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Game 17 -- here kitty kitty. Season ender vs hapless Lions [pregame and post game thread]
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<blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 940983" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>I think those people that are really interested in records, dig deep enough into how they were set, as well as the rules/conditions of the sport at that time that they were set. Basically, the context of the record has to be considered. </p><p></p><p>For example, I always wondered if Tom Dempsey's record FG of 63 yards (previous record was 56 at the time) was "fair" to sit in the record books. Dempsey was born with a deformed right foot and wore a kicking shoe that looked like the business end of Thor's hammer. That shoe had to increase the distance a ball could be kicked. His record went unbroken for 43 years until Matt Prater finally kicked a 64 yarder...in the thin air of Denver. Side note, Dempsey just passed last year at the age of 73, due to Covid.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]17778[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokerbrat2000, post: 940983, member: 7261"] I think those people that are really interested in records, dig deep enough into how they were set, as well as the rules/conditions of the sport at that time that they were set. Basically, the context of the record has to be considered. For example, I always wondered if Tom Dempsey's record FG of 63 yards (previous record was 56 at the time) was "fair" to sit in the record books. Dempsey was born with a deformed right foot and wore a kicking shoe that looked like the business end of Thor's hammer. That shoe had to increase the distance a ball could be kicked. His record went unbroken for 43 years until Matt Prater finally kicked a 64 yarder...in the thin air of Denver. Side note, Dempsey just passed last year at the age of 73, due to Covid. [ATTACH type="full" alt="dempsey-shoe-gall1.jpg"]17778[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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