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Sideline Chatter: August 2009 Responses

What would you name the wild play at the end of regulation of the Cornell-Syracuse NCAA men's championship game?

It was perhaps the most dramatic sequence in the lacrosse history -- 24 seconds of mayhem that Syracuse's Kenny Nims began with a ride and ended with the game-tying goal in the 2009 NCAA Division I final in Foxboro, Mass.

LM wanted to know how you branded this never-to-be-recreated play in lacrosse lore.

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Aidan Brown, Garden City, N.Y.
I think the play sohuld be known as the Foxboro Flip. The last chance at a repeat for 'Cuse, Abbott flips the ball over his head in to the stick of Nims waiting on the doorstep. Kids will be trying to replicate the Foxboro Flip in the backyard for years.

Jay Mariani, Cincinnati, Ohio
The Foxboro Flip. As in, how the city of Foxboro flipped at Syracuse's comeback. Or, how Matt Abbott flipped the ball to Kenny Nims to net the game-tying goal.

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Trophy Ride. A trophy bride's attractiveness totally trumps the hard work and sacrifice of a first wife. Cornell scraped and struggled and ground out a lead for the entire game only to have Cuse's beautiful 24 second play make the Big Red an afterthought.
-- Patrick Reed, West Haven, Conn.

MORE CHATTER! In June, we reported that "College Lacrosse 2010" was slated for a September release, perhaps quenching the lacrosse community's thirst for a mainstream video game. For the next "Sideline Chatter" installment, LM wants to know: What's one feature a lacrosse video game must have?

The 3:10 to a 'Ship
-- Anthony Bonaddio, Garnet Valley, Pa.

The Folly at Foxboro
-- Bill Hamlin, New Hartford, N.Y.

Desperation Dive
-- Brian Coleman, Carmel, Ind.

24 for the Score
-- Brian Coleman, carmen, Ind.

Legacy Lives On
-- Bryan Peters, Pompton Plains, N.J.

I would call it "The Silencer," because when that goal went in, nobody said a word. You could hear a pin drop. Everyone was in disbelief.
-- Chris Maley, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

The Syracuse Sidewinder
-- Chris Reimann, Los Angeles, Calif.

The Tip
-- Cole Palmby, Lewis Center, Ohio

The Jailbreak
-- Dan McGlynn, Birmingham, Mich.

"SU"per "NIMS"bile Game Saving Stuff
-- Dick Gosson, Syracuse, N.Y.

'Cuse Chaotic Comeback
-- Ellis Scherer, Petaluma, Calif.


Over the Top Miracle Shot
-- Evan Rosenthal, Cedar Park Texas

The Blind Pass
-- Anna McCabe, Morristown, N.J.

You have to call it "The 23 Seconds of Mayhem." So many things happened on that play that are easily missed. I have watched the play several times and saw something new about that play each time. "The 23 Seconds of Mayhem" sums it up.
-- Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

The 4-man Recovery Shot
-- Graham Ely, Conshohocken, Pa.

The Behind-The Back Attack
-- Jack Shumway, Concord, Mass.

The Superman
-- Jack Jones, Avon, Conn.

Nims Slims
-- Jake Bauman, Farmington, Minn.

The Beantown Bucket
-- Jake Versprille, Franklin, Mass.

I would call it the Second Coming.
-- Jake DeBeir, Eureka, Mo.

Pure Orange
-- James Mahan, Salem, Va.

Memorial Mayhem or Syracuse Scramble
-- Jeff Canniff, Woodstock, Conn.

This early summer magic can only best be described as The Orange Dreamsicle.
-- Jenny Wirth, Pittsburgh, Pa.

The Score
-- Jesse Reitman, New York, N.Y.

The 24 That's Better Than Kobe
-- Jesse Reitman, New York, N.Y.

I think the play should be called the "Super Duper Excaliber Fire Breathing Dragon Play."
-- Jimi Kahl, Sarasota, Fla.

Orange Stampede
-- Joe Kingsford, Illinois

"24"
-- John Ringstad, Woodstock, Md.

In the words of Keith Jackson -- "Oh NELLie!
-- John McElroy, Ridgewood, N.J.

I would call it The Last Push, because that is what Syracuse did. They went as hard as they could in the last three minutes. I'll take my prize now.
-- Josiah Maner, Colorado

I would name the goal the "NIMCHUCK" --- compare it to the martial arts nunchuck -- a secret weapon.
-- K. Moloney, North Attleboro, Mass.

The Quick Flick with a Stick
-- Karl Hardrick, Richmond, Va.

The Orange Crush!
-- Kristine Gent, San Diego, Calif.

Syracuse Scrambler
-- Kyle Musson, Gainesville, Fla.

24 seconds to Glory
-- Redmond, Wash.

The Toe Tap Booty Balance
-- Lori Hamlin, New Hartford, N.Y.

The Amazing Dive Bomb
-- Lori Seidel, Fairport, N.Y.

The Indelible Shot '09
-- Lori Hamlin, New Hartford, N.Y.

The Cusecrosse in 4.5
-- Lori Hamlin, New Hartford, N.Y.

The Flying 'Cuse
-- Lori Hamlin, New Hartford, N.Y.

The Nim-ble Shot
-- Lucas Whited, The Nim-ble Shot

I am 13 and read lax magazine alot. I think that this play should go down in the history books with a title. I think that it should be called "The Finisher." It would be a very appropriate name for the play.
-- Luke Coughlin, Islip, N.Y.

24, the foxboro trot, controlled chaos, the deal sealer, the orange juicer
-- Mark Kovacs, Maplewood, N.J.

The Orange Dipper
-- Matt Ball, Winston-Salem, N.C.

The Orange Nim
-- Matt Ball, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Invading Orange
-- Matt Ball, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Doing The Dishes
-- Matt Ball, Winston-Salem, N.C.

The 4.5 second Game
-- Matt Ball, Winston-Salem, N.C.

CUSEIN' In Foxboro
-- Matt Ball, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Call it "The Ride"
-- Michael Zeldman, Montville, N.J.

Clockwork Orange!
-- Michael Philion, Nashua, N.H.

The 3:10
-- Michael Bonaddio, Garnet Valley, Pa.

Miracle at Foxboro
-- Mike Rose, Old Saybrook, Conn.

ITS NOT OVER TILL JAMIESON SCORES
-- Mitch Jasper, Shakopee, Minn.

Would you like sour cream with that?
-- Mitch Jasper, Shakopee, Minn.

the shot seen round the world
-- Nate Harling, Lexington, Ky.

Sexy
-- Noah Taylor, Haslett, Mich.

Orange Rush
-- Owen McElroy, New Jersey

The Hail Marry
-- Pat Moran, Chesterfield Township, Mich.

The Time Bomb
-- Ryan Reich, West Point, N.Y.

The Orange Crush
-- Sean Goldsmith, Jamestown, N.C.

The Nim Shot
-- Stevie Lauver, Bellevue, Wash.

Operation Desperation
-- Tyler Mead, Sparta

The Orange Clutch
-- Vincenzo DiMonaco, Hamden, Conn.

The "Immaculate Connection"
-- Setauket, N.Y.

Fury at Foxboro
-- William Ball, Winston Salem, N.C.

The "Chuck and Pray"
-- Nick Lolli, Phoenixville, Pa.

I would call it "never gonna happen again" or "gettin lucky in kentucky"
-- Kade Atwood, Boise, Idaho

The behind-the-back-a-riffic-off-the-stick-through-a-million-defenders-desperation-shot goal
-- Ethan Lally, Gloucester, Mass.

it's not over 'til it's over!
-- John Troyer, Farragut, Tenn.

The meaning of lacrosse.
-- Brandon Basanty, San Jose, Calif.

NO excuses
-- Katon Yantek, Pennsylvania

Big Red exe'CUSE'tion
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah


May's Big Red Masacre
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah

Orange Juice
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah

The Shot Heard 'Round The World
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah

Orange Crush
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah

Definition of Improvisation
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah

dip n' dive
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah

I think it should be called the " 'cuse egg" because when matt abbott threw that no looker pass to kenny nims, it reminded me of tossing a goose egg.
-- Taylor Boyle, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Tick Tick Tick Boom!
-- Kristi Halverson, Farmington

The BTB game changer
-- Collin Johnston, Coopersburg, Pa.

I would call the miraculous play "The O" because that is what everyone's mouths looked like.
-- Haley Proehl, Reno, Nev.

Memorial Day Mayhem or the 24 seconds of magic.
-- Kyler Pollic, Las Vegas, Nev.

The Kennington
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah

Gillette Smooth
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah

victory dive
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah

close call
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah

The Nim of Fury
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah

Blazing Orange
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah

The Perfectionist
-- Parker Badger, Orem, Utah

Orange Juice with Lots of Pulp. That's all you can say about it!
-- Jay Kemp, Sun Prairie, Wisc.

I would call it the eye "catcher" for two reasons. One because there was not a single soul that was not watching this amazing play, and secondly because of the 2 mindbogaling catches the Matt Abbott and Kenny Nims had to make the play possible.
-- Charlie Darrough, Delaware, Ohio
 
I dont think that it really deserves to be called a play, more like a miracle. Neither Syracuse nor any other lacrosse team would be able to reconstruct it and put it to use.
-- John Mallett, Cape May Court House, N.J.

Intense Madness
-- Sam Ashley, Syracuse, N.Y.

The Double-triple-single behind the back wild-west winner
-- Sam Ozminkowski, Saline, Mich.

'Cuse Desperation. There's no way Matt Abbott planned that pass.
-- Luke Johns, Mattapoisett, Mass.

I would call the wild play at the end of the game the hail cuse play because they really had to get it downfield quick and a fairly long ways to and did with some crazy passes. Also showed that cuse is the best team in the nation.
-- Will Melley, Reading, Mass.

The 24-Second Dash. You never know what can happen in 24 seconds.
-- Luke Johns, Mattapoissett, Mass.

That's easy . . . "Orange Havoc." They're the orange men and the play was havoc, its pretty simple.
-- Camden Reyka, Madison, Conn.

I would call this period of time "Clutch Time" because situations like this show if a player is truly a clutch player, or not a clutch player. In that particular situation Kenny Nims was truly a clutch player.
-- Danny McCarthy, Gillette, N.J.

The Orange Tornado. Why? Because what happened on that field was mayhem. And in tornados is mayhem.
-- Eric Baarson, Castle Rock

The Fumble in Foxborough
-- Bobby Steinman, Parkland, Fla.

Shamesy: Totally stupefying and absurdly unpredictable. Probably one of the most insane plays I have ever seen!
-- Joseph Preston, Memphis, Tenn.
 
The wild play was when Nims tackled the goalie and all the other orange men were jumping around. While all of that was happening the Cornell players were sitting with thier heads down as they screwed up an opportunity for a title.
-- Sam Frick, Wenham, Mass.

The amazing last second goal in this years championship should be called the game-tying goal in the 2009 championship it should not have a fancy name because it should be rembered for how incredible it was. This play will never be replicated on a stage like that again so why give it a crazy name.
-- Colin Siracuse, Short Hills, N.J.

I think the play should be called what everyone said after watching it take place: The "Whoa Did You Just See That?"
-- Dan Bernstein, Germantown, Tenn.

The Usual Suspects
-- Durham, N.C.

The Luck of the Orange
-- Otisville, Mich.

TripFlipStick or Trip Flip
-- Jeff Harvey, Baldwinsville, N.Y.

LaxPure
-- John Stewart, Moreland, Idaho

A Miracle
-- Jon Sig, Covington, La.

I would name that play The Heart Breaker
-- Patrick Norton, East Greenwich, R.I.

Call it BS since seconds prior, there should 've been a slash call on Syracuse
-- S. Tyson, California

The Cornell Crash
-- Sean Roberts, Drexel Hill, Pa.

The Warrior Windmill
-- Timothy Parsons, Glen Riddle, Pa.

I would call it "Vehemence." Vehemence means with great passion. Syracuse played so passionatly, they did not want to give uo that title.
-- Tyler Jaye, Winchester, Va.
 
The Mike Ditka
-- Ty McCurdy, Boise, Idaho

Lifesaver
-- Mike Keegan, Wakefield, Mass.

Awesome, there's nothing else to describe it!
-- Michelle Kirk, Salt Lake City, Utah

The clutch, because that is what it was.
-- Josiah Maner, Aspen, Colo.