Bruce Morris
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I was there and saw "Skeeter" Roberts block the shot that led to his famous length of floor heave. The footprint is still there.
does anyone have a link to video? I was in high school, had just committed to Marshall shortly before the shot, then I was world wide news on TV so there has to be video of it someplace. Just the other day my little boy said what are those foot prints for
here's a YouTube compilation video that includes Morris' shot (second highlight)
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I was there.
IIRC, broadcast quality tape of the shot only exists because it was one of Shoemaker's games. His deal back then was to do some games with commercials on WSAZ and a few more on WPBY which were used for begathons. I think this was a WPBY game, might be wrong. Most games were not televised and had it not been only the type of shot used for "game film" (a single stationary camera covering the whole court) would have existed.
And there was no way to satellite uplink the tape from Huntington. Shoe did not need to uplink his games because they were just local and the nearest permanent commercial satellite uplink was in Pittsburgh. (And algore had not yet invented the internet). So it was not on that night's SportsCenter and such. IIRC somebody flew to Atlanta with a tape and gave it to CNN (which back then actually covered the news and had a SportsCenter type show at 11 which was actually more popular than ESPN, because ESPN was not on all cable systems yet and CNN was) and all the other news outfits picked it up from them.
Kinda gives you some focus when people bitch about every single football and basketball game not being on a TV channel of their choosing.
IIRC, broadcast quality tape of the shot only exists because it was one of Shoemaker's games. His deal back then was to do some games with commercials on WSAZ and a few more on WPBY which were used for begathons. I think this was a WPBY game, might be wrong. Most games were not televised and had it not been only the type of shot used for "game film" (a single stationary camera covering the whole court) would have existed.
And there was no way to satellite uplink the tape from Huntington. Shoe did not need to uplink his games because they were just local and the nearest permanent commercial satellite uplink was in Pittsburgh. (And algore had not yet invented the internet). So it was not on that night's SportsCenter and such. IIRC somebody flew to Atlanta with a tape and gave it to CNN (which back then actually covered the news and had a SportsCenter type show at 11 which was actually more popular than ESPN, because ESPN was not on all cable systems yet and CNN was) and all the other news outfits picked it up from them.
Kinda gives you some focus when people bitch about every single football and basketball game not being on a TV channel of their choosing.
I still have my ticket stub and remember talking to Morris after the game at a party. It's all anyone wanted to talk about with him. He stills lives in Hton
I purchased his jersey at a fund raiser for $50.
She had a big crush on him (she was 14), and used it as a night shirt....
She had a big crush on him (she was 14), and used it as a night shirt....
I did not need to know this has been 30 years. LOL
I was in the pep band behind the basket the ball went in (actually to the left of the basket). I remember bringing my horn up to play the fight song and watch that ball come right towards us. Then it started to arc to to my right toward the basket and I even thought it could go in. I was maybe 10 feet away from the basket when it went it. It was wild.
Seeing Skeeter Robert's name in this thread brings back a lot of memories. Crowd favorite.
I was in the pep band behind the basket the ball went in (actually to the left of the basket). I remember bringing my horn up to play the fight song and watch that ball come right towards us. Then it started to arc to to my right toward the basket and I even thought it could go in. I was maybe 10 feet away from the basket when it went it. It was wild.
Seeing Skeeter Robert's name in this thread brings back a lot of memories. Crowd favorite.
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I was there also. The game was on a Thursday night.
The next day I went to Indianapolis for the NBA All-Star weekend.
Saturday at the Legends Game and Dunk contest there was plenty of talk by people sitting around me - about Bruce's shot. It was fun to say I saw it first hand.
The next day I went to Indianapolis for the NBA All-Star weekend.
Saturday at the Legends Game and Dunk contest there was plenty of talk by people sitting around me - about Bruce's shot. It was fun to say I saw it first hand.
His daughter, Madison, is a senior at Spring Valley HS and has signed to play with the Herd.
Unfortunately, she's been injured much of the last two years (knee and hand...legit injuries, sadly).
Unfortunately, she's been injured much of the last two years (knee and hand...legit injuries, sadly).
Sam's memory is pretty good as usual. That game was so long ago, it may have been WMUL instead of WPBY in those days..... I was doing the game with Ron Kwozolla and was on the way to the floor for the halftime interview when Bruce made the shot!! My interview with Bruce after the game was seen around the world as Pat Robertson of CBN (later the Family Channel and now ABC Family) broadcast the tape of that interview on his show....I even got a note from someone in China about it. WPBY actually owns the rights to that footage and I know Steve Chapman of WPBY had numerous requests for it over the years. Great moment in Marshall sports and to Sam's point, thank goodness we were there to capture it for "posterity"
Today Bruce is a well-respected D-1 women's basketball official who works in several D-1 conferences and in NCAA post-season assignments.
I was there and it was awesome. Only way it could have been better would have been to win game at end of regulation.
I was at smu game when Markel hit from opposite foul line/key area for win against smu
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You just became everyones best friend on here. Any chance you could make copies to a disc? Maybe send it to Dunk and he could put it on youtube.
Footprints are still there. Took the middle school girls team I help coach to a womens' game two weeks ago. Told them all about "the Shot Herd Round the World"....got a pic.
Thursday night was an unusual night for games back then, IIRC. Seems to me the SC played a Sat.-Mon. schedule for many years.
Fun times back in those days.
Yea, as a student in those days, you did not miss a game. I played in the pep band a couple years, the others I purchased student season tickets.Originally posted by flairforherd:
Thursday night was an unusual night for games back then, IIRC. Seems to me the SC played a Sat.-Mon. schedule for many years.
Fun times back in those days.
The Henderson Center rocked in those days. That was just a run of the mill weeknight conference game and it was typical example of Herd hoops crowds back then. It sure would be fun to get that back.
dshoe - or anyone with knowledge - how was the 89 ft. 10 in. distance measured (out of curiosity)?
I'm guessing the foot-prints simply mark the last two steps that Morris took before heaving the ball, and are not the point of measurement, as the foot-prints would leave Morris about 1.5-2 feet short of the stated 89 ft. 10 in. measurement (the baseline to the backboard is 90 feet for that shot in particular). Does that mean the shot was measured from where the ball left Morris' hand (which would place his hand within two inches of the baseline) on a direct line to the middle of the backboard?
Just curious. Thanks (before hand).
I met Skeeter at the Boca Bowl. He came up to our tailgate and introduced himself as a former bball player.He told us what years. I asked if he played with Bruce Morris not fully remembering him. He got excited and said " I am the one who blocked the shot to Morris to make that shot ! ". We all laughed and had a great visit with him.
Herd Attack - That is a great pic! Love the expressions on the young ladies' faces.....Go HERD !!!
Skip Hill and Steve Chapman of WPBY determined from the video the exact (at least as near as possible) the location of Bruce on the floor at the moment the ball left his hand. They matched the frame of video to the foot positioning on the floor and measured the distance to the basket.
