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Posted on 6/25/26 at 5:41 pm to TigerintheNO
I think he was just desperate to add to the count of cities who knew they guys name and wasn’t paying attention. Still Williams wasn’t a household name until the Super Bowl win
Posted on 6/25/26 at 7:54 pm to Old Man and a Porch
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Doug Flutie
And others saying Odel. Some of you are COMPLETELY missing the point.
It’s not “who has an epic moment”. It’s “who would we not even know if not for their big moment”.
The media was in love with Doug Flutie and Odel Beckman well before their epic moment.
They became legends after their forever remembered play. But prior, you couldn’t watch a show or ready a magazine without them being mentioned.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 8:41 pm to GeauxPanthers2
quote:
Armando Galarraga
He’s actually more famous because of Joyce’s blunder. If it was a perfecto, he’d be less-known.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 8:49 pm to Madking
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Was talking to my dad on Father’s Day about where college FB is now compared to how we came up experiencing it. It’s such a sad thing knowing how I grew up loving it and how that experience is gone for my kids and theirs. The communal nature of it, local and in state kids you followed or knew for sometimes nearly a decade, the radio broadcasts on squirrel weekend in the woods, parking next to the stadium, my uncle living in the stadium, John Ferguson’s voice on radio, post game drives on the way home, the regional rivals that meant everything regardless of national implication.
I used to think an LSU game was something every fan needed to experience, regardless of affiliation. I remember bringing various friends to their first ever big CFB game, and it didn’t matter if LSU was playing a lowly Ole Miss or Arkansas. The environment delivered. Now, that environment exists for 1 or 2 games a year.
It’s not just the fault of LSU. The portal, NIL, national recruiting more than regional, rise in cost of everything associated with attending a game, the championship or bust mentality…it’s tiresome.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 8:53 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
quote:
Anthony Jennings
GREG JENNINGS … with the broken leg
Posted on 6/25/26 at 10:03 pm to Kinderman
He doesn’t quite fit the parameter of “one” performance like others do but Alan Kulwicki fits.
If he wouldn’t have outsmarted everyone and didn’t get the breaks he did at the 1992 Hooters 500 he doesn’t win the Cup title that year. He wouldn’t be talked about with such reverence the way he has for the past 3 decades.
Austin Dillon, Jamie McMurray, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Petty, and Chris Buescher have more career wins than Kulwicki.
If he wouldn’t have outsmarted everyone and didn’t get the breaks he did at the 1992 Hooters 500 he doesn’t win the Cup title that year. He wouldn’t be talked about with such reverence the way he has for the past 3 decades.
Austin Dillon, Jamie McMurray, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Petty, and Chris Buescher have more career wins than Kulwicki.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 10:31 pm to BregmansWheelbarrow
quote:
Jeremy Lin
First to come to mind
Posted on 6/25/26 at 11:02 pm to AtlantaLSUfan
quote:
It’s not “who has an epic moment”. It’s “who would we not even know if not for their big moment”.
A fair point but you could also make a thread about solid players who are probably overrated (or over-remembered) because of one epic moment.
Norm Van Brocklyn
Bobby Thompson
Bill Mazeroski
On the flip side you have players who were good but are remembered mostly for something ignominious.
Bill Buckner
Jim Marshall
Jackie Smith
Posted on 6/25/26 at 11:52 pm to Kinderman
Cowboys CB Larry Brown
Super Bowl MVP, and didn’t do much after that.
Super Bowl MVP, and didn’t do much after that.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:14 am to Dobermann
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Cowboys CB Larry Brown Super Bowl MVP, and didn’t do much after that.
Great example, but there’s some depth to the story. He was a 12th round draft pick back when the NFL had as many rounds. He was picked 320 of 334. You could argue he had no business making a roster, even one as depleted as Dallas.
The guy was never fast, but managed to be a starter as the Cowboys morphed into a dynasty. He had good instincts. If you watch the two INTs in Super Bowl 30, you wonder where Neil O’Donnell was throwing. It was busted routes or miscommunication.
Brown had an infant son die that year. Leaving Dallas took him away from his support system, which he badly needed, and put him in a situation where he was suddenly supposed to be a star. He was never a star.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 3:01 pm to Kinderman
Nadia Comaneci
Posted on 6/27/26 at 3:12 pm to Kinderman
Just got here but had Peyton Hillis come up yet?
Posted on 6/27/26 at 8:21 pm to Kinderman
Keith Smart, Indiana basketball. Hit the nstional championship game winner. Was barely known before even in his hometown.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 7:09 am to Audioman213
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Kenny Trill
Didn’t Bama expose him and his drunk coach by the tune of 59-0?
In modern times I don’t think an SEC has ever punked a fellow SEC team this bad.
This post was edited on 6/28/26 at 7:10 am
Posted on 6/28/26 at 7:27 am to theballguy
Two Old School ones...lol
1) Larry Brown, DB, Dallas - when Neil O'Donnel was clearly paid to blow the Super Bowl, two of this three "interceptions" were thrown right to Larry Brown, who did nothing special at all on either play bc NO literally handed him the ball. Brown went on to sign a huge FA contract after this obviously thrown game.
2) Scott Mitchell - Detroit QB - Oh this is a fun one. One great performance on MNF (if memory serves) and Detroit made him out to be the next Joe Montana. Of course he crashed and burned as a starter.
1) Larry Brown, DB, Dallas - when Neil O'Donnel was clearly paid to blow the Super Bowl, two of this three "interceptions" were thrown right to Larry Brown, who did nothing special at all on either play bc NO literally handed him the ball. Brown went on to sign a huge FA contract after this obviously thrown game.
2) Scott Mitchell - Detroit QB - Oh this is a fun one. One great performance on MNF (if memory serves) and Detroit made him out to be the next Joe Montana. Of course he crashed and burned as a starter.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 7:37 am to Kinderman
John Daly 1991 PGA. Yes he won one more major 4 years later but that first major made him.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 7:38 am to ChanceOfRainIsNever
quote:Ive seen the replies about his background and how highly touted he was. But man he was built around that hit. I remember South Carolina came to LSU and Miles and Jeremy Hill went right at his arse. I wasn’t impressed.
Jadaveon Clowney
Posted on 6/28/26 at 7:48 am to Kinderman
Maybe not made him famous, because he was forgotten pretty quick after the fact, but one performance that might've ruined a career was rookie RB Timmy Smith's 204 yard performance in the 1987 Super Bowl in his first start ever for the Redskins. His agent demanded a new contract the next offseason, and the Skins told him to kick rocks. Smith held out, then showed up 25 pounds overweight. He ended up rushing for only 470 yards the entire 1988 season, lost his starting job, and was let go the next season.
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