So every time I’ve tried to sit down and write about Saturday’s game and briefly attending the afterparty and how psyched I am for the Eastern Conference Championship and all that, I get totally overwhelmed and can’t decide where to start and then get caught up in some other thing I’m supposed to be dealing with and give up on the post. So I’m just gonna cut to the chase and start with this concrete item: I am hereby officially coining the phrase “to pull a Vicky Eddy.”
Pulling a Vicky Eddy means, essentially, “to come out of nowhere and completely decimate someone with absolutely no warning.” If you were involved in or in attendance at the Militia v. Sharks game last weekend, this should make sense; if you were not – well, first of all, sucks to be you. Yeah, it was raining and gross, but when you gotta go fishing, you gotta go fishing so if you weren’t there, you missed some fantastic moments. The one that’s relevant here is a little complicated and I think I’ll let the Backseat Coach give the detailed explanation, but basically, it involved a blocked PAT attempt chased down by a Shark, some confusion about rules and then, in the words of Weiny (#85):
me and barker were just standing right next to the girl thinking hmmm, do we hit her? touch her? is the play dead? then WHAMMMM!! like a freaking bat out of hell vicky eddy adds another hit to the highlight reel.
Your Militia Cheerleader does not as of yet have video of this event in her possession – you can see the first part of the play here starting around 1:55, but whaddaya know, the clip ends a fraction of a second before the moment that was the inspiration for this expression.
UPDATE: Video here! Make sure you’re watching the clip from June 12, and start it around 2:34.
Maybe complete footage will turn up at some point, [see above] but you should feel free to start using your new terminology anyway. Examples of correct usage:
I thought I was gonna be able to leave work early but my boss totally pulled a Vicky Eddy in our noon staff meeting and now I’ve got seven articles that need abstracts written by tomorrow morning.
– How should I tell her I want to move out? Should I sort of drop hints here and there for a while?
– Nah, dude. Just pull a Vicky Eddy and get it over with.
Try it at home, kids!
Moving on: the Backseat Coach and I continue to be distressed by the lack of the Militia Truck waiting by the entrance of the stadium. At least this time M.T. was in the vicinity, but seriously, what is going on? Backseat Coach thinks maybe its former locale by the front gate is a fire lane or something, but even if that were true, why banish the poor thing to the far regions when there’s plenty of closer places that would be perfectly legal? The second theory is that maybe management was worried it might be subject to acts of vandalism, but if that’s the case…um, did that not occur to you BEFORE you invented Militia Truck? But man, it’s too bad you don’t know anyone who, like, has connections with the auto business, ’cause I bet they know people who know how to fix that stuff.
What else? Oh! These girls! Yay! Other highlight of the game: the Pat Benatar song playing over the PA system ends, and one of these little ones keeps the moment alive by yelling out solo: “Hit me! With your BEST SHOT!” Rock on, little fisherwoman!
Finally: the Backseat Coach may start making some posts of his own around here; I think the author of any given post is displayed in teeny tiny writing underneath the post title but even if that’s not noticeable, I wouldn’t think it would be too hard to figure out who wrote what. Post contains the phrase “conference parity” or any reference to garbagetime? BSC. Post contains any paragraph beginning “So hey!” or the use of any variation of the word “effing”? MC in the house. Just figured I’d give you a heads up; didn’t want to pull a Vicky Eddy on you.
Vicky Eddy, bless her soul, wasn’t the only one to “pull a Vicky Eddy” on that play — the refs did too, by throwing a penalty flag on the hit.
This we know: in the situation referenced above, as in any situation when the game clock doesn’t read 00:00, the ball is either live, or it is dead. And as they did not blow their whistles or signal the end of the play, the referees thusly indicated that the ball was LIVE.
This we know: any player that has the ball in her hands must make quick decisions. The Sharks player, rather than standing haplessly in the end zone with the ball, needed to make a decision. The choices: go down voluntarily, run out the back of the end zone, or try to advance the ball up the field. FAIL.
Vicky Eddy was the only person to do the right thing on that play — she tackled the person who had the ball.
So WTF, refs? If the ball is live, as your inaction so indicates, there is no reason to penalize a player for tackling the person with the ball. It’s not a situational matter. It doesn’t matter that the ball was in the end zone or that the kick was blocked. The ball is either live, or dead — there is no “in-between” where players should play with only half the effort. There is no penalty I know of for tackling the person with the ball. I might understand the physical reaction to throw a flag or marker, or do something — the hit was so dramatic. But the flag should have been picked up. I don’t get your decision to actually enforce the penalty, which was done on the following kickoff.
I’ve heard from players on the field that the penalty was called because “the hit was too hard.” Bullshit. She didn’t drive the player into the ground, hit her in the head, or clip her below the waist. Vicky Eddy made a good hard tackle. This is football, bitches.
I put forth an alternative definition of “pulling a Vicky Eddy”: to go 100% until the whistle blows.
this is a seriously phenomenal article. and as the person standing right in front of it when it happened (I know i’m lame and still dont have enough experience under my belt i suppose to be pulling vicky eddys) i can tell you it really ranks right up there with my all time favorite football moments.
Wait til she finds out what “Pulling a Ricky Bonnie” means
that was the hardest damn hit i’ve ever seen. i almost started laughing in the girl’s face. oh wait, that’s a lie…i couldn’t laugh in her face because her face was smashed on the turf. but you get what i mean.
viva la ricky bonnie!
Unfortunately I was away and missed my first home game of the season.
I’ve heard so much about this VE hit…someone HAS to have video of it!! It needs to be posted immediately!
The refs should’ve NEVER thrown a flag if the whistle wasn’t blown. Sounds like she was just doin’ some fishin’ old school style! Good job 45!!!! Do it EVERY TIME you get the opportunity.
^ I think I can provide a link!! Hang on a minute, lemme see.link added, altho there is still no audio that i know of.
Im sure u will find audio here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wfnradio