Musical Spheres of the Championship Years and 1987

The year 1987 was a strike shortened year in the NFL. The big thing in Washington was The Replacements. Derisively called scabs. Magnificently, they defeated the mostly Real Cowboy Dallas Cowboys.

This all culminated in the out-of-this-world Super Bowl 22 Championship.

Some music hits of the year:

Bad by Michael Jackson

Here I go Again on My Own Whitesnake

Shakedown, Bob Seger's theme song to Beverly Hills Cop II.

La Bamba by Los Lobos

I think We're Alone Now by Tiffany

Sweet Chid of Mine Guns and Roses

Father Figure by George Michael

It's the End of the World as We Know It by R.E.M.

In Da Movies Ahno fought a being from another world. He-Man fought Skeletor. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover do their first Lethal Weapon. Steve Martin did a take on Cyrano. A Great White Shark returns to eliminate vacationing humanity.

James Bond and Bigfoot were also back.

The Redskins too were back. Winning their second Super Bowl.

The Replacements

Do you remember these guys?

Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers

Of course, Coach Madden didn't call the actual replacement game. That was the Monday Night Football Crew absent Al Michaels. Michaels was doing the World Series.

Which is funny because Michaels returned for Super Bowl XXII just in time to call the surreal Redskin 42-10 victory over Denver. It's almost as if it was fate.

Here's an abridged version of the game that lives over at Classic Sports.