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I have an old Sporting News book from the late 80's which lists the alleged 25 greatest college football teams of all-time. Its an interesting book with a ton of information, even if the rankings are kind of weird (Jimmy Johnson's 1986-1987 Miami Hurricanes teams are ranked behind the 1976 Tony Dors...

The Rams were a good team from 1949 through 1955 (some call them a dynasty), but did not have as good a defense as Detroit, even though they had great pass rushers Larry Brink and Andy Robustelli. The Rams could score points with their great offense (Waterfield, Van Brocklin, Hirsch, Fears, Boyd, T...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq3tvLnZpfc Volume 4 of 4 Just a few quick thoughts on the game. The Lions seemed to be able to move the ball better than the Browns, but they also seemed to be stuck in terrible field position for most of the game. Graham was not incredibly sharp, but his receivers ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgLh4HVDV3Y

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsnW2K01Hcw The Lions pull off a successful "Home Run Throwback" with Doak Walker completing a 20-yard TD pass play to Bobby Layne at the 4:40 mark of the video...only to be nullified by penalty. I assume its because Layne lined up under center and then bec...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4mvpG0xMiM

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coachtj wrote:clark s. would begin the meeting by calling the bear defenders vulgar names that usually coincided with perverse sexual acts or demeaning their manhood

Thanks for all of the information. The above tidbit made me laugh.

...saban, sure have enjoyed what you have written concerning the '56 lions, yet have to take issue with one statement. gilmer did not play well against the bears. film study(many times have watched the film of this game)shows that gilmer just is not a quality back-up coming off the bench. the lion ...

Grabowksi tore ligaments in his knee in 1967 and was never the same again. The jury is still out as to how good he might have been. The surgery techniques were just not there in 1967 and there were numerous careers that were ruined that would have been saved today. I don't think Grabowski ever woul...

1) When did NFL Films create all the vignettes of the 1950's players using John Facenda? It seems like they were all done in the early-80's. I know some of these vignettes are on the two Fabulous Fifties volumes, I've also seen others mixed in with other NFL Films offerings from the late-80's. Does ...