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Jake Elliott's photo after unforgettable finish a major breath of fresh air

The saying is attributed to Frederick R. Barnard, but there is some debate who coined the phrase. Fast-forward some 90-odd years later to a hot Sunday afternoon in South Philadelphia and the visual of Jake Elliott triumphantly being carried off the field on the shoulders of Mychal Kendricks and Kamu Grugier-Hill. Elliott had just buried the longest field goal in franchise history.