No ka lōʻihi o ko kākou hoʻomanaʻo ʻana, ua pāʻani nā Dallas Cowboys lāua ʻo Detroit Lions i nā pāʻani ma ka Lā Hoʻomaikaʻi. Akā no ke aha?
E hoʻomaka kākou me nā Lions. Ua pāʻani lākou i kēlā me kēia Thanksgiving mai ka makahiki 1934, koe wale nō ka makahiki 1939-44, ʻoiai ʻaʻole lākou he hui maikaʻi i ka hapa nui o kēlā mau makahiki. Ua pāʻani nā Lions i kā lākou kau mua ma Detroit i ka makahiki 1934 (ma mua o kēlā, ʻo lākou nā Portsmouth Spartans). Ua hakakā lākou i ko lākou makahiki mua ma Detroit, ʻoiai ua makemake ka hapa nui o nā mea pāʻani haʻuki ma laila i nā Detroit Tigers o ka baseball a ʻaʻole i hele nui mai e nānā i nā Lions. No laila, ua loaʻa i ka mea nona nā Lions ʻo George A. Richards kahi manaʻo: No ke aha e pāʻani ʻole ai i ka Thanksgiving?
No Richards nō hoʻi ke kahua lekiō ʻo WJR, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kahua lekiō nui loa ma ka ʻāina i kēlā manawa. He nui ka mana o Richards ma ka honua hoʻolaha, a ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ia iā NBC e hōʻike i ka pāʻani ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa. Ua hele mai ka poʻokela NFL ʻo Chicago Bears i ke kūlanakauhale, a ua kūʻai aku nā Lions i ke kahua o ke Kulanui o Detroit me 26,000 noho no ka manawa mua. Ua hoʻomau ʻo Richards i ke kuʻuna i nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana, a ua hoʻomau ka NFL i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana iā lākou ma ka Thanksgiving i ka wā i hoʻomaka hou ai lākou e pāʻani ma ia lā ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke Kaua Honua II. Ua kūʻai aku ʻo Richards i ka hui i ka makahiki 1940 a make i ka makahiki 1951, akā ke hoʻomau nei ke kuʻuna āna i hoʻomaka ai i kēia lā i ka wā e pāʻani ai nā Lions ... nā Chicago Bears.
Ua pāʻani mua nā Cowboys ma ka lā Thanksgiving i ka makahiki 1966. Ua komo lākou i ka līkī i ka makahiki 1960 a, ʻoiai he paʻakikī ke manaʻoʻiʻo i kēia manawa, ua paʻakikī ke huki i nā mea pā no ka mea ua maikaʻi ʻole lākou i kēlā mau makahiki mua. Ua noi nui ke luna nui ʻo Tex Schramm i ka NFL e hoʻonohonoho iā lākou no kahi pāʻani Thanksgiving i ka makahiki 1966, me ka manaʻo e loaʻa paha iā lākou kahi hoʻonui kaulana ma Dallas a ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa hoʻi no ka mea e hoʻolaha ʻia ka pāʻani ma ke kīwī.
Ua holo pono ia. Ua kūʻai ʻia aku he 80,259 mau tikiki i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma Dallas i ka lanakila ʻana o nā Cowboys i nā Cleveland Browns, 26-14. Kuhikuhi kekahi poʻe pā Cowboys i kēlā pāʻani ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaka o Dallas e lilo i "hui o ʻAmelika." Ua hala wale lākou i ka pāʻani ʻana ma ka Thanksgiving i ka makahiki 1975 a me 1977, i ka wā i koho ai ke Komisina NFL ʻo Pete Rozelle no nā St. Louis Cardinals.
Ua lilo nā pāʻani me nā Cardinals i mea eo i nā helu, no laila ua nīnau ʻo Rozelle i nā Cowboys inā e pāʻani hou lākou i ka makahiki 1978.
"He mea ʻino ia ma St. Louis," i ʻōlelo aku ai ʻo Schramm i ka Chicago Tribune i ka makahiki 1998. "Ua nīnau ʻo Pete inā e hoʻihoʻi mākou. Ua ʻōlelo wau inā loaʻa mau loa iā mākou. He mea ia e pono ai ʻoe e kūkulu ma ke ʻano he kuʻuna. ʻĪ maila ʻo ia, 'No ʻoukou ia no ka wā pau ʻole.'"
Ua holo ʻo Nate Bain i lalo i ka pā me ka pau ʻana o ka manawa a ua helu ʻo ia ma kahi layup i ka pō Pōʻalua e hāʻawi iā Stephen F. Austin i kahi lanakila kupaianaha 85-83 ma luna o Duke, e hoʻopau ana i ka lanakila lanakila 150 pāʻani o ka Blue Devils ma ka home e kūʻē i nā hoa paio ʻaʻole i komo i ka ʻaha kūkā.
Ua hāʻawi ʻo Bain, he haumāna papa kiʻekiʻe mai Bahamas mai, i kahi ninaninau ma ke kahua pāʻani a kāohi i kona mau waimaka i ka wā i haʻi aku ai i ka paʻakikī o ka makahiki. Ua luku ʻia ka home i noho ai kona ʻohana e ka makani ʻino ʻo Dorian i kēia makahiki.
“Ua nalowale nui koʻu ʻohana i kēia makahiki,” wahi a Bain me ke kaumaha. “ʻAʻole au e uē ma ke kīwī.”
Ua hoʻonohonoho nā luna ma Stephen F. Austin i kahi ʻaoʻao GoFundMe i ʻāpono ʻia e ka NCAA no Bain i Kepakemapa. Ua hoʻomaka nā haumāna ma Stephen F. Austin e kaʻana like i kēlā ʻaoʻao ma ka pāpili kaiapili ma hope o ka lanakila, a i ke kakahiaka nui o ka Pōʻakolu, ua hōʻiliʻili iki ma mua o $69,000, e ʻoi aku ana ma mua o ka pahuhopu $50,000. Ma muli o kekahi o nā manaʻo, he mau mea pā o Duke kekahi o nā mea hāʻawi.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Nov-28-2019