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"Greatest Game Ever Played "question
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:22 am
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:22 am
58 colts and giants on ESPN tonight in color, were there any former LSU players in this game?
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Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:24 am to tigahfromtheham
not sure , but I have no idea why this has been called the greatest game ever! I guess they called it that back then before anything exciting actually happen!
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:26 am to loustuni
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ESPN tonight in color
Racist
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:28 am to BayouRat15
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:30 am to TigerBull
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:30 am to tigahfromtheham
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were there any former LSU players in this game?
YA, you betcha there were for sure.
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:38 am to tigahfromtheham
Interesting question. I did a quick search and didn't see any.
Y.A. Tittle started off his career with the Colts and ended it with the Giants but in 1958 he played for the 49ers.
Y.A. Tittle started off his career with the Colts and ended it with the Giants but in 1958 he played for the 49ers.
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:41 am to nycajun
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YA, you betcha there were for sure.
I thought he played for the 49ers from 50 to 60 and then was traded to the Giants?
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:42 am to tigahfromtheham
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58 colts and giants on ESPN tonight in color, were there any former LSU players in this game?
No, a couple of Ole Miss players on the Gaints, but no Tigers on either team:
1958 Colts Roster
1958 Gaints Roster
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:42 am to BobABooey
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Y.A. Tittle started off his career with the Colts and ended it with the Giants but in 1958 he played for the 49ers.
Alright that's what I thought as well.
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:43 am to nycajun
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nycajun
Thanks for trying.
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:53 am to loustuni
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not sure , but I have no idea why this has been called the greatest game ever! I guess they called it that back then before anything exciting actually happen!
So when did exciting things actually begin to happen?
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:55 am to COTiger
Not sure but I have seen alot better games than that! Little boring!
Posted on 12/13/08 at 11:59 am to tigahfromtheham
is shia labeouf in it? LINK
btw, that movie is about the game that actually IS called the greatest game ever played. Never heard of a football game called that.
btw, that movie is about the game that actually IS called the greatest game ever played. Never heard of a football game called that.
Posted on 12/13/08 at 12:01 pm to loustuni
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not sure , but I have no idea why this has been called the greatest game ever! I guess they called it that back then before anything exciting actually happen!
This is the game that brought pro football to the attention of the public.
Until then, few people even knew about it.
I think the overtime aspect of the game is what caused it to be picked up by the media who referred to it as 'sudden death'
It was all over the news for quite a while back then. I know I became hooked on the pro version by that game.
People talked about Alan "the Horse" Amache afterwards. I think he even went to Hollywood to try being a movie star - hm maybe I am thinking of some other star who did that.
The game itself was pretty tame by modern standards, but at the time, it was an exciting diversion at a slow time of the year.
I still think the overtime aspect is what caused it to become so revered. It certainly whetted the nation's appetite for the professional game.
Before that time, most pro players had regular jobs they had to go to on Monday mornings. After that they began getting enough money to just play football.
Posted on 12/13/08 at 12:02 pm to iggle
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Never heard of a football game called that.
It has been called that for about 50 years
Posted on 12/13/08 at 12:03 pm to WampusCat56
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WampusCat56
That makes alot of since!
Still IMO sucky game!
Posted on 12/13/08 at 12:08 pm to loustuni
Posted on 12/13/08 at 12:08 pm to GeauxLSU8
and the golf one's been called that for nearly 100
Posted on 12/13/08 at 12:10 pm to loustuni
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Still IMO sucky game!
Yeah - I have seen the "highlights" played a few times today. I cannot believe I was excited by that stuff fifty years ago.
I know it was on a wet field, but damn they look slow.
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