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Just watched 30 for 30: Of Miracles and Men
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:27 pm
About the USSR's hockey loss to the Americans at the 1980 Olympics.
35 years ago!
Yikes. How time flies.
I am a very, very fortunate man. I witnessed the moon landing. I witnessed the Beatles. I witnessed Secretariat. And I witnessed Mike Eruzione scoring that go-ahead goal with 10 minutes left against the USSR. As I watched just now I got massive chills all over again.
Of course, it was all very hopeless going in... no way, no how. But then... ERUZIONE SHOOTS! SCORES! ERUZIONE HAS SCORED! AND THE UNITED STATES LEADS IT 4 TO 3!
You really had to be there.
35 years ago!
Yikes. How time flies.
I am a very, very fortunate man. I witnessed the moon landing. I witnessed the Beatles. I witnessed Secretariat. And I witnessed Mike Eruzione scoring that go-ahead goal with 10 minutes left against the USSR. As I watched just now I got massive chills all over again.
Of course, it was all very hopeless going in... no way, no how. But then... ERUZIONE SHOOTS! SCORES! ERUZIONE HAS SCORED! AND THE UNITED STATES LEADS IT 4 TO 3!
You really had to be there.
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Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:29 pm to Rex
I was and enjoyed them all.
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:31 pm to Rex
You can stump many people by asking them who the US defeated to win the gold in hockey in the 1980 Olympics.
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:32 pm to cuyahoga tiger
I believed in miracles. 
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:33 pm to GarmischTiger
Didn't time or some big publication like that rank the final the most anti climatic moment in human history? 
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:37 pm to WestCoastAg
Can you imagine if the US lost in the final? Whole story would be ruined. Like if the Red Sox had lost in the World Series after winning the pennant against the Yankees?
Can anyone think of a story where the team did the hard part and blew it in the final? I can't but I'm sure there is one.
Can anyone think of a story where the team did the hard part and blew it in the final? I can't but I'm sure there is one.
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:38 pm to GarmischTiger
Without Googling it, Sweden?
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:43 pm to cuyahoga tiger
Something else really sticks out from my youth: UCLA's utter invincibility at college basketball.
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:45 pm to SwaggerCopter
Fo real
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:45 pm to COTiger
I think it was finland
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:47 pm to WestCoastAg
Now you're going to make me Google it.
Look at the bracket challenge thread. Since you are the administrator for the bracket only you can make changes. The majority of those that have responded would like to see it changed from 10 brackets to 1.
Thanks
Look at the bracket challenge thread. Since you are the administrator for the bracket only you can make changes. The majority of those that have responded would like to see it changed from 10 brackets to 1.
Thanks
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:53 pm to COTiger
quote:I am?
Since you are the administrator for the bracket only you can make changes.
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:53 pm to WestCoastAg
quote:
I think it was finland
You are correct. Another sign, the old memory ain't what it used to be.
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:53 pm to COTiger
thank you miracle on ice
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:57 pm to WestCoastAg
quote:
quote:
Since you are the administrator for the bracket only you can make changes.
I am?
You are.
LINK
Posted on 3/16/15 at 6:57 pm to GarmischTiger
quote:
You can stump many people by asking them who the US defeated to win the gold in hockey in the 1980 Olympics.
the best question is what medal did the soviet union get and what medal would they have gotten had usa lost to finland?
Posted on 3/16/15 at 7:03 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
Exactly, because Finland wasn't the final and USSR wasn't the semifinal.
Posted on 3/16/15 at 7:05 pm to SwaggerCopter
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Can anyone think of a story where the team did the hard part and blew it in the final? I can't but I'm sure there is one.
Nothing of that magnitude. A few examples off the top of my head:
- 1951 Giants, Bobby Thomson's walk off homer, lost the Series to the Yankees.
- 1972 Steelers, lost the AFCCG after the Immaculate Reception
- 1976 Yankees, Chambliss hit a walk-off homer in Game 5 of the ALCS, but they got swept by the Big Red Machine
- 1992 Braves losing the World Series
Posted on 3/16/15 at 7:07 pm to Jwho77
quote:
Exactly, because Finland wasn't the final and USSR wasn't the semifinal.
which they made very clear in the 30 for 30 but apparently no one in this thread watched that part
Posted on 3/16/15 at 7:11 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
quote:
the best question is what medal did the soviet union get and what medal would they have gotten had usa lost to finland?
They got the silver, but would have gotten the gold it we had lost to Finland, correct??
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