With only seconds left in the game, quarterback Drew Bledsoe tossed a 18-yard pass to Keyshawn Johnson to win the game.
This time, though it is actually College junior Carlos Hernandez at the controls, and he has just won the EA Sports Madden Challenge.
Or so he hopes.
On Sunday, football fans and video-game enthusiasts alike will leave their dorm rooms and basements and flock to the King of Prussia Mall to compete in the fourth annual EA Sports Madden Challenge.
While many teenagers fondly remember claiming bragging rights after a win on Super NES Madden, much more is at stake in this tournament.
Five hundred and twelve entrants in the professional-competition bracket will compete for a trip to Hawaii and a shot at the $100,000 grand prize.
"It's a carnival atmosphere. There are hundreds of people not only playing but standing around and watching," said Hernandez, who is entered in the Madden tournament for the second year in a row.
Hernandez said that die-hard Madden competitors let little stand in their way, referring specifically to a boy in last year's tournament who made it into the third round with a cast on his hand.
While it takes a spectacular season for an NFL player to earn a trip to Hawaii to play in the Pro Bowl, competitors only need a day of quick thumbs to secure tickets.
Hernandez, who did not win last year, said that the 2004 tournament was an exciting yet humbling experience.
"It's a dream. Last year I got into the mindset that I was going to win. I was planning on what I was going to do with the money," only to end up making an exit early in the tournament, Hernandez said.
"The competition was different. There was a lot more strategy. You can't go out there and play as if you were playing a friend," Hernandez said.
The Madden tournament has made its way through six cities so far, and the championship has only been won by players using either the Oakland Raiders or the Atlanta Falcons.
Hernandez -- whose favorite team to play with is the Dallas Cowboys -- said that this year he plans on enjoying the tournament and meeting other Madden enthusiasts.
EA Sports spokeswoman Wendy Spander said that the choice of the Madden video game was obvious.
"You go into any dorm room, and its probably in most [video game] libraries," Spander said.
The tournament has even added a new dimension this year: a rookie challenge for the less competitive.
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