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cszakolczai
05-04-2005, 17:47
Ok I know for a fact everyone has a favorite sports moment, that they either accomplished or there favorite team did. So lets get a list going and see what we have. Who knows maybe we'll discover some Redsocks and Bruins fans here. Sorry I am a Yankee and Devil fan. But if I had to pick my favorite moment in sports it would be when me and my friend played at a higher age group and we both scored. It was the scariest thing for us, we were 2 years younger than the competition and we were thinking about how hard we were going to get decked. But at the end of the game we were both able to say we scored a goal, not saying we didn't get decked. :D
Chris
Goggles Pizano
05-04-2005, 20:38
Hmmm. Not sure if this fits the bill but I was at the Flyers/Rangers pre season game on Sept. 20th 2001 when between periods the President's speech to Congress was shown. They turned off the speech to begin the next period when the crowd of about 13-15K began to shout in unison "turn it on, turn it on!". The officials then halted the game and the speech was continued. At it's cessation the game (tied at 2 at this point) was halted for the evening. Class move by both organizations and the unity in that building was something I shall not soon forget.
Lance and his 6 Tour wins...a 7th on the way.
Although, there are many, the first that popped into my mind was the 1980 US Hockey Team victory over the USSR in Lake Placid. However, I believe it means more to olderish folks. Those that grew up watching the Olympics in the 50's,60's,70's.
At least through the 70's.
three come to mind...my older son making an open field tackle in the first round of the state playoffs...my older son sacking the quarteback on a safety blitz in his final game...and one game my younger son played his last year of little league...couple of home runs, a nice running catch and throwing out a runner at third from right field...those are my best sports memories...
Manstein
05-05-2005, 06:41
The Pitt Panthers beating Notre Dame 41-38 in football, at Notre Dame this past season. (Pitt hasn't won there since 86'). Palko had 5 TD passes, 0 INT's.
Back and forth game, great to watch. :munchin
The Penguins winning the Stanley Cup in 91 and 92 ranks up there also.
Unfortunately the Pen's meltdown in the playoffs, losing in 7 games to the Islanders in 93', ranks up there as one of my worst sports memories. :(
When NZ beat Australia, once upon a time, in galaxy far, far away in cricket.
cszakolczai
05-05-2005, 07:46
Another one of mine, was when I was at a minor league hockey game and the fan behind the visiting team started to throw stuff at the team, well before you knew it the visiting players were trying to go after the guy. It was pretty entertaining.
Chris
Roguish Lawyer
05-05-2005, 08:01
Although, there are many, the first that popped into my mind was the 1980 US Hockey Team victory over the USSR in Lake Placid. However, I believe it means more to olderish folks. Those that grew up watching the Olympics in the 50's,60's,70's.
At least through the 70's.
That's mine.
cszakolczai
05-05-2005, 08:05
That is a great one, I like the movie also.
Chris
Radar Rider
05-05-2005, 08:19
I ran Cross Country in high school. I lived near the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation, and they used to have an annual race called the "Inn of the Mountain Gods 9-Miler". It varied in altitude from 7,500 to 9,000 feet. I'd go with some running buds, and it was always a great race. I ran my last one a week after State Finals. I felt great through the entire race, and the mountain scenery was just beautiful! It was, in my "running career", the best I'd ever run. I finished 5th overall, and wish to this day that I could recreate that experience.
cszakolczai
05-05-2005, 18:47
I ran Cross Country in high school. I lived near the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation, and they used to have an annual race called the "Inn of the Mountain Gods 9-Miler". It varied in altitude from 7,500 to 9,000 feet. I'd go with some running buds, and it was always a great race. I ran my last one a week after State Finals. I felt great through the entire race, and the mountain scenery was just beautiful! It was, in my "running career", the best I'd ever run. I finished 5th overall, and wish to this day that I could recreate that experience.
Now that is just plain cool, the only place I can run to, is to the local airport and home. I can go there and talk to my flight instructor than come home. Nothing compared to running through the mountains.
Chris
Although, there are many, the first that popped into my mind was the 1980 US Hockey Team victory over the USSR in Lake Placid. However, I believe it means more to olderish folks.
Beat me to it. Hey...I resemble that remark. ;)
CommoGeek
05-05-2005, 21:02
The day the last NASCAR race is run.
Terps winning the national championship in 2002. :lifter: However that moment was quickly diminished by students hell bent on torching College Park shortly after. :mad:
Terps winning the national championship in 2002. :lifter: However that moment was quickly diminished by students hell bent on torching College Park shortly after. :mad:
As an alum who was there when Gary arrived I'll have to second that! Yes, unfortunately no mattress in CP is safe anytime the Terps win anything big.
ghostinashell
05-05-2005, 22:53
The 1993 fight between Riddick Bowe and Evander Holyfield when the guy parachuted into the ring during the seventh round. He then got Holyfield won the fight whooped by Bowe's entourage. Weird things happen in the world of boxing. The fight went the distance, Holyfield won by unanimous decision.
Beat me to it. Hey...I resemble that remark. ;)
Now you and RL are showing your age. ;)
To me, one had to watch the Olympics for at least a decade prior to that victory, to understand what it was really all about. When I saw previews of that movie before it came out or came across a documentry on the game, I'd get goose bumps. The pride has never diminished. Thing was, that game wasn't for the Gold medal. Just felt like it was.
Roguish Lawyer
05-06-2005, 11:43
Now you and RL are showing your age. ;)
To me, one had to watch the Olympics for at least a decade prior to that victory, to understand what it was really all about. When I saw previews of that movie before it came out or came across a documentry on the game, I'd get goose bumps. The pride has never diminished. Thing was, that game wasn't for the Gold medal. Just felt like it was.
I was 11 or 12 when that game was played. The first Olympics I remember was 1976. Nadia Comaneci. I don't remember '72 -- too young.
Now you and RL are showing your age. ;)
To me, one had to watch the Olympics for at least a decade prior to that victory, to understand what it was really all about. When I saw previews of that movie before it came out or came across a documentry on the game, I'd get goose bumps. The pride has never diminished. Thing was, that game wasn't for the Gold medal. Just felt like it was.
I'm told I wear it well. ;)
I've always been a huge fan of the Olympic games and agree wholeheartedly. This victory was much bigger than a hockey game...or a medal advancement. To this day, if I see a promo or think back on that game I too get goose bumps.
I was 11 or 12 when that game was played. The first Olympics I remember was 1976. Nadia Comaneci.
Gahhhhhh I graduated HS that year. LOL....ohhhh man.
Let's see....
1980 Winter Olympics....Da Hockey game....nuff said.
Ray Bourque, raising Lord Stanleys cup high over his head after 22 years of fighting for it
The Colorado Avalanche winning their 2nd Stanley Cup in game 7 against that silly team from New Jersey.....Mission 16W.....completed. :D
St. Patrick Roy, passing Terry Sawchuk as the all time winningest goalie.
The Colorado Avalanche winning their 1st Stanley Cup in game 4, in triple overtime.
Da Bears winning the Superbowl.
Da Cubbies winning the World Series this year.....hey, a guy can dream can't he? :D
In 1957 Frank Gifford left his cleat marks on my chest. :D :eek: :lifter
Da Cubbies winning the World Series this year.....hey, a guy can dream can't he? :D
Seriously...you need help.
:D
Definitely the 1980 U.S. Hockey team beating the soviets.... I remember driving down Main Street afterwards with my Dad and honking the horn and waving American flags out the window.... come to think of it, that's the only time he ever let me honk the horn!
In 1957 Frank Gifford left his cleat marks on my chest. :D :eek: :lifter
Oh come on! You have to tell us the rest of the story! :D
I was 11 or 12 when that game was played. The first Olympics I remember was 1976. Nadia Comaneci. I don't remember '72 -- too young.
Geeez RL, I was 33 at that time. But havn't changed a bit. :D
The '72 Olympics is another one that is seared into the memory. First because of Mark Spitz and his seven Golds. That changed when eight terrorists (Black September) broke into Olympic Village and began murdering Israeli athletes, before taking nine others to the airfield at Furstenfeldbruck, where they ultimately died in a firefight, between the Germans and terrorists.
Gahhhhhh I graduated HS that year. LOL....ohhhh man.
You "wear it well" huh? You youngin'!! ;)
The Colorado Avalanche winning their 2nd Stanley Cup in game 7 against that silly team from New Jersey.....Mission 16W.....completed
Sdiver, in a way CO beat CO. Sometime in the mid 80's while i was living in Denver, they sold thier hockey team to NJ, which became the NJ Devils.
As far as Da Cubbies.......Hmmm......
I have an idea. Hey Gypsy! Why don't you go down to Billy Goat's Tavern there on Lower Wacker Dr. and see if you can't do something about that curse. :munchin
QRQ 30, I'm thinkin' you were one of the first of many.......
Oh come on! You have to tell us the rest of the story! :D
In high school we played against E. Bakersfield H.S. I played defensive end and Frank Gifford was a half back for E.B.H.S. He came around my corner and when I tried to stop him he ran right up my chest.
The rest of the story is that he kept right on running to USC, the Heisman Trophy, the NY Giants and finally the Hall of Fame. He was a favorite son in Bakersfield, CA. He is an example of how pro athletes should be. He started his 2nd career (sports casting) while still playing in the NFL; he retired before he became a has been and continued on as a very successful TV sports caster. :lifter
As far as Da Cubbies.......Hmmm......
I have an idea. Hey Gypsy! Why don't you go down to Billy Goat's Tavern there on Lower Wacker Dr. and see if you can't do something about that curse. :munchin
LOL...don't know about the youngin' part...
I'll have to see if I can find my Curse Reverse Book and conjur up a cure...nothing else has seemed to work! Either that or I'll just have a beer. :D
In high school we played against E. Bakersfield H.S. I played defensive end and Frank Gifford was a half back for E.B.H.S. He came around my corner and when I tried to stop him he ran right up my chest.
The rest of the story is that he kept right on running to USC, the Heisman Trophy, the NY Giants and finally the Hall of Fame. He was a favorite son in Bakersfield, CA. He is an example of how pro athletes should be. He started his 2nd career (sports casting) while still playing in the NFL; he retired before he became a has been and continued on as a very successful TV sports caster. :lifter
Terry, that's a great story. Maybe we should have a Brush with Greatness thread. Mine would be Colorado Springs, 1991, for a couple of training rides with a very young Lance Armstrong at the Olympic Training Center. He was still an amateur at the time, and had only made the transition to cycling from triathlon a couple of years earlier. Also with us was Dave Scott, six-time Ironman winner. Talk about a smoke session! :cool:
He is an example of how pro athletes should be. He started his 2nd career (sports casting) while still playing in the NFL; he retired before he became a has been and continued on as a very successful TV sports caster. :lifter[/QUOTE]
Wow, great story! Speaking of examples of how pro athletes should be-- I saw this documentary the other night on John Unitas and they were saying how in the off-season, Unitas and a bunch of the other Colts would work at Bethlehem Steel in Baltimore for extra cash. Same generation as Gifford-- Can you imagine anyone in today's NFL doing something like that? Anyone aside from the late Pat Tillman that is....
Sdiver, in a way CO beat CO. Sometime in the mid 80's while i was living in Denver, they sold thier hockey team to NJ, which became the NJ Devils.
As far as Da Cubbies.......Hmmm......
Ahhh yes......the Old Colorado Rockies. That's why that game was extra special. :D ....that and #77 lifting that hardware over his head.
Almost happened the year before. I guess that's why that series was awesome. We KO'd the Stanley Cup Chumps....errrrr....Champs.
....and for Da Cubbies....gotta keep hope alive.
Here's a shot I did for a dive magazine. They let us wander all over the field getting these pics. But they (the photographer and editors) setteled for one outside, in front of the famous marque(sp).
(I'm the dork in the middle with the Cubs hat on.)
Roguish Lawyer
05-07-2005, 11:09
Terry, that's a great story. Maybe we should have a Brush with Greatness thread.
I've seen the Team Sergeant shoot. Try beating that one. :munchin
In high school we played against E. Bakersfield H.S. I played defensive end and Frank Gifford was a half back for E.B.H.S. He came around my corner and when I tried to stop him he ran right up my chest.
The rest of the story is that he kept right on running to USC, the Heisman Trophy, the NY Giants and finally the Hall of Fame. He was a favorite son in Bakersfield, CA. He is an example of how pro athletes should be. He started his 2nd career (sports casting) while still playing in the NFL; he retired before he became a has been and continued on as a very successful TV sports caster. :lifter
I went to school and played football with his nephews....back in Illinois.
He stopped by one practice, when he was in town for a MNF Bears game. Neat guy. Very down to Earth.
edit to add.....My best friend back in H.S. was/is Paul Molitors nephew. got to go see him play when he was a lowly Millwakee Brewer....before he went on to a REAL team in Minnesota. :lifter
brownapple
05-07-2005, 20:34
Although, there are many, the first that popped into my mind was the 1980 US Hockey Team victory over the USSR in Lake Placid. However, I believe it means more to olderish folks. Those that grew up watching the Olympics in the 50's,60's,70's.
At least through the 70's.
This one is mine as well.
"Do you believe in miracles!?"
A friend and college classmate of mine played on that team. Ken Morrow. Went to the NY Islanders and was part of 4 Stanley Cup teams. But I don't think anything can match what that group of young men did in sports.
I am from Cleveland so I don't have any sports moments in my lifetime worth noting. :boohoo
I am moving to Vegas in a month or so and will be attending the USC-Notre Dame game in California, so maybe beating the Trojans (finally) can be added here.
Radar Rider
05-07-2005, 22:00
I am from Cleveland so I don't have any sports moments in my lifetime worth noting.
Oh, c'mon. What about "the drive", "the fumble", and the total ass beatin'?
Just kidding! FFS, the Broncos went on to get annihilated after all three of those games. They just saved the Browns from being humiliated. :(
Oh, c'mon. What about "the drive", "the fumble", and the total ass beatin'?
Just kidding! FFS, the Broncos went on to get annihilated after all three of those games. They just saved the Browns from being humiliated. :(
R.R. .... I was going to post that, but I didn't want to kick a man when he's down.....even one from Cleveland. :D
Now a Red Wings or Dallas Stars fan......I'd go Bruce Lee on their Ass, in a New York minute. :lifter
magician
05-08-2005, 02:34
my favorite sports moment.....remains Andy Delmore's hat trick in the ...playoff quarter finals(?) between The Flyers and the Penguins. Hard to remember...this must have been....2000?
Delmore, in his rookie season....was a fast, mobile d-man with a wicked hard shot. He was later sent to Nashville, where he literally led the league as the best-scoring d-man, but that is another story. The important thing to remember is that he grew up in the Flyer's system, paired with another promising young Phantoms d-man named Mark Eaton.
I actually went to this game, with Desafiamos, no less, and we watched Delmore score his trick while we drank fine wine and dined on glistening steaks in the Victor's Club VIP restaurant at the First Union Center.
I had Ex Wife Numba Two taping the game at home, it was on ABC, if memory serves....and I cannot now remember the announcer's name....I can picture him plain as day....glasses....receding blonde hair.......anyway, the play started with Keith Jones, protecting the puck deep along the right foreboards, who somehow heard Delmore yelling for the puck as he darted into the right slot.
Jones shunted the puck back to Delmore, a perfect, flat pass between his skates as Jones was being pummeled against the glass..pretty sure that it was Matthew "The Mouth" Barnaby who was working Jones over, which made this goal even sweeter....and Delmore blasted the puck with a hard, rocketing one-timer that froze the goalie. I can no longer remember the goalies name....but Delmore smoked him.
The announcer....all that he said was "Delmore--he has the trick!" And then the announcers went silent, and all that you heard was the First Union Center roaring....hats flying from across the arena onto the ice.....
I tell you, it was a great moment, and one that Demore will never forget to his dying day.
The game was stopped for a good fifteen minutes as the linesmen used brooms to sweep up the hats...they just kept falling and falling....the fans just kept roaring and roaring and roaring....
That game is forever seared in my memory. It was the best game that I have ever seen, period, and I must point out that that same playoff series also boasted the longest game in NHL history, the one between the Flyers and Pens that was finally finished by Keith Primeau after an impossible number of overtimes.
I really missed the hockey season this year. And I miss the "old" Flyers.
I still cannot believe that they let Recce go back to the Pens. What the hell is Clarkie thinking?
Oh, c'mon. What about "the drive", "the fumble", and the total ass beatin'?
:(
Just the tip of the iceberg, trust me. :boohoo
cszakolczai
05-08-2005, 09:21
I really missed the hockey season this year. And I miss the "old" Flyers.
I still cannot believe that they let Recce go back to the Pens. What the hell is Clarkie thinking?
Do you think they'll actually have an NHL next year?
Oh and my friend, goalie from my hockey team, might be moving to Finland to play pro hockey, and who knows if he keeps working on his angles and his rebounds he might just be in the NHL some day.
Oh and for the goalies name when you were talking about Barnaby, I think it might have been the moose a.k.a Johna Hedberg. Because I think Barnaby was still with the penguins at that time. And Hedberg at that time was the big thing, still is a fantastic goalie just under rated now in my opinion.
Chris
Ahhh yes......the Old Colorado Rockies. That's why that game was extra special. :D ....that and #77 lifting that hardware over his head.
Almost happened the year before. I guess that's why that series was awesome. We KO'd the Stanley Cup Chumps....errrrr....Champs.
....and for Da Cubbies....gotta keep hope alive.
Here's a shot I did for a dive magazine. They let us wander all over the field getting these pics. But they (the photographer and editors) setteled for one outside, in front of the famous marque(sp).
(I'm the dork in the middle with the Cubs hat on.)
Yup, having grown up there, there is no other choice than "keep hope alive" for Da Cubbies.
Great Pic Sdiver. If that was taken last July, on the 2nd, I'll be pissed. I and some friends had a corporate box for the game that day.
This one is mine as well.
"Do you believe in miracles!
Nope. Not until that game Cpt. ;)
I'll have to see if I can find my Curse Reverse Book and conjur up a cure...nothing else has seemed to work! Either that or I'll just have a beer.
K, I have a childhood friend who owns a prime meat type butcher shop in Wilmette. I'm thinkin' he could come up with a goat carcass. After that, piece of cake. All you'd have to do is..... smuggle it into the" Friendly Confines". Done deal.
:D
If it doesn't work, beers on me at Billy Goats.
Manstein
05-10-2005, 09:27
pretty sure that it was Matthew "The Mouth" Barnaby who was working Jones over, which made this goal even sweeter....and Delmore blasted the puck with a hard, rocketing one-timer that froze the goalie. I can no longer remember the goalies name....but Delmore smoked him.
The goalie was most likely Ron Tugnutt. A flash in the pan at Pittsburgh, as most of our goalies are (see Patrick Lalime, Johan Hedberg). :(
My dad delivered furniture to Matt Barnaby once, real nice guy he says.
It was the best game that I have ever seen, period, and I must point out that that same playoff series also boasted the longest game in NHL history, the one between the Flyers and Pens that was finally finished by Keith Primeau after an impossible number of overtimes.
At the time it was the of the longest game in playoff history. Something like 5 overtimes. Since then it has been broken by the Toronto-Dallas series a couple years back, I think.
I still cannot believe that they let Recce go back to the Pens. What the hell is Clarkie thinking?
You and I both know that Recchi's heart has been in Pittsburgh ever since we drafted him in 88' :)
Now that we have the Recching-ball back, and Lemieux healthy, (and HOPEFULLY a new CBA with salary cap and revenue sharing, provided the NHL even exists next season) a new age of Penguin dominance will be upon us.
K, I have a childhood friend who owns a prime meat type butcher shop in Wilmette. I'm thinkin' he could come up with a goat carcass. After that, piece of cake. All you'd have to do is..... smuggle it into the" Friendly Confines". Done deal.
:D
If it doesn't work, beers on me at Billy Goats.
You're on! Please ask him to wrap it in plastic... :D I'll have to come up with the "hocus-pocus" reversal stuff. Maybe I'll just ask Sdiver to write a "free the Cubbies from the curse" poem. LOL
Peregrino
05-10-2005, 13:54
You're on! Please ask him to wrap it in plastic... :D I'll have to come up with the "hocus-pocus" reversal stuff. Maybe I'll just ask Sdiver to write a "free the Cubbies from the curse" poem. LOL
Having consumed goat once or twice in my misspent youth I would recommend reconsidering your choice of sacrifice. I'm not sure any deities amenable to blandishments involving goat carcasses will be potent enough for your purposes. (Look at where the Greek pantheon is today!) :D Peregrino
Having consumed goat once or twice in my misspent youth I would recommend reconsidering your choice of sacrifice. I'm not sure any deities amenable to blandishments involving goat carcasses will be potent enough for your purposes. (Look at where the Greek pantheon is today!) :D Peregrino
Oh this isn't for eating Peregrino! The original curse invovled a goat...so the thinking is we can reverse it with the same. Unless you have a better idea for sacrifices? :D
Eating goat...blechhh.
According to a Chicago legend, a Chicago bar-keeper and die-hard Chicago Cub fan placed a curse on the team after his goat was not allowed into the stadium (Wrigley Field) for game 4 of the 1945 World Series. The goat had a ticket and everything, but the ushers at Wrigley field blocked it's entry. So both the owner and the goat left the stadium dissapointed. Then came the curse. On the way out of Wrigley, the goat's owner yelled that a World Series would never again be played in Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs lost that game and the Detroit Tigers won the series. Well, sadly enough the Cubs have not played in a World Series since that time, and have not won one since 1908.
Many Chicago Cub fans feel that the Cubs Curse can be broken. They even allowed a goat into the park on opening day in 1984. The Cubs won the division that year, but lost to the San Diego Padres before getting to the World Series. The goat showed up again in 1994 because the Cubs lost their first 12 home games. The team won that next game, but then the season was ended early due to the strike. The goat appeared to break the curse again in 1998. The Cubs made the playoffs, but the Cubs Curse lived on as they lost to the Braves in the playoffs. Fans even went as far as to try and pass the Cubs Curse onto other teams in 2003. We all know what happened this year. Steve Bartman kept the curse alive by grabbing the fly ball from Moises Alou and leading the Cubs to a loss.
The Cubs Curse is obviously still alive. What will be the next sign of the dreaded Chicago Cubs Curse?
A pic of said Cub fan and his goat...
Yup, having grown up there, there is no other choice than "keep hope alive" for Da Cubbies.
Great Pic Sdiver. If that was taken last July, on the 2nd, I'll be pissed. I and some friends had a corporate box for the game that day.
Unfortunatly, that pic was taken in the spring of 98. That pic and another one were for PADI's AQUA magazine. It was entitled "Diver's around the U.S." or something like that.
Didn't get paid for it, but it was still a thrill to wander around on that field. Stand behind home plate and the up on the pitchers mound and then out in center field. We kept all our stuff in the Cubbies dugout. That was totaly cool too.
I'll see if I can dig up the other photo that was used in the mag.
Now...off to work on Gypsy's "Goat Curse Reversal" poem....... :lifter
Peregrino
05-10-2005, 15:29
Oh this isn't for eating Peregrino! The original curse invovled a goat...so the thinking is we can reverse it with the same. Unless you have a better idea for sacrifices? :D
Eating goat...blechhh.
Sorry - Had an image problem there. When you said the goat would be purchased from a specialty meat market and delivered "wrapped in plastic" that seems to convey a completely different purpose than placating the ghost of a "pet". :confused: Peregrino
Sorry - Had an image problem there. When you said the goat would be purchased from a specialty meat market and delivered "wrapped in plastic" that seems to convey a completely different purpose than placating the ghost of a "pet". :confused: Peregrino
Ahh, I see...well that's one piece of meat I wouldn't want to touch with my bare hands...hence the plastic wrap request. ;)
I'm thinking 12B4S may be agitating the curse gods by suggesting it though...they may think we're there to barbeque....
Sorry - Had an image problem there. When you said the goat would be purchased from a specialty meat market and delivered "wrapped in plastic" that seems to convey a completely different purpose than placating the ghost of a "pet". :confused: Peregrino
Figured a different approach was warranted about now Peregrino. Couldn't hurt.
Besides, I'm in AZ, I figured this friend could come up with a goat easier than I could.
:D
By the way, if any of you find yourself in Chicago and in the market for some incredible prime meat, let me know. His shop is in Wilmette, a 'burb due north of the city. An easy scenic twenty minute or so drive. Or one can take the "L", or the Metra.
Plus, he always has a keg of imported German beer in the cooler. Might even cook up some sort of steak, to 'wash' the beer down. ;)
magician
05-11-2005, 14:27
Rex is getting old....but he just brings it, every night, night after night.
He plays with total heart and commitment. I totally respect the guy, and the ethos that he brings to the game.
I was almost always surprised when the Pens came to the FUC. They played like they had an inferiority complex. You could always depend on them to throw the first cheap shot. Almost like the Toronto-Philly rivalry. Made for some great games.
I think that I still have the tape of that game in storage. I sure hope so. I can picture parts of it plain as day in my mind.
shootandloot
05-16-2005, 12:43
My favorite sports moment that I've never seen is The Immaculate Reception when Bradshaw's pass eventually wound up in the hands of Franco Harrison. One of my favorite moments is when Mario Lemiuex returned back for his first game after months of cancer treatment. My favorite non-sports moment involving an athlete is when I shined Mike Ditka's shoes and he tipped me $100 :munchin
The Reaper
05-17-2005, 16:05
My favorite sports moment that I've never seen is The Immaculate Reception when Bradshaw's pass eventually wound up in the hands of Franco Harrison. One of my favorite moments is when Mario Lemiuex returned back for his first game after months of cancer treatment. My favorite non-sports moment involving an athlete is when I shined Mike Ditka's shoes and he tipped me $100 :munchin
That would have been Franco Harris.
TR
Achilles
05-17-2005, 16:09
TX vs Oklahoma State (2004)...
Down 35-7 at the end of the 2nd quarter... we come back with 49 straight unanswered points. Booyah! I was at that game (like all the others the past few seasons) and between that victory and my "combat multiplier" of Beam and Coke I had quite a night.
shootandloot
05-18-2005, 10:34
That would have been Franco Harris.
TR
:eek: I feel like less of a Pittsburgher now sir!
Can't remember which game it was and what year specifically but it was when "Turkey" Jones(Cleveland Browns) broke through the steel curtain and grabbed Terry Bradshaw, picked him up, and drove his head into the ground. I believe this happened at the mistake-on-the-lake stadium. :munchin
but it was when "Turkey" Jones(Cleveland Browns) broke through the steel curtain and grabbed Terry Bradshaw
i may be wrong (and TR will point it out if i am) but i believe the Steel Curtain referred to the Steeler's defensive unit and not their offensive line... ;)
Manstein
05-19-2005, 22:31
i may be wrong (and TR will point it out if i am) but i believe the Steel Curtain referred to the Steeler's defensive unit and not their offensive line... ;)
You are correct lksteve.
The Steel Curtain was the Steelers defensive unit during their 4 Superbowl victories over the course of 6 years. IMO one of the best defensive units ever to play the game.
It included four hall of famers: Mean Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, Jack Ham (Penn State Alumni unfortunately, but I'll overlook that), and Mel Blount.
That Turkey Jones slam on Bradshaw remains one of the nastiest cheap shots I've ever seen a player do to someone. (But what would you expect from a team like the Cleveland Browns?)
Jack Ham (Penn State Alumni unfortunately, but I'll overlook that),
probably the closest friend i had during my career (and to this date) is a QP who graduated from Penn State...Chief of Strategic PSYOP at USSOCOM, unless they've moved him somewhere else...
A couple other items on the Steelers back then.
1) Thier Guards,Tackles and Center could all bench press 500 Lbs.
2) Visited some friends in Pittsburgh while moving from FL in 1976. All they had beerwise, was cans of Iron City Steelers 76. Wasn't bad. It was also free. :D
An after thought. A third item. (Takes time to dredge this stuff out of an olderish memory) Hell, I watched the game where Franco made the "immaculate reception".
3) The 'Terrible Towels'
To the best of my recollection. I was about 2 to 3 years old at that time. ;)
Manstein
05-20-2005, 08:10
probably the closest friend i had during my career (and to this date) is a QP who graduated from Penn State...Chief of Strategic PSYOP at USSOCOM, unless they've moved him somewhere else...
Just a little friendly Pitt-PSU bashing is all.
The NCAA increased the football schedules to 12 games last week, and PSU had the oppurtunity to renew the rivalry with Pitt. They declined and scheduled...Temple.
My mistake, you are right about the "Steel Curtain" ,however, I believe the Steelers hold the monopoly on cheap shots. Just watch some of their old films and you will see just how bad they were. That little toss was just payback for the times when the steelers got away with everything. It still is the greatest moment in sports I have ever seen and quite deserving if I may say so! :munchin
Just a little friendly Pitt-PSU bashing is all.
just OCS trash here...got my bachelor's at Fort Benning, my masters at Fort Bragg... :boohoo
Manstein
05-21-2005, 11:26
just OCS trash here...got my bachelor's at Fort Benning, my masters at Fort Bragg... :boohoo
Well, like your Penn State friend, I can over look that too. ;)
Well, like your Penn State friend, I can over look that too. ;)that would be wise, grasshopper...
All they had beerwise, was cans of Iron City Steelers 76. Wasn't bad. It was also free.
the price was right, maybe even a little on the high side...
To the best of my recollection. I was about 2 to 3 years old at that time.
your recollection is not so very good these days....
your recollection is not so very good these days....
Nah! I'm just bad with dates.
Speaking of which. I'm taking all the dates out of my profile. :D
brownapple
05-22-2005, 21:15
My mistake, you are right about the "Steel Curtain" ,however, I believe the Steelers hold the monopoly on cheap shots. Just watch some of their old films and you will see just how bad they were. That little toss was just payback for the times when the steelers got away with everything. It still is the greatest moment in sports I have ever seen and quite deserving if I may say so! :munchin
Monopoly on cheap shots?
Not likely. That was an era when Jack Tatum played for the Raiders, and his approach wasn't uncommon. The fact is that during that period of time, most teams defensive units employed "cheap shots" as part of how they played. The Steelers, the Raiders, the Red Skins, the Giants.... it was just part of the game then (and why many of today's rules came into existence).
it was just part of the game then (and why many of today's rules came into existence).the 49ers had the dirtiest offensive line in football until the Broncos became successful using the same approach...don't know if the 49ers still try to cut block like they did during the Super Bowl years...no one calls them dirty anymore...must be because they miss nowadays...
Manstein
05-22-2005, 22:12
The Raiders were probably one of the dirtiest teams in football under John Madden.
How many people has Jack Tatum paralyzed with his helmet leading hits on defenseless recievers?
Saw a special on Conrad Dobler today, on espn. He was considered the biggest cheap shot artist on the field. Unfortunately his wife has been paralyzed since 2001 in a hammock accident.
Back on topic though, another of my favorite sports moments was Nebraska QB Tommie Frazier breaking 7 tackles in a 75 yard TD run, against Florida in the 1995 National Championship. (IMO one of the great college QB's of all time, definately the great option QB) I think Nebraska won that game by 62-24.
How many people has Jack Tatum paralyzed with his helmet leading hits on defenseless recievers?
one...Darryl Stingley...
Manstein
05-23-2005, 14:51
one...Darryl Stingley...
Exactly, still too many in my eyes.
AngelsSix
06-14-2005, 15:14
I think my favorite so far was watching Afleet Alex tear up the track this weekend. I had duty but got home in time to watch the race....it was fabulous!!
There's something special about a horse that wins a race by seven lengths.
Afleet Alex (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/horses/triple/belmont/2005-06-11-belmont-stakes_x.htm?csp=34)
Exactly, still too many in my eyes.Darryl Stingley is still alive...Chuck Hughes isn't...
My favorite sports moment actually took 3 days. October 6,7,8, 1995.
The Seattle Mariners were playing the NY Yankees in the American League Division Series. The first two games were played at Yankee Stadium and were won by the Yankees. Since this was the first time the Mariners had ever appeared in the playoffs, and they were facing the Yankees, no one gave them a snowflakes chance in hell.
The series shifted to the since demolished Kingdome, and the Mariners lived up to their season motto of, "Refuse to Lose."
Game 3 was won on the bat of Tino Martinez who went 3 for 4 with a homer and 3 RBI's.
Game 4 was won in typical "Homerdome" fashion: Edgar Martinez went 3 for 4, homered twice including a Grand Slam and a total of 7 RBI's; homers were also hit by Ken Griffey Jr and Jay Buhner. John Wetteland, then the most feared closer in the AL was the losing pitcher.
Game 5 saw homers by Griffey and little Joey Cora. Randy Johnson came in as a relief pitcher on 1 day of rest after starting Game 3. In the bottom of the 11th inning, with Cora on 3rd and Griffey on 1st, Edgar Martinez hit "The Double" a shot down the left field line. Griffey got on his horse and beat the throw to the plate, scoring the winning run and was promptly mobbed by his teammates.
Don Mattingly retired after the 1995 season.
The network sports broadcasters actually whined on the air about having to go shopping in Seattle to buy clothes because they only packed for one day.
In the middle of the season, Griffey suffered a broken hammate bone in his hand, and the owners were talking about moving the team to Florida. As a result of the DS win, all talk of moving the franchise was stifled, Safeco Field was conceived, and baseball was saved for Seattle.