Classic Game of the Week August 31st

This week's classic game of the week is a game from last season. It was a Week 2 Sunday Night Matchup between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys. It was the first game for the Cowboys in the new Cowboys Stadium aka Jerry World. The Giants won this crazy game 33-31. The Cowboys would have the last laugh, however, as they won the NFC East crown, while the Giants missed the playoffs.



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Classic Game of the Week August 26th

Alright back to football for this week's classic game of the week. We are a week away from the first college football games of the season. So why not a classic college football game to get us pumped. I'll go with 1993 #1 Florida State vs #2 Notre Dame. It was the Game of the Century. It was the first game to have College Gameday on the road. It was the Catholics vs the Criminoles. The game lived up to the hype. Notre Dame won a thriller 31-24. ND went to #1, and FSU fell to #2. The next week however ND lost at home to Boston College 41-39. Florida State went back up to #1. Undefeated Nebraska went to #2 and Notre Dame went to #3. The rankings stayed that way all the way to January 1st. Notre Dame won the Cotton Bowl. Florida State beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. Florida State finished #1, and Notre Dame finished #2. Lou Holtz still complains about that to this day. The first video is the NBC Intro to the game narrated by Bob Costas. I think it's one of the best intros to a football game you can ever see. The second video is highlights of the game.





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Classic Game of the Week August 19th

This week's Classic Game of the Week is inspired by one of my favorite shows of all time The OC. In the second episode of Season 1 of The OC, called The Model Home, Marissa's dad Jimmy is watching ESPN Classic. On ESPN Classic he is watching Game 7 of the 1988 NBA Finals between the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers. In that game James Worthy went off with a triple double. As Jimmy said "James Worthy saved us." He hated Joe Dumars, Lambier, Rodman, and Isiah. So Jimmy was happy LA won. The following is three videos of the final minutes of the 4th quarter of this game 7. Isiah Thomas was out with an injury he had in Game 6. In the third video you can see Dennis Rodman make two incredibly dumb plays in the final minute. He fouls Magic Johnson in the front court, and then on a fast break he takes an ill-advised jump shot. Also with 2 seconds left the Pistons are trying to inbound the ball down 3. Yet Lakers players and fans start storming the court, Detroit panics, throws the ball in, and never gets a shot off. Today that would never happpen. But back then?! Hey it was the 80's! So here is the classic game of the week. Game 7 of the 1988 NBA Finals. Lakers 108 Pistons 105.







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Classic Game of the Week August 12th

I have done Music Video of the Week for a while now. Well I thought of another weekly feature. Classic Game of the Week. Each week now I will go to Youtube, or Hulu to find a classic game from a sport to show. Sometimes everyone will know what the game was, and sometimes people may have no idea what the game was. This week's first version is more than likely the latter for most. In Week 4 of the 1997 Season Jim Harbaugh and the Indianapolis Colts went to Buffalo, to play Todd Collins and the Bills. The Colts were up 26-0 in the 2nd Quarter when Buffalo made it's comeback. Buffalo WR Quinn Early had a career day for the Bills. RB Antowain Smith had a great game for the Bills too. Up 30-29 with a little over a minute to play Smith burst through a hole and went over 50 yards for a TD to put the Bills up 37-29. In classic Buffalo fashion he gave the Colts life, when they would have lost for sure had he done a "Brian Westbrook" and not scored a TD. Well the Colts scored a TD to cut it to 37-35, but then missed the 2 point conversion. The Colts still had one last chance after recovering the onside kick, but a Hail Mary in the final seconds went incomplete. Here is The "Forgotten" Comeback Game. One thing of note also is Jim Kelly doing the color commentary for NBC!



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