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Colts quarterback Andrew Luck suddenly retires from NFL [tr]
CBS Sports ^ | August 24, 2019 | Jared Dubin

Posted on 08/24/2019 6:46:16 PM PDT by C19fan

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To: GuavaCheesePuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGyVIkPijCc&list=PL8_Smf8iWrG0pYkEHJaZY_okWNITzSsy-


61 posted on 08/24/2019 8:10:54 PM PDT by 353FMG
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Luck was booed by Colt fans at a preseason game in Indy when the news broke.


62 posted on 08/24/2019 8:12:28 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: dfwgator

You make a couple millions and then you’re out. I think Gronk could play for New England for 2 or 3 more years but he’s already too banged up.


63 posted on 08/24/2019 8:15:24 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: JennysCool

She could rule my rooster anytime.


64 posted on 08/24/2019 8:23:42 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: JennysCool

I honestly don’t know why any guy wants to get married anymore. Seriously, vagina is just not worth it.


65 posted on 08/24/2019 8:26:55 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: JennysCool

She is from Europe and probably doesn’t want to live in Indianapolis. He might just “retire” for a couple years and come back to play for the LA Chargers or another western team.


66 posted on 08/24/2019 8:29:04 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Secret Agent Man; lodi90

Well, ESPECIALLY if you’re in professional sports, where you’re gone half the year or more, anyway. Either you or the spouse are going to get tired of that real quick.


67 posted on 08/24/2019 8:42:35 PM PDT by JennysCool
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

The Rams also had great radio announcer in Dick Enberg. When he was announcing, you didn’t need a TV—you could see the game in your mind: “Jaworski takes the snap, hands off to McCutcheon...fights his way to the 40. Ooh, is he hit as crosses the 45 and goes down, but it’s first down, Rams!”


68 posted on 08/24/2019 8:45:08 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: C19fan
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69 posted on 08/24/2019 8:50:42 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: Fiji Hill

Enberg was fantastic. A true professional.


70 posted on 08/24/2019 8:55:47 PM PDT by JennysCool
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To: Fiji Hill

Yep, he did Angels and Ruins hoops. L.A. got spoiled with great announcers for a long time.


71 posted on 08/24/2019 8:58:55 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: dp0622

I recall a BAD penalty call in either the conference game or the super bowl that aided their victory greatly.


There were several in the 2006 AFC CG, but the most egregious was a play towards the end of the AFC CG, Manning threw a pass, and the defender, seeing the receiver react, jumped straight up with arms raised and blocked the ball with his arm - while never coming within a yard or so of the receiver. The refs called the defender for pass-interference (the commentators called it face-guarding, which hadn’t been a penalty since the late 90s, and even then would have been wrong), and later comments confirmed the refs had called face-guarding. The league sent an apology letter to the Patriots acknowledging the erroneous call.


72 posted on 08/24/2019 9:04:27 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: dp0622

Found this on a Chiefs site:

LEAGUE ADMITS FACE-GUARDING SCREW UP

In response to an item in our Conference Championship Ten-Pack regarding a key pass interference call on Patriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs that allowed the Colts to complete an 18-point comeback and knot the game at 21, a member of PFT Planet has alerted us to a January 25, 2007 “Q&A” on Jaguars.com in which Vic Ketchman writes that the NFL has acknowledged that a bad call was made.

Writes Ketchman, in response to a question that chastised him for suggesting that face-guarding is still forbidden:

“Face-guarding was discontinued several years ago and I completely missed it. I talked to Dean Blandino in the league office and he confirmed what you’re saying. Blandino, by the way, was in the replay booth at the Patriots-Colts game. Ellis Hobbs should not have been flagged for pass-interference. He didn’t make contact with the receiver and in no way did Hobbs impede Reggie Wayne’s ability to catch the pass. Blandino confirmed that the incorrect call was made. It advanced the ball from the Patriots’ 19-yard line to the one-yard line and was the big play in a touchdown drive that led to a two-point conversion and a tie game at 21-21. Referee Bill Carollo made no reference to face-guarding in his explanation, but CBS analyst Phil Simms did. Apparently, he, too, doesn’t know the rule no longer exists. The next time you hear a TV analyst say, ‘he wasn’t playing the ball,’ think of the Hobbs play, then turn down the sound.”


73 posted on 08/24/2019 9:06:32 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: C19fan

Irsay, the owner was too cheap to buy Luck an offensive live.
Irsay ran Manning off. Now Luck.


74 posted on 08/24/2019 9:12:42 PM PDT by tennmountainman (Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: C19fan

Blame the horrid previous GM of the Colts who did not invest draft picks or money to protect Luck.


Isn’t that the truth.

That or a defensive line.


75 posted on 08/24/2019 9:15:17 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Dont forget Joe Namath as a Ram.


76 posted on 08/24/2019 9:16:56 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

And actually she was like that in real life. I buddy of mine and I were out clubbing in Orange County and she hooked him like she had a gaff. Took us all over town including to her office where I politely grabbed a cab.


77 posted on 08/24/2019 9:21:03 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: lepton

WOW..

Come on man, they wanted the Colts in the SB.

Or maybe i’m wearing tin foil :)


78 posted on 08/24/2019 9:26:58 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: for-q-clinton

Quitting means you’re going to get another job. Retirement means you’re walking away from your chosen profession


79 posted on 08/24/2019 9:32:29 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Secret Agent Man

This is among the dumbest posts I’ve ever read on FreeRepublic. I’ve been married 30+ years. Best decision I’ve ever made. Just because you’ve had lousy luck with women, don’t demean one of the best institutions ever established.


80 posted on 08/24/2019 9:40:18 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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