Talk:Hail Mary pass

message: This page is very confusing for those unfamiliar with American football - I've never seen a game, and was very confused by the "The Play" section especially - eg, "took the snap, pump-faked left". I can't improve the article because I don't understand it! Someone who does, please help. 81.110.25.151 00:40, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
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message: It doesn't say why the pass is called a Hail Mary... ~ R.T.G 17:02, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reason 

message: I attended this game in 1975 when I was 18 years old and the catch made by Drew Pearson happened almost directly in front of me. I was maybe 40 or 50 rows up in the stands. I remember Pearson catching the ball and Nate Wright falling down, but the play hapened so fast( as all plays do) that I couldn't tell if there was offensive pass interference. And I say this as a former diehard Viking fan. I also remember seeing an orange object flying by in front of the play, and I thought it might be a penalty flag. Years later watching an NFL film on the game I saw the play from a different angle and it seemed that Pearson may have pushed off Wright's hip with one of his hands, and based on that film I think maybe the ref blew the call. Of course that doesn't excuse the behavior of the fans afterwards. I saw the referee get hit by the whiskey bottle in his face and it made me sick to my stomach. Johnhenney (talk) 23:00, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: American football

message: I thought that the Hail Mary was invented at the University of Notre Dame? GregaR89 05:57, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: I just added this new page and moved all of the historical examples from this article to that one, except for Stabauch (coined term) and Flutie (most famous). If the list grows large, I suggest reintroducing some of the more famous examples of the play back into this article, but under a new section. Joeljunk 18:41, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: List of Hail Marys in American football

message: I'm not picking one side or the other, but I do want to call into question the "Origins" section, specifically talking about the receiver being guilty of a "push" that would constitute pass interference.  The wikipedia article on that particular catch talks about a "trip" but never mentions a "push".  The language in the section on this page seems iffy to me.  Anyone have any non-biased sources that can clear that up (specific rulings, player admissions [even well after the fact], anything like that)?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Whiteguy (talk • contribs) 05:39, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origins 

message: Why is this section here? It's excessively detailed for an article on the Hail Mary pass. I'm inclined to remove it entirely, seeing that there is no background on it, and the next section says that "Arguably the most memorable and replayed Hail Mary pass came on November 23, 1984 ..." in another game. Banedon (talk) 02:17, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Deleting section since it's been a week with no response. Banedon (talk) 01:14, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section Staubach to Pearson, 1975 

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