Added: Oct 6, 2008
From: kirkkrisko
Duration: 2:18
This series of clips shows WWU's Chris Moore (80) making perhaps the greatest acrobatic catch in a 1992 football game against the University of Puget Sound Loggers. UPDATE: This was ranked as the #24 'Best Damn Top 50 Spectacular Football Plays' by FOX Sports. See the article here: http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/6072132Chris (a graduate of Issaquah High School in Issaquah, WA) caught this pass from quarterback Jason Stiles (14). The camerman was WWU film student Rick Medved, who was in the right place at the right time to capture the catch on film. Interestingly, Medved almost wasn't at this game, or any other. He had approached me about making a highlight film about the Viking football team in fall camp, but I already had somebody to do the job. Head Coach Rob Smith insisted I give him an opportunity (all it would cost us was a bus seat to our games, anyway). So, Rick was at every game, and in the right place at the right time. Chris won the ESPY in 1992 for 'College Football Play of the Year', beating out Antonio Langham (Alabama) and Reggie Brooks (Notre Dame). If you watch the entire clip, watch Joe Theismann's reaction to naming Chris the winner. Just my opinion, but ever since that moment, I've always thought Theismann was a schmuck. I mean, get excited, already.Rick didn't even know he had captured the catch on film. Once we found it, Rick, Chris and I plotted to get it on "America's Funniest Home Videos", thinking it was a shoe-in to win the $100,000 first prize. But, the WWU SID, Paul Madison, already distributed the tape to almost every major news outlet, so AFV would no longer air the tape.
Channel: Sports
Tags: chris espy football highlight issaquah medved moore stiles university vikings washington western wwu
Rating: 4.80 (1200 ratings) Views: 1158437' favoriteCount='4349 Comments: 667
pianomatteo Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - did reggie brooks die? lol seriously looked like he got knocked really hard.
wuicker Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - Out of bounds before he got possession.
privatepigg Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - pause it at 1:55. he clearly has the ball tucked in and he is sitting in bounds. all of his body is in bounds.
Crimmyboy Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - One. both of them are catches. Two, how is getting a reward for it better than not getting it?
Crimmyboy Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - That is an orgasmic catch.
hpnc Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - this is what we call once in a lifetime!!!!
MaceB69 Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - omg
coedops Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - I think it's incredible that he even reached for it when it was between his legs. The presence of mind and the reflexes. That was sensational.
jifjamfreak Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - w.o.w
finalcutter91 Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - put in morgan state catch it is da best ever
Tex1825 Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - it was an amazing catch but look where the ball hit him initially. It should have been a routine catch, but the presence of mind to stay with it after it bounces of his chest is impressive
aje2012 Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - Damn, Reggie Brooks took it. Talk about 100%
DeformedPeanut Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - Watch his feet
Eric79er Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - amazing!!!1
ArtemisFowl2007 Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - 2 words: David Tyree.
garleec Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - Great comment,I concur it should have been caught initially.
tmoney519 Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - The catch was incredible, that goes without saying. But wow, that TD run by Brooks was just a flat out beastly effort.
roda2007 Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - the chances of that happening is 1 in 189 billion
undrgrnd56 Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - 1:03 was at my school i think
foxman2518 Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - is langham half cheetah?
nisiflskntl Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - theres not even that many people in the world so wow
williamc999 Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - is theismann the guy announcing the winner?
bjchit Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - And even then he still scored.
cleverusernamelol Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - the reason he couldn't remake it on sports science,besides it being insane, was that great catches can't be forced, they just happen!! all the guys in the plays were great though
wallyimus008 Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - no possession