# Sports fans: are there game replays/video recaps that you've watched many times? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 25, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554 "2026-04-25T19:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/41 "2026-04-28T07:42:56Z")
Watch ESPN’s 30 for 30 episode on this one play. Well, couple plays, but it’s with all the culprits: Kelce, Foles, Burton, Clement, Pederson. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVYa-GE9T6k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVYa-GE9T6k) Go to 4:00, if it’s not already lined up. (15 secs commercials). Great explanations-- sort of-- how they got there. On 4th and 1, Eagles didn’t think they could run it in. SO… try this dinger. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/42 "2026-04-28T12:28:57Z")
Redskins@Cowboys, 9/19/2005, Dallas led the entire game up until about 4 minutes left in the 4th quarter, when this happened: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JU7ZOTTdr18/hqdefault.jpg "Redskins vs. Cowboys 9/19/2005 MNF - Ending") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU7ZOTTdr18) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/43 "2026-04-28T12:38:00Z")
Oh, that’s a lovely one, I hadn’t seen that in a long time. That sent me looking for Kenny Houston vs Walt Garrison: [Redskins Top Plays: Ken Houston’s Big Stop 10/8/1973](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzI6BFH-fI) ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/44 "2026-04-28T12:54:56Z")
Billy Hatcher’s home run in the bottom of the 14th of game 6 of the 1986 NLCS, off the left field foul pole in the Astrodome. To this day I’m convinced that if only there had been a man on base, making that home run a walk off, then the Astros would have won game 7 and then beat the Red Sox in the World Series. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/45 "2026-04-28T13:10:43Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Redskins@Cowboys, 9/19/2005 Thanks for sharing that clip. I have no particular fondness for the football team from DC, except when they beat the Cowboys. Particularly in Dallas. On Monday night. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/46 "2026-04-28T13:49:18Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > Billy Hatcher’s home run in the bottom of the 14th of game 6 of the 1986 NLCS, off the left field foul pole in the Astrodome. To this day I’m convinced that if only there had been a man on base, making that home run a walk off, then the Astros would have won game 7 and then beat the Red Sox in the World Series. The Mets were indeed desperate to NOT face Mike Scott in game 7. Now, ever since then the Mets have sworn up and down that Scott was scuffing baseballs to get more movement out of his splitter. In an ESPN documentary Ed Hearn, the Mets backup catcher, showed a ball supposedly handled by Scott with a quarter-sized abrasion. He claimed all or most of the balls pitched by Scott had nearly identical markings, the Mets having collected fouled off balls to examine. Irrespective of “scuff-gate”, I agree the Mets’ chances in game 7 would not have been good. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/47 "2026-04-28T17:20:57Z")
From memory “Arranca por la derecha el genio del futbol mundial, va dejando el tendal, va a tocar para Burruchaga, siempre Maradona, Genio!, Genio!, Genio! Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool, quiero llorar!..” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PbNIfxcuGWU/maxresdefault.jpg "Maradona Goal of the Century- (English Subtitles) Victor Hugo- Argentina 2-1 England (Mexico 86)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbNIfxcuGWU) (The English subtitles are not very good, but passable) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/48 "2026-04-28T18:07:27Z")
That game was horrible. And the big play wasn’t the deep bomb to Moss, it was earlier in the game when Moss scored a touchdown on a 4th-and-15, a shorter pass. Had Dallas made the stop then, it’s almost certainly a Cowboys win. And, indirectly, this loss eventually led to the Cowboys missing out on the playoffs by season’s end. However, it’s possible that without this game, Romo would not eventually have become the starter next year, so there was a silver lining. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/49 "2026-04-28T18:32:27Z")
You have to wonder if it happens more frequently than we realize or if it’s purely coincidence that one of the top 5 pitchers (and an argument can be made for number 1) of all time was the one who vaporized a bird. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/50 "2026-04-28T18:52:09Z")
You must be thinking of a different game, look at the score. It’s 0-13, Dallas, with 4 minutes left in the 4th. How could Moss have scored earlier?! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/51 "2026-04-28T19:05:01Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > it was earlier in the game when Moss scored a touchdown on a 4th-and-15, a shorter pass > [@DCnDC](#): > > It’s 0-13, Dallas, with 4 minutes left in the 4th. How could Moss have scored earlier?! Right, but with 3:55 left in the game, Moss scored a TD on a 4th-and-15 from the Dallas 38 yard line. So it was earlier in the game, albeit just 1:20 or so, and it was a ‘shorter’ pass than the 70-yard bomb that tied the game with 2:35 left. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/52 "2026-04-28T19:12:24Z")
Either way, this was during the years in between the Aikman and Romo eras. In my book those losses don’t count 😜 . ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/53 "2026-04-28T19:37:54Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > You have to wonder if it happens more frequently than we realize I doubt it, the circumstances that all had to come together at the same time had to happen perfectly, to the extent that it shouldn’t have even happened once. Though it’s probably not a coincidence that it happened during spring training, where (presumably) you had a smaller crowd and fewer “special effects” (to entertain the crowd) that would scare a bird away. Maybe it has happened long ago, though, and just not recorded (and certainly not caught on camera). ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/54 "2026-04-28T19:42:26Z")
Two come to mind. First, Michael Thomas’ “it’s all up for grabs now!” scoring for Arsenal vs 'Pool to win the league. The other is The Play, which ensured that John Elway would not beat Cal in his four years at Stanford. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/55 "2026-04-28T19:49:48Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > There are three recaps I’ve watched at least 10 times each: > - Bayern’s 8-2 defeat of Barca So sad to see what a horrible person you are. You hide it well, mostly. But that gave it away. Ach! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/56 "2026-04-28T19:54:19Z")
I’ve rewatched the [recap of the 2001 Indians/Mariners game](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H1JWQ4junc) when the Tribe came back from 12 behind. I only watch it with our amazing radio guy Tom Hamilton. I don’t usually re-watch sports recaps at all except for maybe some plays a day or two after the games (I watch/listen live almost every single game). But I have watched [Jose Ramirez knock down Tim Anderson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oacyt6Jk8U) at least a dozen times. With the radio call, natch, because it’s the best. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/57 "2026-04-28T20:14:41Z")
Most folks that follow the NFL have both heard of and seen the famous “[Immaculate Reception](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Reception)” play where Steeler (Franco Harris) caught a pass that had bounced backwards off the receiver about 10 yards. Harris made the unexpected rebound catch inches from the ground and proceeded to run it in for what ultimately proved to be a game winning touchdown. I watched it on tv as a kid in 1972 and have probably seen it at least a few dozen times over the years. Here’s what the folks on TV saw: [The Immaculate Reception](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1l5aTUK228) However, it’s worthwhile to see this play from a non-televised angle: [have you ever seen this angle of the Immaculate Reception?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1grVgWug20) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/58 "2026-04-28T20:27:30Z")
Like **Railer13** said, the Cowboys had the (R-Words) on the ropes by leading 13-0 in the fourth quarter when Brunell chucked up a 38-yard touchdown to Moss on a 4th-and-long. If the Cowboys’ defense had broken up the pass, it’s almost certainly game over for Washington. Instead, Washington cut the deficit to 13-7. Then, on the subsequent drive, Brunell also ran for 27 yards on a 3rd-and-29. Another nightmare play. Which then led to that deep bomb to Moss for the second touchdown. Ugh. And it was only the second Cowboys game that I had ever watched on television in my life. It was actually the identical opposite of a Cowboys outcome from years earlier, where Dallas trailed Carolina 0-13 but then scored on two deep touchdown passes to win 14-13. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/59 "2026-04-28T20:54:59Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > a pass that had bounced backwards off the receiver about 10 yards. Actually, that was the controversy at the time. Had the ball indeed bounced off the receiver and then been caught by Harris, it would have been an illegal reception, because of the rules in force at that time. 1972 NFL rules stated that a ball deflected off an offensive player could not be legally caught by another offensive player. Instead, the officials ruled that the ball had been deflected off Raiders defender Jack Tatum, so Harris caught the ball legally. And Raider haters everywhere celebrated. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554/60 "2026-04-28T21:20:47Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > So sad to see what a horrible person you are. You hide it well, mostly. But that gave it away. Ach! I may have paid for my hubris today! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554.md?page=4)