Forrest Gregg was involved in arguably the two coldest games in NFL history. Played in the Ice Bowl for the Packers and coached the Bengals in the Freezer Bowl.
Happy normal families appreciating their mom or grilling with dad. Nowadays that commercial would be two obese lesbian moms making soy insect burgers. Fatties flipping patties.
Funny thing about the Freezer Bowl is that the prior week, the Chargers played in hot and humid Miami. In one week, they went from the toaster oven to the freezer.
I feel like hot weather games aren't respected enough. What about that Miami playoff game against San Diego in '81? Heat can affect you in ways cold can't.
I remember a game in Arizona at the Cardinals' old stadium with the metal benches, they put an egg on one of the benches and it was cooked within a few minutes. it was probably 120 degrees. much worse than cold in my opinion
In the Top 10 Homefield Advantages video they talked about how the Orange Bowl had opposing teams wilting under the searing Miami heat (ha, I made a funny!). But yeah, the Epic In Miami is a prime example of heat absolutely taking it out of you.
Good point and it did affect the Chargers, especially Kellen Winslow. They had 81 degree temperatures in that game and I don’t know what the heat index was, but it had to be higher than 81. After playing an overtime game that day, the conditions were the exact opposite extreme a week later. I know the official low wind chill was -59 for the game, but we were told throughout Ohio that gusts could take it as low as -75 degrees. I am surprised,i in facing those two extremes in a weeks time that some Chargers didn’t have side effects from it.
yeah, some hot weather games would be good. I remember one between the Cowboys and Cardinals (back in '97 I think, @ Sun Devil) where it was just ridiculously hot. Guys were just dying.
I love how everybody who's mad at Henderson had to bring up that he was a convict. Because if there's one group of people with impeccable records it's NFL players...
In the Missing Rings special on the 81 Chargers, Kellen Winslow said he got frostbite in his left big toe and now feels it in his right thumb whenever it gets cold because of that game
One of my fav Top 10s. I love hearing about some of these games like the Bucs-Chiefs "Monsoon" game, or the Sneakers Game, which I had read about when I was a kid, the Eagles-Cards Blizzard game, and of course the Ice Bowl.
Hard enough to win 4 Super Bowls in 6 years. The Raiders have only been to 5 Super Bowls in 60 years, and whine every time they lose. Shea '68, Pittsburgh '72, Pittsburgh '75 as we see here, Denver '77, Foxboro '01 as we see here. And how many times have they won games they shouldn't have? Foxboro '76 and San Diego '78 are the most notorious examples.
They keep playing that on these top tens with Gene calling Swann soft. Swann was hit in the head in mid air countless times, and still got up to beat them. That's not soft. That's kicking their you know whats. All those years in the 70's, the Raiders thought they were tough and evil.. But the Steelers were the ultimate in darkness. The greatest dynasty and best team in NFL history and dominated the 70's. The Raiders evil couldn't beat the Men of Steel. You can't beat the dark Supermen.🤤
I grew up in northern Minnesota and we could play tackle football in the deep snow because no one could get hurt. We wore chopper mitts as a normal thing around the farm which were oversized wool mittens with leather mittens over them. So when we went out for a pass, just before the ball got to the receiver, the receiver would snap his hands downward and the mittens would come off and you could catch the ball. Then you go find your mittens for the next play. They shut schools only if it got to 25 below but we still had to milk the cows and feed and water all the animals. If we shut off the hose for a second, we had to drag the frozen hose into the basement of the house to get it to thaw. You had to drain out all the water before you brought it back outside or it would freeze immediately. It only got to 40 below once but that was the very bottom of our thermometer so who knows how could it was then.
I grew up in chicagoland. It was cold. Then i visited a friend in Minneapolis. No contest. Anyway seeing Bronco Nagurski a gopher in l recall is cool. Saw his size 14 shoes at hall of fame. The cleates were 1.5 to 2 inches of what looked like bronze. Could not imagine having those feet trample any part of your body in the cold.
Ah yes I remember those days on the farm in Missouri. Always had to drain the hose or it'd get frozen solid in minutes. I also remember having to take the axe and walking to the ponds in pasture that resembled tundra to chop through the ice so the cows could get water. Twice a day sometimes three if it was zero with a wind chill of -25. When everything thawed it turned into a quagmire of mud. It was always a moment of suspense for me listening to the radio listening for school closings. However if we were hosting a basketball tourney hell or high water couldn't make them close school.
29:10 I would've commented on this video a lot sooner, but it took me this long to stop laughing at George WWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHtkinson calling someone else a crybaby with a straight face 😂
Ok a couple of questions, did you take the time to record this, did you take the time to post this, did you personally request this to be posted commercial free most importantly did you pay Isaac Green for his effort in recording, posting this. If the answer is no to any of these questions shut the hell up, this is not exclusively meant for George but also for the 21 people who did this 👍. I noticed these commercials as well I found it quite easy to hit the forward arrow on the remote. See, when you press that key it will advance the program 10sec with a commercial break typically being between 60 and 90 sec you press that button 6 to 9 times. Guess work gone I hope you do that before you bitch about something you got for free.
@@Gungho73 and then Culverhouse completely fucked it up by being cheap as hell and the Buccaneers went back to being the dumpster fire of the NFL until Dungy came into town.
@@arizonawrestlinginterviews1040 He found he could spend no money and make money. A classic businessman not understanding how money was made in the sport.
@@arizonawrestlinginterviews1040 There's weird eras like that in history. Sometimes we say the owners are the problem, like in Cincinnati. But Culverhouse and, I cant remember the gentleman, but the man who owned the Patriots prior to the Kraft era clearly didn't understand what it took to make a football team produce and practical. Those teams were vile for stretches of time.
@GetBenched. The Ice Bowl is arguably the most famous because of the finish, the last NFL title for Lombardi…it’s a game they will talk about 50 years from now
Angelo Cataldi complaining about the Fog Bowl is the most Eagle fan thing ever, lol. They'll throw batteries and beer cans on the field but can't handle a little fog.
I have watched for this game to show up on a list as I watched the Freezer Bowl from about 100 miles away. On that day, I had to travel back to Columbus as I was returning to Ohio State for the start of winter quarter, the next day. I grew up in Alliance, Ohio (near Canton) and left at about 8 am that morning. Where we were, it was -13 degrees. When we got to. Columbus, it was 8 or 9 below. We watched the game, but I knew it was a forgone conclusion. San Diego would never win this game. Let me explain just how bad it was. The winds were strong enough that in some places in the state, the wind chill was as low as -75 depending on the gusts. To show you how that can affect things, there was ice on the inside of our windows in my dorm room. What happened was that the temperature difference between inside and outside caused condensation which kept running down the window and freezing at the bottom. There was a 6” portion of ice, a half inch thick, across the width of the window, at the bottom. We also had 6” of snow on the ground in Columbus, with gale force winds blowing it around. They almost cancelled classes the next day , for only the second time in history. So, you see what ridiculous conditions the game was played in. Sorry, but not even the Ice Bowl was this extreme. San Diego just didn’t stand a chance. Maybe a few individuals could have adjusted, but not the whole team. Conversely, this is Ohio. The Bengals had dealt with similar weather before, if not that extreme. The weather may never have been quite this bad for a game, but it has been close. I remember a whole month of below zero temperatures one winter. The Freezer Bowl should be number one. I should know, I was out in it.
And to top it off, San Diego has just played the weekend before in an epic game in Miami that featured Kellen Winslow being carried off the game due to pure exhaustion from the heat and the length of the game being an OT game. That has to take a toll on the body professional athlete or not. Then to go from playing in 80 degree weather to -9 with nasty wind chills......
I have a co-worker from Columbus, Ohio State fan, of course, and he told me one time the snow's real bad up there. I'm from Oklahoma, and the wind here is what makes travelling dangerous. The opposite of Ohio, as I understand it.
As a Bears fan, I will say this- if the fog had not rolled in on that day, I think Chicago loses. The Bears were badly understaffed (Dent, Wilson, and Perry were out of commission, McMahon wasn't healthy which was sadly common), and Philadelphia had a solid team under Buddy Ryan. It's no wonder, looking back on it now, that San Francisco blasted them the next week. It would have been a more competitive game if it would have been the Eagles. And yes, I agree with you about Duerson. It's a tragedy to be sure. RIP
I enjoy football, but it’s disgusting to me that, after watching a decades old game, some pathetic ancient armchair warrior makes a post saying how much he liked the brutality.
I am a Cowboys fan and when I saw the field at the beginning of the game I said, uh-oh. Thanks to Leon Lett, uh-oh was right. What makes it crazier is that I believe he had another brain lock in the Super Bowl, turning a long fumble return TD with his showboating causing Dallas a record for most points scored in a Super Bowl.
Every late season game at Metropolitan Stadium (aka, The Met) in Bloomington, Minnesota, was a bad weather game. It was a great advantage when the playoffs came; however, business thought otherwise and moved the team into a domed stadium in downtown Minneapolis. We're no better than L.A., San Diego, or Tampa Bay at tolerating foul weather now. How much more can the game deteriorate?
It was clearly all about business and the idea to host superbowls,bowl games and any other events. The packers and bears have stuck to outdoor games their fanbase does not care about the cold weather heck the revel in it they know in big game if they play the vikings and its a cold weather game they can win. Look at the 98 vikings if they played outdoors against the falcons in cold Minnesota they probably beat them handily because the falcons played in a dome with warm weather.
The 1977 NFC playoff game Vikings at Rams Mudbowl should have been in the top 10. Another game that didn't even get a mention was the 1949 NFL Championship Game Eagles at Rams. It was eerily similar to the 1977 contest. Played in a relentless downpour, Philly won 14-0. Rams owner Dan Reaves wanted the game postponed but NFL commissioner Bert Bell refused claiming radio broadcast commitments made a postponement impossible. That game was called "The Muddy Day in Sunsville!"
As a Ravens fan all I have to say about the Tuck Rule is that people need to get over it honestly you know why? Because not only had that call been used earlier that season when the Patriots played the Jets when Vinny Testaverde had gotten the same call but it had also been used since 1999 almost two years before that Patriots vs Raiders playoff game was in existence. That's not the only thing either. During that game after the officials had made that call the Raiders had opportunities to put that game away in their favor. They could have blocked Adam Vinatieri's field goal, and they could have stopped the Patriots offense in overtime the Raiders defense had them on 4th down and still didn't get a stop in OT the Raiders had their chances and they didn't seal the game. So you tell me who's really to blame here? The officials or the Raiders ineptitude?
@Harry Engel Brady on the Ravens would be to quote a famous actor "The Role of a Lifetime!" My two favorite players of all time Ray Lewis and Tom Brady on the same team would be nothing short of spectacular
So for #5, Madden was complaining that the Raiders were affected more because they ran around the edges (where the ice was worst) while the Steelers ran up the middle (where it wasn't as bad). Then where does Franco run to score his touchdown? Around the edge and up the sideline. Ironic.
I remember watching the "Fog Bowl" with my (still) best friend as a couple of 16 yr olds. I was pulling for the Bears and he hated the BEARS and wanted the game suspended.
Based on the GMC Terrain commercial I'd say this program was first aired a little over 10 years ago, but it still feels good to see. Love when they leave the commercials from the original broadcast.
I still can't help but go along with the "Who Dey?!..." chant at 33:52-33:56. It makes me laugh, personally & why I really find it hilarious is that they're doing it in freezing cold temperatures & seem absolutely unphased by it.
1962 NFL title game between the Giants and the Packers at Yankee Stadium should be on the list as well. Forty mile an hour wind and frozen field. Green Bay brought their team and the weather with them.
Loved Fours’ comments about his game. Class act. Owns it and gives props to Cincy. I don’t know why, since I’m not a fan of his team, but I’ve always kind of liked Dan Fouts. Now I see why… just a decent person. Owns his performance and credits the Bengals. So many of these players and coaches are just constant whiners. Raiders players whining about the Steelers. Shula whining about the Pats, when he turned around and did something equally devious several weeks later himself. It’s all fine and well if you win, I guess, right? Give me a break. These are supposed to be big tough guys. Grow up. Fouts’ reaction/response was perfect. Very classy and respectful. Just tip your cap to the team that beat you. Same thing with the Raiders (once again!) whining about the snow bowl… hating on the Patriots… as if the Patriots made that call. Right or wrong (and the more I watch it the more I think it was actually the right call), the refs made it. Hating on the other team like they stole the game from you is pathetic… especially since that only resulted in a tie and Oakland had multiple additional opportunities to win. They blew it. Over and over and over again. But whine about ONE call (a possibly correct one) that impacted the game. Losers. Whiners. Crybabies. Pathetic. Hat’s off to classy Dan Fouts. Virtually the ONLY decent player on the losing side interviewed in this entire program. Class act, Dan!
I should add to my own comment regarding the Raiders vs New England that the NFL made the fiasco worse than it was. It was NOT ruled an incompletion because of the tuck rule!!!!! Fact!!! End of story!!! The NFL made that up after the fact and only muddied the waters. It was ruled, just as the referee announced during the game, an incompletion because the arm was moving forward. That was the rule. It still is, even after the elimination of the tuck rule. So, Raiders fans and players whining that, as in this video, “it’s never been enforced or since”… fine… you’re right… and it wasn’t enforced in this game either. It was a stupid excuse that the NFL made up for whatever reason after the fact. The official clearly announced that the arm was moving forward. Even in today’s NFL, with the tuck rule deleted, that’s an incomplete pass. Here is why I think the NFL made up that excuse, and, in defense of the Raiders, as much as I’m ripping them, why they have an argument: Brady lost control of the ball almost at the very instant that his arm stopped moving forward. Sooooooooo… was it moving forward or not? Almost impossible to tell, because you can’t precisely determine loss of control. So, maybe it’s an incompletion, maybe it’s a fumble. When I see it, I think it’s an incompletion. So, I’m not all apoplectic about it. BUT… and this is where Raiders’ nation may have a beef… it’s supposed to be clear cut in order to overturn the call on the field. It absolutely was NOT clear cut. It never should’ve been overturned. But… my well of sympathy for the Raiders runs dry pretty fast because, even though it shouldn’t have been overturned, it was PROBABLY overturned to the right call. Here’s the problem with all of the audio commentary that you hear… “he’s pumping, not getting ready to pass!!!” That DOES NOT MATTER according to NFL rules even today. It’s irrelevant. The commentators are morons. If his arm is moving forward, it’s incomplete. Period. That’s the rule. End of story. So, although I agree with Raiders’ Nation that the call shouldn’t have been overturned, that’s only because the evidence wasn’t indisputable. Looked to me like his arm WAS going forward. So, the initial ruling on the field was WRONG (and the tuck rule had nothing to do with it… that was an after the fact pathetic defense by the NFL). So, I’m sorry, I have a REAL hard time being sympathetic when your argument is that the WRONG call should’ve been upheld because you can’t PROVE it was wrong. Actually, by the letter of the law, you’re right… which is why the NFL had to make their lame tuck rule declaration. But, bitch, please… that is one lane defense, Raiders Nation. “Please uphold the WRONG call because the evidence isn’t incontrovertible.” That is one seriously weak, lame argument… “I know we’re wrong. But you might have a hard time proving it. So… since you said we were right in the first place, even though everyone knows we’re not… please don’t change your mind.” The ONLY reason most people to this day still think the Raiders’ argument is right is because the NFL poisoned the well with the tuck rule. The tuck rule had nothing to do with this call. That was an after the fact invention. The on field official told you why the call was reversed. His arm was moving forward. Even now that the tuck rule has been abolished, nothing would change… the “arm moving forward” still constitutes an incomplete pass. And that’s what the official announced. The tuck rule was irrelevant. It was not a factor in that call. The official announced it himself… arm moving forward… incomplete. The tuck rule has been erased from the rule book and guess what? This portion of the rule remains the same… arm moving forward… incomplete. I’ll repeat it for the umpteenth time, the reason the NFL had to intercede with that piss-poor excuse is because the evidence wasn’t incontrovertible. So, the ruling on the field shouldn’t have been overturned - which is the ONLY correct argument Raiders’ Nation has. That said, the ruling on the field was PROBABLY wrong (yes, it’s not incontrovertible… tough to tell). So, I have zero sympathy for Raiders’ Nation. Sure, the ruling probably shouldn’t have been changed. But, in the same light, it was probably changed to the CORRECT call. How is ANY NFL fan supposed to be upset by the officials making the right call?!?!?! The officials were right, and you lost. So, please tell me, where exactly is the controversy? There is none. Patriots won fair and square. The NFL actually made it worse, injecting controversy, with their made up excuse about the tuck rule. If anything, the Patriots got screwed by having their legitimacy questioned!!! The right call was made, the better team won. End of story. And they proved they were the better team. They absolutely steamrolled Pittsburgh in a game PIT assumed they’d win. Would the raiders have done the same? And barring one irrelevant Willie McGinest holding call - about 20 yards away from the play - the Patriots would’ve pancaked the Rams in the Super Bowl. Y’all remember that play? Fumble and a 95 yard return for a TD… called back on a completely irrelevant holding call 20-30 yards away from the play, on the complete opposite side of the field. I’m not complaining. Don’t care. Best team still won. All I’m pointing out is that the game wasn’t as close as the score indicated. Patriots dominated both the Steelers AND “the greatest show on turf”. You seriously think the Raiders would’ve done the same? LOL. The better team won The Snow Bowl game. And the Brady incompletion call was probably correct. I’ll grant that there’s a small chance it wasn’t correct and, by rule, it shouldn’t have been overturned. But it’s the Raiders claiming they lost on some technicality. No no no no no… had they WON, THAT would’ve been on a technicality. They would’ve won because the officials PROBABLY made the wrong call on the field, and because it was merely PROBABLE, not CERTAIN, they couldn’t overturn it. They had the balls to go with what was probably correct (and, yes, probably violated the rules, which would’ve handed the Raiders a win on a technicality). The officials deserve a bonus and an award for opting to get it right over following some ill-defined rule (what percentage defines clear and irrefutable evidence? 100%? Or is 90% enough? And if 90% is enough, how about 80 or 75%?). The replay official just said fuck it and called it as it was. Kudos to him. Get it right. That’s the most important thing. He called it right and the best team won. There is no controversy in that game. It’s all manufactured controversy. And, sadly, the NFL itself contributed to the controversy by injecting the tuck rule bullshit. The tuck rule had nothing to do with it. That was an after the fact addendum in order to protect the officials. The officials needed no protection. They made the correct call. And as I’ve pointed out a million times, even WITHOUT the tuck rule, the same call would be made today. If the QB’s arm is moving forward, it’s deemed a forward pass. Period. End of story. In fact, I’m not trying to be a Pats fan here. You want to find a case where the Pats got an advantage with this rule? It is NOT the Raiders game. It’s their SB win vs the Falcons. The strip sack of Matt Ryan. Was his arm moving forward? Very, very, very hard to tell. But Hightower didn’t hit his arm forward, and the ball landed in front of Ryan. Soooooo… simple physics tells me forward momentum. Incomplete pass. And it’s much the same situation. TECHNICALLY, on review, it’s unclear, you can’t overturn it. But REALLY it was probably incomplete. So, by rule, technically, since it’s unclear, you can’t overturn it… but in fairness, you should… it’s the right thing to do. SO…… anyone who may be disagreeing with me up to now based on some Patriot Hate you have in your heart, you maybe should shift your ire to that SB game. THAT was a truly dubious play. The Raiders Snow Bowl… not so much. Correct call. Best team won. Zero controversy. It deserves to be on this list for its horrific weather. But if anyone thinks it’s on this list because of the controversy……. Nope. Zero controversy. Right call. Best team won. Simple as that, honestly. I’m actually regretting typing this much, except I know how defensive Raiders fans still are over this. It’s dumb. Why did I type all this? Waste of my time. The right team won. The better team won. Maybe I should just circle back to my praise of Dan Fouts. Amen and kudos to him for being the only person on the losing end in this video to behave like a mature adult. Team Raiders are a bunch of infantile clowns. Take a lesson. Fouts exemplifies how a professional accepts loss.
Anybody who says they think cold is football weather has never played football in cold weather, it’s not pleasant, every scrape, scratch and fall is amplified and hurts way more, plus you’re going all out on every play end your lungs are burning, I hated playing in the cold
Too bad that college games are not included in this. The 1950 Ohio State-Michigan game was called the Snow Bowl. It was such an iconic game, even though Michigan one, it is highlighted on many OSU. Ideas. Incidentally OSU got a field goal, but Michigan scored a touchdown and safety after blocked punts. Speaking of punts, there were 47 of them in the game.
College football would have the 1979 Cotton Bowl, the 1967 Alabama-Auburn game (Ken Stabler's run), and (if infamy is allowed) the 1983 Oregon-Oregon State rivalry game (aka the Toilet Bowl) - that's for starters.
11:00 - I had completely forgotten about how cool the massive crowds used to look when they would all simultaneously snap photos of the kickoff of major football games. All the camera flashes going off sporadically all around the stadium, it was a really cool sight. Wow, I can't believe I never noticed that those flashes had disappeared completely. I like our latest technological advancements, with our phones being one of the best, BUT, it does kind of suck that the days of thousands of camera flashes all going off at nearly the same moment, are gone forever!! Anyway, I know this is a stupid thing to point out or miss, but hey, it's a cool sight damn it!! And I'd completely forgotten about it somehow lol.... :)) EDIT: Obviously I am aware that our phones still have a flash lol, but they do not produce the effect that you see in the clip I pointed out with my time-stamp. Those are from the days when people had to bring a real camera with them if they wanted to take any pictures of the game, and their flashes are much brighter....
The guy who said Powerful Perilous, Pigskin, Prodigys for the Bears. I wonder how long it took that guy to come up with four words that begin with the letter P ? That was awesome though.
Two more points from the Ice Bowl. First Jethro Pugh had wrecked hands from Frostbite he got in that game. Still he played until 1975. Second, a four time coach in a Super Bowl almost ended up being the hero. The Cowboys called a halfback option late in the third quarter that Dan Reeves completed to Lance Rentzel for a 50 yard touchdown to take the lead.
When I was in high school in South Jersey, we played a game in Atlantic City at old Bader Field. No matter when you played at this stadium it was always cold and windy as it was just off the bay and right next to a small airport. This particular game it was so windy that the other team's punter punted the ball and the wind blew it back over his head. We ended up winning something like 20-6 where we barely passed the ball and converted only 1 2 point conversion.
It's amazing how bitter George Atkinson still is about their losses. Stating the Steelers cheated by purposely made the field conditions icy (as if the Raiders never cheated), the bad call on the Tuck Rule game (they have benefited from a bad penalty call which sealed them a playoff victory against the Patriots) and call the Immaculate Reception the Immaculate Deception. What a crying baby!
1:46 Red Right 88. 8:05 The 1979 Kansas City vs. Tampa Bay monsoon. 10:42 The Sneakers Game. 15:55 The Snowplow Game. 19:33 The Philly Blizzard. 26:07 The 1975 AFC Championship. 33:21 The Freezer Bowl! 37:09 The Fog Bowl! 45:02 The Tuck Rule! 53:31 The Ice Bowl.
To Mike Craig: Good point. I’m sure Winslow was close to heat stroke from the week before. That can affect you for more than a day or two, if it is bad. And Winslow was probably more important to those San Diego teams than the receivers were. Most safeties and linebackers couldn’t cover him, so he was a severe matchup problem.
"The Kellen Winslow Game." That's the only example I know of a player LITERALLY leaving everything he had on the field. If that game had lasted any longer and Winslow had continued playing in it, he might have died.
I don't understand the RR88 controversy. Everyone acts like it was 4th down with 5 seconds left. It was 2nd down with 50 seconds. Sam R gets all the blame, but nothing says Sipe had to throw into double coverage. There were 2 other WRs and a check down option to Pruitt.
Belichick must of been watching that snowplow game as a youngster and realized "that's the kinda team I want to coach for, I'll get to push the envelope and piss everyone off with ideas that aren't really cheating until after I get away with it
Belichick was already coaching in the league. The Patriots had a history of questionable coaches before Belichick with Meyer, Carroll, and Chuck Fairbanks
The fogbowl should have been called. It was ridiculous to try to play a game without being able to see past 5 yds. No one has ever explained to me why that game continued. Seriously?
There's a documentary on the game explaining why they kept playing, but to give you the short version, neither coach wanted to call the game, so the refs obliged them.
@@Jonathan83X I didn't know that and thanks for clearing that up. I can't say I agree with their decision, but armchair quarterbacking is an easy sport . Thanks again.
@@sheilapasquini6232 Yea, you ought to look it up. It's called Timeline: Fog Bowl. It's sadly not on CZcams anymore other than some small clips of it, but it was really a well done documentary. Anyway, the main reason Buddy Ryan didn't want to suspend the game was because he was ticked off at the refs for how they were officiating the game before the fog rolled in, so to him, it was an equalizer. To be fair, he wasn't entirely wrong. Cunningham did throw for over 400 yards in that game. The problem was the team kept turning the ball over in the red zone, which is why I roll my eyes at Eagle fans crying foul about it. The Eagles had chance after chance to win that game, but when you turn the ball over numerous times in the red zone, then you can't blame the refs for losing you the game.
I like hearing these stories about how back in the 30s and 40s how players didn't have no ego and was all about heart and they did everything they could to play the game like the players did on that field by having to roll out the old term for bringing a new one because of the snow that was just so awesome I wish players now had that same heart and drive I know times have changed but back then seem like people had more backbone
To Robert Levine: What I recently thought about was what the two extremes in temperature in back to back games probably did to Kellen ( And, maybe the rest of the Chargers) in Cincinnati, the next week. Who knows if he was fully recovered. He had to have had heat exhaustion ( And who knows if other players weren’t in similar shape. We just saw Kellen, but the conditions were very hot and very humid that day.). The aftermath of that stuff can affect you for a bit of time, after the fact. So, the Chargers may have been far from 100% as a whole. Then there is the contrast of going from the climate they trained in ( San Diego) and the climate they played in the previous week ( Miami) to, basically, Siberia. Like I said, I was in Ohio on that day. I am 61, but it is the coldest day I have ever seen in this state during my lifetime. And I am used to it. A team that trains in warm, moderate weather all year has no hope of adjusting in a few days time. To piggy back on your initial point, it is no wonder San Diego never out up a fight. The immediate temperature was only a part of it. They tried, but didn’t seem to have a prayer anyway. And I am sure Kellen, and many of their players were far less than 100%.
Greatest bad weather in NFL history 1945 NFL Championship Washington Redskins vs Cleveland Rams this is before Los Angeles Rams chilly and cold and 1981 AFC Championship known as freezer Bowl San Diego Chargers vs Cincinnati Bengals Whomping wind chill - 59° degrees below zero
I lived in central Illinois after moving back home from Georgia a couple of years before. I'll never forget how frigging cold it was that weekend... that whole winter... not as bad as '77-'78 but it seemed to snow at least once a week from December to March. Horrible.
Forrest Gregg was involved in arguably the two coldest games in NFL history. Played in the Ice Bowl for the Packers and coached the Bengals in the Freezer Bowl.
at least he wasnt in #TheFogBowl
As I'm watching the commercials, I remember being a young football fan watching nfl network. This nostalgia brings back awesome memories as a kid.
One of the best NFL Top Ten episodes. The commercials kind of take you back too.
Most definitely. This, and One Shot Wonders are probably two of the very best out of all 150 or so.
Happy normal families appreciating their mom or grilling with dad. Nowadays that commercial would be two obese lesbian moms making soy insect burgers. Fatties flipping patties.
Steve Van Buren, 1948....that's dedication, man
Funny thing about the Freezer Bowl is that the prior week, the Chargers played in hot and humid Miami. In one week, they went from the toaster oven to the freezer.
This Redskins fans would still like that game to be played on a field that wasn't 58 degrees below zero.
@@w41duvernay I'm assuming you're talking about Chargers fans
Kinda like dropping a hot glass into water. CRACK!!!
More like from a sauna {humidity} to a freezer.
I just mentioned that. I doubt those extremes back to back will ever be repeated.
Seriously the meteorologist being here makes this whole list much better as he details exactly why the weather was the way it was.
Some later episodes the unrelated guests didn’t add much, but the meteorologist in this episode is one of the better they used.
I feel like hot weather games aren't respected enough. What about that Miami playoff game against San Diego in '81? Heat can affect you in ways cold can't.
I remember a game in Arizona at the Cardinals' old stadium with the metal benches, they put an egg on one of the benches and it was cooked within a few minutes. it was probably 120 degrees. much worse than cold in my opinion
In the Top 10 Homefield Advantages video they talked about how the Orange Bowl had opposing teams wilting under the searing Miami heat (ha, I made a funny!). But yeah, the Epic In Miami is a prime example of heat absolutely taking it out of you.
Good point and it did affect the Chargers, especially Kellen Winslow. They had 81 degree temperatures in that game and I don’t know what the heat index was, but it had to be higher than 81. After playing an overtime game that day, the conditions were the exact opposite extreme a week later. I know the official low wind chill was -59 for the game, but we were told throughout Ohio that gusts could take it as low as -75 degrees. I am surprised,i in facing those two extremes in a weeks time that some Chargers didn’t have side effects from it.
yeah, some hot weather games would be good. I remember one between the Cowboys and Cardinals (back in '97 I think, @ Sun Devil) where it was just ridiculously hot. Guys were just dying.
At least in hot weather you can hydrate yourself constantly. One you're freezing cold that's it.
I love how everybody who's mad at Henderson had to bring up that he was a convict. Because if there's one group of people with impeccable records it's NFL players...
And the way they call him a convict, you'd think Henderson was a serial killer.
In the Missing Rings special on the 81 Chargers, Kellen Winslow said he got frostbite in his left big toe and now feels it in his right thumb whenever it gets cold because of that game
Noted - the Chargers had no answers at all in that weather.
He also almost collapsed of heat exhaustion the week before in the Epic In Miami against the Dolphins
One of my fav Top 10s. I love hearing about some of these games like the Bucs-Chiefs "Monsoon" game, or the Sneakers Game, which I had read about when I was a kid, the Eagles-Cards Blizzard game, and of course the Ice Bowl.
29:10 Gene Atkinson: Lynn Swann: SOFT 😂😂😂😂
Atkinson is such a crybaby
Hard enough to win 4 Super Bowls in 6 years. The Raiders have only been to 5 Super Bowls in 60 years, and whine every time they lose. Shea '68, Pittsburgh '72, Pittsburgh '75 as we see here, Denver '77, Foxboro '01 as we see here. And how many times have they won games they shouldn't have? Foxboro '76 and San Diego '78 are the most notorious examples.
They keep playing that on these top tens with Gene calling Swann soft. Swann was hit in the head in mid air countless times, and still got up to beat them. That's not soft. That's kicking their you know whats. All those years in the 70's, the Raiders thought they were tough and evil.. But the Steelers were the ultimate in darkness. The greatest dynasty and best team in NFL history and dominated the 70's. The Raiders evil couldn't beat the Men of Steel. You can't beat the dark Supermen.🤤
@@algini12tbf the Steelers are 3-2 (‘72, 74, 75) against the Raiders in the playoffs during the 70s (‘73 and 76)
I grew up in northern Minnesota and we could play tackle football in the deep snow because no one could get hurt. We wore chopper mitts as a normal thing around the farm which were oversized wool mittens with leather mittens over them. So when we went out for a pass, just before the ball got to the receiver, the receiver would snap his hands downward and the mittens would come off and you could catch the ball. Then you go find your mittens for the next play. They shut schools only if it got to 25 below but we still had to milk the cows and feed and water all the animals. If we shut off the hose for a second, we had to drag the frozen hose into the basement of the house to get it to thaw. You had to drain out all the water before you brought it back outside or it would freeze immediately. It only got to 40 below once but that was the very bottom of our thermometer so who knows how could it was then.
I grew up in chicagoland. It was cold. Then i visited a friend in Minneapolis. No contest. Anyway seeing Bronco Nagurski a gopher in l recall is cool. Saw his size 14 shoes at hall of fame. The cleates were 1.5 to 2 inches of what looked like bronze. Could not imagine having those feet trample any part of your body in the cold.
Hell, we played tackle football as kids in the seventies. I broke my hand in 1977 in a backyard game.
Ah yes I remember those days on the farm in Missouri. Always had to drain the hose or it'd get frozen solid in minutes. I also remember having to take the axe and walking to the ponds in pasture that resembled tundra to chop through the ice so the cows could get water. Twice a day sometimes three if it was zero with a wind chill of -25. When everything thawed it turned into a quagmire of mud. It was always a moment of suspense for me listening to the radio listening for school closings. However if we were hosting a basketball tourney hell or high water couldn't make them close school.
29:10 I would've commented on this video a lot sooner, but it took me this long to stop laughing at George WWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHtkinson calling someone else a crybaby with a straight face 😂
This video should be called assorted commercials
Ok a couple of questions, did you take the time to record this, did you take the time to post this, did you personally request this to be posted commercial free most importantly did you pay Isaac Green for his effort in recording, posting this. If the answer is no to any of these questions shut the hell up, this is not exclusively meant for George but also for the 21 people who did this 👍. I noticed these commercials as well I found it quite easy to hit the forward arrow on the remote. See, when you press that key it will advance the program 10sec with a commercial break typically being between 60 and 90 sec you press that button 6 to 9 times. Guess work gone I hope you do that before you bitch about something you got for free.
@@bumpusjones.1978 lmao shut up
Isaac Green can you upload the "Top 10 Innovations" by NFL films. Thanks in advance.
Love the story about Steve Van Buren. That trek to the stadium and back is so relatable.
GOD bless Halas, Lombardi and Curly Lambeau for this beautiful league . You too Mr. Rooney. And other I may fogetten
Paul Brown
You also saw Wellington Mara in this video who was with the Giants for 80 years (1925-2005)..
Bert Bell
Dont forget a about shane falco
Don’t you forget about me
This is like looking into a time capsule
5:38 This commercial unlocked some MEMORIES
😅😅 3g droid
Isaac Green can you upload the "Top 10 Innovations" by NFL films. Thanks in advance.
48:44 "Where's Mark Henderson? Did they ever get that guy out of jail?"
Referencing "The Snowplow Game" that actually made this list too.
#9 is great. You wanna understand that jubilation? Tampa won 7 games the first 3 years of its existence combined.
@Harry Engel I know it was a real feel good story.
@@Gungho73 and then Culverhouse completely fucked it up by being cheap as hell and the Buccaneers went back to being the dumpster fire of the NFL until Dungy came into town.
@@arizonawrestlinginterviews1040 He found he could spend no money and make money. A classic businessman not understanding how money was made in the sport.
@@arizonawrestlinginterviews1040 There's weird eras like that in history. Sometimes we say the owners are the problem, like in Cincinnati. But Culverhouse and, I cant remember the gentleman, but the man who owned the Patriots prior to the Kraft era clearly didn't understand what it took to make a football team produce and practical. Those teams were vile for stretches of time.
@@Gungho73 Victor K. Kiam II
How was the 81-82 AFC Title Game not #1? It was the coldest game in league history.
@GetBenched. The Ice Bowl is arguably the most famous because of the finish, the last NFL title for Lombardi…it’s a game they will talk about 50 years from now
Because of Packers bias
@@EmmaBonn96🤡
Angelo Cataldi complaining about the Fog Bowl is the most Eagle fan thing ever, lol. They'll throw batteries and beer cans on the field but can't handle a little fog.
I have watched for this game to show up on a list as I watched the Freezer Bowl from about 100 miles away. On that day, I had to travel back to Columbus as I was returning to Ohio State for the start of winter quarter, the next day. I grew up in Alliance, Ohio (near Canton) and left at about 8 am that morning. Where we were, it was -13 degrees. When we got to. Columbus, it was 8 or 9 below. We watched the game, but I knew it was a forgone conclusion. San Diego would never win this game. Let me explain just how bad it was. The winds were strong enough that in some places in the state, the wind chill was as low as -75 depending on the gusts. To show you how that can affect things, there was ice on the inside of our windows in my dorm room. What happened was that the temperature difference between inside and outside caused condensation which kept running down the window and freezing at the bottom. There was a 6” portion of ice, a half inch thick, across the width of the window, at the bottom. We also had 6” of snow on the ground in Columbus, with gale force winds blowing it around. They almost cancelled classes the next day , for only the second time in history. So, you see what ridiculous conditions the game was played in. Sorry, but not even the Ice Bowl was this extreme. San Diego just didn’t stand a chance. Maybe a few individuals could have adjusted, but not the whole team. Conversely, this is Ohio. The Bengals had dealt with similar weather before, if not that extreme. The weather may never have been quite this bad for a game, but it has been close. I remember a whole month of below zero temperatures one winter. The Freezer Bowl should be number one. I should know, I was out in it.
And to top it off, San Diego has just played the weekend before in an epic game in Miami that featured Kellen Winslow being carried off the game due to pure exhaustion from the heat and the length of the game being an OT game. That has to take a toll on the body professional athlete or not. Then to go from playing in 80 degree weather to -9 with nasty wind chills......
I have a co-worker from Columbus, Ohio State fan, of course, and he told me one time the snow's real bad up there. I'm from Oklahoma, and the wind here is what makes travelling dangerous. The opposite of Ohio, as I understand it.
Craig, you have any pictures or any other type of documentation??
@@sludge8506 No, nothing but my personal experience, but any football fan from Ohio, in their 50’s or above, might.
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Hate the Bears but seeing Dave Duerson makes it difficult to hate the Bears at this moment. It’s a shame, and I feel for the people he left behind.
As a Bears fan, I will say this- if the fog had not rolled in on that day, I think Chicago loses. The Bears were badly understaffed (Dent, Wilson, and Perry were out of commission, McMahon wasn't healthy which was sadly common), and Philadelphia had a solid team under Buddy Ryan.
It's no wonder, looking back on it now, that San Francisco blasted them the next week. It would have been a more competitive game if it would have been the Eagles.
And yes, I agree with you about Duerson. It's a tragedy to be sure. RIP
I enjoy football, but it’s disgusting to me that, after watching a decades old game, some pathetic ancient armchair warrior makes a post saying how much he liked the brutality.
I've been searching for this video for years I'm so glad it finally got uploaded
Even Brady was pissed he fumbled the ball. That says everything you need to know.
We never said it wasn't a fumble but that was the rule, we didn't make it but we're glad it was there!
What a great piece of football history. I knew about one of these games (the snow bowl, the fog bowl) but most of them I didn’t.
And just....wow.
Really appreciate you uploading all these top 10s really brings back memories of watching these before going to the bus stop for school
"Bring a shovel, get in free..." wow...lol
Thanks for keeping the old commercials in these are so nostalgic lol.
Thanks for the upload. Looking forward to the start of the 2020 NFL Season
You're welcome. Me too.
The Thanksgiving outta be up with Leon Lett of the Dolphins and Cowboys and that was the 1st time i seen snow in Texas in 93. Classic 😊.
I am a Cowboys fan and when I saw the field at the beginning of the game I said, uh-oh. Thanks to Leon Lett, uh-oh was right. What makes it crazier is that I believe he had another brain lock in the Super Bowl, turning a long fumble return TD with his showboating causing Dallas a record for most points scored in a Super Bowl.
GREAT CATCH!!!! thank you for sharing with us
Every late season game at Metropolitan Stadium (aka, The Met) in Bloomington, Minnesota, was a bad weather game. It was a great advantage when the playoffs came; however, business thought otherwise and moved the team into a domed stadium in downtown Minneapolis. We're no better than L.A., San Diego, or Tampa Bay at tolerating foul weather now. How much more can the game deteriorate?
It was clearly all about business and the idea to host superbowls,bowl games and any other events. The packers and bears have stuck to outdoor games their fanbase does not care about the cold weather heck the revel in it they know in big game if they play the vikings and its a cold weather game they can win. Look at the 98 vikings if they played outdoors against the falcons in cold Minnesota they probably beat them handily because the falcons played in a dome with warm weather.
Well without the Dome you wouldn't have the Vikes anymore so... Would you rather have a soft team that can't win in the cold or no team at all?
@@jasonfire3434 Yes, if Red McComb had had his way, they might have been the San Antonio Vikings. And how many Norwegians are in San Antonio?
The 1977 NFC playoff game Vikings at Rams Mudbowl should have been in the top 10. Another game that didn't even get a mention was the 1949 NFL Championship Game Eagles at Rams. It was eerily similar to the 1977 contest. Played in a relentless downpour, Philly won 14-0. Rams owner Dan Reaves wanted the game postponed but NFL commissioner Bert Bell refused claiming radio broadcast commitments made a postponement impossible. That game was called "The Muddy Day in Sunsville!"
Tom Brady owes his entire career to the tuck rule play
As a Ravens fan all I have to say about the Tuck Rule is that people need to get over it honestly you know why? Because not only had that call been used earlier that season when the Patriots played the Jets when Vinny Testaverde had gotten the same call but it had also been used since 1999 almost two years before that Patriots vs Raiders playoff game was in existence.
That's not the only thing either. During that game after the officials had made that call the Raiders had opportunities to put that game away in their favor. They could have blocked Adam Vinatieri's field goal, and they could have stopped the Patriots offense in overtime the Raiders defense had them on 4th down and still didn't get a stop in OT
the Raiders had their chances and they didn't seal the game. So you tell me who's really to blame here? The officials or the Raiders ineptitude?
@Harry Engel gasp what's this? It appears someone has common sense?!
@Harry Engel Brady on the Ravens would be to quote a famous actor "The Role of a Lifetime!" My two favorite players of all time Ray Lewis and Tom Brady on the same team would be nothing short of spectacular
@Harry Engel you wouldn't know if I told you
@Harry Engel Bledsoe was a massive Yards machine
So for #5, Madden was complaining that the Raiders were affected more because they ran around the edges (where the ice was worst) while the Steelers ran up the middle (where it wasn't as bad). Then where does Franco run to score his touchdown? Around the edge and up the sideline. Ironic.
I like the attitude of those guys in 48.
We need that attitude they had in 48 now in 2020
That was when Philadelphia was the true city of brotherly love. That's my hometown, but you couldn't pay me enough to live there today.
Listen, I say that as a COWBOYS fan too!
1980 Raiders Browns playoff game was the coldest since the Ice Bowl
Thanks Issac, keep em coming
This list should have been called the top 9 bad weather games that arent the Ice Bowl.😂
That Steve Van Buren story is amazing. Those were men.
Man, you just gotta love how the actual show had frame skips all over while the commercials ran smooth.
I remember watching the "Fog Bowl" with my (still) best friend as a couple of 16 yr olds. I was pulling for the Bears and he hated the BEARS and wanted the game suspended.
Bears got thumped the next week anyway and were out of the playoffs.
Glad you left the commercials in, brings back fond memories of better days
Based on the GMC Terrain commercial I'd say this program was first aired a little over 10 years ago, but it still feels good to see. Love when they leave the commercials from the original broadcast.
2013 Eagles and Lions game in the snow needs to be up there.
This was from 2010
@Fries That's because the end was bizarre!
I still can't help but go along with the "Who Dey?!..." chant at 33:52-33:56.
It makes me laugh, personally & why I really find it hilarious is that they're doing it in freezing cold temperatures & seem absolutely unphased by it.
Good stuff Issac, I do have a suggestion: top 10 QB's of the 1990's if u have it thanks!!
I will try to find it.
1962 NFL title game between the Giants and the Packers at Yankee Stadium should be on the list as well. Forty mile an hour wind and frozen field. Green Bay brought their team and the weather with them.
Loved Fours’ comments about his game. Class act. Owns it and gives props to Cincy. I don’t know why, since I’m not a fan of his team, but I’ve always kind of liked Dan Fouts. Now I see why… just a decent person. Owns his performance and credits the Bengals. So many of these players and coaches are just constant whiners. Raiders players whining about the Steelers. Shula whining about the Pats, when he turned around and did something equally devious several weeks later himself. It’s all fine and well if you win, I guess, right? Give me a break. These are supposed to be big tough guys. Grow up. Fouts’ reaction/response was perfect. Very classy and respectful. Just tip your cap to the team that beat you. Same thing with the Raiders (once again!) whining about the snow bowl… hating on the Patriots… as if the Patriots made that call. Right or wrong (and the more I watch it the more I think it was actually the right call), the refs made it. Hating on the other team like they stole the game from you is pathetic… especially since that only resulted in a tie and Oakland had multiple additional opportunities to win. They blew it. Over and over and over again. But whine about ONE call (a possibly correct one) that impacted the game. Losers. Whiners. Crybabies. Pathetic. Hat’s off to classy Dan Fouts. Virtually the ONLY decent player on the losing side interviewed in this entire program. Class act, Dan!
I should add to my own comment regarding the Raiders vs New England that the NFL made the fiasco worse than it was. It was NOT ruled an incompletion because of the tuck rule!!!!! Fact!!! End of story!!! The NFL made that up after the fact and only muddied the waters. It was ruled, just as the referee announced during the game, an incompletion because the arm was moving forward. That was the rule. It still is, even after the elimination of the tuck rule. So, Raiders fans and players whining that, as in this video, “it’s never been enforced or since”… fine… you’re right… and it wasn’t enforced in this game either. It was a stupid excuse that the NFL made up for whatever reason after the fact. The official clearly announced that the arm was moving forward. Even in today’s NFL, with the tuck rule deleted, that’s an incomplete pass. Here is why I think the NFL made up that excuse, and, in defense of the Raiders, as much as I’m ripping them, why they have an argument: Brady lost control of the ball almost at the very instant that his arm stopped moving forward. Sooooooooo… was it moving forward or not? Almost impossible to tell, because you can’t precisely determine loss of control. So, maybe it’s an incompletion, maybe it’s a fumble. When I see it, I think it’s an incompletion. So, I’m not all apoplectic about it. BUT… and this is where Raiders’ nation may have a beef… it’s supposed to be clear cut in order to overturn the call on the field. It absolutely was NOT clear cut. It never should’ve been overturned. But… my well of sympathy for the Raiders runs dry pretty fast because, even though it shouldn’t have been overturned, it was PROBABLY overturned to the right call. Here’s the problem with all of the audio commentary that you hear… “he’s pumping, not getting ready to pass!!!” That DOES NOT MATTER according to NFL rules even today. It’s irrelevant. The commentators are morons. If his arm is moving forward, it’s incomplete. Period. That’s the rule. End of story. So, although I agree with Raiders’ Nation that the call shouldn’t have been overturned, that’s only because the evidence wasn’t indisputable. Looked to me like his arm WAS going forward. So, the initial ruling on the field was WRONG (and the tuck rule had nothing to do with it… that was an after the fact pathetic defense by the NFL). So, I’m sorry, I have a REAL hard time being sympathetic when your argument is that the WRONG call should’ve been upheld because you can’t PROVE it was wrong. Actually, by the letter of the law, you’re right… which is why the NFL had to make their lame tuck rule declaration. But, bitch, please… that is one lane defense, Raiders Nation. “Please uphold the WRONG call because the evidence isn’t incontrovertible.” That is one seriously weak, lame argument… “I know we’re wrong. But you might have a hard time proving it. So… since you said we were right in the first place, even though everyone knows we’re not… please don’t change your mind.” The ONLY reason most people to this day still think the Raiders’ argument is right is because the NFL poisoned the well with the tuck rule. The tuck rule had nothing to do with this call. That was an after the fact invention. The on field official told you why the call was reversed. His arm was moving forward. Even now that the tuck rule has been abolished, nothing would change… the “arm moving forward” still constitutes an incomplete pass. And that’s what the official announced. The tuck rule was irrelevant. It was not a factor in that call. The official announced it himself… arm moving forward… incomplete. The tuck rule has been erased from the rule book and guess what? This portion of the rule remains the same… arm moving forward… incomplete. I’ll repeat it for the umpteenth time, the reason the NFL had to intercede with that piss-poor excuse is because the evidence wasn’t incontrovertible. So, the ruling on the field shouldn’t have been overturned - which is the ONLY correct argument Raiders’ Nation has. That said, the ruling on the field was PROBABLY wrong (yes, it’s not incontrovertible… tough to tell). So, I have zero sympathy for Raiders’ Nation. Sure, the ruling probably shouldn’t have been changed. But, in the same light, it was probably changed to the CORRECT call. How is ANY NFL fan supposed to be upset by the officials making the right call?!?!?! The officials were right, and you lost. So, please tell me, where exactly is the controversy? There is none. Patriots won fair and square. The NFL actually made it worse, injecting controversy, with their made up excuse about the tuck rule.
If anything, the Patriots got screwed by having their legitimacy questioned!!! The right call was made, the better team won. End of story. And they proved they were the better team. They absolutely steamrolled Pittsburgh in a game PIT assumed they’d win. Would the raiders have done the same? And barring one irrelevant Willie McGinest holding call - about 20 yards away from the play - the Patriots would’ve pancaked the Rams in the Super Bowl. Y’all remember that play? Fumble and a 95 yard return for a TD… called back on a completely irrelevant holding call 20-30 yards away from the play, on the complete opposite side of the field. I’m not complaining. Don’t care. Best team still won. All I’m pointing out is that the game wasn’t as close as the score indicated. Patriots dominated both the Steelers AND “the greatest show on turf”. You seriously think the Raiders would’ve done the same? LOL. The better team won The Snow Bowl game. And the Brady incompletion call was probably correct. I’ll grant that there’s a small chance it wasn’t correct and, by rule, it shouldn’t have been overturned. But it’s the Raiders claiming they lost on some technicality. No no no no no… had they WON, THAT would’ve been on a technicality. They would’ve won because the officials PROBABLY made the wrong call on the field, and because it was merely PROBABLE, not CERTAIN, they couldn’t overturn it. They had the balls to go with what was probably correct (and, yes, probably violated the rules, which would’ve handed the Raiders a win on a technicality). The officials deserve a bonus and an award for opting to get it right over following some ill-defined rule (what percentage defines clear and irrefutable evidence? 100%? Or is 90% enough? And if 90% is enough, how about 80 or 75%?). The replay official just said fuck it and called it as it was. Kudos to him. Get it right. That’s the most important thing.
He called it right and the best team won. There is no controversy in that game. It’s all manufactured controversy. And, sadly, the NFL itself contributed to the controversy by injecting the tuck rule bullshit. The tuck rule had nothing to do with it. That was an after the fact addendum in order to protect the officials. The officials needed no protection. They made the correct call. And as I’ve pointed out a million times, even WITHOUT the tuck rule, the same call would be made today. If the QB’s arm is moving forward, it’s deemed a forward pass. Period. End of story. In fact, I’m not trying to be a Pats fan here. You want to find a case where the Pats got an advantage with this rule? It is NOT the Raiders game. It’s their SB win vs the Falcons. The strip sack of Matt Ryan. Was his arm moving forward? Very, very, very hard to tell. But Hightower didn’t hit his arm forward, and the ball landed in front of Ryan. Soooooo… simple physics tells me forward momentum. Incomplete pass. And it’s much the same situation. TECHNICALLY, on review, it’s unclear, you can’t overturn it. But REALLY it was probably incomplete. So, by rule, technically, since it’s unclear, you can’t overturn it… but in fairness, you should… it’s the right thing to do. SO…… anyone who may be disagreeing with me up to now based on some Patriot Hate you have in your heart, you maybe should shift your ire to that SB game. THAT was a truly dubious play. The Raiders Snow Bowl… not so much. Correct call. Best team won. Zero controversy. It deserves to be on this list for its horrific weather. But if anyone thinks it’s on this list because of the controversy……. Nope. Zero controversy. Right call. Best team won. Simple as that, honestly. I’m actually regretting typing this much, except I know how defensive Raiders fans still are over this. It’s dumb. Why did I type all this? Waste of my time.
The right team won. The better team won.
Maybe I should just circle back to my praise of Dan Fouts. Amen and kudos to him for being the only person on the losing end in this video to behave like a mature adult. Team Raiders are a bunch of infantile clowns. Take a lesson. Fouts exemplifies how a professional accepts loss.
What about Bronco Nagurski at 13:00.
Raiders have been involved in some of the most controversial games in NFL history lol
Anybody who says they think cold is football weather has never played football in cold weather, it’s not pleasant, every scrape, scratch and fall is amplified and hurts way more, plus you’re going all out on every play end your lungs are burning, I hated playing in the cold
Too bad that college games are not included in this. The 1950 Ohio State-Michigan game was called the Snow Bowl. It was such an iconic game, even though Michigan one, it is highlighted on many OSU. Ideas. Incidentally OSU got a field goal, but Michigan scored a touchdown and safety after blocked punts. Speaking of punts, there were 47 of them in the game.
College football would have the 1979 Cotton Bowl, the 1967 Alabama-Auburn game (Ken Stabler's run), and (if infamy is allowed) the 1983 Oregon-Oregon State rivalry game (aka the Toilet Bowl) - that's for starters.
ohio state would've made the rose bowl if they decided not to play... but they did, and lost to michigan. interesting how that went
11:00 - I had completely forgotten about how cool the massive crowds used to look when they would all simultaneously snap photos of the kickoff of major football games. All the camera flashes going off sporadically all around the stadium, it was a really cool sight. Wow, I can't believe I never noticed that those flashes had disappeared completely. I like our latest technological advancements, with our phones being one of the best, BUT, it does kind of suck that the days of thousands of camera flashes all going off at nearly the same moment, are gone forever!! Anyway, I know this is a stupid thing to point out or miss, but hey, it's a cool sight damn it!! And I'd completely forgotten about it somehow lol.... :))
EDIT: Obviously I am aware that our phones still have a flash lol, but they do not produce the effect that you see in the clip I pointed out with my time-stamp. Those are from the days when people had to bring a real camera with them if they wanted to take any pictures of the game, and their flashes are much brighter....
The guy who said Powerful Perilous, Pigskin, Prodigys for the Bears. I wonder how long it took that guy to come up with four words that begin with the letter P ? That was awesome though.
It's called alliteration.
19:38-22:30 is one of the greatest stories I've heard in my entire life! CLASSIC!!!
Two more points from the Ice Bowl. First Jethro Pugh had wrecked hands from Frostbite he got in that game. Still he played until 1975. Second, a four time coach in a Super Bowl almost ended up being the hero. The Cowboys called a halfback option late in the third quarter that Dan Reeves completed to Lance Rentzel for a 50 yard touchdown to take the lead.
Great upload brother
When I was in high school in South Jersey, we played a game in Atlantic City at old Bader Field. No matter when you played at this stadium it was always cold and windy as it was just off the bay and right next to a small airport. This particular game it was so windy that the other team's punter punted the ball and the wind blew it back over his head. We ended up winning something like 20-6 where we barely passed the ball and converted only 1 2 point conversion.
The Ice Bowl is one of the greatest games ever played.
Sorry but its gotta be sunny and between 60°-85° if I ever get free tickets to watch the Bengals...or to even go to Cincinnati
Anything changed in a year? 😝
@@utahhoopsfreak8648 yep. 40°- 85°..
Still wouldn't be thrilled to be going to cinci
Vikings vs Seahawks in that play off game in Minn was also pretty epic in terms of coldness.
thanks for the content amigo
You're welcome.
Nowadays Oh the weather’s bad we can’t play
8:45 “I’ve never seen so much LIFE” lol
Rain.
It's amazing how bitter George Atkinson still is about their losses. Stating the Steelers cheated by purposely made the field conditions icy (as if the Raiders never cheated), the bad call on the Tuck Rule game (they have benefited from a bad penalty call which sealed them a playoff victory against the Patriots) and call the Immaculate Reception the Immaculate Deception. What a crying baby!
@Harry Engel he has no reason to be bitter about the tuck rule.
Appreciate Bob Ryan willing to be objective about the Tuck Rule despite working for the Boston Globe
1:46 Red Right 88.
8:05 The 1979 Kansas City vs. Tampa Bay monsoon.
10:42 The Sneakers Game.
15:55 The Snowplow Game.
19:33 The Philly Blizzard.
26:07 The 1975 AFC Championship.
33:21 The Freezer Bowl!
37:09 The Fog Bowl!
45:02 The Tuck Rule!
53:31 The Ice Bowl.
Don't you mean 45:02 The SNOW BOWL game! 😆
@@johnnguyen270 Nope, this game was known for the use of the TUCK RULE.
@@joshuagamboaii741 Up here in New England we have a different name for that game! THE SNOW BOWL GAME!
Seems fitting that both New England Patriots & Green Bay Packers had games on the list.
@@TonyArceneaux-uu3cfTalking about playing in the snow in the northern-most part of the United States.
1975 AFC championship Al Davis thinks the NFL was against him as always
Just win baby
They were the nfl always hated Al davis and the raiders after trying to sue him and loss
Need to cut commercials
I just realized
Doug Williams sounds exactly the same as Charles Barkley
These old school commercials are gasoline
That fog game looks very interesting to try, lol
The Eagles were screwed over.
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Before the Super Bowl 🥣 we had a pair of championships games NFL & AFL.
NFL TOP 10 needs to come back with new episodes
They need to move the game around more than they do. The weather makes it a classic and it's how we remember playing it as kids.
To Mike Craig: Good point. I’m sure Winslow was close to heat stroke from the week before. That can affect you for more than a day or two, if it is bad. And Winslow was probably more important to those San Diego teams than the receivers were. Most safeties and linebackers couldn’t cover him, so he was a severe matchup problem.
"The Kellen Winslow Game." That's the only example I know of a player LITERALLY leaving everything he had on the field. If that game had lasted any longer and Winslow had continued playing in it, he might have died.
I don't understand the RR88 controversy. Everyone acts like it was 4th down with 5 seconds left. It was 2nd down with 50 seconds. Sam R gets all the blame, but nothing says Sipe had to throw into double coverage. There were 2 other WRs and a check down option to Pruitt.
Third down actually.
I actually appreciated those old commercials lol
Good shit bro
Belichick must of been watching that snowplow game as a youngster and realized "that's the kinda team I want to coach for, I'll get to push the envelope and piss everyone off with ideas that aren't really cheating until after I get away with it
Salty bitch
Belichick was already coaching in the league. The Patriots had a history of questionable coaches before Belichick with Meyer, Carroll, and Chuck Fairbanks
The fogbowl should have been called. It was ridiculous to try to play a game without being able to see past 5 yds. No one has ever explained to me why that game continued. Seriously?
Fun fact: the final score of the game Fanus Philici claim should've been postponed was closer than it was when the weather they invoke took root.
There's a documentary on the game explaining why they kept playing, but to give you the short version, neither coach wanted to call the game, so the refs obliged them.
@@Jonathan83X I didn't know that and thanks for clearing that up. I can't say I agree with their decision, but armchair quarterbacking is an easy sport . Thanks again.
@@sheilapasquini6232 Yea, you ought to look it up. It's called Timeline: Fog Bowl. It's sadly not on CZcams anymore other than some small clips of it, but it was really a well done documentary.
Anyway, the main reason Buddy Ryan didn't want to suspend the game was because he was ticked off at the refs for how they were officiating the game before the fog rolled in, so to him, it was an equalizer.
To be fair, he wasn't entirely wrong. Cunningham did throw for over 400 yards in that game. The problem was the team kept turning the ball over in the red zone, which is why I roll my eyes at Eagle fans crying foul about it. The Eagles had chance after chance to win that game, but when you turn the ball over numerous times in the red zone, then you can't blame the refs for losing you the game.
Yhea I remember watching it and I kept thinking why aren't they calling this game?!
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Thank you!
@@DaDitka your welcome my friend
Best part of football is playing in crazy weather conditions
Andrew Rand ye
I love those games
Yes I loved playing in the rain in High School on natural grass. So much fun.
I like hearing these stories about how back in the 30s and 40s how players didn't have no ego and was all about heart and they did everything they could to play the game like the players did on that field by having to roll out the old term for bringing a new one because of the snow that was just so awesome I wish players now had that same heart and drive I know times have changed but back then seem like people had more backbone
That Great Clips commercial is straight comedy
This last monsoon, 49ers vs Bears smh
I'm not sure how this channel doesn't have over 1 million subs
I like the old New England Patriots logo.
Me too!
25:24 is that Chris Schenkel? Old school bowling fan here ...the man's a Midwestern legend
That meteorologist has so much enthusiasm!!
He's with the Weather Channel enough said
Those two words in the NFL says it all: Football Weather!!!
To Robert Levine: What I recently thought about was what the two extremes in temperature in back to back games probably did to Kellen ( And, maybe the rest of the Chargers) in Cincinnati, the next week. Who knows if he was fully recovered. He had to have had heat exhaustion ( And who knows if other players weren’t in similar shape. We just saw Kellen, but the conditions were very hot and very humid that day.). The aftermath of that stuff can affect you for a bit of time, after the fact. So, the Chargers may have been far from 100% as a whole. Then there is the contrast of going from the climate they trained in ( San Diego) and the climate they played in the previous week ( Miami) to, basically, Siberia. Like I said, I was in Ohio on that day. I am 61, but it is the coldest day I have ever seen in this state during my lifetime. And I am used to it. A team that trains in warm, moderate weather all year has no hope of adjusting in a few days time. To piggy back on your initial point, it is no wonder San Diego never out up a fight. The immediate temperature was only a part of it. They tried, but didn’t seem to have a prayer anyway. And I am sure Kellen, and many of their players were far less than 100%.
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Greatest bad weather in NFL history 1945 NFL Championship Washington Redskins vs Cleveland Rams this is before Los Angeles Rams chilly and cold and 1981 AFC Championship known as freezer Bowl San Diego Chargers vs Cincinnati Bengals Whomping wind chill - 59° degrees below zero
Harry Engel Riverfront stadium in Cincinnati Ohio for 1981 season very chilly and cold
I lived in central Illinois after moving back home from Georgia a couple of years before. I'll never forget how frigging cold it was that weekend... that whole winter... not as bad as '77-'78 but it seemed to snow at least once a week from December to March. Horrible.
Ken Anderson and Dan Fouts! Couple of great Quarterbacks from that era.
A lot of people not me said that Ken Anderson wasn't a good quarterback to make to the NFL Hall of Fame.
54:41 iconic move by Dave Robinson
lol at shula for being mad for not thinking of it first