Joe Montana Chicken Soup Game - Notre Dame

story and winners just seem to win.

To something I posted in the News thread at the top, it is my fear now with Jones- at what point do the losses really become just who you are. I have been a Jones guy and now have wavered quite a bit as the losses and just the plays that lead to losses seem common place or even expected.

In comment 15423619 jvm52106 said:

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story and winners just seem to win. To something I posted in the News thread at the top, it is my fear now with Jones- at what point do the losses really become just who you are. I have been a Jones guy and now have wavered quite a bit as the losses and just the plays that lead to losses seem common place or even expected.

I've been hard on Jones but, after the game last week found it difficult to fault Jones and have been trying to be open minded about him being a good game manager kind of QB.

But at this rate, I think you're right; great QBs just make great plays at the right times.

In comment 15423619 jvm52106 said:

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story and winners just seem to win. To something I posted in the News thread at the top, it is my fear now with Jones- at what point do the losses really become just who you are. I have been a Jones guy and now have wavered quite a bit as the losses and just the plays that lead to losses seem common place or even expected.

And this has been the case with Jones since high school. Guy just doesn't win much.

There was a little something something added to the chicken soup!

Montana is one of the best to play the game which made it all the more amazing when Leonard Marshall delivered what is still my favourite sack of all time with Alford’s a close second.

1. Montana was a 3rd Round pick... how the hell did that happen?!?

2. Man, those old Astroturf fields were horrible. They look like green polyester carpets. Can you imagine what it was like playing on them?

The amazing thing was the game was played in Dallas and it was below freezing. Normally you would get decent temps down there, What also is forgotten is wind played a big factor in that game. ND had wind at their back in 4th quarter and I remember at least one punt by Houston that went basically 10 yards at most. Regardless it was a great comeback by the comeback king.

but having a daughter who went there for four years, I can unequivocally tell you that given the choice between fantasy or reality, Notre Dame chooses fantasy every time. The school puts a positive spin on everything. She received a good education there and loved her time there and her lifelong friends, and I realize that this comes out as a semi bash on the school. It just seemed during her time there that, in many ways, the school was not what it professes to be. Chances are Joe got something more than chicken soup.

What’s do you give someone freezing their ass off and sick wvthe fly?

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In comment 15423911 sb from NYT Forum said:

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1. Montana was a 3rd Round pick... how the hell did that happen?!? 2. Man, those old Astroturf fields were horrible. They look like green polyester carpets. Can you imagine what it was like playing on them?

Back in the 80s/90's I lived right near the Redskins practice field in Herndon, VA. They had this outdoor AstroTurf field. We would sneak on and play ball until staff came and kicked us off.

One of the things that always stuck with me was the field was lumpy. HUGE moguls (for lack of a better term) all over the field. Standing a whopping 3'11" weighing a total of 100 lbs, I'm sure they seemed worse. But make no mistake, those were some seriously off balance fields. Very easy for a pro athlete running at top speed to misjudge a groove wrong and snap his ankle or heel.

Too bad iPhone's weren't around back then!