Gowdy's finest hour was Super Bowl III

The Washington Times ^ | 2-24-06 | Dan Daly

[JZelle]

What a distinct voice. It's just not the same anymore.

[dfwgator]

I would also put his call of Aaron's 715th and his call in the 75 Oakland-Miami playoff game on the Stabler to Clarence Davis touchdown up there.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Everybody has their favorite memory of Super Bowl III, aka the Game That Changed Pro Football Forever

Aside from Joe's theatrics leading up to the game, it was one of the most boring SBs ever played.

[tom paine 2]

So what did he call Tex Maule?

[massgopguy]

Have a 'Ganssett Curt.

[Mikey_1962]

That was before there was a Super Bowl. It was still called the National Championship.

[luvbach1]

It was not a Super Bowl but I'll never forget Howard Cosell exclaiming of a scat back: "Look at that little monkey go!" and the repercussions that ensued. I also loved his: "He--could--go--all--the--way!" Am I the only one who enjoyed Howard?

[Getready]

Probably a "kiss-a**"...it would have been nice to
have actually mentioned what was on the tape...
How does one even know that Mr. Daly has the tape?...
...what a crock....how about a downloaded mp3?

[Skip Ripley]

I remember the snit some of the Reds fans threw over his less than enthusiastic call of the Reds celebration following their 7th game vistory over the Red Sox in the 1975 World Series. Gowdy was a Sox fan...so sue him.

I think they should have cut Gowdy a break on that one. The curse of the Bambino was a powerful force....

[Tall_Texan]

Read the whole story. The paraphrased reference suggested something along the lines of a prostitute.

[dfwgator]

Howard was never boring, I'll give him that.

[RedMonqey]

I wasn't a fan of Cosell but I think the game is lacking something without him.

He was the guy you loved to hate and thus watched him.


I think he got a raw deal on the "little monkey" comment.

But then the PC liberals always eat their own young.

[discostu]

An 18 point underdog winning by 9 is boring?! Geez if I thought like you I'd give up watching sports.

[GAB-1955]

I remember Curt Gowdy calling the first Super Bowl!

[HEY4QDEMS]

Low scoring football games are boring to me.

[discostu]

Too bad, because low scoring football games tend to be the ones where they actually play football. And the side stories of SBIII alone make it one of the most exciting and important: validation of the AFL, validation of the merger, gross underdog overcoming the odds, first time the name "Super Bowl" is used, first SB to sell out the seats, first SB to get better ratings than the NFL championship. Nothing boring in any of that.

[Emile]

I remember that, but didn't ascribe the unusually low-key treatment to Gowdy. After Game 6 and the Fisk homer to win it, anything in Game 7 was likely to be an anticlimax. And -- if I remember, the Reds were favored to win the Series anyway.

[Seajay]

Being a newbie to the beknighted "Queen City of the Chesapeake" at the time, it was almost worth the loss to see the smug Colts fans eating crow (raven?) served steaming hot thanks to Broadway Joe ...

[JZelle]

That was Alvin Garrett of the Redskins. He said later that it didn't bother him. I liked Cosell, especially his MNF halftime highlights.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

I think he got a raw deal on the "little monkey" comment

Howard stood by Cassius Clay when boxing stripped him of his title. Howard was a perfect foil for Clay and they really made each other. Howard was a big civil rights force but as the saying goes, one oh sh** wipes out a million attaboys.