36 Greatest Moments MNF

wasnt the darrell green chasing down dorsett play on monday night?

btw that was my favorite play in redskins history.

MNF isn't the same as it used to be. I used to be hyped to watch it but I'm only really into it when the skins or good match ups are on the card. It's weird it doesn't have the feel of the good ol days.

Favre after his Dad died--that was recent and pretty amazing.

I still get very psyched for Monday night, to tell the truth. Something about the music and the vibe.

PS We HAVE to win in Dallas this year on Monday night. We have to.

MNF is just too over the top these days with all the circus like environment that comes with it. Back in the day, they just showed the game, some player highlights and let Frank, Howard, and Don entertain us while calling the game. Now you have the song, the skits, the inability to admit that one team is getting their ass handed to them...it's more like one big advertisement than a game. I'm just tired of constantly being pitched to. Unless the Skins are playing or unless it is a big game, I don't tune in to it too often. And judging by the ratings, lots of others feel the same way.

With SundayTicket and the ESPN Sunday night game, not to mention even FieldPass, Monday Night games just don't carry the same weight that they used to. Now a days it's pretty easy to see all teams every week so MNF isn't quite the event is used to be.

Nonetheless, it's pro football so I'll always watch it.

A top monent was back in the early/mid-70s was in an Oakland Raiders/Houston Oilers game. The Oilers stunk and the Raiders were winning about 35-0 with about 8 minutes to go in the game. The Astrodome had already just about empited out.

During a stoppage in the action, ABC cameras panned to a secion of seats in the upper deck with only one guy in it. The camera panned in on this guy slumped down in his seat with his feel over the back of the seat in front of him. Once in close, the guy realized he was on camera and flipped the bird to the nation.

Dandy Don Meredith never missed a beat. He immediately said, "Yes sir, he wants us all to know that the Oilers are #1 in the nation."

If that isn't a highlight, then ignore the list!


SC, do you remember 1 monday night game with dandy don, [late 70's or early 80's] the game was stopped for a moment [don't remember why] so the camera crew were showing different people in the stands, and they locked in on a very hot blonde, and she kind of had one of those distant stare's, so they really focused in on her, the monday night crew started to comment on her when all of a sudden she starts picking her nose, and I mean she was really digging for gold, and they all started laughing, and Dandy Don say's "well she picked her chance" it was histerical, probably the funniest thing I can remember on monday night, the only thing that came close was Cosell and Garrett. :biggthump

After moving to Tx when I was in the 5th grade I really looked forward to MNf and seeing cosell do the highlights at halftime,that was the only time I got to see any highlights of my skins,no sportscenter then.I loved Cosell and i think he got a bad rap for the monkey thing,he said the same thing about a white rb in a game before the skins game,it was just a term he used.Also,wasnt that on MNF when somebody was kicking a fg or extra point and a guy jumped out of the stands about 30 feet up and caught the ball,that was great,the guy made David Letterman. :cheers

MNF isn't the same as it used to be. I used to be hyped to watch it but I'm only really into it when the skins or good match ups are on the card. It's weird it doesn't have the feel of the good ol days.Over the past years the games have been realy bad. Its just been a little bad luck for MNF. Ithink it was in 2000 they had great game after great game and I stayed up late every Monday night to see the games. Latley I've been to bed at about Half time.

offiss:

I vaguely recall the vignette you described but I can't remember any of the details.

At least Dandy Don never took a crowd shot with people walking in the aisles as a reason to comment that some of the fans were out picking their seats... :)

MNF isn't the same as it used to be. I used to be hyped to watch it but I'm only really into it when the skins or good match ups are on the card. It's weird it doesn't have the feel of the good ol days.

It has indeed lost it's zest STP.......Cosell brought a zing to the show, Meredith humor..........

The half time shows on MNF now are so borrrrrrrrring ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

but I still watch it.....because ya can't just get enough football........... why Sundays just get ya warmed up...........