Agreed. Mora's quote is so tired that I hope I never hear it again. Green's rant on the other hand is priceless and never gets old.
Giants had some memorable playoff games vs. Green and the Vikings. 1997 was a brutal loss. Absolutely brutal. I remember at one point late in the game Minnesota was down by nine and they punted. I thought they were crazy and was in full blown celebration omde. Everything had to go perfectly for the Vikings to score twice and win and they did. That game still burns my ass, although the 41-0 trouncing in the 2000 NFCC takes the sting off.
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of a complete collapse. 1997 was ugly - the fight on the sidelines (it was Sparks and who else? Can't remember), Maynard's shitty punt that gave the Vikings great field position on their TD drive to cut it to 22-20, Calloway muffing the onsides kick, Sparks getting called for PI to keep the drive going and, worst of all, it was goddamned Randall Cunningham doing it to them yet again.
RE: The only thing that made me forget 1997 was 2002 being even more
of a complete collapse. 1997 was ugly - the fight on the sidelines (it was Sparks and who else? Can't remember), Maynard's shitty punt that gave the Vikings great field position on their TD drive to cut it to 22-20, Calloway muffing the onsides kick, Sparks getting called for PI to keep the drive going and, worst of all, it was goddamned Randall Cunningham doing it to them yet again.
It's actually not even the "PLAYOFFS?!" part of Mora's presser that I always found the funniest.. it's the part where he goes "...and in my opinion that SUCKED."
I don't know why, but that was always the part I really laughed at.
of a complete collapse. 1997 was ugly - the fight on the sidelines (it was Sparks and who else? Can't remember), Maynard's shitty punt that gave the Vikings great field position on their TD drive to cut it to 22-20, Calloway muffing the onsides kick, Sparks getting called for PI to keep the drive going and, worst of all, it was goddamned Randall Cunningham doing it to them yet again.
I'm still pissed about that game. Even more so than the 2002 game. That game should have been in the bag. I thought Dennis Green fell out of a tree and landed on his feet, so to speak.
of a complete collapse. 1997 was ugly - the fight on the sidelines (it was Sparks and who else? Can't remember), Maynard's shitty punt that gave the Vikings great field position on their TD drive to cut it to 22-20, Calloway muffing the onsides kick, Sparks getting called for PI to keep the drive going and, worst of all, it was goddamned Randall Cunningham doing it to them yet again.
I'm still pissed about that game. Even more so than the 2002 game. That game should have been in the bag. I thought Dennis Green fell out of a tree and landed on his feet, so to speak.
Yup, 1997 was far worse TO ME, than the 38-14 meltdown with about 18 minutes to go..'97 I was livid, 2002 I stared and stared and stared at the TV not realizing what I had just seen
I was teaching a summer high school class for journalists and he accepted my invitation to give his perspective about sportswriting. NU had some terrible teams under him, but he said he didn't mind criticism in print as long as it was based on writers' knowledge of the game. He was a great guy and total class act.
Larry Fitzgerald must be devastated.
it was a classic. 'You want to crown them, crown their ass'...
Even beats out, "Playoffs? Playoffs?"
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Even beats out, "Playoffs? Playoffs?"
Agreed. Mora's quote is so tired that I hope I never hear it again. Green's rant on the other hand is priceless and never gets old.
Giants had some memorable playoff games vs. Green and the Vikings. 1997 was a brutal loss. Absolutely brutal. I remember at one point late in the game Minnesota was down by nine and they punted. I thought they were crazy and was in full blown celebration omde. Everything had to go perfectly for the Vikings to score twice and win and they did. That game still burns my ass, although the 41-0 trouncing in the 2000 NFCC takes the sting off.
Francesa is a must listen today for me. He and Green were close.
Wooten?
Way too young ...
I don't know why, but that was always the part I really laughed at.
The famous "diddly poo" interview!
"We couldn't do diddly poo offensively"
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Speaking of Mora, he actually had a post game meltdown from when he was with the Saints that was also better than the playoffs rant in Indy.
The famous "diddly poo" interview!
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I love all of his meltdowns. I also really love his "You think you know but you have no idea" rant. Funny and true.
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of a complete collapse. 1997 was ugly - the fight on the sidelines (it was Sparks and who else? Can't remember), Maynard's shitty punt that gave the Vikings great field position on their TD drive to cut it to 22-20, Calloway muffing the onsides kick, Sparks getting called for PI to keep the drive going and, worst of all, it was goddamned Randall Cunningham doing it to them yet again.
I'm still pissed about that game. Even more so than the 2002 game. That game should have been in the bag. I thought Dennis Green fell out of a tree and landed on his feet, so to speak.
Yup, 1997 was far worse TO ME, than the 38-14 meltdown with about 18 minutes to go..'97 I was livid, 2002 I stared and stared and stared at the TV not realizing what I had just seen