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By J. MICHAEL HEAD
When Joe Washington bounced up from his winning touchdown reception amidst a tumultuous roar from the 54,016 fans rocking RFK Stadium Rick Hunt wasn’t celebrating the Redskins’ stunning 37-3 victory over the Los Angeles Raiders, but recording Washington’s, fifth reception in a neat little" box on a 14”x9” cardboard chart.
Then, when Frank Herzog recounted for his WMAL-63 AM audience Redskins’ quarterback Joe Theismann’s 23-39 passing afternoon for 417 yards and three TDs, Hunt wasn’t applauding Mark Moseley’s PAT kick, but holding aloft that cardboard chart with Theismann’s impressive stats upon it, each in its own neat little box alongside other neat little boxes that told the story of the dramatic Washington comeback.
The comeback in the final eight minutes that saw Theismann pass for 190 yards on 6-of-7 completions to bring the Skins from a 15point deficit will be recalled in vivid conversations in bars, bus stops and barber shops for years.
The legend will grow' proportionately with the exaggerated enthusiasm of each story teller, with Washington’s leaping catch becoming even more physically impossible with each re-telling.
The yardage on Charlie Brown’s reception to the Raider 6-yard line which preceded the TD toss will become longer and the move he put on defense back Mike Davis will be convoluted and contorted and confused with others made before. The despair and frustration on the Raiders’ face will be laughed about heartily as another round is bought with each memory’s refreshing joy.
But the true sports fan, the bottom line guy, the nitpicker who wants accuracy and facts with his sports drama, eventually will look up the stats on the game and he’ll understand and appreciate Rick Hunt’s job on that Sunday, sitting in a swaying 9’ x 9’ booth about 50 yards above RFK turf.
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