Everything is Awesome

pappymojo

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This is an attempt at some positive juju.   No Debbie Downer posting allowed.  Thoughts, memories, gifs, photos, and videos that demonstrate why we should all be thankful to be fans for a great team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J5saVOhVrc
 

jablo1312

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pappymojo said:
This is an attempt at some positive juju.   No Debbie Downer posting allowed.  Thoughts, memories, gifs, photos, and videos that demonstrate why we should all be thankful to be fans for a great team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J5saVOhVrc
 
"Well the exact term I can't think of but if you throw a pass, and...as you're faking that pass...it slips out of your hand, thath would be an incomplete pass." (Phil Simms @ 3:54 mark)
 
He was so close to saying it! And thank you for this thread, exactly what I need right now.
 

SMU_Sox

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My favorite memory was beating the Rams. I was a junior in high school and hosted a massive Super Bowl party. I had taken bets on the Pats and was on the hook for $300 or a good chunk of my Christmas money. Yeah, I bet back then too. Going into the game I didn't think we had much of a chance. For two weeks all I heard about was how the Pats couldn't possibly hope to stop the greatest show on turf. Kurt Warner this and Marshall Faulk that. When the Rams tied it up everyone but me and two friends were discussing how the Pats put up a valiant effort but were now going to fall short as if it were written in stone. I remember telling Madden in front of my mom to shut his fucking face when he said to kneel and go to OT. When they kicked that field goal I jumped up and ran around the house and then outside just screaming for joy. Those two friends and I ran onto meetinghouse road shouting They won the super bowl! The Pats won the super bowl! It felt magical. My dad and I hugged it out too and during those years we fought more than we hugged so it was special for us. I came back in and smiled for at least an hour afterwards. We sang we are the champions in our den a few times and did celebratory shots of ouzo (snuck from dads liquor cabinet) in party cups. It was one of the best moments in my life in terms of pure happiness. Seeing Brady in disbelief brought me to tears. I loved that team and that year. I loved their intensity and style of play. Beating the Rams wasn't just an upset; it was THE upset. My best friend had died the year before and I was struggling in school and with life. Seeing my team, the underdogs, win against Goliath meant more to me than I can explain. It was raw emotions. I'd never want to be a teenager again but if I had to relive just one day of those years it would be that one. I still get somewhat emotional thinking back to it.
 

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Is this the thread for unicorns and show ponies?
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qg3fP9ULIo
 

scottyno

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not only can he throw from the ground but that Brady's got some moves when he has to, just ask a future hall of fame linebacker
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAt6S1RHBYs
 

pappymojo

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SMU_Sox said:
My favorite memory was beating the Rams. I was a junior in high school and hosted a massive Super Bowl party. I had taken bets on the Pats and was on the hook for $300 or a good chunk of my Christmas money. Yeah, I bet back then too. Going into the game I didn't think we had much of a chance. For two weeks all I heard about was how the Pats couldn't possibly hope to stop the greatest show on turf. Kurt Warner this and Marshall Faulk that. When the Rams tied it up everyone but me and two friends were discussing how the Pats put up a valiant effort but were now going to fall short as if it were written in stone. I remember telling Madden in front of my mom to shut his fucking face when he said to kneel and go to OT. When they kicked that field goal I jumped up and ran around the house and then outside just screaming for joy. Those two friends and I ran onto meetinghouse road shouting They won the super bowl! The Pats won the super bowl! It felt magical. My dad and I hugged it out too and during those years we fought more than we hugged so it was special for us. I came back in and smiled for at least an hour afterwards. We sang we are the champions in our den a few times and did celebratory shots of ouzo (snuck from dads liquor cabinet) in party cups. It was one of the best moments in my life in terms of pure happiness. Seeing Brady in disbelief brought me to tears. I loved that team and that year. I loved their intensity and style of play. Beating the Rams wasn't just an upset; it was THE upset. My best friend had died the year before and I was struggling in school and with life. Seeing my team, the underdogs, win against Goliath meant more to me than I can explain. It was raw emotions. I'd never want to be a teenager again but if I had to relive just one day of those years it would be that one. I still get somewhat emotional thinking back to it.
 
Thank you for posting this.  Exactly what I had in mind.
 

pappymojo

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To embed a video try turning off BBCode Mode (the little switch in the upper left).

Edit: Never mind.
 

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SMU_Sox said:
My favorite memory was beating the Rams. I was a junior in high school and hosted a massive Super Bowl party. I had taken bets on the Pats and was on the hook for $300 or a good chunk of my Christmas money. Yeah, I bet back then too. Going into the game I didn't think we had much of a chance. For two weeks all I heard about was how the Pats couldn't possibly hope to stop the greatest show on turf. Kurt Warner this and Marshall Faulk that. When the Rams tied it up everyone but me and two friends were discussing how the Pats put up a valiant effort but were now going to fall short as if it were written in stone. I remember telling Madden in front of my mom to shut his fucking face when he said to kneel and go to OT. When they kicked that field goal I jumped up and ran around the house and then outside just screaming for joy. Those two friends and I ran onto meetinghouse road shouting They won the super bowl! The Pats won the super bowl! It felt magical. My dad and I hugged it out too and during those years we fought more than we hugged so it was special for us. I came back in and smiled for at least an hour afterwards. We sang we are the champions in our den a few times and did celebratory shots of ouzo (snuck from dads liquor cabinet) in party cups. It was one of the best moments in my life in terms of pure happiness. Seeing Brady in disbelief brought me to tears. I loved that team and that year. I loved their intensity and style of play. Beating the Rams wasn't just an upset; it was THE upset. My best friend had died the year before and I was struggling in school and with life. Seeing my team, the underdogs, win against Goliath meant more to me than I can explain. It was raw emotions. I'd never want to be a teenager again but if I had to relive just one day of those years it would be that one. I still get somewhat emotional thinking back to it.
 
I had a slightly similar but different experience. I was also a junior in high school and had a close friend who didn't care for or watch sports whatsoever. When the Patriots made it to the Super Bowl, he asked me if I wanted to watch it at his house with his parents because he knew I loved football and could provide a lot of insight into how the game works. I said, "Sure, but I don't think they stand much of a chance. The Rams may blow 'em out." While I was a Patriots fan I'd watched a lot of Rams games that year and didn't think the Patriots had a prayer of slowing them down on artificial turf.
 
My friend, who again knows absolutely nothing about anything sports-related, told me I lacked faith and bet me $20 the Patriots would win. Thinking it was easy money, I took the bet.
 
I remember pulling $20 out of my wallet as Vinatieri was lining up for the field goal and telling him I couldn't wait to hand him the bill if Vinatieri actually hit it. Even then, moments before the snap, I still thought something would happen that'd cost them the game. In that moment they weren't The Patriots as we know them today, they were still just the second or arguably the third team in town. Brady wasn't Brady, Vinatieri wasn't Vinatieri, Belichick wasn't Belichick, Boston wasn't Titletown. I thought there'd be a bad snap, a penalty, a hooked kick...something. That's what happened in Boston sports.
 
Then he fucking punched that ball right down the middle of the goalposts.
 
I remember jumping around the living room with my friend, handing him the $20, his mom telling me "We told you! We told you!" and not giving a single fuck at all about how wrong I was.
 
A couple days later the same friend and I skipped school and drove down to Boston to watch the parade. At that point I'd never been to a professional game or event in my life, so everything felt so much larger than life to me - the sheer number of people, seeing the athletes and coaches driving by, seeing the Lombardi Trophy in person. It really was something special. I hope they can do it again this year and give another kid who's only ever experienced the fun of professional sports through a camera lens the same real-world celebratory experience.
 

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I told my wife that she's lucky we started dating about 2 months before the Pats last SB victory, because otherwise Id have to conclude she was the problem.
 

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I watched the Rams SB in a bar, and I remember walking home to my place in Toronto, just kind of shaking my head in disbelief...and I got to the door, and I just couldn't go in, I was too much in a zone of pure happiness and wonder to be near anybody. So I walked through the cold around the block, got back to the door - same thing. I must have spent a half hour just walking around in circles, laughing and muttering "the PATS are the SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS! The PATS are the SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS!"
 
Years later, it's still darned "dusty" in here as I type this...
 

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I told my wife that she's lucky we started dating about 2 months before the Pats last SB victory, because otherwise Id have to conclude she was the problem.
I met my wife in May of 2001, so she's actually the good luck charm, as she's been with me for all 3 Super Bowl's, all 3 World Series's, a Stanley Cup, and the NBA Championship.
 

Soxfan in Fla

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Thats 12 appearances in the championship game/series of the 4 major sports since 2001 winning 8 of them. That's just nuts. Is there another city even remotely close to that?
 

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Thats 12 appearances in the championship game/series of the 4 major sports since 2001 winning 8 of them. That's just nuts. Is there another city even remotely close to that?
LA is at 8 (6 Lakers, 4-2, 2 Kings, 2-0). If you take the two USC NCG appearances as a proxy for the lack of an NFL team, they're kinda sorta close.

NYC is at 6 (3 MFY, 1 Rags, 2 Gnats). Tri-State area is at 11 if you count the Nets' and Devils' success (mostly in the early part of the decade).

Pittsburgh's at 5.
 

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http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/0ap2000000313259/2004-AFC-Divisional-Playoff-Colts-vs-Patriots
 
I've been looking for a video from after this game where an amped up Tedy Bruschi goes off on the Colts (video was previously here, since removed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7f7ibVNHUw).  
 
Walking off the field after the game ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio asked Bruschi about rattling the Colts early in the game. To which the usually soft spoken leader replied, “Rattled them early? We rattled them all day. Does it really matter? How many points they score? Three? Come on now.”
 
This may or may not have been the same time he said
 
[SIZE=11.8181819915771px]We play! That's what we do. We don't talk. We play. You come to Foxborough, it's gonna be snowing. It's gonna be cold. C'mon in here! You wanna say all you want? You wanna change the rules? Change 'em! We still play. And we win. That's what we do."[/SIZE] 
 
and talking about changing the rules so that they can't play in the snow.  The text just doesn't do it any justice.  It's something nobody could watch without being fired up afterwards, especially after another playoff humiliation of the Colts which was scheduled to end last Sunday but has been going on for over a week now.
 
Really hoping someone knows either of these or has them saved somewhere.  If you had to compress my feelings about the 2000s Patriots into a 5 second video clip, that would be it.
 
The highlights of the game itself are a good watch too.  The field looks like shit in that weather, Peyton looks like a giant crybaby, and it's invigorating to see a Patriots team that can both run and play defense.  The league-wide changes in the NFL over the last 10 years are pretty obvious too.
 
Those were some fuckin great teams to watch.
 
 
RATTLED THEM EARLY?  WE RATTLED THEM ALL DAY
 

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Saints Rest said:
I met my wife in May of 2001, so she's actually the good luck charm, as she's been with me for all 3 Super Bowl's, all 3 World Series's, a Stanley Cup, and the NBA Championship.
 
 
BigSoxFan said:
She's also been with you for 2 SB losses, 3 AFCCG losses, a Stanley Cup loss, and an NBA Finals loss! Jinx!
 
BSF, I'm surprised you didn't blame her for 9/11 too.
 

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Summerall was bad this game. Right before the Vinatieri FG they showed him kicking in pregame and Summerall goes, "Well, he pulled that one, but most of them he hit," when the video shows Vinatieri putting it right between the uprights. For some reason, that always bugged me.
 

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Only Pats game I've ever attended. After taking shit from Chargers fans for 3.5 quarters, walking out of that somber stadium was soooooooo satisfying.