THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY (7 OF 7)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: Malachi 4:1-6
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The Great and Terrible Day (7 of 7)
Return to Me
Jeff Schreve
Malachi 4:1-6
It was in the late 70's that I became a Houston Oilers fan. The Houston Oilers, obviously, the team from Houston. I moved to Houston when I was in 7th grade and I didn't really follow them that much until they got Earl Campbell. When they got Earl Campbell, there was a big excitement in Houston, and there was this thing called Love Your Blue. The Houston Oilers were an organization from 1960 until 1998. Bud Adams got mad at the city of Houston, and he moved to Tennessee, and now they're the Tennessee Titans. But when they were the Houston Oilers, I was excited about them. They were a team that specialized in breaking their fans' hearts. They just had a monopoly on that. Just when you would think they had their specialty of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, you thought, they're going to win this game, and then they would lose. Well, in 1993, they played in the playoffs against the Buffalo Bills. January 3, 1993, they were playing in Buffalo, so I figure they were probably going to lose. But they were playing great. Warren Moon was playing great. And at half-time Houston was up 28 to 3. At the start of the third quarter, the defensive picked up a pass and ran it back for a touchdown. It was 35 to 3. I remember calling my friend, Mike Leorch. I said, "Mike, not even the Oilers could lose this game." But I was wrong, because January 3, 1993, was the date of the greatest comeback in the history of the National Football League. And Buffalo, down 35 to 3, beat the Houston Oilers in overtime 41 to 38. Now, if you were a follower of the Buffalo Bills, that game is the great game because it's the great comeback. But if you were a follower of the Houston Oilers, that game was a terrible game because it was the greatest collapse. I remember I was a salesman back in 93, and I remember on Monday, driving to my clients, and being around the city, and there was a depres ...
Return to Me
Jeff Schreve
Malachi 4:1-6
It was in the late 70's that I became a Houston Oilers fan. The Houston Oilers, obviously, the team from Houston. I moved to Houston when I was in 7th grade and I didn't really follow them that much until they got Earl Campbell. When they got Earl Campbell, there was a big excitement in Houston, and there was this thing called Love Your Blue. The Houston Oilers were an organization from 1960 until 1998. Bud Adams got mad at the city of Houston, and he moved to Tennessee, and now they're the Tennessee Titans. But when they were the Houston Oilers, I was excited about them. They were a team that specialized in breaking their fans' hearts. They just had a monopoly on that. Just when you would think they had their specialty of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, you thought, they're going to win this game, and then they would lose. Well, in 1993, they played in the playoffs against the Buffalo Bills. January 3, 1993, they were playing in Buffalo, so I figure they were probably going to lose. But they were playing great. Warren Moon was playing great. And at half-time Houston was up 28 to 3. At the start of the third quarter, the defensive picked up a pass and ran it back for a touchdown. It was 35 to 3. I remember calling my friend, Mike Leorch. I said, "Mike, not even the Oilers could lose this game." But I was wrong, because January 3, 1993, was the date of the greatest comeback in the history of the National Football League. And Buffalo, down 35 to 3, beat the Houston Oilers in overtime 41 to 38. Now, if you were a follower of the Buffalo Bills, that game is the great game because it's the great comeback. But if you were a follower of the Houston Oilers, that game was a terrible game because it was the greatest collapse. I remember I was a salesman back in 93, and I remember on Monday, driving to my clients, and being around the city, and there was a depres ...
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