Remember That Game

Ian Hartitz (Fantasy Life) and host Thomas Emerick want you to get in, because we're headin' back to Wildcat Season. Did it feel like a fever dream on rewatch? A question we'll try to answer, while the 12.5-point underdog Dolphins snap New England's 21-game regular season win streak — despite being on a 1-21 stretch(!) That all changes when Tony Sparano signs off on a play design where Ronnie Brow...

RotoViz Radio executive producer Colm Kelly joins host Thomas Emerick for one of the Packers-Cowboys playoff thrillers that the 2010s gave to the world. Dak Prescott's first playoff game doesn't begin well — and Tony Romo's in pads — but the rookie rallies his team back. Aaron Rodgers and the Packers finished the regular season hot yet were still considered underdogs in Dallas with the No. 1 seed...

RotoViz co-owner and podcaster Shawn Siegele joins host Thomas Emerick for a 54-51 Monday nighter that was somehow even more wild than you remember. Kansas City and Los Angeles have some of the same faces, but very different looks to these teams. Patrick Mahomes playing a style that makes us a bit wistful. The seeds planted for Jared Goff to Josh Reynolds. Don't sleep on Robert Woods. Tyreek Hill...

Daniel Schmidt (Der Spiegel, This Is America) takes the train with host Thomas Emerick to Euro '96 in England for Die Mannschaft vs. The Three Lions. Frankfurt to Manchester and then Manchester to London provides plenty of time to examine the soccer balance between these countries in the century leading up to and since this UEFA European Championship semifinals thriller. Also, whose side to take o...

Roland Lazenby (MAGIC: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Michael Jordan: The Life) joins host Thomas Emerick to revisit a passing-of-the-torch NBA Finals closeout game between the Bulls and Lakers. Lazenby covered this series as well as wrote biographies on Magic, Michael, and Phil Jackson. The story doesn't end here in 1991 either. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events t...

Pittsburgh native Sigmund Bloom (Footballguys) joins host Thomas Emerick for another mid-'90s thriller. Sigmund hosts On The Couch and this episode is in part, psyche. The Steelers lost the previous year’s AFC title on the goal line, as big home favorites. Now they face down the same fate with the Cardiac Colts venturing to Three Rivers as massive underdogs. I’m your host Thomas Emerick and my gue...

Ray Delahanty (CityNerd) joins host Thomas Emerick to revisit the record-setting and ill-fated Seattle Mariners 2001 season, propelled on a spring night in Oakland by rookie right fielder Ichiro Suzuki. They also discuss league and divisional realignment that makes more geographic sense, with an eye toward how cities linked by intercity high-speed rail foster rivalries and buy-in from fans. This i...

Returning guest Steven Ruiz (The Ringer) and host Thomas Emerick challenge you to find a more charmingly shambolic game, this late into an NFL postseason. Would Steven even imagine ranking Marc Bulger in the public sphere back in '03? Brock Purdy vibes. Also, intrigue with Kurt Warner on the St. Louis sideline while his Amsterdam Admirals backup Jake Delhomme weathers the storm from The Greatest S...

Derrik Klassen (Bleacher Report, Reception Perception) and host Thomas Emerick revisit a brutal one in Foxborough, if you're a Ravens fan like Derrik was until that weekend. Bill Belichick deep in his bag. Tom Brady making the right decisions. Joe Flacco gripping and ripping it down the sideline in the waning moments. And an ode to Ozzie Newsome. It's January 2015, Baltimore Ravens at the New Engl...

Sam Monson (PFF NFL Show) and host Thomas Emerick trace the evolution of the pre-draft process from the 2014 NFL Combine. Will Aaron Donald check off those boxes? Is Mike Evans fast enough? And we re-run that year's draft, while extricating player-specific hindsight, to see if the Top 4 remains Jadeveon Clowney-Greg Robinson-Blake-Bortles-Sammy Watkins — holding off the ensuing parade of hits in t...

Raheem Palmer (The Ringer/Spotify, FanDuel TV) joins host Thomas Emerick to revisit Tony Romo's first playoff win and Donovan McNabb's last dance with Andy Reid. Raheem also gives us a window into the Delaware betting scene circa 2009 and DJ'ing in Philly as Michael Vick and LeSean McCoy swing by the booth. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey an...

Eric Eager (SumerSports) joins host Thomas Emerick for a special Super Bowl rematch edition of Remember That Game. What does and doesn’t carry over as relevant. Eric's emotional rollercoaster down in Miami and finally seeing the Chiefs get one. What theories about these teams over the years proved correct and which assumptions eventually showed their flaws. A little meditation on post-monkey-off-b...

Lakshya Jain (Split Ticket) joins host Thomas Emerick to ride the highs (and singular low) of his 73-win Golden State Warriors, as LeBron James leads the Cavs back from down 3-1. As the Dubs try to hang on, Lakshya compares the analytics evolution in sports and election forecast models while bracing for another Draymond Green suspension. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting event...

Native Cincinnatian Justin Edwards (4for4, PFF) joins host Thomas Emerick for the sick game that is revisiting another Bengals season lost to injury, this time the 2015 AFC wild card against Pittsburgh. But how close were they to pulling it off with AJ McCarron that day — perhaps if not for Vontaze Burfict’s illegal hit on Antonio Brown — and could Andy Dalton (thumb) have returned from injury the...

Brian Wright (MLB.com, New York Mets All-Time All-Stars, Mets in 10s) joins host Thomas Emerick to resurface this NL East showdown in the 1997 National League Championship Series between the Atlanta Braves and the recently non-existent Florida Marlins. We got Liván Hernández, Greg Maddux, and a big strike zone for left-handed hitters. Hear why this was the most shocking league championship series...

Tim Miller (The Bulwark, MSNBC) joins host Thomas Emerick to talk about his 2012 Broncos being the hottest team in the league entering the postseason, and but a stop on Joe Flacco's journey to elite status. Despite Jacoby Jones getting behind the defense, for Peyton Manning it's quite the start to a career second act. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a...

Ray Delahanty (CityNerd) joins host Thomas Emerick to discuss Seattle vs. LA, Bo Jackson vs. Brian Bosworth, and how well certain sports venues fit their cities. We also delve into Seattle's long history of identity as a sort of a nice, passive city tucked away in the upper corner of the country that was always in the shadow of Los Angeles. The Seattle Seahawks and LA Raiders capture this on a Mon...

Pro Football Focus head of product and host of the PFF NFL Show Steve Palazzolo recalls how the exhilarating ‘90s Jags met their remarkably cruel end. Spoiler: They get Jeff Fisher’d 3 times in one season and finish 15-3. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. I'm your host Thomas Emerick, enjoy the show. Follow...

RotoViz managing editor and co-owner Blair Andrews dives into an illuminating one. This electric 42-38 finish provides a window into 2023 for two of the most intriguing teams and puts a preview on stage of a great Week 17 matchup. Some of you in season-long may just be trying to finish atop a big field that week. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a jour...

RotoViz co-owner and co-host Dave Caban (RotoViz Fantasy Football Show) travels to the turn of the century when Boston sports was in a very different place. Tom Brady went down, Drew Bledsoe went in, and Troy Brown got creative. Charlie Weis was getting receivers matched up against the Steelers star edge rusher. Bill Belichick makes a shrewd bet on Ty Law and Otis Smith. Pittsburgh's defense does...

RotoViz co-owner and Zero RB originator Shawn Siegele ventures back to the only NFL playoff ever with no punts. Priest Holmes and Peyton Manning go off as KC and Indy deliver riveting playoff football yet again. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. I'm your host Thomas Emerick, enjoy the show. Follow Remember...

This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. I’m your host Thomas Emerick, and my guest each episode hops in the time machine with me to discover games, developments, and moments that shape the way we think. And this is now a RotoViz podcast. There's been many great guests on the program, if you want to check out each...

Welcoming us for the show’s network launch is the executive producer of the RotoViz Radio podcast network and host of RotoViz Overtime, Colm Kelly. We travel back to the first Aaron Rodgers Hail Mary game, which was just nearly the Lions sweeping Green Bay and breathing down their neck in the playoff hunt. And the epilogue on MFL Summer. It’s December 2015, Packers at Lions. This is Remember That...

John Gilbert (Field Gulls) recalls with host Thomas Emerick how "We want the ball and we're gonna score" came at the end of a really fun game where Mike Holmgren and Matt Hasselbeck stepped from a cheesehead-sized shadow. Brett Favre and Co. also found themselves in a period of transition in the new century, with the offense routing through Ahman Green for 2,200-plus yards. It's January 2003, Seah...

Eric Eager (SumerSports) joins host Thomas Emerick to visit a real mid-90s frozen grind here in Arrowhead. Martyball is rolling with the 1-seed. Marshall Faulk and Tony Siragusa are scratched out for the Colts. It’s January 1996, Indy at KC. Eager is vice president of research and development for  SumerSports  and co-host of the  SumerSports Show . SumerSports aims to provide the best-in-class qua...