Great idea for a thread.
1. I believe the Ice-landers actually made a smart move when they signed DiPietro to a 15 year deal, if he stays healthy. During the last five years of his contract the amount they're paying DiPietro will be a steal for the team.
OMG I said something good about the Ice-landers. I'm going to have to say about 45,000 Hail Marys now.
2. I believe...no, in fact, I know...it's game seven in 1994 against Vancouver. Rangers are up 2-1...Kevin Lowe takes a shot from the point that hits the crossbar and comes out...except I recorded that game on VHS, both the MSG and ESPN versions. We were watching the MSG feed live, of course, and a week or two later I watched the entire game from the ESPN feed. And I saw without question, Lowe's shot hit the bar in the back of the net.
They had video replay back then, but nobody thought anything of it...I've gone back to the MSG feed, and the angle they showed the replay on does not make you think the puck going in is a possibility. As my brothers came home one by one and then my dad, I showed them all. At first they all thought I was nuts...then one by one thay all agreed it went in without question.
The Rangers wound up taking a 3-1 lead in the game anyway, but Vancouver closed to 3-2 which is how it ended, after some frantic final minutes. Imagine if Vancouver had tied it?
3. My dad believed until the end Richard Todd purposely allowed the Dolphins to beat the Jets in the Mud Bowl game in 1982 or 1983, I forget. The game he kept passing to AJ Duhe, who unfortunately was a Dolphin. i was too young to notice, but if my dad said it, I believe it.
4. I don't think games are fixed, but I do believe the NBA has always done it's best to make sure fans go home happy....meaning bending calls toward the home team on occasion. Or toward superstars.
5. I believe when the league announced Brett Barry was fouled by Derek Fisher and apologized, they should also have announced Charles Smith was fouled three times by the Bulls about 15 years ago. Knick fans know which game I'm talking about.
6. I believe the SEC is a superior football conference to the Big Ten. And I don't want to see Ohio State play a third title game in a row against an SEC team.
Sandra