#ICYMI - The Art of the Hail Mary

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🗓️ 11 May 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The Hail Mary pass is one of the most exciting plays you’ll ever see in any sport. This week, hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice look at one of the greatest, the “Miracle at Michigan,” with the man who threw it, Kordell Stewart, and physicist John Eric Goff. Don’t miss an episode of Playing with Science. Subscribe to our channels on: TuneIn: http://www.tunein.com/playingwithscience Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-with-science/id1198280360?mt=2 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startalk/playing-with-science SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/startalk_playing-with-science GooglePlay Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iimke5bwpoh2nb25swchmw6kzjq NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/

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0:00.0	I'm Gary O'Reilly.
0:12.8	And I'm Chuck Knives.
0:14.0	And this is playing with science.
0:16.6	Yes, today my friends, we are about to take you to the point of no return.
0:21.5	The moment when all else seems lost and your last hope is butter prayer.
0:27.0	But if your quarterback has a cannon for an arm and that prayer happens to be a hell-married,
0:32.0	the outcome can sometimes be really quite miraculous.
0:35.3	Yes, bless me, Father, for I have sinned today we're looking at the art of the hell-married,
0:41.1	the long football past thrown in desperation for touchdown glory.
0:45.0	And to help us impact the science behind the miracles we'll be joined by our friend Eric
0:49.4	Goff, physics professor at Lynchburg College, Virginia and the author of Gold Medal Physics.
0:55.4	First we have a little something special for you.
0:58.0	Yes.
0:59.0	Yes, we begin the show.
1:01.1	We like to begin the show with a play that demonstrates the topic of the day.
1:05.2	And for today we've chosen one of the most iconic hell-married passes in college football history.
1:12.2	The miracle at Michigan all the way back in 1994.
1:17.9	But before we go to that clip, let's welcome our first guest who is calling in today a man who owns
1:23.4	38 rushing NFL touchdown.
1:26.7	And who's on Gavis, the miracle of Michigan.
1:29.9	Yes, go on, Chuck.
1:31.5	Do another than the one, the only Cordell Stewart former Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears
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