CsonkaClone
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Dolphins on Greatest Games tonight on ESPN2
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nice
sounds like Armondo is trying to win back the fan base from all the crappy reporting he has been doing.. thats 2 "hook up" articles in 1 day...
dirwuf
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So the Greatest Game series now includes the two most heartbreaking losses in Dolphins history. How about some props for the real greatest game....the 1971 Christmas Day double-overtime playoff win at KC.
still the longest game in nfl history i believe
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I remember that nightmare. Playing that bend but don't brake defense smack us in our face. I almost destroyed my families TV .. I was 11 at the time... The sad part was back then even though the Dolfins had a better record they played away (rotation back then). Then in the off season the World Football League came into being and took three of our players (Csonka, Kick, and Warfield). Unfortunately no Steelers or Raiders were taken.
Awesome to watch. I stumbled unto it. Unfortunately I missed the first half hour.
Those are still the Dolphins to me. It's like the subsequent 30+ years are a similarly dressed technicality.
Griese was so much slicker and more versatile than Marino it's a joke.
It's sickening to think back on the specifics of this game. They just showed a great Raider TV catch by Biletnikoff over Tim Foley. But as Stabler dropped back you could see one of the problems of the game, Miami's injured secondary. Henry Stuckey was on the field.
Even the home made signs were far superior in those days, draped all over the place.
They should make the tape of the full game available.
BTW, someone posted the WFL came and took Csonka, Kiick and Warfield away in the offseason. It was actually the previous offseason. The trio played 1974 as lame ducks. That's what made the loss so devastating, a realization the great era had come to an end. We pretended heading into 1975, but Oakland kicked our butt in a home opener Monday Night game in the Orange Bowl, ending the long home winning streak and any false hope that we could overcome the loss of the big three.
Oh sheesh, I forgot about Warfield's key drop on 3rd and 3. Perfect pass.
Those are still the Dolphins to me. It's like the subsequent 30+ years are a similarly dressed technicality.
Griese was so much slicker and more versatile than Marino it's a joke.
It's sickening to think back on the specifics of this game. They just showed a great Raider TV catch by Biletnikoff over Tim Foley. But as Stabler dropped back you could see one of the problems of the game, Miami's injured secondary. Henry Stuckey was on the field.
Even the home made signs were far superior in those days, draped all over the place.
They should make the tape of the full game available.
BTW, someone posted the WFL came and took Csonka, Kiick and Warfield away in the offseason. It was actually the previous offseason. The trio played 1974 as lame ducks. That's what made the loss so devastating, a realization the great era had come to an end. We pretended heading into 1975, but Oakland kicked our butt in a home opener Monday Night game in the Orange Bowl, ending the long home winning streak and any false hope that we could overcome the loss of the big three.
Oh sheesh, I forgot about Warfield's key drop on 3rd and 3. Perfect pass.
That was a terrific program. I was impressed that they interviewed so many former Dolphins -- Griese, Fernandez, Stanfill, Kolen, Csonka, Moore, Keuchenberg, Shula and probably a few I'm forgetting. In most respects the show focused on the Dolphins, even though Oakland won.
I hope some of the younger fans watched the show and particularly the reaction of the Dolphin players, with Keuchenberg saying he cried like a baby after the game. There was a short clip of Bob Halloran of Channel 4 interviewing Shula at Miami International after the loss. It looked like a football version of a funeral. And that's the way it felt throughout the city and area.
It's an all time farce if any other game is listed as the worst loss in Dolphin history. Nothing else remotely compares. The '81 Charger game was a comparative farce, two flawed teams seeing which one could implode the least.
I hope some of the younger fans watched the show and particularly the reaction of the Dolphin players, with Keuchenberg saying he cried like a baby after the game. There was a short clip of Bob Halloran of Channel 4 interviewing Shula at Miami International after the loss. It looked like a football version of a funeral. And that's the way it felt throughout the city and area.
It's an all time farce if any other game is listed as the worst loss in Dolphin history. Nothing else remotely compares. The '81 Charger game was a comparative farce, two flawed teams seeing which one could implode the least.
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What a game! I know if I had watched that back then I'd still be having nightmares.
Charlie Babb killed us. He misses the tackle on Branch, then he misses the hit on Davis and almost helps him hold the catch against his body.
Forgot we had Hubert Ginn. Strangely, Shula didn't know the family.
Forgot we had Hubert Ginn. Strangely, Shula didn't know the family.
Phanatical
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Anyone know what TIME????
Toughest loss I`ve ever had to endure (even worse than being at the `Murph went Stoyo blew the game winner in `94). I was 8 and I still remember watching it. The end of the dynasty right there. I`m sorry I missed show, anybody know if/when it might re-air?
Guess not
Dolpfan_72
Why not us?
I hope they show the Denver @ Miami game from a few years back. That game was amazing.