WE WANT DALLAS! WE WANT DALLAS! WE WANT DALLAS! WE WANT DALLAS! WE WANT DALLAS! WE WANT DALLAS! I MEAN, IT BRINGS THE HAIR UP.
IT STILL DOES. GRIMMY!
GREAT, MAN! THEY SAID THEY'RE GONNA
COME IN HERE -- THEY'RE THE BUTCHERS
AND WE'RE THE HOGS. THE THING THEY FORGOT IS BEFORE
A HOG GOES TO THE BUTCHER, SOMEBODY GOT TO KILL IT. Baldwin:
HOG FUTURES WERE ON THE RISE. ONLY THE COWBOYS STOOD
BETWEEN THE REDSKINS AND SUPER BOWL XVII. EVERYONE IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL
WAS GOING HOG WILD OVER AN NFC CHAMPIONSHIP DATE
WITH THE REDSKINS' ARCHRIVAL. IT JUST SEEMS TO BE
THE NATURAL INSTINCT OF HOGS THAT WHEN THEY SEE
A DALLAS COWBOYS JERSEY, THEY WANT TO TEAR IT APART. [ HOGS SQUEALING ] Grimm: WE DIDN'T LIKE DALLAS.
THEY DIDN'T LIKE US. WE HAVE TO BEAT THESE GUYS. I DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE
ALL OFF-SEASON AGAIN HEARING ABOUT DALLAS. WE WANT DALLAS! WE WANT DALLAS! WE WANT DALLAS! WE WANT DALLAS! WE WANT DALLAS! WE WANT DALLAS! WE WANT DALLAS! WE WANT DALLAS! WE WANT DALLAS! Walker: I'M CERTAIN
THAT THROUGHOUT TIME, PEOPLE HAVE HAD
THIS EXACT SAME FEELING WHEN THEY HAD TO GO
INTO GREAT CONQUESTS. IT'S WHAT MOST GUYS THINK THE SUPER BOWL EXPERIENCE
WILL BE LIKE. BUT THE SUPER BOWL PALES
IN COMPARISON TO THIS. Baldwin: MATCHED AGAINST
THE GREAT RANDY WHITE, RUSS GRIMM PLAYED
THE GAME OF HIS LIFE, AND THE REDSKINS TOOK CONTROL. Grimm: WE RAN THE BALL LIKE
EIGHT, NINE TIMES STRAIGHT. NOT SO MUCH AS A STATEMENT. WE JUST FELT WE COULD RUN
THE FOOTBALL. Announcer: RIGGINS PICKED UP
ABOUT 7 ON THAT FIRST CARRY, AND HE MOVED ABOUT SIX PEOPLE
WITH HIM. Baldwin: BEHIND GRIMM'S
FAIRY-TALE PERFORMANCE, JOHN RIGGINS RIPPED THROUGH
THE COWBOYS FOR 140 YARDS. WASHINGTON WAS UP 11 POINTS. AND DANNY WHITE WAS DOWN
FOR THE COUNT. Announcer: WHITE GOT SHAKEN UP
BY DEXTER MANLEY. AND WHITE IS DOWN. DANNY WHITE LOOKS LIKE
HE'S KNOCKED OUT. FIRST THOUGHT THAT WENT THROUGH
MY MIND -- "THANK GOD HE'S OUT OF THERE." THEY LOSE THEIR STARTING
QUARTERBACK. GOT TO BE GOOD FOR US. Announcer:
AND GARY HOGEBOOM COMES IN. H-O-G-E-B-O-O-M. Theismann:
THEN HOGEBOOM STEPS IN. AND, MY GOD,
IT'S NOT GARY HOGEBOOM. IT'S ROGER STAUBACH
IN GARY HOGEBOOM'S UNIFORM. Announcer: HOGEBOOM TO PASS.
HE GETS IT AWAY. OVER THE MIDDLE FOR JOHNSON.
TOUCHDOWN! SO IT WAS THE HIGHEST OF HIGHS
FOLLOWED BY BEING AT A WAKE. OUR PLACE WAS SILENT. Theismann:
THEN OUR DEFENSE. OUR DEFENSE STEPPED UP
AND MADE ANOTHER PLAY. Announcer:
PLAY-ACTION FAKE TO DORSETT. HID THE BALL WELL. SET UP A SCREEN.
BATTED IN THE AIR. PICKED OFF BY DARRYL GRANT! TOUCHDOWN, WASHINGTON REDSKINS! WOW.
THIS WAS THE MOMENT. THEY HAD IT. THERE'S A CHANCE.
THEY GOT A SHOT. NOW THEY DON'T. Baldwin: THE REDSKINS
AND THEIR CREW OF CHARACTERS WERE GOING TO SUPER BOWL XVII. THE ONLY FORMALITY
WAS RUNNING OUT THE CLOCK. Announcer:
4:26 LEFT IN THE GAME. THE REDSKINS, WHO LEAD BY 14,
TAKE OVER AT THEIR OWN 38. Theismann:
JOE SENDS THE PLAY IN. SPREAD RIGHT 60 OUTSIDE. RUSS GRIMM SAYS, "NO."
SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'NO'?" "I WANT TO RUN 50 GUT.
I WANT TO RUN AT RANDY." Grimm: WHEN THE PLAY CAME IN,
IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE, "WHY ARE WE RUNNING OUTSIDE? LET'S JUST RUN THE BALL
RIGHT AT THEM AGAIN." Announcer:
THE GIVE IS TO RIGGINS. OVER THE LEFT SIDE
BEFORE HE'S DRIVEN BACK. Theismann:
I LOOK TO THE SIDELINES. JOE SIGNALS IN 60 OUTSIDE. "ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
WE'RE GONNA RUN 60 OUTSIDE." RUSS GOES, "NO. 50 GUT." Announcer:
RIGGINS AGAIN. SLIDING RIGHT. BEYOND THE 45. Theismann: "WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
HE GOES, "50 GUT." Announcer: HERE'S RIGGINS AGAIN
FROM THE LEFT SIDE. BIG YARDS.
FIRST DOWN. "OKAY, GUYS.
I THINK THIS IS WORKING. SPREAD RIGHT 50 GUT." Announcer:
RIGGINS IS PILING UP THE YARDS. Theismann: "WHY DON'T WE TRY
THIS PLAY? 50 GUT." Announcer:
HE POWERS INSIDE THE 30. DOWN NEAR THE 26. I LOOK AT RUSS, AND HE'S GOING,
"RANDY, IT'S COMING AT YOU." Announcer: RIGGINS AGAIN.
HIS EIGHTH STRAIGHT CARRY. Theismann: THIS HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH RUNNING THE CLOCK OUT. THIS WAS BETWEEN RUSS GRIMM
AND RANDY WHITE AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE
AND RANDY WHITE. THEY WANTED TO BLOODY HIM. THEY WANTED TO BEAT HIM
INTO THE GROUND. THEY WANTED TO BURY HIM. Announcer:
THE GAME IS OVER. AND THE REDSKINS
HAVE WON IT 31-17. AND THEY GO TO THE SUPER BOWL. Walker:
YOU WATCH SO MANY SUPER BOWLS. IF I WASN'T HERE,
I'D BE HOME HAVING PEOPLE OVER. AND NOW THE SAME PEOPLE
WILL BE WATCHING ME. AND I LOVE IT! WE'RE NOT REAL TALENTED.
WE'RE NOT REAL GREAT. BUT WE'RE THE NFC CHAMPIONS.
THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. Theismann: THE FACT THAT WE WERE
GOING TO A SUPER BOWL WAS BASICALLY ANTICLIMACTIC. YOU DID IT.
YOU GOT US HERE, MAN. IT'S WHAT WE WAITED FOR.
I LOVE YOU. WE HAD BEAT THE TEAM THAT
EVERYBODY HATED WITH A PASSION. ALL RIGHT!
BRING OUT THE CHAMPAGNE! THAT MOMENT IS THE ONE MOMENT THAT STANDS OUT IN MY MIND
MORE THAN ANY IN MY ENTIRE CAREER
AS A FOOTBALL PLAYER.
I don't know if we will ever get this back. I'm a huge Redwings fan as well. We had one of the best rivalry's in sports with Colorado in the 90s. We've never got close to anything like since. It's sad, because it made watching sports that much more fun.
I think a lot of the players now a days are buddy buddy. With social media and things. They keep in touch easier and hangout together outside of football. Hard to believe they'd hate each other that bad again.
I'd love to see it though.
We just need both teams to do well (yes, even the fucking Cowboys)
Yankees/Red Sox is so good cause they seemingly always meet in the playoffs or dominate the rest of the AL East, when the Sox or Yanks suck for a bit the rivalry seems quiet.
Same exact thing with Steelers/Ravens, the best rivaraly in the NFL for the past decade (maybe even 2) cause both teams are almost always in the playoffs or have a winning record, or battling for the North in week 17.
The TV ratings prove Cowboys/
Redskinsis a draw, even when we're bad. The year both of us are 10-5 going into week 17 for the division the TV numbers will explode.Good ole days at RFK!
Winning fixes everything. (Except the workplace conduct.) They win games, the intensity is back vs Dallas.
With everything going on within the organization, I'd like to think the one thing that stands is that it's still "FUCK THE COWBOYS"
I absolutely expect to get it back
Just need sustained success again and the hate will flow
Take care of the winning & everything else shall follow. BTW we care way too much about the Cowboys, we can lose to them twice a season for the next 50 years for all I care, as long as we remain top tier competitive
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