Sport's great guarantees... Jimmy Johnson mention

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By Jenni Carlson
Published: March 22, 2009Buzz up!


Memorable promises over the years
Oklahoma superstar Courtney Paris is hardly the first athlete to make a guarantee. Here are some of the memorable promises made over the years:

→Babe Ruth, 1932: With the Yankees on their way to a World Series rout of the Cubs, Ruth stepped into the batter’s box, pointed his bat toward the deepest part of Wrigley Field, then smashed a ball out of the park.

→Joe Namath, 1969: The New York quarterback vowed that his upstart Jets would beat the Colts, widely believed to be the greatest football team the sport had ever seen, in Super Bowl III. It became the guarantee by which all others are measured not only because Namath was first but also he was right.

→Jimmy Johnson, 1993: Then the Dallas Cowboys coach, Johnson predicted before the 1993 NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers that the Cowboys would "beat their rear ends and then go on to win the Super Bowl ... you can put that in three-inch headlines.” Johnson and the Cowboys did just what he guaranteed.

By Jenni Carlson

http://newsok.com/great-guarantees/article/3355385
 
WoodysGirl;2698858 said:
→Jimmy Johnson, 1993: Then the Dallas Cowboys coach, Johnson predicted before the 1993 NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers that the Cowboys would "beat their rear ends and then go on to win the Super Bowl ... you can put that in three-inch headlines.” Johnson and the Cowboys did just what he guaranteed.

That still gets me psyched. What a really great time to be a Cowboy fan.
 
vta;2698863 said:
That still gets me psyched. What a really great time to be a Cowboy fan.

I lived in California before and during that time. I had to endure the 1980s in Northern Califronia when the 49ers were having their reign of terror. How sweet it was to listen to all the people madder than hell over Johnson's comment. Afterwards it was amazing at hof few 49ers fans were public in California after that. Not a 49ers jersey to be seen anywhere. It was great.

On the topic at hand, Jamal Lewis predicted to his coach that if he got 30 carries he would break the single game rushing record. He then delivered on that.
 
Off the top of my head.

That list is pretty darn good....

The order of importantance should be:

Jets
Cowboys
Babe
 
RoadRunner;2698927 said:
I lived in California before and during that time. I had to endure the 1980s in Northern Califronia when the 49ers were having their reign of terror. How sweet it was to listen to all the people madder than hell over Johnson's comment. Afterwards it was amazing at hof few 49ers fans were public in California after that. Not a 49ers jersey to be seen anywhere. It was great.

On the topic at hand, Jamal Lewis predicted to his coach that if he got 30 carries he would break the single game rushing record. He then delivered on that.
yeah

lewis also before that game told the browns he was gonna get the record on them:laugh2:

then preceeded to go right out and do it.
 
They missed one: Pat Riley guaranteeing a repeat for the Lakers after they won in 1987. They did win it again in 1988!
 

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