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March 29, 2015
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Do the '72 Dolphins still do that, or is that just a convenient myth that gets perpetuated every year?
posted by bender at 09:36 AM on March 30, 2015
If/when an undefeated elite NCAA men's basketball team loses it's first game of the season, do the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers uncork some champagne and celebrate in the manner of the 1972 Miami Dolphins?
P.T.I. had one of the players from that team on for a brief interview (I forget which one) and asked him just that. He said they don't do any celebration, and in fact it wouldn't diminish their accomplishment one bit if someone else pulled it off. He said the Hoosiers would still be undefeated champions, and he'd be happy to see other kids have a chance to relish that opportunity.
posted by grum@work at 09:56 AM on March 30, 2015
I'm pretty sure the Dolphins banged open some Champagne when the unbeaten Pats got Meadowlanded in the 2008 Super Bowl.
Since then, not many chances to pop the bubbly. There has to be some motivation. Something tells me that the Dolphins did not get out their flare pistols and beverages when the 2013 Chiefs went into their bye week at 9-0 and came out the other side wearing cardigan sweaters and relaxing with the Sunday paper.
Actually, the way that Chiefs team played after the bye week, the 72 Dolphins players may have ordered up a ceremonial curse, which are readily available in the Metro Dade area. 1-800-HEX-THEM. It's like calling an exterminator. Just one more headless goat floating down the Miami River.
posted by beaverboard at 02:42 PM on March 30, 2015
If/when an undefeated elite NCAA men's basketball team loses it's first game of the season, do the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers uncork some champagne and celebrate in the manner of the 1972 Miami Dolphins?
I grew up in S. Fla. worshiping those Dolphins teams and consider the whole champagne thing to be utterly insufferable. So if someone beats Kentucky, I'm hoping that the 76 Hoosiers just throw a few chairs in the backyard and casually crack a case of 3 Floyds.