(09-23-2014 07:40 PM)Henry Burlingame Wrote:  I think the play you are referring to was the play where France ran straight into the goalpost after scoring the touchdown. There don't appear to be any videos of that play on the internet, but one of the local TV stations might have saved it.

Although I've seen the France fake referred to as the "nerd up the middle" play, I think the first time that term was used was in 2006 when Alex Steigerwald took a pitch from the holder and scored a late touchdown up the middle against Akron. In his post-game press conference, Amstutz called it "nerd up the middle." Steigerwald was not a tall guy and on the skinny side. I used to watch him warm-up his kicking leg on the sidelines and think how slight he looked compared to the other players.