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A dream season in Denver felt locked in. Peyton Manning had the city buzzing, the defense looked ready, and the path to a Super Bowl seemed clear. Then one throw, one sprint, and a stunned silence across Mile High. In this Sports Scar’d sit-down, Kevin Pearce talks with Gus Ramsey, lifelong Broncos fan and Program Director at the Dan Patrick School of Sportscasting, about the playoff game that still lives rent free in Broncos memory, the 2012 AFC Divisional against the Ravens.
Gus rewinds to the start. How he fell for the Broncos. What flashed through his mind the moment Manning chose Denver. The week-to-week mood that year as win streaks piled up. The morning of the game. The way he sized up Baltimore before kickoff. It sets the scene for what came next.
Then the swings. Trindon Holliday racing into the end zone on a 90-yard punt return, then doing it again on a 104-yard kickoff return to open the second half, a one-game playoff double no one else has pulled off. Did it feel like Denver had control right there. What changed in the air before Jacoby Jones slipped behind the coverage. Gus walks through the snap, the flight of the ball, and the moment it dropped into Jones’ hands. Overtime followed. Every play stretched time. Every decision felt heavy. He tells you exactly what that tension felt like in his living room.
The aftermath still stings. What he did when the screen went final. Whether anger, disbelief, or numbness took over. How it felt to watch the Ravens finish the run and lift the Lombardi. Years later, does this come up with other Broncos fans, and how do those conversations go. What the Mile High Miracle means to him now, with distance and perspective. He also weighs what came next for Denver, Manning’s record-setting year and the 2015 title, and how those seasons shape the way he remembers this loss.
This is fan memory as testimony. It’s strategy, emotion, and the strange math of hope. If you’ve ever sat through a game that flipped in seconds, you’ll feel this one. Watch to the end for a bonus question on why Gus chose this game over the 2013 Super Bowl.
Written by Kevin Pearce. Produced for Sports Scar’d.
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By Kevin PearceText The Show and you could hear your question on the next episode!
A dream season in Denver felt locked in. Peyton Manning had the city buzzing, the defense looked ready, and the path to a Super Bowl seemed clear. Then one throw, one sprint, and a stunned silence across Mile High. In this Sports Scar’d sit-down, Kevin Pearce talks with Gus Ramsey, lifelong Broncos fan and Program Director at the Dan Patrick School of Sportscasting, about the playoff game that still lives rent free in Broncos memory, the 2012 AFC Divisional against the Ravens.
Gus rewinds to the start. How he fell for the Broncos. What flashed through his mind the moment Manning chose Denver. The week-to-week mood that year as win streaks piled up. The morning of the game. The way he sized up Baltimore before kickoff. It sets the scene for what came next.
Then the swings. Trindon Holliday racing into the end zone on a 90-yard punt return, then doing it again on a 104-yard kickoff return to open the second half, a one-game playoff double no one else has pulled off. Did it feel like Denver had control right there. What changed in the air before Jacoby Jones slipped behind the coverage. Gus walks through the snap, the flight of the ball, and the moment it dropped into Jones’ hands. Overtime followed. Every play stretched time. Every decision felt heavy. He tells you exactly what that tension felt like in his living room.
The aftermath still stings. What he did when the screen went final. Whether anger, disbelief, or numbness took over. How it felt to watch the Ravens finish the run and lift the Lombardi. Years later, does this come up with other Broncos fans, and how do those conversations go. What the Mile High Miracle means to him now, with distance and perspective. He also weighs what came next for Denver, Manning’s record-setting year and the 2015 title, and how those seasons shape the way he remembers this loss.
This is fan memory as testimony. It’s strategy, emotion, and the strange math of hope. If you’ve ever sat through a game that flipped in seconds, you’ll feel this one. Watch to the end for a bonus question on why Gus chose this game over the 2013 Super Bowl.
Written by Kevin Pearce. Produced for Sports Scar’d.