Talk:The Miracle at the Meadowlands

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To the anonymous AOL editor who added that stuff about the Chiefs: It's nice but unfortunately doesn't really fit, since all those plays involve stupid penalties after the play that gave defeated teams a chance to win.

It'd be a nice thing to put in an article about football penalties, which we don't yet seem to have, though. Daniel Case 05:39, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Just let the reader know, whoever typed this up failed to finish it...Ranma9617 06:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Forget the last comment, I didn't realize that an anon vandal deleted most of the article... ^^;;;;Ranma9617 06:53, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Fumble

Should Something be added in reference to "The Fumble" as it's more popularly known (88 AFC championship game Broncos v. Browns) at the point where it is referenced that Giants fans refer to this as "The Fumble." --206.209.15.75 13:49, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Probably not. Over at The Fumble, I put a hatnote referring people here as that is the more likely search term. Daniel Case 17:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I can't imagine referring to this incident as anything other than The Fumble. I watched the game on TV. I can still remember just standing there slack-jawed in disbelief. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:06, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

As the intro points out, Giants fans feel that way. To decide whether to name it "The Fumble (New York Giants)" or its current name, I used the ever-popular Google test. The Eagles' fan term won.

Yes, it is arguably a POV choice of name, but a) it is widely used elsewhere in the NFL and b) it's better than calling it "Fumble at end of Nov. 19, 1978 Giants-Eagles NFL game" (the strictest way of naming it under the naming conventions). Daniel Case 00:35, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Similar incident in College FB- Tennessee v. Arkansas, 1998

Since this article mainly discusses similar happenings in the NFL, this may not be appropriate, but in a 1998 game between Tennessee and Arkansas, Arkansas had the lead within 2:00 left, looking to pull off the upset of the #1 ranked Vols. Arkansas QB Clint Stoerner tripped and fell, fumbling the ball, which was recovered by Tennessee, who put together a final drive the pull out the win. This game helped Tennessee keep it's hopes for the National Championship alive, which Tennessee won.

Source http://cfn.scout.com/2/588347.html

[edit] Wow, great article

How does one go about nominating this for featured status? --Savethemooses 17:46, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm flattered, but don't. It has no inline references and I'd like to get more material and images in it before I even consider peer review or GA. Also there are slight structural POV issues ... it's much easier to look up New York Times references than Philly paper ones, and thus you get a somewhat more Giants-centric view.

Perhaps I should put up a to-do list? Daniel Case 00:41, 4 December 2006 (UTC)