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Re: 100 Greatest Games discussion
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 2:48 pm
by BD Sullivan
JeffreyMiller wrote:What game from the 20s made the list?
Red Grange's first game.
Without the Immaculate Reception, the 72 Raiders-Steelers doesn't sniff the Top 50, or maybe even make the list. It was 6-0 Pittsburgh (on two FG's) with two minutes left. Perhaps the true historic highlight in this game was Stabler (given his future image as an immovble statue) running 30 yards for what would have been the winning score.
Re: 100 Greatest Games discussion
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 3:47 pm
by JWL
sheajets wrote:JWL wrote:sheajets wrote:
We were on the receiving end of it but the Marino fake spike was an embarrassing footnote, not really a great game. Miami followed up that game with a loss
I'm not sure the actual faking of the spike really had any impact on the outcome of the play either. Aaron Glenn, who would later become a really good corner, played hard the whole down but was burned. It happens.
Just another way to dump on the Jets I guess
In the Coslet and Carroll era, the Jets blew a lot of leads. That game was one of them. It was not a bad game but the fake spike play has been tremendously overblown. To say the fake spike worked is to say Glenn was confused as that pass was thrown so quickly as to make most of the players on the field irrelevant. The footage does not make it look like Glenn was confused or hesitant. It just looks like he was beat.
The previous year I still haven't gotten over the Eric Allen game. 21-0 over Philly. Cunningham breaks his leg. How the hell do you let Bubby Brister and Rich Kotite turn into Brady/Belichick and have a 21 point comeback win.
The one vs the Raiders was awful too. One was 10-3-93 and the other 10-10-93 if I recall right.
Re: 100 Greatest Games discussion
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:58 pm
by sheajets
Shame, Boomer gave us a good year but our offense just decayed late in the year
That Raider game we were smoked by a 38 year old Vince Evans
Re: 100 Greatest Games discussion
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:07 pm
by JWL
and a really bad clock error too
Re: 100 Greatest Games discussion
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:32 pm
by JohnH19
BD Sullivan wrote:The final breakdown, which is just as absurd as the first:
20s: 1
30s: 3
40s: 2
50s: 3
60s: 5
70s: 11
80s: 21
90s: 16
00s: 23
10s: 15
So there were only 14 great games in the first 50 years, but 38 in the last 20.
Knowing that the list would look something like this, along with the involvement of “celebrity” commentators, is why I haven’t watched.
Re: 100 Greatest Games discussion
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 6:10 pm
by Rupert Patrick
JohnH19 wrote:BD Sullivan wrote:The final breakdown, which is just as absurd as the first:
20s: 1
30s: 3
40s: 2
50s: 3
60s: 5
70s: 11
80s: 21
90s: 16
00s: 23
10s: 15
So there were only 14 great games in the first 50 years, but 38 in the last 20.
Knowing that the list would look something like this, along with the involvement of “celebrity” commentators, is why I haven’t watched.
Me too; I just spent two minutes scanning the list, and went on with the rest of my life.
Re: 100 Greatest Games discussion
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:21 pm
by sheajets
If there was no immaculate reception...wonder how Oakland fares vs. Miami in the AFC Title Game
Re: 100 Greatest Games discussion
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:46 am
by Bryan
sheajets wrote:If there was no immaculate reception...wonder how Oakland fares vs. Miami in the AFC Title Game
Oakland probably loses 27-10.
Re: 100 Greatest Games discussion
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 8:24 pm
by BD Sullivan
Bryan wrote:sheajets wrote:If there was no immaculate reception...wonder how Oakland fares vs. Miami in the AFC Title Game
Oakland probably loses 27-10.
Which was the score one year later when they played it in Miami. I presume this game would have been in Oakland. Miami had started strong against Cleveland before having to hold on and then were flat in Pittsburgh until Seiple's fake punt.
Re: 100 Greatest Games discussion
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:20 am
by ChrisBabcock
Is the final list posted online somewhere? I can't find it. (other than having to watch and fast forward through all the videos)