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It may have been over 20 years ago, but it’s still fresh in the minds of UK [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]faithful: the day that birthed “The Stomp” and “The Shot.” Though, it is a day we would [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]all like to forget, one of the officials of that legendary game recently said he believes it could’ve [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]played out differently.
[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Tom Clark, now a retired NCAA referee, worked the floor during that Kentucky/[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Duke game, saying:
[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]“I will tell you if Timberlake gets up, starts a fight, then they are both pitched. Laettner did not [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]have to throw a punch. He would have been pitched for initiating the situation. If (Timberlake) [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]starts any type confrontation, they both are pitched. But there was no interruption in the game. [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]The whole thing took about five seconds. Nothing was done by either team. It just happened and [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]was not a game interrupter.”
[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Who is to say that would have solidified a better outcome? Although, it is a lot nicer to[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000] think about those final seconds winding down with Laettner riding the pine.
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