This is nearly a week late but nonetheless funny…
Iowa Head Coach Kirk Ferentz was frustrated last week after his team’s home win streak was broken in overtime by Michigan. During a post-game interview Ferentz might have had the line of the week:
“We didn’t necessarily want a shot at the end zone, but we were playing for a touchdown,” Ferentz said. “We didn’t want to take any foolish chances. Certainly can’t take a sack there.”
When Ferentz was asked about the play calling, he responded with sarcasm.
“Give me a break on that one,” he said. “The Statue of Liberty might have worked, too.
“We did what we thought was best at that time.”
The Statue of Liberty Play that Ferentz was referring to is an age-old trick play from the annuals of football lore. The play consists of the quarterback handing off to a running back who then pretends to pass, but instead another back comes behind and snatches the ball in the middle of the passing motion (which is where the name comes from – the passing back is in the same position as the Statue of Liberty)
More often than not the term, Statue of Liberty Play, is used to explain any type of bullshit, desperate trick play. From now on when some one questions my judgment in any way, I will be using the line “The Statue of Liberty might have worked, too.”
