HIDEF SCREEN CAP SEQUENCE OF MCNEAL'S SWEET GRAB

by snipestreet dot com on Dec 4, 2006 4:43 AM PST

From the Diaries. -N

It's 3rd and 4 at the UCLA 18 yard line with 1:15 left in the game. USC is down by 4 points. The drive started on the USC 29.

Booty's pass is deflected by Eric McNeal:

OH YEAH!

Bruce Davis' glove on McNeal's helmet reads "PROVE THEM WRONG" and "FOR THE FAMILY":

Bruins after the big play:

Even though it is blurry, the following frame gives you an idea of McNeal's leaping ability. Look at that elevation :) He jumped at the 22 yard line. I know this from reviewing frames from other replay angles. USC #2 is in the backfield around the 12 yard line.

GO BRUINS !

I reminded myself how loose the turf was (remember the QBs slipping quite a bit). Reviewing the McNeal catch there's quite a bit of force as he springs almost instantly towards the ball after tipping the ball from a pretty sizable height. Quite a catch indeed.

Here's some info about these screen caps. Source is over the air ATSC (HDTV) in ABC's usual 720p. Over the air is just UHF. The video bit rate is NOT compressed like you will find on high def cable or satellite. The mpeg2 and surround sound stream is written to a MythTV backend with dual ATSC tuner cards. The backend has 600 GB of disk storage and being upgraded to one terabyte. Video can be trans coded to other video formats like DVD-format mpeg2 with some degradation of the high definition. Some frames are blurry because, well, this is sports, and cameras can whip around and zoom frantically to capture those incredible moments... like this one!

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of BruinsNation's (BN) editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of BN's editors.

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Snipe

is there a way if you can limit these images to within 500 pixels (wide) ... then we can bump them on to home page.

In any event thanks so much! Great work.

GO BRUINS

by Nestor on Dec 3, 2006 7:02 PM PST reply actions

500 wide

k, lemme get some time to work on this. Lots of stuff going on around the house right now :)

by snipestreet dot com on Dec 3, 2006 7:18 PM PST up reply actions

500

Nestor,
Take a look at the first frame. Good enough? I just resized the IMG tag to 500 x 281. Can do the rest of them.

by snipestreet dot com on Dec 3, 2006 7:23 PM PST up reply actions

Thanks for these

I never get tired of seeing the pictures of yesterday.
Never.

by Tydides on Dec 3, 2006 7:04 PM PST reply actions

is there some way i can get a HD dvd

of the entire game? I would love to buy one

by crazybunz on Dec 3, 2006 7:35 PM PST reply actions

Incredible

I'm not a tech person, and I didn't understand all the excitement when Mr. BB's parents got a hi-def TV about two years ago. We went to a Dodgers game a few months later, and Mr. BB's dad said, "This is almost as good as our TV." I thought he was crazy, but that all faded when I actually watched something on their TV.

Whoever wrote "prove them wrong" on his gloves is my new best friend.

by bruinbabe2000 on Dec 3, 2006 7:40 PM PST reply actions

"Prove Them Wrong"

It's hard to tell, but that looks like Bruce Davis hugging McNeal in that shot. I assume those are his gloves.

by CAJason80 on Dec 3, 2006 8:32 PM PST up reply actions

I was just about to comment on that...

... and he's got tears. What an emotional game, man I'm so glad we finally got those guys across town.

by uclaike on Dec 3, 2006 8:35 PM PST up reply actions

Bruce Davis

Is now my favorite player!

by bruinbabe2000 on Dec 4, 2006 8:39 AM PST up reply actions

500 pixels wide

Ok, the pics are 500 pix wide now and you can click them to see the fullsize screen grab.

Enjoy!

by snipestreet dot com on Dec 3, 2006 9:34 PM PST reply actions

wow....

just looked at the picture where bruce davis is hugging mcneal and on his glove he wrote "prove them wrong"

by bluejoe on Dec 3, 2006 10:14 PM PST reply actions

PROVE THEM WRONG tshirts

So when will the PROVE THEM WRONG t-shirts be on sale at Ackerman?!

;-)

by snipestreet dot com on Dec 3, 2006 11:12 PM PST reply actions

That's a good question.

I'll ask my friend in the store to pass that one along.

by isodore on Dec 4, 2006 7:51 AM PST up reply actions

video

the high def video clip of that sequence can be found at

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=B0096FB94101840D

its huge (100 megs for about a minute), and only plays smoothly using my DVD software, no other media players on my computer will play it....although the guy who uploaded it says to use vlc player.

by jtthirtyfour on Dec 4, 2006 12:02 AM PST reply actions

wow

just wow.

I can stare at this post the whole day!

by bluestreet on Dec 4, 2006 7:53 AM PST reply actions

Not sure where else to put this, but...

...look at this comment by SC's O Coordinator,

Kiffin said McNeal only made the interception by failing to blitz.

"(McNeal) was supposed to come and didn't," Kiffin said." He screwed up. It was unfortunate the way it happened."

Here's the whole article...
http://www.presstelegram.com/sports/ci_4763890

So, basically Kiffin got clowned the entire game by Coach Walker, and suddenly he knows when McNeal is or isn't supposed to blitz? Until I hear that from one of our coaches, I'm not buying it.

by Free the 16 on Dec 4, 2006 9:30 AM PST reply actions

I love the spin.

McNeal didn't fail to blitz. He knew what Booty was up to and blocked the pass. McNeal didn't screw up; Booty did.

Fucking sore losers all over USC. They don't even have the class to man up and accept the loss. Christ, they make me sick.

by JWongUCLA on Dec 4, 2006 11:09 AM PST up reply actions

Dear Mr. Kiffin,

You might want to talk to your head coach about going for "it" on 4th down against a "soft" defense. Maybe UCLA isn't soft after all. You might also consider shaking up your pathetic game plan and look into making some adjustments as your O-line gets blown off the ball. Nice sweep on 4th down. Was that 5 or 6 Bruins tackling your RB in the backfield? I honestly don't know I lost count. Keep whiningg like the little bitch that you are and Michigan will hand you your walking papers. GOD BLESS KD and Walker!

Love,

THE ENTIRE BRUIN FAMILY!

by bruinelder on Dec 4, 2006 11:37 AM PST up reply actions

Yet another weak Kiffin quote

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/sports/columns/article_1372559.php

At least Jarrett can man up and give McNeal credit.

by Free the 16 on Dec 4, 2006 12:59 PM PST up reply actions

The play..........

McNeils interception is my favorite play of the game, the blow up of that 4th down try was my second favorite play. Not sure how many Bruin defenders were there, but the running back was going nowhere.

I am not even sure the 4th down play they did make was accurate. A Bruin came out of that pile with the ball.

What a bunch of hoseheads those Coaches are.

by artybruin on Dec 4, 2006 4:11 PM PST up reply actions

Um, Lame Kiffin

I think maybe McNeal studied film and saw that tipped last attempt at Oregon State; maybe he just did his homework to realize JDB's tendencies?

by bruin95 on Dec 4, 2006 5:25 PM PST up reply actions

Image server was hammered

The server hosting my images got hammered by the popularity of these photos :)

I moved some images around to other servers so they load better.

by snipestreet dot com on Dec 4, 2006 11:39 AM PST reply actions

T-shirts

If/when the PROVE THEM WRONG t-shirts happen.. Could someone kind enough to appreciate the time I put into these screen caps pick one up for me? (size Large) I'm not living in LA anymore :(

by snipestreet dot com on Dec 4, 2006 11:42 AM PST reply actions

Video

Does anyone have the entire game in a DVD type format? Love to be able to buy that

by jose007 on Dec 4, 2006 1:14 PM PST reply actions

Game available

Over at BruinGold.com there is a thread where a Bob in promotions is offering to provided tapes of the game (edited w/o ads) and the radio feed, before & after the game. Sounds too good to be true but check it out.

http://www.bruingold.com/forums/index.php?az=show_mesg&forum=108&topic_id=29831&mesg_id= 29831&page=

by SinnerBoy 99 on Dec 4, 2006 2:18 PM PST reply actions

Wow

Thanks for the heads up! It does sound too good to be true, but after what's happened the last few days, anything is possible!

by jose007 on Dec 4, 2006 9:07 PM PST up reply actions

If you want to send me the video...

I can convert it to a HD Divx file and host it on Bruinville for everyone to see.

by BobTheBruin on Dec 4, 2006 3:45 PM PST reply actions

DVD

Folks,
I spent 10 hours compiling a DVD video FILE of the greatest moments of the game. It gave me chills (the good kind) just watching it.

Good news: It is HDTV in DVD format (.mpg file).
Bad news: It is 600MB and I have no good place to host it.

Does anyone in the Bruin community have a way to host this large file?

Or do we have enough Bruin fans to get at least 5 seeders going on Bittorrent?

Or split the file into smaller pieces and spread them around somewhere?

Or other ideas?

If we can work together, everyone can enjoy this beautiful video footage. Having the actual/live game audio is a real treat.

donn

by donn on Dec 5, 2006 10:07 AM PST reply actions

awesome

I am definitely able to begin seeding later tonight after class and I can leave it seeding for a few days... you may also try bruinville.com, BobTheBruin is awesome and he may be able to help

by jose007 on Dec 5, 2006 1:28 PM PST up reply actions