When those college kids defeated the mighty Soviet Union you could feel the world change all the way out here in California.
If you want to have some fun go find the tape of that game on YouTube. And be sure to watch the reaction of the Soviet players when the Americans defeated them. They don’t look angry or despondent or anything- they just seem fascinated by the American kids, like they have never seen anything like them.
More amazing considering in an exhibition a few months before, the Soviets beat them something like 10-3.