Never played college or pro, but I did and still do love the game.
Apostle Claver tells the world how the real party of racism is the Democrats
Posted on 12/20/2010 9:17:19 AM PST by Chi-townChief
Old-time football players like to say they would’ve played for free in the parking lot, such was their love for the game.
It might be the hyperbole of men who watched too many grainy Knute Rockne clips, but you want to believe that they believe it. You want to believe that they were so tough and so committed to the game that they would’ve sacrificed the skin on their elbows to make a tackle near the third parking stall on the left.
You want to believe in someone who loved the raw violence of a sport so much that he would’ve been willing to sacrifice body and paycheck to play it. You want to believe in his craziness and passion.
You want to believe mostly because it wasn’t your body or your brain or your skinned elbows.
That might explain the gap in emotions between the public and Bears and Vikings players heading into a game tonight that very well could be played on a skating rink.
The players are worried and angry about the possibility of injury at the University of Minnesota’s football stadium, which was jarred out of its winter slumber by a caved-in roof at the Metrodome eight days ago.
The public? Not so worried. Or, if fans are worried about players’ injuries, it’s not for humanitarian reasons. It’s for playoff reasons.
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“I think the Packers would have a fit”
I thought all along that the game should be played at Lambeau.
It’s about the same distance between the Cities & ChiTown -and oddities of oddities Most Packer fans that would go to this game will be cheering for the Vikings.. So in essence it would be a Vikings home game.
I just need Lance Briggs to get 3 solo tackles or 5 Assisted tackles and they do anything they want about the game then.
At half time one of the teams put on tennis shoes and won the game.
New York Giants vs Chicago Cardinals????
If Grant were a military leader he looks like the kind you’d follow into battle.
Odd, indeed.:)
Yeah, I don’t see aSuper Bowl this year, but a good playoff run would be pretty cool.
Or the sled runners....or the door handle....or ANYTHING metal.
Doing it twice earned one a label that was hard to shake.
Just wondering what Bud Grant would have done with this guy.
He coached for nearly 3 decades in Minnesota (and CFL Winnipeg!) and never let his players have heaters on the sideline.
Let's see....Bronco Nagurski, Dick Butkus, Chuck Bednarik, Ronnie Lott, Joe Greene, Sam Huff, Jim Brown, Ted Hendricks, Deacon Jones, Ray Nitschke, Jack Lambert, Conrad Dobler, Jack Tatum, and a very few more (and yes, Brett Favre would fit also) might certainly fit that description.
However, given the "namby-pamyby land" stature of our current crop of players, I would have to support the contention that this kind of toughness and love of the game and the physical mayhem it brings simply doesn't exist anymore.
And one of the snowiest stadiums in the NFL, Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, does not have underground heating coils. Count Arrowhead Stadium and New Meadowlands Stadium among them, too.
Source: PFT.
KC isn't as consistently frozen as Chicago, Green Bay or Minnesota.
An ice storm the night before turned the old Polo Grounds into a skating rink.
A coach had an idea to switch to basketball sneakers and an assistant was sent by subway to procure some at a local college. He got back in time for the fourth quarter, as I recall, and the Giants went on to stomp the Bears with their new-found traction.
OSHA would outlaw not only football at all levels but basketball, baseball, rugby and soccer. The injury rates would not be tolerated in any industry. Wimp America. Let the regulations flow.
Watch this game. The forecast calls for heavy snow all night. Gonna be like old times.
Favre upgraded to “questionable”......
I remember the ‘83 Monday Night game against the Cowboys in which Dorsett set the record for the longest TD run from scrimmage. Grant on one sideline, Landry on the other. One of the announcers called it “the battle of the great stone faces”.
“Maybe they can schedule the game in Namby Pamby Land.”
Winner!
Never played college or pro, but I did and still do love the game.
Apostle Claver tells the world how the real party of racism is the Democrats
I do too but being a Browns fan makes it rough ...
Tell me about it.
Cleveland is the city of almost, not quite, and not so much.
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