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| Barnes To Stokes |
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1992 UCLA (5-5, unranked) vs. USC (6-2-1,
#15) at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. With 4:14
left in the game, the score is tied 31-31
after the Bruins were down by 14 earlier in
the fourth quarter. A Trojan punt pins the
Bruins deep into their own territory, back on
the four yard line. Two successive running
plays bring the ball out six yards to the 10
yard line. On 3rd & 4, fourth-string walk-on
quarterback John Barnes makes a ballsy play
and lofts a pass to J.J. Stokes, who jukes
past one defender and carries another into
the end zone for the go ahead touchdown.
Although USC comes back to score another TD,
they miss the two point conversion attempt
(props to the Trojans, at least, for not
going for the tie). Bruins win 38-37.
A number of well-known players participated
in this game. USC had Rob Johnson at
quarterback, Curtis Conway & Johnnie Morton
at wide receiver, and Jason Sehorn on
defense. For the Bruins, J.J. Stokes (of
course), Sean LaChapelle, and Mike Nguyen
were the receivers and Kevin Williams was the
running back. The stout defense included
Bruce Walker, Othello Henderson, Jamir
Miller, Donnie Edwards, Carlton Gray, and
Nkosi Littleton.
Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times wrote
a nice article on John Barnes on the 10th
year anniversary of this game. You can find
it here:
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/nov/20/sport
s/sp-plaschke20
Tags : ucla usc football barnes stokes 1992 comeback |
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Affichage : 9529
Durée : 123 s |
| Hopkins vs. Stokes |
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The story of this fight is a vicious display
of body punching and hooks with both hands
put on James Stokes whose showboating for the
camera opens the clip. (Appropriately the
clip ends with showboating from Hopkins.) The
younger Hopkins had a stylistic similarity to
Duran on the inside which only elevates his
later ability to dance, jab, and potshot from
distance. Again Hopkins is not 25 as the
graphic says; in this fight he is 27.
Tags : Bernard Hopkins James Stokes boxing middleweight badass Roberto Duran |
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Affichage : 12709
Durée : 309 s |
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