It was a Match-Up of highlight-reel quarterbacks as the Johnny Manziel and the Aggies came to Alumni Stadium to visit Doug Flutie and the Eagles. The story of the game, however, would be an A&M defense which overcome a rough start to shut down Boston College and allow Johnny Football to go to work.
What If? 1988 Oklahoma State vs 1992 San Diego State
In what was billed during the pre-game hype as a Match-Up of the two most electrifying running backs of the past half-century, Barry Sanders and Marshall Faulk certainly showcased their skills, but the game itself was largely a no contest as the Cowboys took advantage of six Aztec turnovers to run up fifty points and more than 400 yards rushing at Jack Murphy Stadium.
1981-82 NHL Co-Op Replay: BOS at QUE (11-7-1981)
7 November 1981: The Boston Bruins dominated the special-teams game and rode that dominance to an impressive victory over the Nordiques at the Quebec Coliseum. The clubs didn’t wait long to start mixing things up, as Norman Rochefort took a penalty just sixteen seconds into the game, and the Bs didn’t wait long to take advantage - Barry Pederson directed Rick Middleton’s pass home just before the game reached the one-minute mark and Quebec was already on the back foot. Boston lost a bit of discipline late in what was a tight-checking opening period, taking three minor penalties in the second half of the frame. But this not only didn’t hurt them, Middleton scored a shortie on the middle infraction and the visitors took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission.
1981-82 NHL Co-Op Replay: WPG at VAN (11-8-1981)
8 November 1981: Winnipeg scored on its first four shots of the game to run Glen Hanlon right out of the Pacific Coliseum, and then cruised to an easy win. You knew it was going to be a bad night for the Canucks when the opening face-off was controlled by the Jets and Tim Watters sent Paul McLean streaking into the offensive zone to wrist one under the arm of Hanlon only THIRTEEN seconds into game. You knew it was going to be a REALLY bad night when Winnipeg again controlled the ensuing puck drop, took it back into the attacking third, and played tic-tac-toe Dave Christian-to-Dave Babych-to-Morris Luckowich for a second goal with less then forty total seconds elapsed. Vancouver were shell-shocked and, while they held it together and gradually began to have more possessional play than the visitors, Norm DuPont scored on WPG's next shot at 7:06, and then Dale Hawerchuck on their fourth at 11:09. Hanlon’s sudden bout of PTSD only lasted another two minutes - when Thomas Steen scored the fifth Jets goal on their eighth shot, Roger Neilson played the mercy card and brought Richard Brodeur on for Hanlon (and his 0.375 save percentage).
2025 CFL Co-Op Replay: Week 2, BC at WPG
In a display that probably set football back twenty years, the Lions and Bombers combined to fumble six times, punt eighteen times and score a grand total of one touchdown as BC defeated short-handed Winnipeg at Princess Auto Stadium. The Bombers, missing starting QB Zach Collaros to a one-game suspension for an off-season drug testing issue, out gained British Columbia but were ineffective in scoring areas and paid the price for two missed field goals by Sergio Castillo. The Lions did barely enough to win, getting the one big strike required to score the game’s only major early in the second quarter and then holding on as Winnipeg stalled out three times in Lion territory in the fourth quarter.
1919 NL - Games of Sunday, 1 June
Reds 2, Pirates 1: Larry Kopf singled home Edd Roush with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning as Cincinnati outlasted Pittsburgh at Redland Field. The Reds were first to strike, when Kopf singled and stole second in the 2nd, and then trotted home on Manuel Cueto's double. It looked as if Ray Fisher (4-5) would make that stand up for the balance of the afternoon, but Pirate hurler Babe Adams doubled to begin the top of the 8th and Carson Bigbee followed hot on his heels with an RBI single that tied the score. The two hurlers continued to lock horns into extra frames, with neither team really mounting any sort of nuisance until there were two outs in the home half of the 11th. Roush singled off of Adams (5-1), stole second base, and then slid under the tag of Cliff Lee for the win after Kopf had singled into shallow center. [box]
2013 World Series mixed-sim replay
Scott Needle and I replayed the 2013 World Series between the Cardinals and Red Sox using three different simulations: Strat-O-Matic Super Advanced (Games One and Two), Payoff Pitch (Games Three and Four) and Season Ticket (Games Five through Seven). This was a fun chance to see the differences in the three games in close proximity, and they were all enjoyable.
World Series Time Machine: 1934
The 1934 baseball season saw Babe Ruth hit his 700th home run (a club of which he would be the sole member for nearly 40 years; the man who would be next, Henry Aaron, was born this very year), Carl Hubbell whiff Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, Simmons and Cronin in succession at the All-Star Game, and Joe DiMaggio signed by the Yankees from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League. In the Fall Classic, the American League Champion Detroit Tigers (101-53) face off (again) against the National League Champion Saint Louis Cardinals (95-58) . . .
2025 College World Series replay - Day 4
Day 4 of the tournament brings another elimination game, a matchup of the two-best all-around shortstops in college baseball, and an absolutely preposterous dash of immortality as Monday dawns over Charles Schwab Field . . .
2025 CFL Co-Op Replay: Week 1, EDM at BC
In a contest that didn’t seem as close as the final score indicated, the Lions pulled clear after half time behind the running of James Butler and then withstood a fourth-quarter Edmonton rally. The first quarter saw a fair bit of ball movement, but neither side could crack the end zone; the Elks got into position for two FGs behind a 54-yard throw from Ford to Dunbar on their first possession, and a 36-yard kickoff return by Smith midway through the quarter. BC got one three-pointer of their own after a short kickoff and a 24-yard strike from Rourke to Jackson.
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