Bretsky
10-22-2007, 09:18 PM
This Sunday afternoon, when Green Bay normally would be playing from 12-3, Radio Station 620 WTMJ decided to air the birth of Brett Favre's Legendary Status.
Since it was less than 24 hours after the Death of Max McGee, WTMJ also decided to dedicate this broadcast to the great Max McGee
It was truly interesting to listen to this broadcast and I thought I'd share some of the player information and follow it be my own viewpoints of Jim Irwin and Max McGee as opposed to today's announcers.
The 1992 game was against the Cincinnati Bengals. Here are some highlights along with some misc commentary.
THE PLAY THAT STARTED THE ADVENTURE:
Just a normal passing play that one of our very own heroes, Tim Krumrie (All American Nose Tackle for the UW Madison) crashed through the middle to put a hit on Don the Majkowski. He went low and gave the Majic man a pretty sever ankle twist. I remember Krumrie to be one tough mean SOB; a former state champion as a wrestler, I believe. As Majic was on the turf, the announcers noted that Krumrie continued to twist Majkoski's ankle like he was trying to hurt him more. A couple OL went after Krumrie when he did this.
Good ole WI Badger started the Creation of a Legend
A couple other notes:
TERRELL BUCKLEY
As much as I was not a Terrell Buckley fan, the fans of Green Bay absolutely loved this guy. Ron Wolf and the announcers did a great job hyping this guy to be the next great player to come through. He showed a bit of glory and stink in this game. He returned a punt for a TD, but then almost fumbled the game away late in the season
STERLING SHARPE
The Packers have had a lot of wonderful WR's to step foot on Lambeau Field, but the most talented WR to put on a Packer jersey was Sterling Sharpe. He made some great plays against the Bengals. He was just flat out a great playmaker who would have put up Hall of Fame Numbers had he stayed healthy. I never liked Sterling Sharpe's attitude or personality. Still don't. But once the game started he was Great. If he puts in a whole career IMO Brett Favre would have a couple more titles and more would argue he is the greatest ever
BRETT FAVRE
It was a very telling day of relief that would foreshadow his first few years.
He was all over the place. He made some throws Bart Starr could not have dreamed of making; and then he missed some easy ones. At one point Max McGee commented that I wish we had the other guy in here because I know he's at least get something going. Shortly after that comment, Favre, almost like he heard somebody doubting him, led Green Bay to two late fourth quarter touchdowns to win that game.
On the last one, he took the ball approximately 92 yards (after Robert Brooks made the terrible mistake of catching the ball right on the sideline and having his momentum carry him out of bounce on a kickoff) in about two minutes with no timeouts. VINTAGE FAVRE.
Great Game, Great Broadcast, it was truly
THE BIRTH OF THE LEGEND
Since it was less than 24 hours after the Death of Max McGee, WTMJ also decided to dedicate this broadcast to the great Max McGee
It was truly interesting to listen to this broadcast and I thought I'd share some of the player information and follow it be my own viewpoints of Jim Irwin and Max McGee as opposed to today's announcers.
The 1992 game was against the Cincinnati Bengals. Here are some highlights along with some misc commentary.
THE PLAY THAT STARTED THE ADVENTURE:
Just a normal passing play that one of our very own heroes, Tim Krumrie (All American Nose Tackle for the UW Madison) crashed through the middle to put a hit on Don the Majkowski. He went low and gave the Majic man a pretty sever ankle twist. I remember Krumrie to be one tough mean SOB; a former state champion as a wrestler, I believe. As Majic was on the turf, the announcers noted that Krumrie continued to twist Majkoski's ankle like he was trying to hurt him more. A couple OL went after Krumrie when he did this.
Good ole WI Badger started the Creation of a Legend
A couple other notes:
TERRELL BUCKLEY
As much as I was not a Terrell Buckley fan, the fans of Green Bay absolutely loved this guy. Ron Wolf and the announcers did a great job hyping this guy to be the next great player to come through. He showed a bit of glory and stink in this game. He returned a punt for a TD, but then almost fumbled the game away late in the season
STERLING SHARPE
The Packers have had a lot of wonderful WR's to step foot on Lambeau Field, but the most talented WR to put on a Packer jersey was Sterling Sharpe. He made some great plays against the Bengals. He was just flat out a great playmaker who would have put up Hall of Fame Numbers had he stayed healthy. I never liked Sterling Sharpe's attitude or personality. Still don't. But once the game started he was Great. If he puts in a whole career IMO Brett Favre would have a couple more titles and more would argue he is the greatest ever
BRETT FAVRE
It was a very telling day of relief that would foreshadow his first few years.
He was all over the place. He made some throws Bart Starr could not have dreamed of making; and then he missed some easy ones. At one point Max McGee commented that I wish we had the other guy in here because I know he's at least get something going. Shortly after that comment, Favre, almost like he heard somebody doubting him, led Green Bay to two late fourth quarter touchdowns to win that game.
On the last one, he took the ball approximately 92 yards (after Robert Brooks made the terrible mistake of catching the ball right on the sideline and having his momentum carry him out of bounce on a kickoff) in about two minutes with no timeouts. VINTAGE FAVRE.
Great Game, Great Broadcast, it was truly
THE BIRTH OF THE LEGEND