No person has ever better explained the feeling of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory better than former Northwestern head coach Dennis Green when he screamed “they are who we thought they were, and we let ‘em off the hook!” before slapping a microphone stand and stomping away after his Arizona Cardinals blew a Monday night game to the Bears. Northwestern had Michigan down one with a couple minutes left and everything on the line: a bowl berth, a win in the cursed confines of Wrigley Field, a win against the eternally annoying Michigan Wolverines, a win against Michigan in a Wrigley Field completely full of Michigan fans none of whom woke up that day with the thought of losing to Northwestern even occurring to them; and they let ‘em off the goddamn hook.
LET 'EM OFF THE HOOK
