ball.

(GRUNTING )

Fumble.

Yeah!

Come on, Vince.

(PLAYERS CHEERING )

He got the ball!

-Come on, Vince!

-Go.

-Papale's at the 40.

-Come on, Vince.

The 30. The 20. The 10.

-Oh, my God.

-Go, go, go!

That's it.

-Yes!

-Unbelievable.

This is just unbelievable.

(CROWD CHEERING )

(WHOOPING )

-Yes!

-Yeah.

That's my boy!

(WHISTLING )

That's your boy, Kingie.

(LAUGHING )

That's the sound

we've been looking for.

-Yes!

-Go! Go! Go!

-Yes!

-Oh, yeah!

Go, Vince.

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