Muddin yawancin mu za mu iya tunawa, Dallas Cowboys da Detroit Lions sun buga wasanni a Ranar Godiya. Amma me ya sa?
Bari mu fara da Zakuna. Sun buga kowace Godiya tun 1934, ban da 1939-44, duk da cewa ba su kasance ƙwaƙƙwaran ƙungiyar mafi yawan waɗannan shekarun ba. Lions sun buga kakarsu ta farko a Detroit a cikin 1934 (kafin haka, sune Portsmouth Spartans). Sun yi kokawa a shekararsu ta farko a Detroit, saboda yawancin masu sha'awar wasanni a wurin suna son Detroit Tigers na baseball kuma ba su fito da yawa don kallon zakuna ba. Don haka mai Lions George A. Richards yana da ra'ayi: Me ya sa ba za a yi wasa akan Thanksgiving ba?
Richards kuma ya mallaki gidan rediyon WJR, wanda ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan tashoshi a kasar a lokacin. Richards yana da rawar gani sosai a duniyar watsa shirye-shirye, kuma ya shawo kan NBC don nuna wasan a duk faɗin ƙasar. Zakaran NFL Chicago Bears ya zo gari, kuma Lions sun sayar da filin Jami'ar Detroit mai kujeru 26,000 a karon farko. Richards ya ci gaba da al'adar a cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa, kuma NFL ta ci gaba da tsara su a kan Thanksgiving lokacin da suka ci gaba da wasa a wannan ranar bayan yakin duniya na biyu ya ƙare. Richards ya sayar da ƙungiyar a 1940 kuma ya mutu a 1951, amma al'adar da ya fara ta ci gaba a yau lokacin da Lions ke wasa ... Chicago Bears.
Cowboys sun fara taka leda a kan godiya a 1966. Sun zo cikin gasar a 1960 kuma, kamar yadda yake da wuya a yi imani yanzu, sun yi ƙoƙari su jawo magoya baya saboda sun kasance marasa kyau a cikin 'yan shekarun nan na farko. Babban manajan Tex Schramm ya roki NFL da ta tsara su don wasan godiya a 1966, yana tunanin zai iya ba su farin jini a Dallas da ma a duk faɗin ƙasar tun lokacin da za a nuna wasan.
Ya yi aiki. An sayar da tikiti 80,259 da aka yi rikodin Dallas yayin da Cowboys suka doke Cleveland Browns, 26-14. Wasu magoya bayan Cowboys suna nuna wannan wasan a matsayin farkon Dallas ya zama "Ƙungiyar Amurka." Sun rasa wasa ne kawai akan Thanksgiving a cikin 1975 da 1977, lokacin da Kwamishinan NFL Pete Rozelle ya zaɓi St. Louis Cardinals maimakon.
Wasannin tare da Cardinal sun tabbatar da cewa sun yi hasara a cikin kima, don haka Rozelle ya tambayi Cowboys ko za su sake buga wasa a 1978.
Schramm ya gaya wa Chicago Tribune a shekara ta 1998: "Wataƙila ce a St. Louis." Na ce kawai idan mun samu ta dindindin. Abu ne da ya kamata ka gina a matsayin al'ada. Ya ce, 'Naku ne har abada.' ”
Nate Bain ta yi tseren kotu tare da lokaci ya kure kuma ta zira kwallaye a kan layi a daren Talata don ba Stephen F. Austin nasara mai ban mamaki na 85-83 akan Duke, wanda ya kawo karshen nasarar gida na 150 na Blue Devils a kan abokan adawar da ba na taro ba.
Bain, wani babba daga Bahamas, ya ba da wata hira a kotu kuma ya hana hawaye lokacin da ya ambaci irin wannan shekara mai wuyar gaske. Guguwar Dorian ta lalata gidan da danginsa ke zaune a wannan shekara.
"Iyalina sun yi asara gabaki ɗaya a wannan shekara," in ji Bain mai ɗaci. "Ba zan yi kuka a TV ba."
Jami'ai a Stephen F. Austin sun kafa shafin GoFundMe da NCAA ta amince da Bain a watan Satumba. Dalibai a Stephen F. Austin sun fara raba wannan shafin a shafukan sada zumunta bayan nasarar, kuma tun da sanyin safiyar Laraba, ya tara sama da dala 69,000 kadan, wanda ya zarce dala 50,000 cikin sauki. Yin la'akari da wasu maganganun, kaɗan daga cikin masu ba da gudummawa sun kasance magoya bayan Duke.
Lokacin aikawa: Nuwamba 28-2019