
Nobody could believe it, really. Not the millions watching on TV. Not the 73,719 in what was then called the University of Phoenix Stadium. Certainly not those in the press box who were trying to chronicle a game that grew more incredible with every play.
I was one of those in the press box. And when the unbelievable transpired, I violated all professional protocol and decorum by leaping to my feet and yelling, to no one in particular, “Statue of Liberty! They ran the Statue of Liberty!” It was the most stunningly brazen way to win a game I’d ever seen.