What's incredible about the 5th down sequence is that the down numbers on the sideline chains and the stadium scoreboard did not change. And it wasn't even their home stadium! Obviously, CU's center was paying attention - because he mentioned it in the huddle - but none of the officials seemed to be paying attention.…

The "Sophia Loren" analogy that the Tass reporter uses in the interview after the Miracle Game makes it pretty clear that the loss was a minor setback for the Soviets. Then the next interviewee, an independent journalist, says the loss was actually to Coach Tikhonov's advantage because it allowed him to get rid of the…