45 years ago: The Immaculate Reception
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Absolutely not.
It was a TD monkey man.
IIRC the debate at the time was - did the ball hit the offensive player first or the defensive player.
The rule back in the day was - if the ball hit the offensive receiver then Franco (or any other offensive player) could not have been the next player to touch the ball.
But since the ball CLEARLY hit the Raiders DB first, then Franco was legally allowed to catch the ball, which he CLEARLY did and break the collective heart of the dirtbag Raider nation.
Exhibit A: the historically accurate re-creation of the blessed event in the Pittsburgh Airport.
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Wife's from Pittsburgh, so I've seen this recreation a few times; even have pictures of the wife and kid with Franco.Absolutely not.
It was a TD monkey man.
IIRC the debate at the time was - did the ball hit the offensive player first or the defensive player.
The rule back in the day was - if the ball hit the offensive receiver then Franco (or any other offensive player) could not have been the next player to touch the ball.
But since the ball CLEARLY hit the Raiders DB first, then Franco was legally allowed to catch the ball, which he CLEARLY did and break the collective heart of the dirtbag Raider nation.
Exhibit A: the historically accurate re-creation of the blessed event in the Pittsburgh Airport.
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That was one of the greatest one-hop catches I've ever seen. Three Rivers had the perfect sponginess in its turf, the ball seemed to rebound perfectly off the ground and into his hands. It was as if God himself had delivered a perfect bounce pass to him.
I travel to Pittsburg about once a year. They have a statue of Harris in the airport making that amazing one-hop catch, and it's depicted perfectly, as you can see, right after the ball hit the turf. Almost life like:
I travel to Pittsburg about once a year. They have a statue of Harris in the airport making that amazing one-hop catch, and it's depicted perfectly, as you can see, right after the ball hit the turf. Almost life like:
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I bet it would trip most people up if you asked them was that one of their Super Bowl winning years.
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And with Earl Morrall (daughter was a Gator) leading them after Griese gets hurt.
One of those records that makes you wonder if it will ever be broken
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Yeah good point.
I don’t think ‘we’ won the first Super Bowl until a couple years later against the Vikes.
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That was one of the greatest one-hop catches I've ever seen. Three Rivers had the perfect sponginess in its turf, the ball seemed to rebound perfectly off the ground and into his hands. It was as if God himself had delivered a perfect bounce pass to him.
I travel to Pittsburg about once a year. They have a statue of Harris in the airport making that amazing one-hop catch, and it's depicted perfectly, as you can see, right after the ball hit the turf. Almost life like:
Used to have to fly to Pittsburgh about once a year for business and have seen this.
At the risk of going all "812" here, the ball hit the ground, Pittsburgh is a toilet (unless chain-smoking yinnzers are your thing), Ben is a rapist, and Primanti brothers is garbage.
