Do you guys remember this day in history? I do, I can still see the play on my parents black and white television (we were hold outs on color TV). My pal Linda in Connecticut (who is really from Pittsburgh) sent me a link from the Post Gazette in Pittsburgh. Franco Harris remembers the day on video. Peace Out - 3C
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1 Linda Davis // Dec 24, 2007 at 9:51 pm
I don’t think I will ever forget that day. I remember exactly where I sat watching the game. The screaming in that room was ear shattering. And I remember the tension as we waited to see if the play would stand.
2 Jay McGillicuddy // Dec 25, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Who could forget one of the greatest football plays in history.
I know I never will. It was awesome.
3 Carole Cohen // Dec 25, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Hi Jay and Merry Christmas! You must have a favorite Pat’s play that stays with you ? You know when Linda wrote that description it sent shivers down my spine!
4 Jay McGillicuddy // Dec 27, 2007 at 12:11 pm
The Pats play that sticks out the most with me is when Darryl Stingley was paralyzed by a Jack Tatum cheap shot.
He never once apologized or ever spoke to Darryl.
5 Carole Cohen // Dec 27, 2007 at 12:16 pm
What a sad memory to have to have! Hard to believe that Tatum would not have been affected by all that…never a Redskins fan but living in Maryland of course I saw the broken leg play with Joe Theisman…I can still hear the crunching when I think about it….much worse with the Stingley play how awful!
6 John Ettorre // Dec 27, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Carole, does this mean you grew up as a Steelers’ fan? Anyway, regardless of anyone’s particular rooting interest, that was indeed perhaps the single most memorable play in any sport for my generation of fans. The way it was shot and slown in slow motion made it all look like ballet. Hard to believe it was 35 long years ago. I too recall watching it in my childhood basement, and being amazed by it.
7 Carole Cohen // Dec 27, 2007 at 7:43 pm
John, my relatives are all from Pittsburgh so yes. My Mother was a Browns fan but my Dad stuck with the Steelers so I went that way lol. Ballet is right, and incredulousness lol. It seems like a long time ago and yet not. What is it that Dylan said, I was so much older then I’m younger than that now?
8 John Ettorre // Dec 28, 2007 at 11:01 am
Talk about a blended family…That’s like coming from a family that’s half Michigan and half Ohio State fans, or half Yankee and half Red Sox. But you not only survived it but thrived. The reality is that those Steel Curtain Steelers teams of the ’70s were so great that as a pure football fan, you couldn’t help but admire them, even if they were beating the snot out of your team. At least, that’s how I always felt.
9 Carole Cohen // Dec 28, 2007 at 8:10 pm
How about half Mets and half Yankee? lol. I so agree with you — being more of a baseball fan, for a few years there (when Pudge Rodriguez was with Texas) I really enjoyed watching their games because so many of the players were top quality and left me in awe. Same with the 80s Mets — I think you have the right perspective.
Funny story: had an appraiser at a buyer’s inspection talking about the red ‘Ohio State’ walls and how his whole house is in their colors and his wife gets aggravated but he wont let her do Michigan wall color nooooo. LOL
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