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Posted on 2/22/26 at 6:12 pm to TigerintheNO
I was 12. I remember it like it was yesterday.
My dad cooked spaghetti for dinner (pre-game) and the whole family got out TV trays and sat in the living room, eating dinner, and screaming at the TV.
One of the best moments of my life!
My dad cooked spaghetti for dinner (pre-game) and the whole family got out TV trays and sat in the living room, eating dinner, and screaming at the TV.
One of the best moments of my life!
Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:06 pm to Scott68
Listened in the car with parents on the way back home from Lafayette. We had spent the weekend at their friends' house.
Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:37 pm to Domeskeller
I was 11 and watched it.
Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:49 pm to kajunman
quote:Unlike the screw job the 72 USA Basketball team took.
It was truly the miracle of miracles to beat Russia at the time.
Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:58 pm to Crow Pie
My parents went out and left me home with my older sister. I was 10 & remember jumping from couch to couch, screaming and going CRAZY.... core memory
Posted on 2/22/26 at 8:05 pm to kajunman
I was 9 during the 1980 Olympics.
All the neighborhood kids put on roller skates, and grabbed sticks, and we played hockey on the driveway.
All the neighborhood kids put on roller skates, and grabbed sticks, and we played hockey on the driveway.
Posted on 2/22/26 at 8:42 pm to kajunman
watched it on the 10th floor in kirby smith hall..
Posted on 2/22/26 at 9:33 pm to kajunman
It's difficult for today's generation to fully understand what was happening in 1980. The United States was thought to be declining and possibly falling behind the Russians in the Cold War. Iran had our hostages. Jimmy Carter was running for re-election but was facing a primary challenge from Ted Kennedy (incumbents are/were almost never seriously challenged). The country's mood was in the dumps.
This bunch of college hockey players gave the country a huge shot in the arm. People started rejecting the decline of the 70s, got more patriotic, and elected Ronald Reagan. The rest is history. The 80s and 90s were a time of great prosperity and lots of winning. One could argue that the Miracle on Ice played a part in the turnaround,
I watched it that night on tape delay, and many forget that the USSR upset was NOT the gold medal game. It was a round robin and the USA still had to beat Finland. If the USA had lost to Finland, the USSR would have the most points and the gold medal.
This bunch of college hockey players gave the country a huge shot in the arm. People started rejecting the decline of the 70s, got more patriotic, and elected Ronald Reagan. The rest is history. The 80s and 90s were a time of great prosperity and lots of winning. One could argue that the Miracle on Ice played a part in the turnaround,
I watched it that night on tape delay, and many forget that the USSR upset was NOT the gold medal game. It was a round robin and the USA still had to beat Finland. If the USA had lost to Finland, the USSR would have the most points and the gold medal.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 12:18 am to kajunman
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I was 11, and the Olympics was such a huge deal to young me back then. We really didn't have that much option to watch other things, so we all hung on those tape-delayed broadcasts.
I was 11, and the Olympics was such a huge deal to young me back then. We really didn't have that much option to watch other things, so we all hung on those tape-delayed broadcasts.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 5:59 am to kajunman
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 6:30 am to kajunman
A sophomore in college and skipped church that morning. Go team
Posted on 2/23/26 at 7:06 am to kajunman
I remember it well - it was being played on a tape delay in prime time - we did not know who won, it was a different time for sure.
Then Channel 2 sports reporter at the time Andy Leopold comes on in the middle of the game and tells everyone watching the USA won. Not turn down the volume if you don't want to know or any such warning. Folks were phoning in violent threats to the station the rest of the evening.
Then Channel 2 sports reporter at the time Andy Leopold comes on in the middle of the game and tells everyone watching the USA won. Not turn down the volume if you don't want to know or any such warning. Folks were phoning in violent threats to the station the rest of the evening.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 7:12 am to Tiger Ugly
We watched it, and it was probably the first time I watched more than two minutes of hockey. Had no idea of the rules.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:44 am to kajunman
Does watching the Miracle film count?
Posted on 2/23/26 at 10:13 am to ConservativeBamaFan
Us not knowing the rules didn't matter. As you said, good guys vs bad guys and our team of non professional players had the biggest win in Olympic history.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:45 pm to kajunman
I was a senior in high school and watched the game in 1980, and now a senior citizen watching the game yesterday!
Posted on 2/23/26 at 6:00 pm to 18handicap
We're close in age. I was junior in HS. Those were the good times.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 6:16 pm to kajunman
Scruffy was -8 years old.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 6:31 pm to kajunman
quote:
I was 17 the last time we won gold.
GEAUX USA !!
I was 22 years old and the Olympics meant something back then, the US vs the Soviets in any sport was always good television.
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