November 26, 2007 (Miami Dolphins vs. Pittsburgh Steelers) - The Greatest Game

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Today, I wanted to go over one of my favorite games that I have witnessed in my life. Normally, I would talk about a legendary match like the 2009 AFC Championship Game against Baltimore or Super Bowl XLIII, but the Mud Bowl against Miami holds a special place in my heart.
Come with me on a journey to this incredible game. Not for the quality of play, but for the elements that made it truly great. It's still legendary to me, damnit.

[@HighlightHeaven]

shoutout to everyone that stayed

[@SemAlce]

At first I thought this was a old video he made

[@newyorksheroes7942]

Look at Highlight Heaven man so inspirational

[@thehamiltonshow]

I remember watching this live in high school. Return of Ricky. Disaster of a game!

[@jackmehofff8815]

Love your content

[@theviskinsfan]

Hello Highlight 😃

[@jona_toro5282]

Took 16 years, but we have another 3-0 game, in a domed stadium nonetheless Who's here after such magnificent display of football in Las Vegas?

[@sportsmaster1364]

Never thought we'd see another game like this again, but by God, the Vikes and Raiders took us right back in time to `07

[@Flow_Easy]

You know the field is bad, when the BALL just says "fuck it" and stays put 🤣🤣

[@thedoughnutsayshello]

And no one even tried to pick it up. They all checked out at that point

[@kenmcferren9616]

this is one of the most memorable games to me. Ricky Williams was making a comeback so I rooted for pittsburgh. That aside, I tell people about this moment when the ball stuck to the field.

[@kenmcferren9616]

@@thedoughnutsayshello How often do you see a football turn into a football tree seed?

[@thedoughnutsayshello]

@@kenmcferren9616 they weren't ready to know about football reproduction yet. Especially in such a graphic manner.

[@6lemans10]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tyroland06]

I think Secret Base did a video on this. "The Worst Monday Night Football Game" But, if anyone can cover a historical Steelers moment, it's a Yinzer.

[@TheSpartanWin]

If only Tree got the Yinzer from this week in Sportsball to narrate this

[@UrinatingTree]

I didn't realize they did. I'll have to look that up.

[@samortmann5003]

@@UrinatingTree If it makes you feel better, they had a red wings collapse video that was pretty much the non-shitpost version of your video about them.

[@bmac4]

To be fair that was the weird SB era when their content was more edgy hot takes and Jon Bois wasnt the creative director driving them to make content focused on interesting stories. Those videos spent half the runtime on "look at all the bad/cringey shit people did in that year!"

[@serraramayfield9230]

@@bmac4 It's good that Bois became creative director as he's based

[@CaptainMaggott]

Never forget when the ball was stuck upright in the mud

[@facecampingbubba4656]

That described the game perfectly

[@zjclipz8525]

Oh that Monday

[@UrinatingTree]

It was the most brilliant picture of that era.

[@Dratchev241]

I seen that happen on TV and I laughed hard for like 20 mins.

[@zjclipz8525]

@@UrinatingTree yea

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

With the exception of the Cardinals/Giants 20-20 tie in 1983, this might be the ugliest game in the history of Monday Night Football. It was glorious. For those wondering what happened in that 20-20 tie, a brief rundown: - Giants QB Jeff Rutledge had a passer rating of 39.2. Cardinals QB Neil Lomax had a passer rating of 30.4. Both of those ratings are worse than if you did nothing but spike the ball into the ground on every single play (39.6) - The teams combined for six turnovers and 20 penalties - Cardinals kicker Neil O'Donoghue missed 3 field goals in overtime alone, including a 20-yarder - Giants coach Bill Parcells said afterwards: "if somebody had to win that game, we might still be playing out there"

[@kevinjones1942]

My pick for ugliest Monday Night game was the Giants vs Vikings. Vikings sent out their newest qb who the signed just about 10 days prior. Josh Freeman. He went out there and stunk it up. Essentially putting the nails in the coffin of what was his career. Threw 20/53 for 190 and a pick. Has got to be one of the worst qb performances I have ever seen absolutely zero chemistry with his receivers. Poor guy.

[@tylerlarsen1842]

"...worse than if you did nothing but spike the ball into the ground on every play" will NEVER get old

[@howardbaxter2514]

@@kevinjones1942 could be worse. They could have thrown in a practice squad WR to be your QB less than 24 hours before kickoff.

[@AlanNadeauIII]

You and Tree need to do a collab

[@BigBlack81]

@@howardbaxter2514 Can that REALLY be called a proper game between equals given the circumstances which caused the WR to play QB? LOL XD

[@yankeeluver100]

The Dolphins are involved in a lot of these "greatest games," lol.

[@StarkRaven59]

When mediocrity suddenly and unexpectedly rises to competence, or even flashes of greatness, it is both surprising and entertaining. Alternatively, when greatness falls to the level of mediocrity ("playing down"), it is also entertaining, and cathartic if you happen to have a distaste for the team that suddenly forgets how to play.

[@obijuanquenobi1911]

I like how the Dolphins played in a similar game with the patriots over 20 years ago. The Snowplow game where the Pats won 3-0 and it was at the same pace as this game

[@yankeeluver100]

@@obijuanquenobi1911 lol, the dude whi was involved in the snow plow game (or snow job if you're a Dolphins fan) had just been released from jail.

[@brandynrivas591]

Patriots fans get super bowls. Us Dolphin fans get to experience the greatest game

[@yankeeluver100]

@@brandynrivas591 yup, lol.

[@SeinenNinja]

My gods, if the Gators didn't name their stadium "The Swamp", you would give that nickname to that field.

[@craigb6904]

We’d have gladly surrendered the nickname to that field for the night. It earned it.

[@chaosgreyblood]

How about The Marshland?

[@toddc3988]

@@chaosgreyblood As a Gator fan I say in no small word.... Nice.

[@ChiseledAdonis]

I remember listing to this game on the radio! I was losing my mind when Jeff Reed put in the game winner!

[@sidgar1]

This game was sloppier than Chris Farley at a Chinese Buffet 10 mins before they close. Rushing at the last minute to get all the leftovers.

[@carter-rm9js]

i didnt know english yet, i was 8 hours old

[@bergthe89th12]

I want to like but as of typing this comment, it has 283 likes.

[@blitheringrando1410]

I also listened to this on the radio, was the first season I really paid attention to football

[@chuckjordan22]

Had to work that evening outside was quite wet

[@BarrCode674]

December 10, 2023 (Minnesota Vikings vs. Las Vegas Raiders) - The Greatest Game

[@austinreed5805]

The field would’ve been perfect for a Tank Bowl.

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

Could you imagine the 2020 Jets and the 2020 Jaguars on that field ?? Holy shit

[@STEEZY_TREV16]

Soda King I can see it now The Jaguars (not biased) win after scoring a field goal in 5 OT Final score: JAX:3 NYJ:0

[@chaotixthefox]

@@STEEZY_TREV16 You know damn well they'd tie at 0.

[@obijuanquenobi1911]

@@STEEZY_TREV16 Tbh, the Jets have a better chance at blowing their tank more than the Jags

[@aaronTGP_3756]

In the regular season, there's just one OT.

[@SUM22MR]

16 years later Vikings Raiders just made the indoor sequel to this.

[@Dar-oi3tw]

Can't wait for the sequel, Vikings vs. Raiders in week 14 of the 2023-24 NFL Season. No team scored until just under the two minute mark in the fourth quarter. Not as close as this, but still pretty rare and impressive to see both offenses be so incompetent. What is more impressive is that this was under a freaken dome in Vegas and not in a wet field out in Pittsburgh.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

at least the one in PIttsburgh had that excuse... What they did in Vegas is outright shittiness

[@SuperNASCARrocks]

“When the dolphins didn’t exist.” 😂 I pity the poor souls who had to witness this.

[@donzapp1709]

LMAO I cant stop crying and more punting..... Haha

[@BuffaloBilliam]

The word around the nfl is that Miami is still trying to get a team

[@JonnyRebel1776]

"Pour"

[@bcubed72]

It was a "so bad it's good" game, though. Normally a Steelers fan, I started "rooting for the mud" halfway through overtime...wanted the scoreless tie.

[@daelmonaszarkarias3486]

Saw the thumbnail and immediately thought, "Isn't that the game where the punt just got stuck in the turf."

[@YOUROXJACK]

I’m so happy people are learning about this game. I feel like I dreamt it. No one ever knows what I’m talking about

[@TommyG8]

It’s hard to forget for us steeler fans.

[@kevinjones1942]

My favorite shit game is when the Vikings signed Josh Freeman to play qb and was named started almost immediately. Went 20/53 for 190 yards and a pick.

[@wtfkyle]

Lol my favorite team is the Steelers and this was the first home game I ever went to. The kick attempts were hilarious

[@LegionX8726]

Before they draft: Detroit Pistons: Age of Perfect Mediocrity

[@LegionX8726]

@Kristopher Bailey so accurate dude 😂

[@LegionX8726]

@Kristopher Bailey I’m praying Troy doesn’t screw this up, ironically I’m a Pistons fan 😂

[@DaDualityofMan]

They should sue Blake Griffin

[@gocubs1815]

Yes! Tree must do a Detroit Trifecta

[@LegionX8726]

@@DaDualityofMan maybe maybe 😂

[@thatsgoodsports]

Don't trust this man's coffee

[@sufrimo]

@Austin Duval I love Braden Perna, right up there with Tome Grossi

[@beamerball666]

I bought some, you poisoned it didn't you? You monster

[@BGtypiu1850]

bruh how is he not verified

[@CaptainMaggott]

@@sufrimo Tim Grossi

[@sufrimo]

@@CaptainMaggott Scotter Magrader

[@matthewshortle5274]

Who's back here after the Vikings-Raiders game that ended 3-0

[@mattheworlandi1129]

The ball plopping on the field with the commentators’ reactions never fails to make me laugh. 😂

[@Hitherto90]

I love the fact that the players didn't immediately pick up the ball.

[@thenumberquelve158]

@@Hitherto90 I want to believe most of them were thinking, "So... do we wait and let someone from Canton retrieve this ball or are we just going to keep playing with it?"

[@DoctorTerrible]

As a Dolphins fan, the 2007 season still hurts.

[@Avvura]

2008 was nice :)

[@madmanszalinski]

At least we went from 1-15 in '07 to 11-5 in '08

[@collinghood6828]

As a Ravens fan, it was painful too.

[@chefz2749]

@@collinghood6828 the harbinger of “this has been a shitty season” for the Ravens is pretty simple - a loss to the Dolphins. Both 2007 and 2015 were gross for the Ravens, and they lose to the Dolphins in both. I was at the 2015 game, and the Ravens offense was worthless.

[@jamesm3471]

2007: the Year of the Dolphin.

[@LetsPlayBojangles]

I remember living in PA at the time and my dad called it the night before. "They've played 9 games in 3 days on that poor field and it's gonna dump rain tommorrow, it's gonna be a total mess." I bet he wishes he went big on the under betting line with that foresight.

[@TheSandvichMaker]

I watched this shitshow live. Truly the lowest of the low points during that season for the Dolphins.

[@UrinatingTree]

And even then, they still had a chance to win. I hadn't heard the names Cleo Lemon and John Beck in a very long time.

[@obijuanquenobi1911]

@@UrinatingTree You should do a vid on the 2008 Lions.

[@nateschendel4585]

@@UrinatingTree i second the 08 lions video and thank the previous commenter for this brilliant idea

[@thatfrenchfryyouleftintheb7028]

@@UrinatingTree 08 lions, I third that

[@olinroux6702]

@@UrinatingTree there were quite a few winnable games in that 2007 season.

[@tylerallen949]

4:50 Probably the funniest thing I’ve seen from a football game.

[@vinnygaudino5017]

The sound effect and spongebob music made it that much more hilarious

[@zjclipz8525]

Bruh the intro sounds like a intro to a movie😂

[@Huntflash2n]

More like a documentary than a movie 😂

[@mightquinnable]

NFL film inspiration

[@SirDawkster]

"In a miserable night in Pittsburgh" isn't that every night in Pittsburgh?

[@Nehfarius]

More miserable then usual. Miserable even by Pittsburgh standards.

[@rip_city_and_ptfc_fan]

Lol

[@501stincel]

No that’s philly

[@ChiefBlue4298]

Not as bad as January 10, 2021

[@dustinsindledecker154]

January was the biggest nightmare for Steelers fans like myself

[@RDGamer321]

Could we get a reaction to *that play* from Mets vs Pirates where the Pirates scored three runs on a swinging bunt?

[@UrinatingTree]

I'm thinking about it. If just for a brief sake.

[@ryans6969]

...and they still lost despite a 6-0 lead in the first inning. The embodiment of Pittsburgh baseball

[@jjsrandomedits39]

@Ryan S I remember watching that game and when they choked, I swore literally 17,000,000 or so times under my breath. And that’s why I’m a Dodgers fan now. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.

[@BlackFlagsMatter]

Watched this game from start to finish…

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

The 2007 Miami Dolphins were one overtime away from going 0-16!

[@jamesm3471]

Not if the Baltimore Ravens had anything to say about it!!

[@obijuanquenobi1911]

They had a chance to have 2 perfect seasons and they blew it

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

@@obijuanquenobi1911 They even went on a winning streak in their second attempt

[@obijuanquenobi1911]

@@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly Unfortunately for the organization, Flores didn’t plan on embracing the tank

[@christopherpettit2304]

Amazingly they also lost 6 games by 3 or less points that year.

[@harryasmith527]

I remember hoping for a 0-0 tie game, and the punt.

[@bcubed72]

I'm a Steelers fan, and even I was rooting for 0-0 there.

[@christmashake8968]

Good God. Imagine if an entire 15-minute overtime period had to be played in those conditions...XD

[@archangelgv2811]

That old Dolphins logo is pure nostalgia.

[@Matt-io8cx]

their end zone logo was brilliant

[@nicford1486]

I wish they would go back to it. I miss and love it

[@kikiscouch9051]

Love the Passchendaele reference lol

[@Luci-rv1hl]

Fucking same!!! Beat me to it, like the non stop barrages of steel rain beat the now sacred ground of the Flanders region.

[@Fkin176]

Who's ready for The Vikings And raiders version of...THE GREATEST GAME

[@dannyman2k]

4:50 -- the sound effect sealed the deal.

[@disneyfan8719]

And UTree's wheeze. 😂

[@dannyman2k]

@@disneyfan8719 no joke it kinda makes me wheeze

[@QuackersClocksYT]

Oh

[@TheEDFLegacy]

No.

[@franciscothegreat9173]

Oh

[@handkerchief1304]

Gg first

[@zjclipz8525]

What how are you getting likes

[@lovee1089]

Oh

[@angelrobles7201]

4:50 This laugh... This freaking laugh!!!!!

[@jcupbusterful]

Will always remember watching this game live. Was so close to a 0-0 end

[@romeorodriguez2606]

Not a video we asked for…but one we deserved….thank you all mighty tree

[@xdifficultviper9916]

“On a miserable Monday night in Pittsburgh.” So just a normal night then?

[@penguinsfan251]

Hey, Derek, wanna know what's more miserable? Wherever you are, jagoff.

[@BHox01]

Every night in pirttsburgh is miserable at that yellow tin can of a stadium

[@BuffaloBilliam]

Nah. Mondays are half-off cheese steaks. You're thinking of the 6 other days

[@16ktsgamma]

Nah the Miserable night of Pittsburgh.

[@sportballotaku2139]

4:51. The highlight of the Miami Dolphin's 2007 season. Right there.

[@thedaytradingpharaoh1990]

The football landing in the turf perfectly never fails to make me laugh.

[@FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf]

Yah their combine look of "What the hell?!?" Is awsome

[@beansoupfan]

"Bringing back memories of Passchendaele" might be the funniest line I've heard in many a year

[@boldbutweird9169]

This is indeed, the best game ever.

[@stabbystab2378]

The Snowvertime game between the Bills and the Colts would be a great game to do one of these videos on

[@Adino1]

I watched that entire scoreless game that night and I'm a Saints fan My grandmother was a Steelers fan, at one point she gave up and wanted to go to bed She was done with it But I wouldn't let her, I told her she needed to support her team till the soggy end RIP Grandma, I miss you

[@TheFlyingFox14]

“Just like everything else In Pittsburgh, the grass probably died.” Just like that line did to me.

[@masterxploder5160]

It never gets old watching that ball plop into the ground. You gotta do the meme-worthy fog game of Pats v Falcons in 2017, or Bears v Eagles in 1988 (featuring the best friends Buddy Ryan and Mike Ditka).

[@JohnStockton76]

That game was some of the most fun I've had at Heinz Field.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

You were there? Damn Son

[@WavveBoi]

@@otaviofrn_adv i was there for the highschool games, got drunk and watched the Panthers get smashed and to cap i got to see this gem. A great and terrible time to be a Pittsburgher

[@otaviofrn_adv]

@@WavveBoi you saw the process from grass to hogpen

[@trentonblair3795]

That field was like a ww1 battle field

[@RIPjkripper]

That's what I love about the Dolphins. There's at least one unbelievable game per season.

[@AzureKite]

I never get tired of Tree's story telling. I love this kind of content.

[@TheIceberg]

I had turned 10 a few weeks earlier and even I knew that I was witnessing history when that ball got stuck in the mud lol

[@MazeDaGr8]

The Yinzer + Classic Football = The Greatest Video Hopefully we get more in the future 💯

[@Stekiaeton]

come to think of it, this game is what cemented my first impression of what football was: kicking field goals until something made it. The teams, the stats; none of that mattered. All I cared about at 8 years old was the kicking. nothing else was important. To this day, this had to have been the origin point of where my love for this sport began. God I love football.

[@matthewlarson738]

This game reminds me of my high school field. I grew up in the rainiest place in the 48 contiguous states and the grass field quickly turned into a mud bowl most weeks especially since the field was built on a flood plain.

[@NoahRicks1999]

Wait until you hear about the shitty conditions my high school field had. Our grounds crew was so lazy and incompetent that our homecoming game my senior year was literally played in uneven levels of grass and DUST!!!

[@yo_boyat5160]

Its a good day if UrinatingTree uploads a video.

[@Razz415]

Love it! I remember this game. What a mess. Like watching Washingtons field now a days... fix this Ron. I believe in you

[@normanno8514]

a fact that i always found incredible about this game is that Ben threw for a Steeler record of consecutive completion in this game - might still stand

[@OrioleFan336]

Last time I was this early, the Steelers still had the 3 B's

[@fat_bat_booty]

I was 8 when this game was on, and this is one of my favorite games of all time.

[@thenumberquelve158]

That is EASILY the closest we will ever get to seeing a scoreless tie in the 21st century, especially now with Heinz's improved field and the rules being even more namby-pamby about "protecting the quarterback". This game belongs in a museum.

[@L3monh3ad0]

The one year I lived there and I was awarded this...

[@Wuweiovers]

i literally watched this video out of the blue like 4 days ago. and now sunday 12-10-2023 the vikings beat the raiders 3-0

[@ChiefBlue4298]

A football video weeks before training camp starts? Brilliant!

[@jakemitchell1132]

It’s funny how NC State and Notre Dame played in a game under similar conditions almost 10 years later. And somehow, that game was so much more entertaining than this one.

[@gauravagochiya4218]

Then just imagine how much fun he would have with Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. No scoring at all in regulation. One of the worst college football games in history. A spectacle that only be remembered by “The Greatest Game”

[@voltingmaster5458]

The Vikings may just be featured in yet another Greatest Game! Their Victim, The Raiders.

[@rowdycmoore]

This should forever be known as the SPLUT game.

[@hankforrigan9575]

I was waiting for this one Tree

[@oiPuReNaDeZzo]

As a Miami native I remember this game 😂 omg I couldn't help but just laugh during all special teams 🤣

[@TungstenArm]

I know you don’t do Other Football often, but I would kill a man for “Congrats, England!”

[@iangalt6899]

That is the greatest post-video ad in the history of the internet

[@thepylonperspective]

Even in games like this… Seeing the punters absolutely go at it is awesome…

[@palehorse6655]

The greatest team needs to be covered on this channel, the expansion 0-26 Buccaneers the relentless mob demands it

[@UrinatingTree]

No. I must do even better: A look into Hugh Culverhouse's tenure as owner.

[@justinnzamora5366]

@@UrinatingTree I'd love to hear about Culverhouse's shoddy ownership of the Bucs. From what little I've heard about, he was a bigger penny pincher than Mike Brown and Bill Bidwill.

[@TheDragonsPit]

@@UrinatingTree Oh please do, It's Buc tradition to curse that man's name.

[@NoahRicks1999]

@@UrinatingTree Not familiar with Culverhouse, but knowing the way you talked about him, he sounds like the Mr. Krabs of professional sports. Bidwill sounds like a close second.

[@jonathanhawkins4544]

Back to form and I couldn't be happier, great work

[@paulmiller7838]

I remember watching this game live. As soon as I saw the titles and that it was Pittsburgh vs. Miami I knew right away what game you were going to cover. Loved every minute of your commentary.

[@samhouston9162]

The Greatest Game: 2012 Jacksonville deep in the tank against the 9-1 Houston Texans

[@looneynunes5645]

Every day is a good day for Tree to shit on his own team

[@ChiefBlue4298]

It is indeed

[@alexparsons5768]

Oh man I remember watching this game live!

[@realpastastrainer]

I love that when the ball landed in the mud all of the players just kind of gathered around for a moment to confirm that what they were seeing was, in fact, reality.

[@capacitatedflux]

The latest game didn't get the stuck punt, at least. It hospitalized a franchise receiver but that's not funny.

[@christianryan6980]

I'm a simple man. I see that UrinatingTree uploaded a video, and I watch it

[@RevoVansen]

I remember watching this game. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

[@steelerfaninperu]

This game deserves all the tribute videos. I'm glad you did one. That stuck punt is one of the greatest images the NFL has ever bestowed upon mankind. The sheer confusion as 6 grown men surround a football and stare at it in disbelief and bewilderment. You could do an entire episode on just that punt.

[@justinnzamora5366]

We look forward to UT covering the Kraken Expansion Draft in the coming days. I wonder what words he has to say about Ron Francis's player decisions.

[@bennynutts16]

i think everyone saw that punt , i remember laughing for like 10 mins

[@12jswilson]

Yep. I can remember laughing for quite a while. I remember you could hear the crowd laughing too

[@arthurtaylor2593]

I remember that game too, Tree. It was something else! Glad you've preserved it here for antiquity's sake!

[@griffongaming4474]

I remember being 8 years old and watching this game, as a Dolphins fan this season was easily the most depressing of many

[@ja1lbreakr0cks]

Are we gonna forget the fact that one of the highlight clips had a news roll about Sean Taylor when he was shot?

[@UrinatingTree]

I noticed that. I felt sad. He was in critical condition at the time of this game.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

@@UrinatingTree also Stuart Soctt started to feel cancer symptoms around that time. He would die about 8 years later

[@Plasmawarrior]

"When I wake up in the morning, I watch Mets scores and think to myself: 'Not today 5-points vids.' I then remind myself of the pirates and regret everything that has happened this year."

[@ethanlindner8820]

Urinating Tree is the yinzest of the yinzers. Even I'm a huge Steelers fan and I forgot about this game.

[@dougiephresh]

Absolutely fantastic video! I remember watching this game with my dad and being tickled by the punt hitting the mud and landing without a budge. Exceptional work in the fauxcumenatry style, dig the voice

[@cartoonman717]

Looks like another days of our Steelers: the tank bowl

[@lemon491]

The Yinser has returned from his football slumber, this should be good

[@PhinPhan39]

Great vid, remember this game like it was yesterday. I was so pumped for Ricky Williams to come back thinking it would give the Dolphins a chance. This game was really a great allegory for that whole season.

[@nathanalbright]

I saw this game after graduate school on a Monday night with my best friend who is a huge Miami Dolphins fan.

[@39moe123]

I get it!, However I think Clevelands 6-3 win over the Bill's is the all time greatest game ever

[@austinreed5805]

What a Slug Fest. It was true glory.

[@colinwolf13]

The last 30 seconds were some of the funniest moments of my year. Thank you, Tall, Dark Tree

[@nathanhosey1278]

I watched this game live as well. I vividly remember the punt hitting the mud and sticking. I laughed so hard! Thanks for the memories.