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Thursday, April 16, 2015
If You Put Your Champagne In The Freezer Now, ...
... it might just be chilled in time for the final gun of Super Bowl VII, which is playing right now on NFL Network! It's Curt Gowdy and Al DeRogatis on the call for NBC. We join the game with the undefeated Dolphins up, 7-0, but the Redskins moving the ball after some jive call took a beautiful Bob Griese-to-Paul Warfield touchdown off the scoreboard.
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Dick Anderson knocks off Larry Brown's helmet but not before the Redskin runner reaches the Miami 49, for the first Washington penetration into Dolphin territory. Two-minute warning of the first half ...
ReplyDeleteThis game is being played Jan. 14, 1973, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
ReplyDeleteSix-year-old me was extremely excited about this game, but after about five minutes, even six-year-old me could tell that the Redskins had no chance, and I went off to play with my brother.
DeleteThird-and-four ... Gowdy tells us Miami is in its "53" defensive formation ... INTERCEPTION, NICK BUONICONTI! ... return to the Redskin 28 ... 1:51 to go in the half ...
ReplyDeleteJim Kiick to the 24 ... Larry Csonka to the 22 ... Griese to Jim Mandich, diving at the 2 ... this is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGriese is returning from injury today, but Curt Gowdy reports, "He has looked just as sharp as a quarterback can today." Griese has completed all six of his passes.
ReplyDeleteHe should be seven-of-seven, except the long touchdown pass to Warfield was taken away.
ReplyDeleteKiick, behind Csonka, driving into the end zone, and about six other Dolphin blocks pushing Redskins in various directions: touchdown. This is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHIP, HIP, HOORAY!
Redskins run out the half ... 14-0 at the break ...
ReplyDeleteHalftime show, per Wikipedia: "The halftime show, featuring Woody Herman and the Michigan Marching Band along with The Citrus College Singers and Andy Williams, was titled 'Happiness Is'."
ReplyDeleteAndy Williams: "'Marmalade, Molasses and Honey' might be happiness for a bear. But, if you're a person, happiness is 'People.'"
Instead of the Super Bowl VII halftime show, NFL Network has come in with a "breaking news" report that Adrian Peterson is going to be reinstated by the league tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteHow many undefeated NFL seasons has Adrian Peterson participated in?
Oh, great. Now we're getting a detailed retelling of the timeline of Peterson's suspension. This is riveting.
ReplyDeleteOH, FOR PETE'S SAKE, HERE COMES IAN RAPPAPORT TO TALK ABOUT ADRIAN PETERSON NOT PLAYING FOOTBALL! ARGH!
ReplyDeleteDid they bump the football game to NFL Network2 or NFL NetworkU or something?
Here's the summation of the breaking football news about Adrian Peterson: Adrian Peterson, who formerly played football but has not been playing football recently, will be allowed by the league starting tomorrow (but not today) to start playing football again. But--here's the key twist in the football story--he still might not play football!
ReplyDeleteOK, here we go. Redskins have just missed a field goal, and the Dolphins have taken back over with 10:21 to play in the third quarter, I think.
ReplyDeleteFrom stuff I've learned since I've lived in the D.C. area, people around here thought that the Redskins played well on defense, and they were stunned at how bad the Redskins' offense was.
DeleteI'm pretty sure that Diron Talbert, a Redskin defensive tackle, lived a little while down around Kentucky Lake after he retired.
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't NFL Network spend the last 20 minutes chasing that story instead of the Adrian Peterson inactivity?
Great punt by Larry Seiple (of UK), great coverage by Larry Ball (of U of L).
ReplyDeleteI used to go to church with a guy whose favorite player all time was Larry Brown, and I've got no issue with that. Larry Brown was a really likable football player. I'm pretty sure that Curt Gowdy just said he was the NFC's leading 1972 ground gainer without playing the last two regular-season games. That's pretty impressive, if it's true.
ReplyDeleteWikipedia: "In 1969, newly arrived Redskins coach Vince Lombardi noticed Brown, a talented but underperforming running back. He made the 5'11", 195 pound rookie his starter. But Lombardi noticed Brown was starting slightly late behind the snap of the ball. Tests ordered by Lombardi determined that Brown was hearing-impaired in one ear, and that he was watching for the lineman to move rather than listening to the quarterback's snap count. After getting approval from the league Commissioner's office, Lombardi had Brown's helmet fitted with an ear-piece that relayed quarterback Sonny Jurgensen's snap counts, improving Brown's responsiveness, thus allowing him to hit the hole very quickly."
ReplyDeleteThat Wikipedia page says Larry Brown owns an Applebee's in Pennsylvania. But the Applebee's owner is the Larry Brown who played in yesterday's Super Bowl, not the Larry Brown in today's Super Bowl.
ReplyDelete"Csonka inside, Kiick inside, Morris outside ... a three-way tandem that is awfully hard to stop," observes Curt Gowdy.
ReplyDeleteI've become a much bigger Curt Gowdy fan in watching these Super Bowls, and he sounds smarter and smarter every time he says nice things about the Dolphins.
First-and-goal ... Washington 6 ... 1:25 to go in the third ...
ReplyDeleteTalbert stops Csonka for no gain ... Jim Mandich collapses in the huddle before second down, and Seiple comes in as his replacement ...
ReplyDeleteBrig Owens leaps in front of Marv Fleming ... intercepts Griese ... touchback ...
ReplyDeleteGowdy: "Manny Fernandez has really played a superb game. He's shot across that line like he's being fired out of a cannon."
ReplyDeleteThat's the end of the third quarter.
ReplyDeleteOh, good ... here's Ian Rapoport back with some more breaking Adrian Peterson news: Still not playing football!
ReplyDeleteI could get into Knockerball.
ReplyDeleteOK, Jake Scott has just intercepted the Redskins and returned to midfield ... back to the game ...
ReplyDeleteBilly Kilmer: 14-28, 104 yards, 0 touchdowns, 3 interceptions.
DeleteYeah, it's hard to tell that he would've fared any too much better with better pocket protection. I think Sonny Jurgensen might've been totally unavailable for this game, but, if not, I absolutely would've sent him in when Washington got the ball back late after closing to 14-7.
DeleteAwesome Wikipedia:
The Redskins enjoyed a resurgence in the early 1970s under coach George Allen and made it as far as Super Bowl VII, losing to the Miami Dolphins. However, Billy Kilmer started in place of Jurgensen, who was again bothered by injuries in 1971 and 1972.[2]
During this period, a quarterback controversy developed between the two, complete with fans sporting "I Love Billy" or "I Love Sonny" bumper stickers on their vehicles.[5] The defensive-minded Allen preferred Kilmer's conservative, ball-control style of play to Jurgensen's more high-risk approach. Despite the controversy, Jurgensen was helpful to his rival. Even to this day, Kilmer still stays at Jurgensen's house when he is in town.[5]
In 1974, at the age of 40 and in his final season, Jurgensen won his third NFL passing crown even though he was still splitting time with Kilmer.[3] In what would be the final game of his NFL career, Jurgensen made his first and only appearance in an NFL postseason game in the Redskins' 19–10 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the first round of the 1974 NFC playoffs.[2] He came off the bench in relief of Kilmer and completed six of 12 passes but also threw three interceptions.[2]
Actually, I probably would not have. I probably would have had a heart attack before opening kickoff. But I would've been for the coach of the team I was rooting for giving Sonny a whirl.
DeleteTo me, this is a very under-reported story in NFL history. This was George Allen's only trip to the Super Bowl, his team lost in large part due to poor QB play, and Sonny Jergensen never got into the game. Now maybe Jergensen was too hurt to play, but it seems like an odd result.
DeleteThis is what so interests me with regard to Super Bowl III ... when Shula decided to pull Morrall and put in Unitas ... how Shula then decided to come back to Griese instead of Morrall in the playoffs in 1972 ... when Shula decided to yank Woodley and put in Strock against San Diego in the Kellen Winslow game ... how Shula decided to draft Marino in the first round and blow up a Super Bowl team after losing to the Redskins with Woodley ...
Delete4:18 to go ...
ReplyDeleteOh, great ... glad we got back in time for this ... "What a kooky play this is! ... Garo Yepremian lost his head and tried to throw a pass! ..."
ReplyDelete2:07 to go ... 14-7 ... Gowdy: "Might look for the onside kick here. Might look for anything now."
ReplyDeleteDolphins had nine players on the line to expect the onside kick, but the Redskins kick deep ... 1:57 to go ... Miami 15 or so ...
ReplyDeleteMorris runs wide right, and Pat Fischer rides him out of bounds after a gain of three ... 1:51 to go ...
ReplyDeleteGriese surprises with a throw on the sideline to Warfield ... first down! .. 1:45, stop of clock ...
ReplyDeleteOwens upends Kiick for a yard loss ... Washington timeout ... 1:39 ...
ReplyDeleteSecond-and-11 ... Csonka around left end ... Washington timeout ... 1:31 ...
ReplyDeleteThird-and-7 ... Morris runs outside ... sputters out amid traffic ... stays inbounds ... Washington calls final timeout ... Seiple to punt ... NEARLY BLOCKED! ... Mack Alston nearly, nearly got the punt ... 41-yard punt ... Redskins will take over at the 30 ...
ReplyDelete1:13 to go ... Billy Kilmer flings out of bounds ... no timeouts left ...
ReplyDeleteKilmer incomplete deep ... then Dolphin defensive ends Vern Den Herder and Bill Stanfill totally blow up the last two Washington tries ... that'll do it!
ReplyDeleteGowdy: "Don Shula is the man right now in Dolphinland!"
ReplyDeleteExcellent. Shula's being carried off.
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