Anyway, while Derek was wearing balloons to root for his team, I was watching this game in my first ever jersey. A generic #83 (Ricky Sanders), with no name on the back. What's so ironic is that back then I was the opposite of the way I am now. Even after Ricky Nattiel scored a 56-yard touchdown, I still thought the Redskins were going to win. Now if my team is up 10-0, I think they are going to lose.
The second quarter of that game happened so fast, I don't remember anything. I do remember Timmy Smith going nuts, and Doug Williams throwing four touchdowns, but I most vividly remember Sanders scoring an 80-yard touchdown.
For 15 minutes of game clock, that team played perfectly. Scored 35 points. 5 touchdowns, 3 of them from 50 yards are more. Like I said. It all happened so fast. I wish they bottled that feeling and sold it in stores. That game was awesome. Little did I know that somewhere in New Hampshire a small child about my age was crying and covered in balloons. Sorry Haskins.
Haskins loves the Broncos. I think the picture would be even funnier if he had a little blood on his shirt and an empty bowl of spinach con queso in his hand. I wish I had such superbowl memories. I did root for a field goal to go wide right but that's about it.
ReplyDeleteI was doing the Super Bowl shuffle 20 years ago. ESPN's Super Bowl history show last night was very good. Hope some of you saw it.
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