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Remembering Rod Sherman

Wide receiver Rod Sherman, who made one of the greatest catches in USC history, died Tuesday. He was 79.

Sherman will forever be known for one moment.

In 1964, No. 1-ranked Notre Dame led USC, 17-0, at halftime. It was 17-7 entering the fourth quarter. USC trailed 17-13 with 1:33 left and had a fourth-and-eight at the Irish 15-yard line.

Quarterback Craig Fertig dropped back and found Sherman for the touchdown catch. The victory ruined Norte Dame’s perfect season. Here is the scene below:

Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian reacts to Rod Sherman’s game-winning TD catch.
Rod Sherman (12) sits on the bench next to USC president Norman Topping in 1964

A little-known fact about Sherman is that he started out at UCLA and then transferred to Pasadena City College before going to USC.

Sherman went to Muir High School in Pasadena and joined the Oakland Raiders in 1967. He helped Oakland win an AFL Championship as a rookie and his then-team-record 82-yard touchdown reception from Daryle Lamonica at Oakland Coliseum led the Raiders to a 21-14 win over Miami in a 1970 AFC Divisional playoff game, sending them to the AFC Championship Game.

He played seven seasons with the Raiders, Bengals, Broncos, and Rams. Sherman finished his NFL career with 105 receptions for 1,576 yards and five touchdowns.

71 thoughts on “Remembering Rod Sherman”

      1. Hey George, now I am being chastised on this blog for supposedly being a democrat, whereas you and I have always declared “independence,” and agree that less government is best (republican) but take care of the little guy (democrat

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      2. Grocery prices up 30% since 2020, interest rates doubled, open borders flooding the country with cheap labor and wasting billions of dollars on endless wars are
        “taking care of the little guy.” lol

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      4. It’s truly pathetic with all the daily political BS you like to shit out of your mouth, and when it comes to any extended political debate your stale response is always- “You voted for this”. Do you even have the intellectual ability to debate yourself out of a paper bag?…… I have yet to see it……..just saying

        In one simple word, you’re dumb!

        The pathetic part, others see it and try to help and or stick up for you.

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      6. That’s the mother of the 12-year-old you were stalking, knucklehead

        There are so many, I can see you not recognizing her

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    1. It sure looks like it was a dagger in the ankle of the guy with the #1 on his Notre Dame jersey [what a wonderful metaphor for losing the #1 ranking].
      #AraLooksLikeHeGotStruckWithADaggerToo

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      1. The look on Ara The Tie Maker’s face is priceless. My dad called him the Tie Maker because he always played for ties knowing that the pollsters would cut him slack, he wasn’t wrong.

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      5. Mike and ‘fat guy on his haunches’ – that foolish decision by ‘the princess’ against MI St., to ‘sit’ on the ball 2 years later a week before the USC game has always been what defined him – good one ‘tie maker’

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    1. I sure was asking God to bless Rod after I heard on the radio he caught that winning TD pass…
      [btw, I remember how happy Craig Fertig was when we avenged the 51-0 loss with a 24-7 win at South Bend — I saw him in the hall and he laughed and said “we beat the hell outta them”]……

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  6. HI JOHN
    YEAH YOU AND I APPEAR TO BE THE ONLY INDEPENDENT VOTERS ON THE BLOG
    STARTING WITH THE YEAR 2000 I HAVE. VOTED THREE TIMES DEM AND-THREE TIMES GOP

    PS I BET MG VOTED FOR OBAMA IN 2008

    HEY MICHAEL
    AM I RIGHT?? HAHA

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    2. True. Political leanings are a bit more complex than simply red or blue, but people such as Wolf love to place labels on others i.e. fanboys

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    3. HI GEORGE! I CONFESS: I DID VOTE FOR OBAMA THE FIRST GO AROUND. I REMEMBER HOW HAPPY THE BLACK GRAMMAR SCHOOL KIDS WERE AS THEY CROSSED THE STREET WITH THEIR TEACHER AS I STOPPED AT A LIGHT IN OAKLAND THE NEXT MORNING.
      [btw, BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE END OF THAT FIRST TERM I THOUGHT HE WAS A NEAR-TOTAL FUCK UP & I COULDN’T WAIT TO VOTE AGAINST HIM –HE GOT PLAYED ROYALLY BY THE BANKS WHEN HE TOLD THEM HE WOULDN’T BAIL THEM OUT UNLESS THEY GAVE EXTENSIONS ON MORTGAGES AND STOPPED PAYING OUTLANDISH BONUSES TO TOP EXECUTIVES —-WHEN THEY SAID, “FUCK YOU UP THE ASS, JUST GIVE US THE MONEY WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED”, OBAMA MEEKLY SAID, “OKAY.” FROM THAT MOMENT ON THE WHOLE WORLD KNEW HE WAS A BIG PUSSY].

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  7. ‘Bitin’ or ‘Chump,’ what’s the difference, each elected party takes its turn tearing down this once great country

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    1. What’s the difference? Well, let’s just take the southern border for one.

      Trump- implemented the “stay in Mexico” policy, eliminated “catch and release” and was building a wall. Illegal immigration was at the lowest number in many years. On his first day by executive order, Biden withdrew these policies. We have 10,000,000 unvetted illegals crossing the border with about ten thousand added each day. So what’s the result. We have spent billions attempting to feed, cloth, and house these people at the expense of other programs that could benefit legal citizens. Newsome has given them free health care, something that is not extended to legal citizens but legal citizens pay for it. We have a housing shortage and budget deficit and 10,000,000 additional people will add to it and further contribute to inflation. Fentanyl travels along with some of these illegals and fentanyl deaths per year now stand at about 100,000. Who knows what kinds of diseases come into the country with these people – tuberculosis? Mexican cartels have now established a stronghold in San Diego county. And worse of all, the Chinese are sending thousands of soldiers through the open border and Muslim terrorists have also entered. FBI director Wray has called it a crisis. “It is not if the terrorist attack but when. ”

      We can discuss the difference between the Democrats and Republicans on crime, and energy independence in our next segment.

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      2. I have in-laws who complained Trump “was ruining the American experiment” [a phrase they lazily picked up from watching too much MSNBC—several thousand hours too much]. Because they didn’t know what the American Experiment was —they bought the line. The American Experiment is contained in the United States Constitution —Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Assembly, Right To Bear Arms, Free & Unrestricted Trade, Border Security, Free Elections, Right To Own Property, All CITIZENS afforded Due Process of Law [before property or life can be taken], etc. Trump did NOT interfere with these rights —Biden has.

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      3. I could replace MSNBC with Newsmax and reverse Biden and trump and 81 million people would agree with your rant……thanks for sharing your thoughts!

        So here we are full circle and trump is running from the law and Biden is running the country.

        Trump could only dream of the economic numbers Biden has put up, yet trump said a couple of weeks ago he should get credit for it……

        Slow down on the Kool-aid you’re getting way over your skies.

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      5. Hunchback, I would offer a rebuttal to all your points but it’s not worth it anymore and you probably wouldn’t comprehend anyway.

        For example, you STILL can not figure out what “energy independence” represents.
        Trump raised the deficit over four years, percentage-wise, more than any other Prez in history. Yet, you voice no outrage over that….And Obama deported more illegals than any Prez in history. Newsom should get an award for the humanitarian aid he has provided. The crap you post is laughable

        The crap you post is laughable! No one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to live in this country. If you don’t like what’s going then bail, simple!

        Tell the old lady I said hello!

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      8. Gabby — Obama WAS very good on the border [he’s now gotten in line with the “no border” brigade].
        As for Newsom —HE hasn’t provided shit: the California taxpayers have.
        I’ve taken heat many times for calling you a clever debater. I still say you’re wrong on most everything —but you sure know how to argue your case. That’s what America is all about — the marketplace of competing ideas.

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      9. MG: So Gabby is a “clever debater” who “sure knows how to argue his case.” I don’t get it. The topic was the differences in policies on the southern border between Trump and Biden and the affects of those policies. As usual, Gabby didn’t even make an argument. He did not address the differences in policies or the resulting consequences or suggest that my factual assertions were incorrect. Instead, he said that Obama deported more illegals than Trump. How is that relevant. I suppose if you have no facts to argue then you can introduce irrelevant facts in an attempt to deflect and mislead but I do not find that method clever or persuasive. It is intellectually dishonest to deflect in response to an argument.

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      11. I will be honest with you, Biden is way past his prime and should step aside. But for me, it comes down to anyone but trump. That’s the only reason why I continue to support the guy. I wish there was an option #2 within the DEM party.

        At the moment, I think Haley is the best option between the two old guys and is not getting enough respect. People will not move off trump and it scares me to think what will come if he’s back in the WH

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      12. P. P. S.
        One last thing [I sound like Judi Dench before she launches into her Tennyson poem in Skyfall]: The Unites States took in 4.3 trillion in revenues and is spending close to 7 trillion [much of it on crap the American people don’t want]. The next generation is gonna pay a big price for those “economic numbers” Biden has put up.

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      14. I’m [WAY] too lazy to comply with that request, Gabby [today is a drawing day for me] ….but… if you add up all the items contained in the [to be voted on] March 1st Spending Bill [and add to that amount our interest payments on the debt] the number will be around 7 trillion. If you add up all tax revenue it’ll come in at less than four and a half trillion. Most of the difference will have to made up by printing money….lots & lots of it.
        Biden will be able to prop up the economy till November—but the price tag will be shouldered by the next generation.

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      15. Sorry to interrupt your daily routine(lol)……

        I call that kicking the can down the road. Every Prez preceding Biden has done it in some shape or form. I think Bill might have kicked it the least distance(could be wrong). Biden is in lockstep with the rest. How much money did the Republicans flush down the toilet between Iraq and Afgan, or PPP money that went to stock buybacks, I lost track of the zeros.

        My point is, that both sides have been doing it. So it reeks of hypocrisy!

        Looks like you triggered your boi plow horse. He started pouting, as usual.

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      16. I agree, Plow Horse. [My point is not that you or So Cal or Grabby is/are on the wrong side of the argument —just the opposite, in fact —but —I will give the Devil his due: Gabby knows how to dance around facts and present a bad case in the best possible light]. If our side can’t hear Gabby out and rebut him point for point….as you do… then we deserve to lose….
        #ButIDon’tThinkWe’reGonnaLose…..
        #…IThinkWe’reGonnaWinBIG….
        #…&There’llBeMuchWeepingFromMyIn-LawsComeNovember…

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      18. Simple question, is one’s opinion a lie?

        you can’t can balls and strikes without defining the strike zone, dipshit

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      19. It’s OUR job…as citizens… to counter the lies, half truths, generalizations and misrepresentations wherever & whenever they pop up on sites such as this and elsewhere. And—guess what? —we won’t get any help from congress, the supreme court or the RNC. The cocktail circuit cowards want us to do all the heavy lifting. If and when we win, they’ll offer their chickenshit support.
        Gabby was right when he said repubs and dems have equally screwed up this country —- that’s why he should back away from Big Money Nikki Haley: she’ll bring more of the same.

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      20. MG says “Gabby was right when he said repubs and dems have equally screwed up this country.” EQUALLY

        That is the same statement that Sparrow made. It is not true. Dems have done much more damage than Repubs. (Admittedly, both parties spend too much money.) The southern border is just one example. How about crime. Are Soro DAs a good idea. How about no cash bail or defunding the police. Trump wants to drill for oil and natural gas in the gulf and Alaska. Biden signed the Paris accords and is denying drilling permits. Guess which party wants the BLM educational agenda to become mandatory curriculum in public schools. Who do you want to pick the next Supreme Court justice – Biden! Do you want Trump or Biden to negotiate with Europe, China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. We are now dangerously close to WWIII and we would not be in this position if Trump were President.

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      21. Your opinion is like an asshole, everyone has one but yours stinks a lot more than other.

        You’re clueless regarding drilling permits. Joe is laughing his ass off. Please get educated, coming across as an ignorant idiot is a bad look….. Just saying

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      22. Another insightful comment by the person who MG describes as “clever.” Did he make an effective response to the assertion that Dems have done more damage than Repubs. Of course not. He starts with “your opinion is like an asshole.” He is mentally and emotionally stuck in 5th grade. It is part of his Narcissistic Personality Disorder, a mental illness that has been well documented on this blog.

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      23. The last time we debated you could not comprehend the difference between a financial commodity and a supply commodity.

        Here’s a real simple thing, since Biden has been in office, go find out how many oil leases the Federal government has offered and how many were purchased by the oil industry.

        And get educated on energy independence.

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      24. Mitch McConnell is a repub…. Mitt and his adorable little RNC Niece are repubs…. Roberts on the Supreme Court was appointed by a repub prez …. none of these folks are what I would call America First Populists….. they are part of the beltway cocktail circuit …… they’re not as bad as Biden…. but that’s not saying much..
        Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz are among the few repub senators fighting the good fight….. [btw, the supreme court bowed outta the fight a long time ago when they refused to hear election fraud cases on the basis of, first, “prematurity” and, then, “staleness”]…..
        #AndTheRepubHouseIsn’tMuchBetter….
        #…OrTheyWouldHaveDefundedJackSmith

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      1. These Posters are usually pretty mild-mannered when they stick to sports, George, but bring up “politics” and the bitch comes out.

        Even the dignified MG had to politicize Swift by saying “She is no John Kennedy,” to which she could retort, “I wouldn’t want to be, I have 250-million followers worldwide and am America’s greatest ambassador as I spread love”

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      3. Speaking of “Love”, John —–Jill informed us today that the best proof of Joe’s memory isn’t knowing the decade in which his son died, it’s his “Love For Country.”
        #AWholeNewMemoryMetric…
        #…BroughtToUsBy”America’s#1Doctor”

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      4. If he loves his country so much, he’d have been proud that Bo died in the good ol’ USA. But he has claimed several times that Bo died in Iraq, which he did not.

        The fact he can’t remember that simple detail of a son he supposedly loved so much is very telling. But not surprising to anyone who isn’t in serious denial. We all saw it in 2020, well before the last election. It it not a new development.

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      5. Here’s a BIG problem you can’t get your head around, mental midget……..Regarding independent voters in 2020, a vote for Biden was a vote against trump. In late 2020, 5k a day were dying from COVID-19 and 11 million were unemployed and all trump could do was talk about himself and cry election/voter fraud. At the time, Biden was seen as the lesser of the two evils

        Trump was well on his way to reelection but his incompetence and vanity led to his demise. Blame trump, not Biden for the 2020 results, he convinced the voters.

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      6. Grabby —Swift has pretty much the same level of sympathy for Israeli hostages judging from the fundraisers she’s attended since the attack….
        #btw,IHaveSympathyForThePalestinians…
        #..TheyDeserveBetterThanHamas

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      8. …that’s pretty much what Ashley Biden was trying to say in her diary, So Cal….
        #…Which,ForSomeReason,TheF.B.I.Seized&Suppressed

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    1. A lot of that 80% is based on short-term memory, their last game. KC struggled throughout the season putting points on the board…… The sportsbooks have a big grin on their face……..just my opinion!

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      1. Have you factored in the rumor K.C. will start a new center ….
        #…NamedSwift?
        #[BeforeYouCallThisPostLame,ThinkRatings,Ok]?

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