Just a little background on the thread. It was started a few days before kickoff 2001. I remember the night before I fly to Manchester, I saw this thread on the Chief Delphi General Forum. Having no idea how credible Dr. Joe was, I had no choice but to believe the thread, and started panicking.
The content of the e-mail sounded very real and believable. Little details here and there makes you think "wow, maybe this isn't fake...". Obviously some people knew better than that. But I was just a teenager just out of high school going to Manchester the first time.
I eventually saw Dr. Joe at the hotel lobby explaining to people what happened after he started the thread, and had fun listening to it. I was standing next to the group of engineers listening, and Dr. Joe started introducing people to each other. Suddenly everyone stared at me when they had no clue who I was, and I had no clue what to say, so I felt very embarrassed and moved away. Ah... the first time a rookie FIRST-a-holic meet the giants in the community...
It was also the first time I met Andy Baker, when Jason Morrella first introduced me as "here is the kid that post on chief delphi". Andy obviously knew who I was, and said hi to me couple of times at Dean's house... But I had no idea who he was, because he had a bread in his whoami picture. Needless to say, years later when I finally knew who he was, I thought to myself, "Woah! So that's who he was. <started sweating>"
But that's going off topic from the thread. Hehe, sorry. It just reminded me of the old times, that's all. Have fun reading the thread.
The missing part is Dr. Joe explaining to people what happened afterward... And the look on his face when he saw the big balls in the 01' game. But you will have to ask people to get those details
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