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1 posted on 01/11/2022 5:27:48 PM PST by nickcarraway
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That was a more innocent time in NFL football.


2 posted on 01/11/2022 5:33:09 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 43 days away from outliving John Hughes)
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The whole state of California has so much going for it in the way of natural resources, natural beauty, and people. That said, Pelosi is an enormous drag on the state, together with Newsome, Waters, and several others.


3 posted on 01/11/2022 5:33:45 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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A great rivalry. NOT quite Packers vs Bears or Lakers vs Celtics, but it’s there.


4 posted on 01/11/2022 5:34:21 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Georgia won their first National Championship in 41 years.


5 posted on 01/11/2022 5:35:54 PM PST by Dacula ("Don’t Wait Until Some Great Crisis Comes Before Deciding On Christ.” - Ty Cobb)
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Many thought it was an unplanned “Hope-and-Prayer” throw with Montana running for his life to his right with Dallas defensive guys on his tail.

But Clark was the safety-valve receiver and they had practiced this play and Montana was to throw the ball high enough so the Dallas defender couldn’t get it.

It was a turning point for both teams. Dallas was never the same after that and the Niners became the Team of the 80’s.

SO COOL!!!


6 posted on 01/11/2022 5:40:14 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of<p Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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I've been a 49ers fan since I was 10 years old in 1969. I liked the team because of their uniforms.

The early 1970s were good for the Niners, behind the quarterbacking of John Brodie. The remainder of the 1970s was a disaster.

I still reminisce so much about the 1981 season. As a long- suffering 49er fan, that season was such a joy ride of unexpected success. Defeating the dreaded Cowboys 28-27 on 01-10-82 to reach the Super Bowl was like a dream come true. Let's not forget in the final minute of play, Dallas was nearing field goal range, but Cowboys QB was sacked and fumbled the ball. Niners recovered to preserve the historic win.

All hard to believe it has been 40 years.
7 posted on 01/11/2022 5:43:29 PM PST by Dan in Wichita
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a strategy utilizing short passing routes as opposed to plodding, running plays

What is it with this "plodding, running plays" nonsense?! Did the writer never see plays by Earl Campbell, Walter Payton, Mark Van Eeghan, O.J. Simpson, James Brown, Lydell Mitchell, Greg Pruitt? The "plodding" plays were for the full backs (John Capalleti, Larry Czonka).
9 posted on 01/11/2022 5:56:32 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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I wouldn’t describe Jimmy Brown as “plodding.”


18 posted on 01/11/2022 8:38:34 PM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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One of the great calls ever by Vin Scully.


19 posted on 01/11/2022 8:41:28 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Two words: Eddie Murray...


22 posted on 01/11/2022 9:33:37 PM PST by dakine
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“He is commonly regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.”

For sure. A sports writer for the SF Chronicle said that “Joe Montana is as cool as the other side of the pillow.”

Candlestick was a brutal place to watch sports: always cold. Ted Simmons, long time announcer, said that his favorite day at Candlestick was the mass by Pope John Paul II.

Yes, “the catch” was amazing and still is.


24 posted on 01/11/2022 10:01:45 PM PST by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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