Agincourt is one of the great battles in US History, and 1984 Maryland-Miami is on BTN
The 1984 game is a great, treasured piece of college football history.
And it has as much to do with the history of the Big Ten as the Wars of the Roses have to do with the history of the United States. Pity, too--I would have loved studying 15th-Century Plantagenet feuds in AP US History in high school. No beef with Maryland, but this seems a bit hard to adjust to.
August 1st, 2014 at 12:16 AM ^
if you tired be quiet and go to sleep!
August 1st, 2014 at 12:17 AM ^
August 1st, 2014 at 12:17 AM ^
One more round of expansion and BTN will be in the position to dilute its content with shit nobody cares about so completely that it could get taken out of basic cable plans throughout the Midwest without anybody actually caring.
Thanks for reminding me to not watch BTN today or tomorrow (Friday).
I wonder if they'll show Jersey Shore reruns for Rutgers day tomorrow since that's the best thing they've had going for them in recent years?
R.I.P. James Gandolfini and HBO's The Sopranos
I've never seen this show, but this gif makes me think it was much worse than I was giving it credit for.
August 1st, 2014 at 12:24 AM ^
In other thoughts, remember when that lady was going around saying Richard wasn't crook-backed, and then they found his bones and he totally was?
That was funny. She was pretty upset about it though.
August 1st, 2014 at 12:36 AM ^
August 1st, 2014 at 12:46 AM ^
There's a documentary on Netflix about the discovery of his bones, and her reaction is in it.
I felt kind of mean laughing about her being so upset, but it's a totally ridiculous thing to be upset about.
August 1st, 2014 at 12:29 AM ^
But Agincourt was fought in Northern France about 80 years before Columbus sailed the ocean blue and almost 400 years before the formation of the US and US history.
August 1st, 2014 at 12:35 AM ^
August 1st, 2014 at 12:40 AM ^
ad a pithy comment along the lines that something even pithier went flying over my head as it were launched from a wrought limb of yew.
August 1st, 2014 at 12:25 PM ^
I got your point. The BTN's attempt at revisionism is pretty lame.
(On a side note, it's interesting that Agincourt is as well-remembered as it is, while Patay (which was basically Agincourt in reverse) is rarely remembered, even though Patay had much more lasting consequences. We are quite anglocentric when we study history.)
August 1st, 2014 at 12:47 AM ^
but after The University of Normandy joins the B1G, BTN will be run a William the Conqueror marathon, with complete coverage from the Bayeux Tapestry.
can get approval from the regents to have a Battle of Hastings reenactment in the Big House?
DB won't be able to substitute fireworks for the appearance of Haley's Comet.
Or, it could be done in 2061 with the anticipated arrival of the comet itself.
I'd think this was all pretty hilarious except I can't help but think one of Brandon's minions will see this and think what an awesome idea this actually is....
Maybe I'm just too cynical....or maybe not.
Nobody had a thought experiment about flooding the bowl and reenacting the bombardment of Ft. McHenry.
Now that is something the Regents should approve. It could be co-sponsored by the UM Department of History and the History Channel. The local medieval enthusiasts who attend the Renaissance Festival every year would descend on Michigan Stadium in vast hordes of plastic sword-wielding geekery.
Well, Maryland was probably named after Henrietta Maria, so there is a connection to France.
That's what Popeye Doyle thought.
August 1st, 2014 at 12:39 AM ^
August 1st, 2014 at 12:50 AM ^
What does Agincourt have to do with the U.S? At that time, no Europeans besides the Vikings knew that the new world existed.
August 1st, 2014 at 12:56 AM ^
convoluted alternate history. For example, if hippos ruled the world what would we subsit upon? Answer, Reece's Pieces. Have Sheldon Cooper explain it to you.
(YT) Miami vs Maryland from 1984 is a Big Ten game, is the OP's point, I believe.
But BTN did run replays of as many PSU-Bama games as they could find film, and all of those, save this last one, were played when PSU was an independent. On the other hand, BTN has given Nebraska historical short shrift.
OT, will some B1G awards now have to renamed with addition of Maryland and Rutgers?
I do recall seeing 1971 Nebraska - Oklahoma on BTN. There are soooooo many more televisions in Penna than in Neb.
It is a minor thing, but the 1984 Maryland-Miami game does have a Detroit Lions connection for those interested in such things. Maryland QB Frank Reich, a senior in 1984, was drafted by the Bills and spent many years in Buffalo as a backup to Jim Kelly, but Reich ended his career in the NFL with Detroit, sitting squarely on the depth chart between Charlie Batch and Scott Mitchell.
As a lifelong Lion's fan not quite old enough to have lived through any real success, I note you've created the archetypal Detroit Lions phrase:
... sitting squarely on the depth chart between Charlie Batch and Scott Mitchell.
[ insert sad panda .gif ]
I remember joking about this being one of "The Big Ten's Greatest Games" a few years ago when Rutgers and Maryland were being discussed. It just goes to show you what a joke the conference has become. At this point they should just make it official and rename it as something new. Trying to pass of Frank Reich as one of the all time great B1G QBs is just insulting.
I go on youtube to find highlights of this game and am shocked to not find full game highlights. You mean everyone can't go back and watch their 1979 game vs. Northwest Texas College?
Weird......
August 1st, 2014 at 12:59 PM ^
Next thing you'll be trying to tell me that Tom Osborne was not a Legendary Big Ten coach! Or wait, was he a Leader?
than last year's Big 10 championship for the 300th time.
It's also a mark of your team how far back BTN has to go for games when it's your day. I thought I was going to see Bob Griese play when it was Purdue day.
By this line of thinking, the first collegiate football game (Princeton @ Rutgers, 1869) is now a Big 10 game.