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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 10:10 PM
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3. I know.
It's actually Diet Cokes.

Urban legend

There is an urban legend that every season, whenever the last remaining undefeated NFL team loses its first game, all the surviving members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins open bottles of champagne in celebration. Coach Don Shula tried to play down the myth by saying that two players, Dick Anderson and Nick Buoniconti, who live near each other sometimes have a toast together<1><2>. However, in a college football broadcast on ABC, following the loss of an undefeated team, Bob Griese commented that he called up former Dolphins, and they had Diet Cokes together, after being asked by his colleague. That celebration comes with the connotation that they no longer drink alcoholic beverages, but that a toast was customary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Miami_Dolphins_season#Urban_legend
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