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    Just watching the 99 Wild Card game on ESPN and I realized the biggest regret in my life will be not killing that ref with the 102 on his back. I always fantasized about cutting his eyes out since he had no use for them.

    I've seen some bad calls in my time, but that was the worst blown call in any sport in the history of humanity. I wonder if anyone ever checked his bank account after that game??????????????????????

  • #2
    I've forgotten about that one, until now.

    4th and 26....now that sucked and will forever haunt me.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by pittstang5
      I've forgotten about that one, until now.

      4th and 26....now that sucked and will forever haunt me.
      Ditto

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      • #4
        Jerry Rice doesn't fumble.

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        • #5
          Re: The Fumble

          Originally posted by Packnut
          Just watching the 99 Wild Card game on ESPN and I realized the biggest regret in my life will be not killing that ref with the 102 on his back. I always fantasized about cutting his eyes out since he had no use for them.

          I've seen some bad calls in my time, but that was the worst blown call in any sport in the history of humanity. I wonder if anyone ever checked his bank account after that game??????????????????????
          Everytime I see that on NFL's Greatest Games I HAVE to sit down and watch it. Then when I'm done I'm furious all over again. I can't help myself.
          Go PACK

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          • #6
            Re: The Fumble

            Originally posted by Bossman641
            Originally posted by Packnut
            Just watching the 99 Wild Card game on ESPN and I realized the biggest regret in my life will be not killing that ref with the 102 on his back. I always fantasized about cutting his eyes out since he had no use for them.

            I've seen some bad calls in my time, but that was the worst blown call in any sport in the history of humanity. I wonder if anyone ever checked his bank account after that game??????????????????????
            Everytime I see that on NFL's Greatest Games I HAVE to sit down and watch it. Then when I'm done I'm furious all over again. I can't help myself.

            You should see me watch Nate Wright get shoved down to the ground by Drew Pearson while the ball was in the air. I bet it's a similar blood boil.

            What a bunch of shit that was. *sigh*

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            • #7
              Re: The Fumble

              Originally posted by Rastak
              You should see me watch Nate Wright get shoved down to the ground by Drew Pearson while the ball was in the air. I bet it's a similar blood boil.

              What a bunch of shit that was. *sigh*
              Wasn't pass interference a lot different back then? I remember hearing that the rules weren't as tight and you could get away with a lot as a receiver or defender.
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              • #8
                No offense Packer fans, but the former Browns fan here is going to have to post a Cease and Desist notice here about trademark infringement. The Fumble only refers to Earnest Byner dropping a sure touchdown near the Broncos goal line in the AFC Championship game in Denver. It also led to the creation a new verb for costly, debilitating mistake: to byner.

                It would have tied the game after the Browns coughed up a 21 point lead in the first half. Marty was the coach and this was well before everyone expected Martyball to lose winnable playoff games. I need to go outside and bang my head into a tree trunk now before I turn in. Goodnight.
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                • #9
                  The 1999 fumble was excruciating because it took out what I feel was the most complete Packers team of the dominant 1997-1999 years out of the playoffs. I strongly believe the 1999 team was the best squad they fielded.

                  Giving up the 4th and 26 to the Eagles was crushing, as was the loss to the Giants at home in the playoffs in Favre’s last Packers season. As a side note to the latter, the loss wasn’t even close to Favre’s fault and the interception at the end was not the reason we lost. Mike McCarthy lost that game by refusing to run the ball. Fourteen attempts is not enough to get the running game going. Fourteen attempts is not how they went on a tear and had a winning streak. Fourteen attempts is not how you win games in Lambeau in December. Pound the ball, and if you’re averaging two yards per carry, pound it harder. To give up on what got you there, to ignore the history of the game and to become a one dimensional club is how you aggressively lose a game. Putting every single play in the hands of your quarterback when the defense and everyone in the stadium knows you are passing loses games. But I digress...

                  As hard as those second place finishes were, the loss to the Broncos in the 1998 Superbowl has haunted me longer. A top defense allowed Terrell Davis and his offensive line to run all over them. They held Elway to a measly 100+change yards passing. Favre turned in three times Elway’s stats and they couldn’t stop the run. They couldn’t even stop ELWAY’s run. In the long run, one of the best teams assembled in NFL history won just once in a span where they should have won three times.

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                  • #10
                    This thread is damn depressing.

                    the fumble, 4th & 26, the SB loss... geezus.

                    Any more gloom and doom you wanna rehash?
                    "Everyone's born anarchist and atheist until people start lying to them" ~ wise philosopher

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by pbmax
                      The Fumble only refers to Earnest Byner dropping a sure touchdown near the Broncos goal line in the AFC Championship game in Denver.
                      So "the fumble" has meaning in team lore for the Browns as well. I also think the Eagles and Dick Vermeil could think of a "fumble" that will haunt them forever.

                      Out of curiosity, if I referred to "the audible" would any Packer fans recall the same disastrous audible that I recall?
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                      • #12
                        Re: The Fumble

                        Originally posted by Packnut
                        Just watching the 99 Wild Card game on ESPN and I realized the biggest regret in my life will be not killing that ref with the 102 on his back. I always fantasized about cutting his eyes out since he had no use for them.

                        I've seen some bad calls in my time, but that was the worst blown call in any sport in the history of humanity. I wonder if anyone ever checked his bank account after that game??????????????????????
                        That blown call by the officials that eventually led to 'the catch' by T. O. and the 4th and 26 = both brutal. 4 and 26 translated to ' heads must roll '. Packer fan nightmares.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by swede
                          Originally posted by pbmax
                          The Fumble only refers to Earnest Byner dropping a sure touchdown near the Broncos goal line in the AFC Championship game in Denver.
                          So "the fumble" has meaning in team lore for the Browns as well. I also think the Eagles and Dick Vermeil could think of a "fumble" that will haunt them forever.

                          Out of curiosity, if I referred to "the audible" would any Packer fans recall the same disastrous audible that I recall?
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Waldo
                            Jerry Rice doesn't fumble.
                            Nor does he fart, poop, or have sex. He's just like my parents!
                            "The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by MichiganPackerFan
                              As hard as those second place finishes were, the loss to the Broncos in the 1998 Superbowl has haunted me longer. A top defense allowed Terrell Davis and his offensive line to run all over them. They held Elway to a measly 100+change yards passing. Favre turned in three times Elway’s stats and they couldn’t stop the run. They couldn’t even stop ELWAY’s run. In the long run, one of the best teams assembled in NFL history won just once in a span where they should have won three times.
                              IIRC, didn't Gabe Wilkins decide in the most important game of his life, that his gimpy knee couldn't hold up and he took himself out of the game???
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