ESPN has a contest up (on its wholly annoying web page) for the Greatest Highlight of all time. The bracket is down to two: Boise State''s Statue of Liberty play that beat Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, versus Mike Eruzione's go-ahead goal in the 1980 Miracle on Ice.
Yeah. Long-time...hell, occasional readers of APCB know how I feel about the U.S.A.'s victory over the Soviets. Even taking that out of consideration, equating the Broncos beating a team that's gone 1-4 in BCS bowl games since their national championship with a bunch of college kids defeating arguably the greatest hockey powerhouse the world has ever known, well, that's just plain nutty.
Eruzione's goal may never be beaten. And if it is, it'd have to be an event that's never happened before, with the likelihood of a repeat so astronomically improbable as to be laughable.
You know, like Texas A&M winning a national championship.
The Miracle on Ice recently marked its 28th anniversary. Anybody going to be similarly commemorating Boise State's win in 2035?
Hey, A&M won a national championship. It may have been a while back - 1939 - but it still counts.
wtf, how come i only found this blog ‘on accident’ as my little kids used to say?
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pete of the google-proof buried identity, who art thou?
i crave your skill at brevity.
i feel my mind has become embiggened after reading some o’ yer fine shit.
so there it is. just a little breathy compliment.
carry on in fine fettle. be fettleful.
Hey, A&M won a national championship. It may have been a while back - 1939 - but it still counts.
You know who else won a “national championship” in 1939? Yeah, I think you do.
pete of the google-proof buried identity, who art thou?
I’m not your woman/I’m not your man/I am something you can never understand.
i crave your skill at brevity.
You’d be the first.
so there it is. just a little breathy compliment.
carry on in fine fettle. be fettleful.
Is that code for the “eternally homeless penis?”
Ed, My better half had the chance to hear Mike Eruzione speak at his company’s National Sales Meeting a year ago, They are a small company and big Ed had the hour of his lifetime meeting & talking to his childhood idol in person afterwards, bringing home our then 11 year old a signed puck. Pure joy, for the hubby, it twas pure joy. I think that says it all…
Don’t count on the Miracle on Ice winning.
Remember, ESPN voted Michael Jordan as the premier athlete of the last century ……. nevermind that Ruth dominated like not player ever has (statistically and otherwise). What a joke.
I still get chills from clips of that 1980 game — and vividly remember watching that with my family. Drama, unsurpassed.