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Who knew indeed? Personally, I've always been grateful to Madden for making it extra clear for the ages what a gutsy move that winning drive was.
well said. the conventional wisdom was take a knee.
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My favorite piece of Patriots merch is the Superbowl 36 champs tshirt I got on Bourbon St after the game. It's completely torn up now from the fact that I think I wore it every day for about 6 months so it just sits in my top drawer as to not get totally ruined but I love the damn thing even though I can never wear it. Best night ever.
That's ok because the only shirt I could find on bourbon st was an xl it didn't fit me when I bought it but I rocked it on bourbon st that night like Farley in a little suite. Then gave it my father when we got home and found some that fit. I bought 2 the first one wore out but the second is still going strong though starting to fit like the original.
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"We go down to New Orleans, and ain't anybody give us a chance? Nobody! And what did we say to them?"
Greatest moment in Pats fans history. Two things I love about it as well, when Madden says "what Tom Brady is doing is giving me goose bumps", and Gil and Gino's call of the kick and Gil saying "it's good ! It's good !". Both personally give me chills.
Pat Summerall and his bored and listless call of that game is NOT what I want to remember.
There's a wheel that can land on any one of ten spaces. If only one of those spaces is a winning space (allowing you to double your money), would you play?
Your friend says he wants to play $100 on this game, but asks you if you think it's a good idea. You say 'no', but he plays anyway. He ends up winning.
Can he really turn around and call you an idiot?
I feel like that's what people do with Madden.
Actually, I think people do it because of what Belichick and Brady represent now. They look at the situation and think "duh, Brady has more than a minute to get a FG to win the game? Why would you take a knee?". The problem with that is, Brady wasn't Brady back then. Sure, he made the ProBowl and played pretty well over the course of the season, but he wasn't wowing anybody back then, especially not in the SuperBowl at that point.
Yeah this game made me a Pats fan. It was a bonding day with my dad and I beat him out of some money by picking the Patriots before the game. The first football game I ever sat and watched and I really had no idea what was going on.
My favorite piece of Patriots merch is the Superbowl 36 champs tshirt I got on Bourbon St after the game. It's completely torn up now from the fact that I think I wore it every day for about 6 months so it just sits in my top drawer as to not get totally ruined but I love the damn thing even though I can never wear it. Best night ever.
Mine too. We sat up in the upper decks, and Adam came out to kick it, and all the Red sox blood in my veins was telling me he was going to miss it. I looked down at him, and he looked so small, he might as well been kicking it from across the Mississippi River. I still get chills listening to Gino's call "It's Good, It's Good!"
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I still love in the Super Bowl Video, Ricky Proehl (Rams receiver) before the game says, "tonight, a dynasty is born", boy, was he right lol, though he did catch the game tying TD pass. Oddly enough, he played for the Panthers, and caught the game tying pass before some more of Brady/Vinatieri magic to win SB 38. Proehl must hate Brady/Vinatieri and the rest of the Pats.
I couldn't agree more. While I would have been very disppointed to see Brady take a knee, I do understand WHY Madden would say that. As you pointed out, the offense was NOT lighting it up that day (quite the opposite actually). The seven points that the offense did get credit for started with a forced fumble that gave them the ball on the Rams side of the field. Needing at least 45 yards with only 1:19 left and no timeouts, the odds actually were greater that the Pats would make a mistake that would cost them than executing a game ending drive that would result in no points.
This is hypothetical, but I imagine these to the be odds given the conditions.....
Pats score points, win game: 5%
Neither team scores: 85%
Mistake that leads to Rams score: 10%
The biggest reason why I give the defense the edge in this scenario is....
1.) Rams D also knows the Pats have no timeouts. So they need to pass and they need to pass to the sideline. Knowing this increases the chances of an interception or sack/fumble.
2.) Pats likely need to string together multiple well executed plays to get in FG range. it only takes one mistake to give the Rams the ball in scoring position.
Based on the way the 4th quarter had gone, it's not unfair to think the the Patriots' defense was pretty well gassed. If you kneel on the ball and then lose the coin toss, it's probably time to turn off the TV and go to bed because you weren't going to particularly enjoy what was going to happen next.
Going for it was the Patriots' bet chance to win the game. I love that they had the guts to go for it especially when the conventional wisdom is to let the clock run out and take your chances.
I certainly don't fault Madden for thinking otherwise. That's what most coaches not named Bill Belichick would do.
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I still love in the Super Bowl Video, Ricky Proehl (Rams receiver) before the game says, "tonight, a dynasty is born", boy, was he right lol, though he did catch the game tying TD pass. Oddly enough, he played for the Panthers, and caught the game tying pass before some more of Brady/Vinatieri magic to win SB 38. Proehl must hate Brady/Vinatieri and the rest of the Pats.
Except that 3 years later, Proehl and AV as teammates beat Brady in the AFCCG and won SBXLI.
I had the privilege and the pleasure of being there for that unbelievable game, 2 rows from the top of the Superdome on about the 20 yard line towards the endzone where both Ty Law ran back the INT and where the kick happened. Just an unbelievable night. Many Pats fans, including myself, in tears (of joy) at the end.
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