Along with Flutie's Hail Mary, The Boise State Statue of Liberty play vs OU, and the Army-Navy Rivalry. The specials focus on 4 different perspectives of the game/event. They will air before the CBS SEC game of the week. The one about The Play will air November 30th.

From the CBS press release:

"CBS Sports celebrates College Football's 150th anniversary with a season-long, multi-platform celebration across CBS, CBS Sports Network, CBSSports.com, CBS Sports HQ and its social media accounts.

Among the coverage planned for CBS Sports' season-long salute to college football are five original specials airing on the CBS Television Network, including four new episodes as part of the network's "Four Sides of the Story" franchise. Now in its third season, "Four Sides of the Story" showcases seminal sports moments through four unique points of view with each segment narrated from a different perspective."

"Four Sides of the Story: The Band Is On The Field! (Saturday, Nov. 30, 2:00 PM, ET) tells the story of one of the most famous images in sports history, as the Stanford band came on the field while Cal was scoring the winning touchdown in the 1982 edition of the "Big Game."

https://awfulannouncing.com/cbs/cbs-four-sides-of-the-story-docs.html

https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-sports/releases/view?id=53363

Great advance notice. Thank you! This should be fun!

So is one side horseface's?

Bumping to remind folks. Set DVRs for CBS this Saturday 11/30, looks like 11am West Coast time.

ColoradoBear said:

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So is one side horseface's?

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First thing I thought.

Moen, Starkey, Elway, and Tyrrell?

Let me guess it will be pro furd and "had replay been available back then, his knee was down". Yeah, I don't think I need to watch the CBS shenanigans.

UrsineMaximus said:

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Let me guess it will be pro furd and "had replay been available back then, his knee was down". Yeah, I don't think I need to watch the CBS shenanigans.

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Yeah, well that happens to be true. Also the last lateral was forward. But the thing is, there was NOT replay available back then. It is what it is. It was what it was. So tough s---. The result stands as called.

JimSox said:

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UrsineMaximus said:

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Let me guess it will be pro furd and "had replay been available back then, his knee was down". Yeah, I don't think I need to watch the CBS shenanigans.

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Yeah, well that happens to be true. Also the last lateral was forward. But the thing is, there was NOT replay available back then. It is what it is. It was what it was. So tough s---. The result stands as called.

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The last lateral wouldn't have been called "forward" ever in any game without instant replay.

And if it somehow truly measures as "forward" ( not a physics major ) than hundreds of laterals in games every year are also "forward" but never, ever called as such.

NVBear78 said:

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JimSox said:

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UrsineMaximus said:

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Let me guess it will be pro furd and "had replay been available back then, his knee was down". Yeah, I don't think I need to watch the CBS shenanigans.

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Yeah, well that happens to be true. Also the last lateral was forward. But the thing is, there was NOT replay available back then. It is what it is. It was what it was. So tough s---. The result stands as called.

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The last lateral wouldn't have been called "forward" ever in any game without instant replay.

And if it somehow truly measures as "forward" ( not a physics major ) than hundreds of laterals in games every year are also "forward" but never, ever called as such.

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I don't know if there are hundreds every year, but that particular one was hard to spot and might not have been noticed even in the modern era of official reviews. It was a backward toss that just happened to be caught ahead of where it was thrown. Momentum carried it forward. But that and the knee down thing are merely academic. Many a game has been decided by erroneous calls. In this case close calls were decided Cal's way so that's that.

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UrsineMaximus said:

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Let me guess it will be pro furd and "had replay been available back then, his knee was down". Yeah, I don't think I need to watch the CBS shenanigans.

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Yeah, well that happens to be true. Also the last lateral was forward. But the thing is, there was NOT replay available back then. It is what it is. It was what it was. So tough s---. The result stands as called.

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Last lateral was forward relative to the ground, yes, but the knee was not down. There is no video with an unobstructed view, unless it is faked video. Those of us who had an unobstructed view of his knee know well that his knee was not down.

62bear said:

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Moen, Starkey, Elway, and Tyrrell?

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That was my thought as well. Kapp would be 5 IMHO.

JimSox said:

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NVBear78 said:

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JimSox said:

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UrsineMaximus said:

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Let me guess it will be pro furd and "had replay been available back then, his knee was down". Yeah, I don't think I need to watch the CBS shenanigans.

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Yeah, well that happens to be true. Also the last lateral was forward. But the thing is, there was NOT replay available back then. It is what it is. It was what it was. So tough s---. The result stands as called.

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The last lateral wouldn't have been called "forward" ever in any game without instant replay.

And if it somehow truly measures as "forward" ( not a physics major ) than hundreds of laterals in games every year are also "forward" but never, ever called as such.

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I don't know if there are hundreds every year, but that particular one was hard to spot and might not have been noticed even in the modern era of official reviews. It was a backward toss that just happened to be caught ahead of where it was thrown. Momentum carried it forward. But that and the knee down thing are merely academic. Many a game has been decided by erroneous calls. In this case close calls were decided Cal's way so that's that.

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I disagree that the lateraled ball was caught ahead of the point of toss.
I remember seeing a big screen slow motion replay of The Play.
Garner's knee was NOT down.
And the lateral was thrown backwards over the runner's right should and was caught behind the point the runner's front foot was when he released the ball.

Any way to catch a replay?

According to my Comcast on screen guide it is replayed Monday at 5 pm on cbs sports network channel 731.

Anyone see it? How was it?

GivemTheAxe said:

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JimSox said:

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NVBear78 said:

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JimSox said:

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UrsineMaximus said:

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Let me guess it will be pro furd and "had replay been available back then, his knee was down". Yeah, I don't think I need to watch the CBS shenanigans.

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Yeah, well that happens to be true. Also the last lateral was forward. But the thing is, there was NOT replay available back then. It is what it is. It was what it was. So tough s---. The result stands as called.

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The last lateral wouldn't have been called "forward" ever in any game without instant replay.

And if it somehow truly measures as "forward" ( not a physics major ) than hundreds of laterals in games every year are also "forward" but never, ever called as such.

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I don't know if there are hundreds every year, but that particular one was hard to spot and might not have been noticed even in the modern era of official reviews. It was a backward toss that just happened to be caught ahead of where it was thrown. Momentum carried it forward. But that and the knee down thing are merely academic. Many a game has been decided by erroneous calls. In this case close calls were decided Cal's way so that's that.

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I disagree that the lateraled ball was caught ahead of the point of toss.
I remember seeing a big screen slow motion replay of The Play.
Garner's knee was NOT down.
And the lateral was thrown backwards over the runner's right should and was caught behind the point the runner's front foot was when he released the ball.

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Ah the old front foot rule. Is that a thing? Looked to me like Rogers released it at the 26 and Moen caught it at the 25.
Anyway I thought the program was disappointing. Two Cal guys talked and about five Stanford guys. Culminated in a long bit about the prank fake Daily Cal that some Stanford Daily guys put out declaring that the NCAA had reversed the outcome of the game. It was indeed a good prank, but it did not give Stanford the last laugh as one of the Stanford Daily pranksters proudly claimed. Cal got the last laugh. 25-20.

GivemTheAxe said:

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NVBear78 said:

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JimSox said:

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UrsineMaximus said:

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Let me guess it will be pro furd and "had replay been available back then, his knee was down". Yeah, I don't think I need to watch the CBS shenanigans.

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Yeah, well that happens to be true. Also the last lateral was forward. But the thing is, there was NOT replay available back then. It is what it is. It was what it was. So tough s---. The result stands as called.

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The last lateral wouldn't have been called "forward" ever in any game without instant replay.

And if it somehow truly measures as "forward" ( not a physics major ) than hundreds of laterals in games every year are also "forward" but never, ever called as such.

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I don't know if there are hundreds every year, but that particular one was hard to spot and might not have been noticed even in the modern era of official reviews. It was a backward toss that just happened to be caught ahead of where it was thrown. Momentum carried it forward. But that and the knee down thing are merely academic. Many a game has been decided by erroneous calls. In this case close calls were decided Cal's way so that's that.

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I disagree that the lateraled ball was caught ahead of the point of toss.
I remember seeing a big screen slow motion replay of The Play.
Garner's knee was NOT down.
And the lateral was thrown backwards over the runner's right should and was caught behind the point the runner's front foot was when he released the ball.

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Garner is short and very bow-legged his knees do not bend the way Stanford fans imagine. He was falling while standing straight and tossed the ball with two hands to a standing Rodgers looking straight at him before being buried in the pile. He could not have done that after being buried.

The "backward/forward" lateral is never called.

The band had run out on the field after the go-ahead FG and was penalized. They were massed on the sideline and counted down the 4 seconds, rushing the field when time expired (even jumping the gun). They had no view of the enfolding Play as they were behind the Stanford kicking team.

The penalty for sideline interference, and it was massive, is an automatic TD. That's makes any other issue moot.

I'm just going to say that if they [CBS] are going to feature it on their show then the knee was not down and the lateral was not forward, else they would have found a different "play".

You people who call yourselves Cal fans should not be so opinionated. Stick with the call you f'ing alumni. Or are you not alumni but just objective football fans who have a boner over the color red.

CALiforniALUM said:

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I'm just going to say that if they [CBS] are going to feature it on their show then the knee was not down and the lateral was not forward, else they would have found a different "play".

You people who call yourselves Cal fans should not be so opinionated. Stick with the call you f'ing alumni. Or are you not alumni but just objective football fans who have a boner over the color red.

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Wow so trying to be objective means I have a boner over the color red? I've never worn red to a Cal sporting event in my life. I don't think I even own any red clothes. But point taken. We do live in an era of alternative facts after all. However, if sideline interference against the band would have meant a touchdown then justice was served. But calling that penalty and awarding a touchdown would not have been anywhere near as cool as running through the band and creaming a trombone player. Proud to say I was there that day, sitting in an aisle seat, and as others were going up the aisle on their way out after the field goal I was telling them the game wasn't over yet! I often wondered what those folks who left must have felt like after sitting through that whole game only to miss the biggest moment in Cal football history.