Posted on 12/03/2017 2:13:48 PM PST by Ben Mugged
I remember when football was a man’s game. I mean a game played by real men not community organizers and feminists. Men who carried monikers like the mafia. Men who played with broken bones and strained muscles and played for the love of the game and of the violence of the game and didn’t really care if they got paid or not. Men like:
• Ed “too tall” Jones who once jumped up in the center of the uprights and blocked a field goal kick at the goal posts.
• Kenny “the snake” Stapler who had a great career as a quarterback and then became a record breaking kicker.
• Dick “night train” Lane who would have a cast placed on his arm before a game, not because his arm was broken but to use as a club.
• William "The Refrigerator” Perry who could play both offense and defense. On short yardage they would hand off to Perry and dare anyone on the defense to stop him.
• "Mean" Joe Greene who just didn’t give a damn what you thought. If you were a wuss you didn’t belong on the field.
• Jack "The Assassin" Tatum who would be sent in to get the opposition quarterback out of the game. And he often did.
• And half of the Raiders linemen had to be released on Sunday to play.
Ladies and gents, those were the glory days of football the likes we will never see again.
This was a championship game on ESPN, with a lot of money involved, so there was no way they were going to cancel it. Night game, and Paulson Stadium didn't have lights, so a bunch of light trucks were brought in. One almost blew over. Scary.
I remember the Giant’s Sam Huff on a goal line defense he went to tackle Jim Taylor of the Packers and Taylor bit him on the arm.
My Badgers made it to The Orange Bowl, so not all is lost! Ohio State isn’t even in IN it anymore - and they beat the snot out of us last week.
I don’t get it. Too bad EVERYTHING has to be ‘political’ in one form or another these days. Grrrr!
Let’s add a little fuel to the fire! I didn’t see the game, but saw this on the news:
“Will Rob Gronkowski be suspended for his late, cheap shot hit on Tre’Davious White?”
Man, that was devious. When I saw that, I yelled, ‘GRONK! HOW COULD YOU?’
Video here, in case you missed it:
https://www.sbnation.com/2017/12/3/16730586/rob-gronkowski-cheap-shot-video-bills-patriots
Thoughts, it’s pretty much out of my mind.
I don't do NFL.
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