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- Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:34 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Andy Reid vs Tom Landry vs Don Shula
- Replies: 51
- Views: 35842
Re: Andy Reid vs Tom Landry vs Don Shula
One small comment about Lombardi: He doesn't get enough credit for introducing zone blocking into the NFL. Bud Wilkinson created the concept at Oklahoma, Red Blaik copied it at Army, and Lombardi brought it to the Giants. Within a few years, every NFL team was using it and they're still using it.
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 8:57 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 2023 Conference Championship Games
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7550
Re: 2023 Conference Championship Games
When Campbell decided to go for it on 4th down the second time, I said to my wife (actually, it was more like I was talking to myself, since she wasn't paying any attention to the game), "If the Lions make it, they'll win. If they don't, the 49ers will win."
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 2:12 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: How will Belichick's final chapter be written?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 10063
Re: How will Belichick's final chapter be written?
Life is short but the NFL record for most wins is (probably) forever. BB is 27 wins away and for someone in a profession where finishing 2nd or 3rd is "never enough" I can't see him voluntarily walking away at this point. Naw, no record lasts forever. As a kid who used to buy the NFL reco...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:51 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Divisional Playoff Weekend
- Replies: 44
- Views: 10050
Re: Divisional Playoff Weekend
Most bettors aren't nearly as smart as they think they are.RichardBak wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:06 pmExactly. It's kind surprising how many folks, including bettors, don't understand this.
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 2023 - 24 season first round playoff schedule
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7015
Re: 2023 - 24 season first round playoff schedule
No need to start. Conspiracy theorists cling to their theories no matter how absurd they are (see: flat earthers and moon landing deniers) and sensible people know that stuff is all nonsense. Brian is also not some guy who just showed up here and started claiming nonsense, and I think we should wit...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:24 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 2023 - 24 season first round playoff schedule
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7015
Re: 2023 - 24 season first round playoff schedule
Though I want Houston to win, feel the Networks want Flacco and the Browns in Baltimore What do you mean by that? Are you insinuating some stuff is rigged? Not to mention surely the networks would want the Cowboys to be in more championships and Super Bowls. I've seen some people who cite the simil...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:30 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: The five "best" books about pro football history
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3342
The five "best" books about pro football history
People from a website called Shepherd approached me a while back and asked me if I would put together a list of the five best books about pro football history. I generally dislike the five best or 10 best or whatever best approach to anything but I agreed to do it (partly, I admit, because it also g...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:42 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Neutral? Hah!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4146
Re: Neutral? Hah!
I'm sure there may be some minor advantages in playing on your home field, but isn't the chief advantage that it's filled with your fans? You don't get that in the Super Bowl because each team is allotted the same nu9mber of tickets. Exactly right. I've always equated Super Bowl crowds with a lot o...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Neutral? Hah!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4146
Re: Neutral? Hah!
I'm sure there may be some minor advantages in playing on your home field, but isn't the chief advantage that it's filled with your fans?
You don't get that in the Super Bowl because each team is allotted the same nu9mber of tickets.
You don't get that in the Super Bowl because each team is allotted the same nu9mber of tickets.
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:32 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Why did Sam Wyche fare so poorly in Tampa?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6701
Re: Why did Sam Wyche fare so poorly in Tampa?
You have to remember, though, that they had Hugh Culverhouse as owner. He was incompetent times 20. Oh, I've never forgotten it. I was there. It wasn't JUST him, as he did handle coach hires (mostly bad, or bizarre), but McKay's hubris and the others who scouted players who thought Booker Reese cou...