Respect your elders, kid. Especially those that are the only ones in history to have accomplished such a great feat.
Pop the champagne!
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Respect your elders, kid. Especially those that are the only ones in history to have accomplished such a great feat.
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Great accomplishment and getting greater as the years go by
to Shula and the guys
enjoy
to Shula and the guys
enjoy
If you are up for a good, easy read that chronicles that magical season, I highly recommend "Undefeated" by Mike Freeman. It really puts that season (and what led up to it) into perspective. It should definitely help with the lack of connection feeling that you cite.
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What's weird about this year is there was no build up. I wonder if the '72 guys even had the champagne on ice?
good stuff. I heard that song on the radio last weekend and if I'm honest with myself I think it still holds up - just like 17-0 :)
I was 3 years old the last time the Dolphins even played in the AFC Championship Game. I am of the generation of Dolphins fans that knows nothing but losing and disappointment.
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Well, aren't you smug?
I'd rather celebrate winning the lottery, but I would also celebrate finding $100 on the sidewalk too.
Some of you need to pull the stick out of your pooper and enjoy it for what it is.
dlockz
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Im so tired of that being the only thing to celebrate each year. If not for a a very lucky and good play by the Giants we would not even have that anymore
If it wasn't for a lot of things happening we wouldn't have that anymore..........but we do so those of us who can still enjoy reliving it.
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Absolutely awesome. It's my number one priority every season. I start rooting from opening week.
This year was unusually favorable because the top quarterbacks had severe road tests early. Seattle took care of both Rodgers and Peyton. I was worried about the Eagles. Luckily the 49ers rallied to top them.
I don't want to discount Brady but at age 37 he's not as dangerous as previously, at least not every week.
For some reasons the excellent teams without the relentless quarterbacks don't concern me. As much as I respect Russell Wilson he's not in that category yet, if ever. I wasn't worried about Seattle. Nor the Colts, even with Andrew Luck. That's still a flawed team.
Green Bay still could be problematic with Rodgers in his prime. I'll be very pleased if he loses early or relatively early each of the next half dozen years or so.
I don't think the younger fans who didn't experience 1972 have any comprehension of how special that distinction is, or how long it could survive unmatched, or how jealous other fan bases are, or what our reputation would be without it. Maybe 15 years ago I finished a radio program at the Stardust and several of us from the panel went across the street to eat at the food court at the Riviera. One guy who had been in the audience followed us over there. He walked up to me. Said he was a Steelers fan. He asked if it was true I had Dolphin season tickets in 1972 when I was a kid. When I said yes, he grabbed my shoulders and started shaking me: "Do you know what that is? Do you have any idea what that is? The only undefeated season in NFL history AND YOU SAW IT? That's unbelievable. That team is unbelievable. No other team is mentioned every year except them. It's unbelievable."
I'm actually shorting him on how many times he said it was unbelievable. My friends were ordering pizza and laughing at my predicament. Anyway, when I mentioned the '85 Bears as another team that is mentioned every year he wanted none of it. "Screw the '85 Bears. Do you think anybody will care about them in a hundred years?"
This year was unusually favorable because the top quarterbacks had severe road tests early. Seattle took care of both Rodgers and Peyton. I was worried about the Eagles. Luckily the 49ers rallied to top them.
I don't want to discount Brady but at age 37 he's not as dangerous as previously, at least not every week.
For some reasons the excellent teams without the relentless quarterbacks don't concern me. As much as I respect Russell Wilson he's not in that category yet, if ever. I wasn't worried about Seattle. Nor the Colts, even with Andrew Luck. That's still a flawed team.
Green Bay still could be problematic with Rodgers in his prime. I'll be very pleased if he loses early or relatively early each of the next half dozen years or so.
I don't think the younger fans who didn't experience 1972 have any comprehension of how special that distinction is, or how long it could survive unmatched, or how jealous other fan bases are, or what our reputation would be without it. Maybe 15 years ago I finished a radio program at the Stardust and several of us from the panel went across the street to eat at the food court at the Riviera. One guy who had been in the audience followed us over there. He walked up to me. Said he was a Steelers fan. He asked if it was true I had Dolphin season tickets in 1972 when I was a kid. When I said yes, he grabbed my shoulders and started shaking me: "Do you know what that is? Do you have any idea what that is? The only undefeated season in NFL history AND YOU SAW IT? That's unbelievable. That team is unbelievable. No other team is mentioned every year except them. It's unbelievable."
I'm actually shorting him on how many times he said it was unbelievable. My friends were ordering pizza and laughing at my predicament. Anyway, when I mentioned the '85 Bears as another team that is mentioned every year he wanted none of it. "Screw the '85 Bears. Do you think anybody will care about them in a hundred years?"
dlockz
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Just a shame we haven't had an event to joy like winning a superbowl since. As a dolphin fan it gets old living off of almost 50 years in past
Hey...I understand those that don't remember perfection...but I do and am proud every year when it extends another year.
I would love for the current team to give us a reason to feel the same way.
I would love for the current team to give us a reason to feel the same way.
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Yep...I was there for all of them. I'm so vain :lol2: