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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Watched this last night as well... Raymond Berry was a douche.
Also, God rest his soul, Ralph Wilson, of all people. Making Phillips pull Flutie for that playoff game...
Bottom line: you gotta respect how Flutie took everything he got in life (from his ability, to his height, to his tribulations with different teams, to his personal life with his autistic son) and squeezed the absolute maximum out of it. God bless you, Doug. You are an inspiration.
It was 1988, I was at that game. Fryar beat the deep safety down the middle of the field in single coverage. McMahon got knocked out early. Flutie completed 6 of 18 passes, FOUR of them for touchdowns.Yeah, Berry really pissed me off with the way he refused to use Flutie and when he did play him, he'd call lots of running plays keeping him on a short leash. Finally in the 4th Qtr all seemingly lost he'd unleash the midget and Flutie would find a way to win. Believe me winning a regular season game was a precious thing to Pats fans since inception. Trust me.
The guy never lost a game in Foxboro.
My favorite Flutie winn was after we'd been routed by the Bears McMann & Co, they came to Foxboro. Opening play after the kickoff Flutie tossed an 80 yard TD bomb to Irving Fryar. The rout was on, Pats win 35 to something not close.
It was 1988, I was at that game. Fryar beat the deep safety down the middle of the field in single coverage. McMahon got knocked out early. Flutie completed 6 of 18 passes, FOUR of them for touchdowns.
I was wondering where the hell he surfs at 6 a.m. around here? Then I checked Wikipedia, which says he winters in Florida. You do as well, right?I was at that game. In those days I could be working in my yard in Sudbury on a Sunday morning and decide to go to a game. Drove thru beautiful New England back routes to Foxboro, parked for free in the woods across Route 1 and bought a seat in what these days would be the 100s el primo seat around the 20 yd line at face value in the parking lot to watch Fryar coming at me on the 1st play from scrimmage.
I will say that as of right now I am kinda wicked pissed at Flutie. I made the mistake of mentioning the Football Life show to my wife. She watches it and then goes all kinds of crazy over Flutie's 6-pack abs as he's surfing. My life is now hell.