That article brought up a lot of good memories. I was 15 when they played that game. At that time, I was awestruck by these Louisville players. I consider them to be my first heroes in life and I still feel that way. They were 1st class all the way.
Before the Pitino era, a friend's wife decided it would be a great gift to get her husband a copy of the 1st Dream Game. She called the UofL athletics office and spoke with one of Denny's former assistants. I believe his name was Jones. He was one of Crum's long-time assistants (the other great being Wade Houston). He kindly responded he would look around and see what he could find. A week later she received in the mail, not only the Dream Game, but also the Houston Final 4 game and the '86 championship. We spent all night watching all three games. Even in a loss, the Houston game was great to watch as was the '86 game. But nothing was more exciting than to watch the '83 game again. As thrilling as the comeback in the 2nd half was, the overtime was pure magic. They released the '80 championship on DVD to celebrate its 25th anniversary and I suspect they'll do the same for the '86 game as well. More than anything I'd like to have the '83 game in my library.
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Look, I've got certain information, certain things have come to light, and uh, has it ever occurred to you, man, that given the nature of all this new shit, that, uh, instead of running around blaming me, that this whole thing might just be, not, you know, not just such a simple, but uh--you know?
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