TMC
12-16-2023, 11:35 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj7PG4vzXUc
lj7PG4vzXUc
At the 1977 NFC Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_Dallas_Cowboys_23,_Minnesota_Vikings_6), CBS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_on_CBS) decided to let their #2 crew of Vin Scully and Alex Hawkins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hawkins) call the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings with a spot at Super Bowl XII on the line. The broadcast was a disaster, to the point where afterwards, Hawkins (https://www.google.com/search?q=Alex+Hawkins+CBS+NFL&tbm=bks&tbs=bkt:s&source=newspapers) was fired for just how bad it was. This is the in-depth breakdown of that broadcast.
0:00 The Bizarre Reason Why This Even Happened
7:04 Part 1: The Most Hated Man in Sports
20:23 Part 2: The Awful Broadcast
38:12 Part 3: The Part (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1978/01/07/weaving-hawk-flagged-down/01c789df-f997-4971-94be-4842bb41ef49/) Where He Gets Fired
lj7PG4vzXUc
At the 1977 NFC Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_Dallas_Cowboys_23,_Minnesota_Vikings_6), CBS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_on_CBS) decided to let their #2 crew of Vin Scully and Alex Hawkins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hawkins) call the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings with a spot at Super Bowl XII on the line. The broadcast was a disaster, to the point where afterwards, Hawkins (https://www.google.com/search?q=Alex+Hawkins+CBS+NFL&tbm=bks&tbs=bkt:s&source=newspapers) was fired for just how bad it was. This is the in-depth breakdown of that broadcast.
0:00 The Bizarre Reason Why This Even Happened
7:04 Part 1: The Most Hated Man in Sports
20:23 Part 2: The Awful Broadcast
38:12 Part 3: The Part (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1978/01/07/weaving-hawk-flagged-down/01c789df-f997-4971-94be-4842bb41ef49/) Where He Gets Fired