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A Father and his now 12 year old son are figuring out the sports world together. Forty years of experiences separate Mike and Joseph. Both will try and tackle history’s classic debates and the modern sports landscape. Everything’s fair game. It’s their perspective. They’re probably horribly wrong.anchor.fm
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Me too. Not odd when you were born and raised in Connecticut. Plus the Patriots became a team much later than the Giants. There are still elderly football fans in the Boston area who root for the Giants.
Not even 2009 BE Quarterfinals vs Cuse — the 6OTs? We could have won that one without too much reverberation hopefully.
I think back to Mariano Rivera in 2004 pitching his A game and the Yankees sweeping the Red Sox and then the Red Sox being disbanded ... that to me would be perfection
This is absolutely my view. I do wonder about some bounces in those what if years (90,94,06,09) but we’ve also had some pretty insane luck more than balance all that out. I wouldn’t change a thing either.
Calhoun has always maintained that the 94 team was one of his best.
Sox and a fish fan. This explains a lot. My ex’s family were that interesting combination too. lol
*14 game schedule
Correct on all points. I referenced 1990 because it was the dream season, it would have been the first trip to the Final Four, and it was Duke. The comparison that comes to mind is the Red Sox in 2004. Many Red Sox fans swore during the ALCS that if the comeback were completed to beat the Yankees, that fans would be thrilled with that and “die happy” regardless of what happened in the World Series against the Cardinals.
As a Patriots fan I look at the low hit Pollard made on Tom Brady in week 1 of 2008 and the dirty low hit on Gronk in the 2011 AFC Championship Game. That Super Bowl would have been a lot different with a healthy Gronk. Health clearly plays a big role in outcomes. UConn fans know this well with Dyson in 2009. But injuries are part of the game. Sometimes teams are fortunate and stay healthy when other teams don’t, and sometimes they’re not as lucky. You have to be lucky and good to win.
Fun fact…Kevin Faulk had a one game suspension the week Tom Brady had his knee blown out. Sammy Morris blew the pass protection pickup on Pollard. If Faulk was not suspended, would Brady have stayed healthy and upright? I think so. Could the Patriots have won it that year with a healthy Brady? It’s amazing how events can domino sometimes.
Including 2 quarterbacks leading the the team. Earl stepping in for the injured Bob, only to turn it back over to Bob for the Super Bowl.
Not a game result, but how about the Big East accepts Penn State in 1985 and UConn elevates football to D1 15 years earlier
The most frustrating sports phenomenon- wondering if a team/player is worthy of their success given different circumstances out of their control.
Nick Buoniconti? No, that’s not it.
