Comments on: Memo to 1972 Miami Dolphins: Go Away

By: SDP

SDP — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:41:30 +0000

Let’s face it: the ’72 Dolphins couldn’t hold the jock-straps of the ’07 Dolphins, who almost had a perfect season. There is no comparison to the atheletes of today. ’72 Dolphins: out-of-shape, pot-belly, smokers, who were probably hung-over if not drunk for half the games and had a weak schedule. Pats still are the dynasty that every team should be held up against.

By: MiamiAtty

MiamiAtty — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:09:55 +0000

Well, the ’72 Phins are STILL the only team to be Perfect! Even Bealzibub couldn’t let that cheating team achieve perfection.

Steve, let’s not also forget that the Phins played 13 of those games with a 40yr. old back-up QB. Also, the NFL pits strong schedules with top contenders, and the Phins were in the Super Bowl the year before. Should the Phins now be penalized for previous winning/playoff teams going limp? They won the games in front of them, and that’s that. Great post by the way.

Helixer…I’m with you 100% on this one. Preserving the ’72 record was maybe even MORE important than if the Phins won a S.B. Let’s toast my friend!

You want loudmouths and arrogence? Look at Belecheat, Moss (with that silly “swim move”) and Brady. CGabriel, it is the media, and people who talk about them (yes, like you) who keeps this train rolling. THAT’S where the “drumbeat of nauseating verbosity” comes from. These guys have fun with being dusted off every now and then, and put up on a pedistal.

Living in S.FL, I have met probably 30 guys from that ’72 team. Not once have I been disappointed. They are among the most likable, non-arrogent, gregarious, fun loving guys I’ve ever met. You think they are convinced that they are the center of the sports universe? You are projecting. For me however, they are!

A 96 Cristal was popped after 4 1/2 months of agony. Here’s to the 1972 PERFECT SEASON!!!!

By: Helixir

Helixir — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:36:38 +0000

Pats are great team but…..no perfect season. I’m was a Miami fan in 72 and still today. Watching the Pats lose the Superbowl last night felt the same as watching the Dolphins win in 72. The record stands and for me…just adds to my love of the game. The Dolphins only won 1 game this year but it will still go down as one of my favorite seasons.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:55:57 +0000

Facts: Patriots did not cheat. It is not against the rules to tape opposing team or coaches. It was the LOCATION of the camera. Broke rule, got severe penalty (listen to Jimmy Johnson, John Madden Bill Parcells, Chuck Knoll, Bill Cower, etc. for their views and antics).
Maimi ’72: 2 teams with winning records, no playoff contenders. Easiest schedule since 1950.
Pats ’07: 8 teams .500 or better, 7 playoff contender victories (6 playoff teams).
Maimi ’72: .396 opponents winning percentage.
Miami ’72: 70-108-4 opponents record.
Pats ’07: .520 opponents winning percentage.
Pats ’07: 108-101 opponents record.
Listen to some ex-Dolphins. There were a few champagne toasts. Free agency, salary cap & 16 game schedule? Pats are on top now, Dolphins are 2nd. Good luck to the next team to do it. I root for any team to go 16-0, it’s great for the sport.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:51:19 +0000

First of all, Sean, feel free to look up the records of 1972. Miami played 17 games, 9 against below .500 teams.
Second , the ’85 bears couldn’t even beat the ’85 Dolphins let alone the ’72 Fish. Points per game
Mia-12.21 Chi-12.38. Yards per game Mia-235.5 Chi-258.4. Miami gave up 10tds in 14 games, Chi 16 in 16. Advantage- Miami!
Third , Miami went 15-2 the next year, that’s 32-2 in two seasons. Domination.
Fourth, they beat the Steelers of the 70′s, on the road, in the AFC championship.
Lastly, they don’t do the champagne toast anyways,
it’s a myth.

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:53:30 +0000

I agree with about 99% of what I’m reading here. I’m glad to see others as sick of the ’72 Dolphins’ mouths as I am. Being a Bears fan, yes, it was a little disappointing to see them just miss a perfect season in ’85, especially to the Dolphins, no less. However, to me, all that matters (and I think most would agree) is this: How good was the team that won it? I mean, if the ’72 Dolphins faced the ’85 Bears, does anyone have any doubt as to the outcome of that one? How about the ’72 Dolphins against the Steelers of the 70′s, or the 49ers of the 80′s, and on and on and on. Besides all of that, here’s something I want to hear out of the mouths of all the ’72 Dolphins: “During the regular season, NOT ONE team we faced had a winning record!” Really, I want to hear them say it, every time they get ready to brag, or whine to the press, I want to hear them say it: “During the regular season NOT ONE team we faced had a winning record!” END OF STORY!

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:09:11 +0000

Cheating is cheating… thus the Pats will always be remembered for losing a draft choice and a big fine. If that’s not enough to prove they cheated… I don’t know what is.

By: Paulie

Paulie — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:26:13 +0000

What’s better than the Pats going undefeated to put a cork in the ’72 Dolphins? The fact that in that same year of the undefeated Pats, we’ll have the winless, WIN-LESS, NO WINS, NOT ONE, Dolphins.

I frankly couldn’t care less about the ’72 Dolphins; I was one year old. I am excited to be around for the next undefeated NFL team AND the next winless team; IN THE SAME YEAR!! That won’t happen again anytime soon.

Go Pats! and go anyone playing the Dolphins!

By: CGabriel

CGabriel — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:54:49 +0000

Scott: I’m definitely with you on wishing it was the Colts bidding for an undefeated season. And if the Pats do finish undefeated and eventually go up on that podium extolling their own greatness, I’ll be ripping them no different than the Dolphins.

Other Chris: Belichick was wrong, but once the game was on there were 22 guys on the other side that didn’t exactly lay down. And within the rules, you can have the most airtight, meticulous scouting report with more film on a team than the American Film Institute . . . and still lose. You know that as well as I do. As for teaching our children the finer aspects of sports, it seems to me parents might want to begin that journey by setting better examples when they attend their games or practices. For example, refraining from screaming at refs (who are usually just high school kids) or chastising coaches for not doing things how the parent wants them done. The seven or eight year old in youth football won’t readily grasp what a Bill Belichick did nearly as fast as what he/she sees and learns from parents.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:24:09 +0000

I’m almost with you on this one. I completely understand your sentiments about the ’72 Dolphins, and as far as sports achievements go, that one is at the bottom of my list. ’95 Nebraska is much more impressive in my opinion, not only beating their opponents, but requiring an on-call emergency room staff for their opponents during every game. But the Pats? Out of the pan and into the fire. Belichick won’t be bragging about it to the media, but he will use it to look with even more scorn at the rest of the world. And give some of the players a decade and they’ll be up at the podium talking about how uniquely remarkable their team was. Why couldn’t it have been the Colts instead?