The STRANGEST Moment of Jimmy Carter's Presidency

[@ThePrufessa]

This man has a football story for every milestone of this country

[@emeraldaly7646]

It's a little macabre to think about how long this one has been "in the can" so to speak, but you're not wrong

[@kenmograd2009]

This story felt similar to when Gerald Ford moved his first televised press conference following his decision to pardon Richard Nixon for his involvement in the Watergate Scandal up an hour just so people, including Ford himself, could watch Monday Night Football from start to finish. A story that I learned from watching your channel.

[@sohsie]

This was one of Carter's greatest accomplishments but this happened mostly because of the courage of Sadat and secondly the willingness of Begin to give up the Sinai to make a deal. Sadat paid for his courage with his life.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Although you're rightly being very serious, there's a funny (and admitted to being at least partialy true) story about the talks. Begin was being really intransigent at first, not giving an inch, then suddenly he at least offered the possibilty of giving back the Sinai. Carter was happy at this, but also puzzled, so he asked why Begin had offered this olive branch. Begin smiled and said "Blame my wife. She put the radio on when we woke up, and of course, the first song was "Begin the Beguine". I just had to offer SOMETHING up after that". Collaspe of both men in giggles....

[@ianpoyant9772]

First off, RIP to President Carter. Second, interestingly enough, this wasn’t the first time that you did a video about a Colts-Patriots game from the 1970s that ended in a monumental upset, as the Patriots won their first ever game against the Colts on December 19, 1971, 21-17, bumping the Colts down to a Wild Card.

[@stfi7566]

Jimmy Carter’s greatest accomplishment was brokering a peace deal between Cotton Hill and Hank Hill around Christmas 2001.

[@ShrexyGuy]

"Hated a baby?!"

[@ryanm.4519]

Wasn't the only time Tip O'Neill affected policy due to professional sports. He was influential in pushing federal mandatory minimums for drug sentencing in the aftermath of Len Bias' death.

[@markbrian7179]

What I remember is that after this game, Colt's head coach Ted Marchibroda said, "I'm not sure about Joe yet because he hasn't figured out our system." A reporter wrote the next day that maybe Marchibroda should learn Joe's system.

[@hunterbolton2680]

Wasn't the best President, but by God's grace he wasn't close to a bad man. President Carter, as a fellow Georgian, God bless you, and thank you. ✝️

[@marcus813]

There was no such thing as streaming back then, so preempting a significant portion of the game discussed here would've been a huge issue. Until I watched this video, all I was aware of regarding Carter's impact on sports was the massive boycott of the Summer Olympics in the USSR (the Eastern Bloc retaliated when Los Angeles hosted 4 years later).

[@lonewolfjedi493osswfan]

Couple of interesting facts about the US boycott of the 1980 Olympics, Russia responded 4 years later by boycotting the LA Olympics, and the reason for the boycott was because Russia invaded Afghanistan who was directly involved with 9-11. Anyway, RIP President Carter, I didn’t know much about what he did as I was only 3 years old when he was elected, but he was a pretty decent president and a great humanitarian

[@Colin_1977]

Love your content and videos…keep up the great work. Regarding 1977 end of season Colts - Pats matchup, “New England knew their fate by the time they took the field in old Memorial Stadium. Miami had played on Saturday and beaten Buffalo. The Patriots were eliminated.”

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Yep the blown call knocked the Dolphins out of the playoffs

[@fromulus]

If everyone was like Jimmy Carter, this world would be going great. RIP

[@emeraldaly7646]

Yup. Say what you will about him as a President (or......better yet, don't say it, that's not what any of us are here for) but there's ample proof he was a genuinely good and decent man.

[@fdkugb]

RIP President Carter

[@StoneColdChewy]

Rest In Peace Jimmy Carter.

[@Tubewings]

10:26; AKA Tip O'Neill.

[@lsmftymf]

Tip O'Neill had a thick New England accent and the perfect voice to say "I'm gonnah club dah muddahfuckah to death."

[@CTubeMan]

From Massachusetts.

[@thomash.schwed3662]

And the best House speaker of my lifetime, who referred to his wife as “the speaker of [his] house”.

[@danielbowden6330]

Remember when John Candy played O'Neil on SCTV? DR.Tong's 3D House of Represntatives.

[@afbocc]

In Sep of 2003, the Raiders at Titans W1 ESPN SNF game was delayed by about 20 minutes because President George W Bush was speaking to the Country regarding the War on Terror.

[@ShrexyGuy]

Considering who told Bush that Iraq has nuclear weaponry it aligns in more ways than one 😅

[@grinningchicken]

Jimmy was too decent to be a good president

[@Skinnyd4]

Having the game earlier sounds like the perfect compromise - something that not so many people would be so willing to do nowadays.

[@RetroJR3379]

Also 2000 just before the Packers/Panthers they did a live report about the 2000 election.

[@marcusmcgraw3519]

@@RetroJR3379 that was a fun game from what I remember. Pack blew their best chance to get back into the playoff hunt

[@BRSBRS-uy6vv]

The United States boycott of the 1980 summer Olympics was in response of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in December of 1979. It was the right decision then and it’s still the right decision today.

[@saluki7651]

What were the results, at what cost for whom?

[@mfischer387]

Rest in peace President Carter.

[@lsmftymf]

Anyone else notice Baltimore Colts scheduled in 2 of first 3 Monday Night Football telecast to start 1978 campaign? Other was 38-0 fiasco of a season opener at Texas Stadium. Bob Irsay's sabotage of his own franchise was off to a rousing start. Jimmy Carter also threw out first pitch at deciding Game 7 of 1979 World Series which did not end well for my Orioles.

[@marcusmcgraw3519]

They were 10-4 the year before and had a strong offense. It makes sense why they were favored on MNF appearances. Bert Jones and his injury problems set this team up to fail in 78

[@lsmftymf]

@@marcusmcgraw3519 So did the contract dispute between Irsay and Lydell Mitchell who got exiled to the Chargers for Joe Washington (the other star of this video) prior to that season.

[@mjbull5156]

This deal is one of the reasons the US gives military aid to Isreal and Egypt every year since. The initial decision to make the announcement at 9 pm shows how inept Carter was at public relations. This was an era where you saw an NFL game live or you did not see it. The story of theannouncement of the Camp David accords was not going to change no matter when announced. I alsp deeply resented Carter as a child for that announcement as he also pre-empted the premeire of the Battlestar Galactica movie on TV.

[@mgb4692]

I thought it was the day just over a year later when the Iranian hostage crisis began and the Seahawks gained minus seven yards of offense against the Rams.

[@mityace]

Yes, it was unusual but I didn't recall it happening as important as it was. What I do remember as the strangest moment of Carter's presidency is when he allegedly beat a rabbit that was swimming near the canoe he was paddling with said paddle.

[@aVerveQuest]

I love the optimism of the calling war in the Middle East a " years Long problem"

[@ShrexyGuy]

Considering the Lavon Affair, USS Liberty, and things to come (from the perspective of Carter's era), it was more of a blissful negligence than any kind of optimism

[@augiegirl1]

I was born 2 months & 9 days after this happened. One of the few things I know about Jimmy Carter was that he was president when I was born.

[@mkepioneet]

1:50 For more on the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, check out Blowback Season 4

[@user-go3rc3fy4i]

Its crazy because he died on an nfl Sunday and the networks had a choice to cut away from the games or not

[@joeallenboxing]

Im 60 and he is the worst President of my lifetime... The feeling was gloom from day one with him along with weakness and a monumentally bad economy.

[@RicoCosta317]

W and Trump say, hold my beer!

[@marcusmcgraw3519]

It should have been obvious that he was not truly cut out for it when he barely skated by an incumbent president who was never elected. This country was already hesitant on him, and he never did anything to reassure them

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

He was nothing like Reagan though.

[@hggfhh4449]

He was terrible when dealing with the issue of the middle east. He never understood or tried to understand the beliefs of the people of the land of every nation besides irseal. He was a terrible judge of character. Great man bad president.

[@thomash.schwed3662]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworldYou’re absolutely right about that. Reagan marked the beginning of our long national decline, perpetuated since by both mainline parties, the logical conclusion of which will be economic nationalism under Trump.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Maybe I'm missing something but what would have been the big deal if ABC aired their football game and NBC/CBS aired Jimmy's speech? I know Jeff Foxworthy once mentioned how if you only had three big networks back then and how if the President was on he was on every channel, but just this once...?

[@martinjkrumm8764]

I cringed slightly at "peaches and cream" considering Carter came from the Peach State. I guess no pun was intended.

[@GregLyons-x2i]

Rip former president Jimmy Carter lived a long life at 100

[@big8dog887]

You don't have a Pat Patriot helmet?

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

I do. Just didn’t put it up

[@ropeblaster420]

Weak foreign policy. Washed.

[@gbonkers666]

One would think that it was him being attacked by a killer rabbit.

[@aVerveQuest]

Carter having a genius level IQ higher than any other president measured is something that seems to be forgotten

[@MrBlazemaster525]

It's way easy to forget amidst the tons of propaganda the Republicans spew but for Chrissake the man was a certified nuclear technician

[@ShrexyGuy]

​@@MrBlazemaster525 dudes genuinely okay with how they rolled out a braindead genius straight out of hospice, but cries about other sides propaganda. Dems have been lost since Bill. Probably cause you haven't self reflected since Clinton

[@big_dro1713]

Did anyone in 1978 actually think this would bring out peace in the middle east?

[@ricardojordanjordan2216]

Atleast it was a start since then no war Israel 🇮🇱 x Egypt 🇪🇬

[@ShrexyGuy]

The entirety? No. Between Egypt and Israel, who were at a merciless war since the 50s? Yes. The reason this wouldn't work now is due to Bush's reacting on word of mouth, and 20 years of war since. We're too deeply invested in one side now, basically

[@big_dro1713]

@ShrexyGuy what does Bush have to do with Egypt

[@isaacyomama6694]

It’s crazy how similar Biden and Carter’s presidencies are

[@Hogtownboy1]

He was a Christian who believed jews should be converted.

[@Alan-lv9rw]

Patriots > Colts.

[@HurricanePatrick]

And I thought you didn't talk politics

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

I don’t. This is a football vid

[@peterbrandt9305]

He doesn’t it’s his idiot subscribers in the comments that do, critical thinking bud… cmon…

[@ShrexyGuy]

​@@peterbrandt9305 a grown man follows a celebrity drama page and thinks political talk is stupid 😂😂😂 Stick to whatever Bruce Jenner crashes into next bud

[@kevin2400]

At least carter didnt crap his pants like bumbling biden

[@andrewgrove1691]

A real POTUS not the incoming

[@marcusmcgraw3519]

@@andrewgrove1691 disagree. Trump did much more for this country than Carter ever did

[@AcousticDuck9]

What good has trump done for the world outside of office except enrich himself off the idiots who participate in his fundraising money schemes​@marcusmcgraw3519

[@andrewgrove1691]

​@marcusmcgraw3519 carter stood up to russia. Trump sides with them

[@kevin2400]

Trump is a real president ... who cares for the people .. not for the money...... Trump never cared for war..

[@kevin2400]

Trump is a real president... who cared for the people... not for money and he never cared for war.....leave this up.... no to shadow banning

[@shamsthecat2165]

Today that peace deal pays Egypt $5 Billion a year to play nice with israel. What a waste of American Tax Dollars!