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now Doug Flutie is down to his last
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at-bat without the Hail Mary pass I
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think I could have been very easily
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forgotten we would have gone to the same
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ball game
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the Heisman voting was already in and
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the direction everything would have been
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the same except that pass put this label
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on me as it's never over till it's over
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God
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like what he most probably what am I
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most proud of I think it's the longevity
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the the being able to to be an athletic
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quarterback and play this game for 21
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years
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every time I stepped on the field I gave
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it everything I had
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I always felt like the critics were out
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there and they were in big numbers I
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thought it was a circus sideshow
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bringing in this little Heisman Trophy
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winner and through the priest who really
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didn't care what they thought and I said
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to this day I finally I'm gonna announce
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my retirement they'll say see I told you
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he couldn't do it it's difficult to
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forget twenty-one years of doubt
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to forgive those who judged you by size
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instead of skill five foot nine and
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three-quarter inches a typical height
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for an average man a tiny stature for an
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NFL quarterback this one trait would
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overshadow Doug Flutie for his entire
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football life
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you know I got the high school day one I
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practice with all the sophomores on the
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sophomore team even then I was the
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undersized kid I was small and I just
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went out and made plays without getting
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hit there's this little guy over there
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going sideline to sideline not complain
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soun and I'm hollering who is that kid
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over there he said that's the young
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Flutie kid right for the first time we
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had him on our practice field he was
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special
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I was on the field playing with my
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brother bill of course he was the
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starting quarterback but when the
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offense started struggling they needed
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to get both of us involved I could throw
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it pretty well but Doug was throwing 70
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75 yards downfield
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so coach lamb said bill you go to wide
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receiver before doug at quarterback yeah
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sure all right
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I threw three three interceptions in the
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first half I think I had a fumble and
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their coaches were kind of scratching
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their head taking real what are we doing
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here second half bill had four touchdown
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catches I threw I just went to him down
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the field we went
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but I did not have a prolific high
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school career at all I mean there were
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no records being set there were no
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300-yard games there was none of that
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I'd have a nice play or two
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oh he was awesome he was awesome and of
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course in 11th grade I tried out for
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cheerleading so I got to go to every
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game and I watched him play
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I loved the cheerleading and I enjoyed
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doing that but I spent a lot of the time
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watching him play because he was amazing
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I was very close to playing at an Ivy
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League school the Division one schools
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when a coach would come visit all he
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would talk about was my size Tom lamb
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was the really the one that put me on
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him because I was recruiting
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Massachusetts at the time and Tom was
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somebody that I really respected and and
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I remember during the recruiting process
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we were in his living room and his dad
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said to me I don't think you know what
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you're getting I always remember that
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line how truly was
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Flutie accepted his only division 1
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scholarship offer and attended Boston
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College in the fall of 1981
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I get the BC and there are nine
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quarterbacks on the death chart I'm
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number nine you know thought I was way
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in over my head that I'd never see the
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field
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Doug was an afterthought to the offense
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and I have no doubt that he had a chip
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on his shoulder because a lot of people
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didn't believe in him as the season
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progressed Doug would move from the
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seventh quarterback to the fifth
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quarterback to the third quarterback and
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then finally we were over in Penn State
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fourth-quarter comes around they're like
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warm up I'm like oh my god I'm more
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seriously I'm gonna get in the game now
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it will be done
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Flutie I expect him to get hammered to
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get beat up spit out and thrown back
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onto the sidelines they call a play I
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roll out left guys open I throw a joke I
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roll out right guys open I throw it to
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him this is the deepest penetration the
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game was the same that it's always been
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it's like you take your read you throw
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the ball the open guy when he came in
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with that much confidence for a freshman
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I remember distinctly thinking the hell
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does he think he is and then he goes in
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and starts doing the things he did I'm
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like oh that's who
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Budi
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that's not supposed to happen the guy's
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not even supposed to be at Penn State
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here he is in front of 85,000 people
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he's winking over at the coach saying
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it's all gonna be okay I got this all
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these guys that were telling me I was
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too short and how complicated the game
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is at all it's not that complicated it
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was the same game I'd always played
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after his performance against Penn State
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Flutie became the starter Doug's
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sophomore year began with an upset of
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powerhouse Texas A&M followed by a tie
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with defending national champion Clemson
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I think a big part of our success
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especially early on was we didn't know
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any better we were just having fun and
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that was the mentality we weren't
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intimidated because we were just taking
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it all in and enjoying it we were
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selling out home games a lot of
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attention locally and I thought it was
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just regional but when I finished third
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in the heisman my junior year that was
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kind of the wake-up call of how much
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attention we were really getting up in
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Chestnut Hill Massachusetts there's a
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growing pride for what many folks up
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there claim is the best team in the East
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and the best quarterback in the land the
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media angle for the Doug Flutie
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phenomenon was all too easy if little
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Doug Flutie can make it in that within
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Chicago sports one player from a Dwarfs
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College as you play are you terribly
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conscious of your lack of size first got
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started I used to like people writing a
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story about the small quarterback making
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it and now to come to the point where
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I'm a short quarterback in my own little
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category and that bothers me a little
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bit have you already reconciled oh
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you're just a junior if you already
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reconciled yourself to the probability
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that the pros will probably pass you by
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I'd love to take an opportunity to try
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and pro football but from what I've
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heard and what I've
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people have told me I really don't think
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it's gonna be in the future for
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Sports Illustrated calls him magic
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Flutie he is Doug Flutie the tiny
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quarterback at Boston College the most
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exciting college football player since
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OJ Simpson there's not a lot of people
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out there that could tell you all of
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Doug's numbers they can certainly tell
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you about his big place they can
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certainly tell you about some of the
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miraculous things he pulled off
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a guy that just found ways to make
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things happen in any number of different
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ways doug flutie would leave college as
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the nation's all-time leader in passing
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yardage and total offense it was
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absolute must watch football he didn't
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want to miss it you never knew when that
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crazy play was gonna happen
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the play was fifty five flood tip my
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whole thinking on that plays I roll out
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by as much time as possible lay it up in
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the air and see what happens
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they never ran the play right it's
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supposed to be tipped to somebody but he
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always just threw it to the guy instead
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of having the tip at the end of the
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first half of a 1984 game with temple
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Flutie introduced the football world 255
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blood tip right in the middle a bunch of
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guys it comes down around the goal and
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sure enough Gerrard got under it caught
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it right on the goal line for a
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touchdown I remember talking to Doug
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about that play afterwards and he said
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look it's a 50/50 chance your guys gonna
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catch it thinking it's not 50/50 it's 1
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in 50
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November 23rd 1984 obviously the moment
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I'll always be remembered for it was the
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day after Thanksgiving windswept rain
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kept many away from the Orange Bowl but
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the matchup couldn't have been more
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compelling for fans in their living
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rooms they were the team that everyone
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loved to hate with all the NFL prospects
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we were the Cinderella story the little
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kid at quarterback the small school from
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the north all that stuff here you have
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sort of the classic matchup between you
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know the academic Catholic school from
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the north to the Football Factory in the
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south in our locker room it wasn't that
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story at all in our locker room it was
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yeah they're good and they're fast and
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they're big but we got Doug
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Doug Flutie completed his first 11
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passes and led Boston College to
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touchdowns on three of its first four
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possessions
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the teams combined for over 1,100 yards
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of offense
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in the waning moments of the fourth
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quarter BC led 41 to 38 Miami took
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possession deep in its own territory I'm
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standing next to Jack brick now with two
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minutes to go in the game Miami's got
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the ball and will leading 4138 Doug
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comes up and says coach let him score
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ice what do you mean let him score it's
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like Oh for cryin out loud they're gonna
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score let him score give us some time so
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we can go down and do it back to him
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finally they stick it in the end zone
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with 28 seconds left it's like we
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couldn't have gotten it back with a
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minute to go
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the game itself would been amazing on
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this on but then it turned into
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something entirely different the hope
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now is let's get the ball across
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midfield we can get to the cross
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midfield we've got a shot at the end
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zone we'll put one up and see what
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happened
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[Applause]
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Doug Flutie is down to his last
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we're out at the 48 and it's like okay
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fine it's time for a Hail Mary let's
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throw this thing up
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got no call to play 55 flood tip
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is probably a half second delay and boom
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I seen officials arms go up in the air I
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just start laughing my ass off oh I
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couldn't believe it
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it represented that he was capable of
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what we would call magic and it was hard
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evidence of it it was as if to borrow a
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burden of proof from the Catholic Church
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evidence of a miracle and that for him
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was evidence of a football miracle
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[Music]
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about a 50/50 chance you got a couple
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guys down here they got a couple guys
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down there you throw it about everybody
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go for there was a line that connected
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who he was to what he would become and
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there was the line drawn by the football
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up in the air
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spiraling down to his best friend on the
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team Gerard feeling it changed
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everything for him and he had no idea he
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had no idea how it changed him how it
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was going to change him or how things
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were going to change around
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the Heisman Trophy winner from Boston
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College
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coming up
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Doug Flutie tries to rise above his NFL
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doubters can a guy who is 5 foot 9 175
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pounds make it yes
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Chan but it's a matter of ability and
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not size I feel I can play I don't know
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for sure and those questions will be
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answered in the future
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the NFL was so scared of me they didn't
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know what to think of me ok here you won
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the Heisman you've put up all these
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numbers you beat big-time teams you're
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too small to play so publicly when they
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get asked the question no all these
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great he's a phenomenal talent he's this
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he's that he blah blah blah and they try
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to say all these positive things and in
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the back of their mind they're like
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somebody else draft him months before
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the NFL Draft somebody else did the
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USFL's New Jersey generals owned by
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Donald Trump
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Trump signed the quarterback he coveted
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to a five-year seven million dollar
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contract making Doug Flutie the
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highest-paid player in football history
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I didn't want to take the risk of
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passing up on that kind of money to be a
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late round draft choice in the NFL the
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pressure came when I realized how much
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more than the other guys on the team I
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was making Flutie made quite a first
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impression on professional football I
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went three quarters without completing a
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pass
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[Applause]
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eventually some of that Flutey magic
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surfaced and he helped the generals to a
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playoff spot in the final season of the
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ill-fated USFL
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I loved it I loved the USFL
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as the league neared its demise in 1986
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Flutie was traded by the Los Angeles
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Rams who owned his NFL rights to the
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Chicago Bears when I went to Chicago Jim
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McMahon who's really banged up Tom Zack
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and Steve fuller were there and Jim felt
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that those other guys deserve the
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opportunity first not an outsider and
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that created fridge
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a lot of guys got aggravated with me
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when I brought Doug to Chicago I brought
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him here because he gave us a better
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chance to win
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Flutie made his first start in the Bears
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season-ending victory in Dallas
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[Applause]
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two weeks later he started again as the
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14 and to defending Super Bowl champions
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hosted Washington
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[Applause]
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Flutie threw two interceptions and
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completed only 11 of 31 passes I have no
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regrets about it if that was switched
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over today I would bring him again today
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it was very disappointing because I
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think that was my best opportunity in my
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career that was my best opportunity to
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get to a Super Bowl the following
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October the Bears traded Flutie to New
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England we kind of questioned what he
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could do if he really could play in the
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NFL because that was always the the
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cloud over his head was he too short in
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his first relief appearance the local
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hero stood tall
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[Applause]
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anything I did through those years was
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just magnified if it was something
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negative it was magnified because I was
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too short to play see I told you so bla
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bla bla if it was something good
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he's amazing it's Flutie magic yeah I
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ran and they get bootleg had a shot at
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the corner I ran it in what was magic
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about that I'm not downplaying it at all
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if it's coming across that way maybe
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because I'm just still stunned you
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witnessed a very incredible performance
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that's what happened it almost felt from
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my perspective like oh shoot Doug did
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good we won we've got a plan in 1988
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Flutie won six of his nine starts but
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never went over his head coach Raymond
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berry tells me he had a vision
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we need to be more explosive going into
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the playoffs well in order to get to the
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playoffs we got to win next week
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with Flutie benched the Patriots offense
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produced only 10 points
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trailing by two scores in the game's
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final seconds Raymond berry turned to
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Flutie
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hoping for magic
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I got a phone call during that offseason
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we got a mini camp coming up next week
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you're not invited coming up
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[Applause]
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now convinced that because he's excited
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he just can't see
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in 1990 the NFL kind of labeled me as a
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backup quarterback I went to the CFL and
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it really gave me an opportunity to just
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wheel and deal and regain my confidence
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[Applause]
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my first game in Canada I'm throwing a
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darn Hail Mary to tie the game and send
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it to overtime
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the Canadian Football League and Doug
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were a match that was made in heaven
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it's a bigger field
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you only have three downs to get a first
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down so you're throwing almost every
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play and if you're not throwing the
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quarterback is probably scrambling your
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money well it really was meant for Doug
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allows for a more athletic agile player
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to be successful and generally the
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players are a little smaller than in the
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NFL the mobility was looked on as a pass
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the width of the field gave me a little
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more space to make people miss when I
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decided to take off and scramble it felt
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like cheating it became a game I got
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very comfortable with in a hurry
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I really wanted to stay in British
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Columbia but they wouldn't budge on
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their offer so I signed with Calgary for
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much more money today the Calgary
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Stampeders have signed a four-year
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multimillion-dollar agreement with mr.
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Doug Flutie I really saw him as as a
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marquee player I saw him as a superstar
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but Doug did in these games is probably
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the best football that's ever been
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played and I know that's a really bold
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thing to say but Doug would do things
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that you just don't see anymore
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[Applause]
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and so I truly believe that he's the
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Wayne Gretzky a football
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[Applause]
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Doug Flutie's first CFL championship
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game the Grey Cup was a coronation
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Flutie was named Grey Cup Most Valuable
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Player and won his first professional
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football title that was more than just
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that
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player wearing number 20 with the
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Stampeders he was the identity of the
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CFL and for him to win his first
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championship what Calgary really
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established his presence as one of the
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great athletes to ever play the game
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Flutie in Calgary owner Larry Rickman
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never celebrated a Grey Cup title
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together again their business
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relationship deteriorated as well I was
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getting paid like a year late all the
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time we had the way to the season ticket
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money would come in for the following
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season and then he'd start paying me but
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I got my money yeah the first couple of
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years Rickman had crafted a multifaceted
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contract for the league's highest paid
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player but by 1995 various financial
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interests in the CFL and elsewhere would
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leave him unable to make good on it as
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part of the deal
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he owned 10% of the Stampeders the
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Stampeders have cost me fifteen million
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dollars by that time at the time the
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clubs just didn't have real value to
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them and when I say real value I'm
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talking about the kind of value that
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they that they have now but at that time
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it was a down cycle mmm it's a good
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explanation Doug said the personal
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services portion which was roughly
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700,000 was completely unpaid is that
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your recollection of it yes yep tells
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you the type of teammate Doug Flutie was
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I mean here he played his butt off for
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the whole regular season without getting
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a cent do you ever intend to pay him
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back or mean is that possible gosh no no
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never I don't think I don't think did I
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Oh Doug Flutie anything
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[Music]
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Doug Flutie left Calgary after four
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seasons in that span he let the
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Stampeders to for Western Division
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finals to Grey Cup appearances and was
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named the CFL's most outstanding player
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three times
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Flutie arrived in the CFL's biggest
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market Toronto in 1996 a year after the
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Argonauts won only 4 of 18 games
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it was quickly highlighted what an
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amazing player he was when he went over
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to Toronto because he turned that
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franchise around
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we won 11 more games if we had to say
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how many games were attributed to Doug
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Flutie he's not perfect so 10 of the 11
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the Toronto turnaround culminated with
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Doug Flutie's 2nd Grey Cup title it went
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at once before but he had been the MVP
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four times so this game was a statement
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of he was not just the best player but
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he was the best team player in the
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league a year later
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Flutie led the Argonauts to a repeat
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title
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the greatest player in CFL history and
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his fist I just did never been one that
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really allowed myself to enjoy that
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moment as much as I probably should have
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and I finally learned how to enjoy the
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wind
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and it was a fun moment to have six MVPs
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and then to add three great cups he made
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his mark up here which will never
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diminish and to me he's easily the best
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CFL player that's ever played ladies and
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gentlemen as voted on by our independent
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panel from coast to coast
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I'm honored to introduce the greatest
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player in the history of the Canadian
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Football League
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please welcome Doug Flutie
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[Music]
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thank you coming up I was 35 years old
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and I felt like the only place to go
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from here is down if I stay in the CFO
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maybe I should retire
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in 1998 I was ready to retire and
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Buffalo came knocking and I thought what
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the heck let's do this
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I'll play two years call it quits and
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that's get the heck out the NFL how do
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you address that issue that comes up
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again all I know is I played the game at
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my height all my life all right I know
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no different and he fed off of people
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thinking he was too small he was a great
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college player to watch and and I loved
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the Hale Flutie play as much as anybody
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else but I just didn't see it for him in
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the NFL
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I signed them Buffalo a minimal contract
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and was told I'd have an opportunity to
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compete for the starting job
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first chance they had to get somebody
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bigger said somebody more traditional
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looking well as a pocket quarterback
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they got a Rob Johnson they got him from
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Jacksonville
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so here's Rob Johnson our new
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quarterback he was touted like they were
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finding gold
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all of a sudden Flutie kind of became an
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afterthought I think going in right now
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Rob's our number one quarterback I don't
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think there's any doubt about that we
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haven't given up on anybody else
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certainly but we feel like he's gonna
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step out and be a number one quarterback
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right now coach Phillips stated that Rob
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was going to be the starter Doug wasn't
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happy hearing the announcement that it
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was declared so definitively but Doug
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would just have a little smile on his
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face like it is what it is and we'll see
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where we go and it got exciting Johnson
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in his first start going down
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and that means Doug Flutie even though
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he's four foot seven he's no one to get
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a helmet right now
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[Music]
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after an absence of nearly a decade Doug
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Flutie's second act in the NFL was
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underway Flutie's play in the season
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opener created a buzz in Buffalo that
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kept building
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he started out scrambling over the ball
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like he normally did and all sudden he
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turns and just throws the ball
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Wow he does just so many things that
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were unexpected there were special
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his game really did work he was making
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it happen in an NFL game guys like me we
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thought we were so smart and saying this
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will never work he went out there and
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proved it and I was more than happy to
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write that I was wrong and I'll eat my
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bowl of Flutie flakes to say that I was
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wrong
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by the middle of the 1998 season
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Flutie mania was at full pitch
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in week 7 the underdog bills in their
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undersized quarterback faced the
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undefeated Jacksonville Jaguars
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[Music]
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Buffalo's coaches became believers as
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well in November they named Flutie their
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full-time started after leading the
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bills to nine wins and a playoff
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appearance
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Flutie collected Pro Bowl and Comeback
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Player of the Year honors along with a
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new contract that was the best ball Doug
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Flutie has thrown this season a perfect
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strike right on the money the right read
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the Sierra gold's deep down the middle
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and he got the ball going in stride with
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ten victories and another playoff berth
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in 1999 Buffalo's financial commitment
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to Flutie proved wise but the team could
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not overlook its other multi-million
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dollar investment in a meaningless game
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against Indianapolis at the end of the
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year because we had our playoff spot
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locked up they came to me and said we're
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gonna let Rob play you rest up get ready
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for playoffs
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Doug was held out Rob Johnson played in
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the game decisive victory by us
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and then conversation took place between
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Wade Phillips and mr. Ralph Wilson and
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out of that conversation the head coach
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walked out said we're making a change
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this week as far as quarterbacks
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concerned I'm starting Rob Johnson
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with Doug being the second quarterback
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I love Wade Phillips Wade was one of the
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most enjoyable head coaches I've ever
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played for
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there wasn't Wade's decision man has
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been made a decision that they were
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spending this money on Rob and hadn't
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had any returns out of it yet wanted to
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see what he could do
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so they started them in the playoff game
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Johnson was sacked 6-times and completed
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only ten passes none four touchdowns but
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following a late fourth quarter field
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goal
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Buffalo held a one-point lead with 16
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seconds left to play
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[Music]
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Christie kicks in Hawaiian shirt
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[Music]
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on the sidelines
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the player who manufactured miracles on
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football fields all his life
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helplessly fell prey to
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you know in hindsight you know Doug Doug
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probably would want
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you know that's that's kind of way we
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look at it
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I think when he was asked to go to San
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Diego it really gave him a sense of
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pride because he felt that a team
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actually really wanted him to be at the
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controls and to be the guy for their
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team
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Doug Flutie joined the San Diego
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Chargers in 2001 the 39 year old was the
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undisputed starter for the first time in
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his career
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Flutie guided San Diego's offense for an
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entire season while also mentoring his
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rookie backup
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the first time I ever met Doug Flutie
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basically sitting down next to him in
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the team meeting saying you know I've
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been a big fan of yours for a long time
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I was five years old when you threw that
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Hail Mary facts house the first thing
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ever said to me is I are great thanks
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for making me feel old there's times
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where man things break down and you just
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got to go play ball and there was not a
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better guy to learn from when when you
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talk about just going to play ball in
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the dog food
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[Music]
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whatever his age wherever he played
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amazing always follow
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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that was the first successful dropkick
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in professional football since 1941 it
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was everything I'm all about just being
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creative or different we're doing it in
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a different way it was the last play my
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professional career he did something
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significant
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[Music]
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and I wind up having these two trademark
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moments as bookends in my career
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[Music]
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after a career that spanned 21 years
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eight teams three leagues and two
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countries Doug Flutie's football life
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finally came to a close
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[Music]
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you know people trying to figure out
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whether I'm gonna retire or not well I
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joined a men's baseball league with my
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brothers the spring you know that kind
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of indicated Doug is going to be a
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perpetual child never wants to grow up
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and you know what that's what makes Doug
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unique and and that's part of why I love
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them
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normal day these days for Doug he gets
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up at six o'clock in the morning
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he grabs his paddleboard and he does his
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paddle surfing he has his own band the
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flutie brothers band he's playing the
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drums with them
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he plays baseball with a bunch of guys
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you know whatever's going on at the time
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he's a part of it that's for sure he's
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never sitting in the house he's always
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busy he's always active
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they all know first pitch fastball first
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strike this is my pitch to hit
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so they swing at it get themselves out
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and then it's an old man I can pitch
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seven innings and throw about 50 pitches
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I always get that call at five o'clock
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eight bill rush up to the field and
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throwing me batting practice before the
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game I got to work till six so I'll get
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up there as soon as I can
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he is a kid at heart and we lined out
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the center again again I remember him
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saying this for as long as I can
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remember Doug that he does not ever want
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to have to quote work he still holds
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onto the broadcasting aspect of things
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which takes a lot of study but you know
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with what he does with his life he's
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able to set his own schedule do the
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things he loves to do be with the people
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he loves to be away he's my good boy far
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outweighing his recreational activities
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is the time Flutie spends caring for his
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son dougie dougie was a typical child he
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was speaking could dress himself feed
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himself yeah we catch shoot a basketball
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it's a little tykes hoop in his room
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things like that and then at
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two-and-a-half he started to regress so
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we brought dougie in to a neurologist
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and they did a series of testing on him
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and they diagnosed him with autism don't
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kind of looked at it in a very positive
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way and in a very competitive way got a
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good smile and thought all right what
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can we do to make this better thank you
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all for supporting us it feels like a
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roomful of friends to us that we've
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known all our lives and we thank you so
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much for supporting us for every rule
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well how many years have you had the
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foundation go in 14 working on almost 15
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we've raised 15 million dollars it might
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be the football mentality you learn to
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accept what has been dealt you and you
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start to move forward so many people
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want to look at children with
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disabilities and point out the
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shortcomings and what's wrong and the
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way that parents look at it is to look
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at the abilities of the child and accent
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those abilities these are the things
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that dougie does well dougie lights up a
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room when he walks into it he's always
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happy he's very affectionate he doesn't
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know he's any different from anyone else
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I think that's a blessing and there's
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just so much there if people would look
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a little closer
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looking past limitations accentuating
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attributes
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erasing doubt
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when your name is Doug Flutie it's just
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what you do
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when you're six foot four you have to
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prove that you can't play when you're
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510 you have to prove that you can play
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Doug has always kind of followed that
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thought process through his whole career
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when you're missing something or lacking
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something that everybody else has you
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have to come up with alternative ways to
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do it
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Doug turns his weakness into a strength
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being short made them great be them
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bigger than everybody else in the way
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