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by JWL
Mon Jul 24, 2023 5:13 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Carl Mauck's 1980 Topps card
Replies: 7
Views: 1734

Carl Mauck's 1980 Topps card

Sorry I don't know how to post photos here.

Do you think that blurry object in the background is a station wagon?
by JWL
Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:04 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: teams bitten by snakes
Replies: 25
Views: 30633

Re: teams bitten by snakes

The Chargers are off to a 1-4 start. The rough start is due to leads choked away late in three games and another game where the team could not execute a field goal that would have tied the score late. San Diego will eventually lose comfortably and finish 5-11 or so and the coach will get fired. pre...
by JWL
Fri Jun 09, 2023 9:03 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Hidden Game of Pro Football
Replies: 8
Views: 5909

Re: Hidden Game of Pro Football

Does anyone know if it has come out yet. If it's just a new intro I might still buy it as my old one literally has sections falling from the binding, but I'd be most interested if they updated specific see sections like "Rumblings in Pantheon" The new book is a straight reprint aside from...
by JWL
Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:59 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Hidden Game of Pro Football
Replies: 8
Views: 5909

Re: Hidden Game of Pro Football

The new edition is a reprint of the original with a new foreword and preface. For me this is great because the used copy I bought a decade ago had yellowing pages and bothered me. I had to get rid of it. I cannot deal with old, musty books for too long. Revoke this man's PFRA Membership!!!!! :lol: ...
by JWL
Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:22 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Hidden Game of Pro Football
Replies: 8
Views: 5909

Re: Hidden Game of Pro Football

The new edition is a reprint of the original with a new foreword and preface. For me this is great because the used copy I bought a decade ago had yellowing pages and bothered me. I had to get rid of it. I cannot deal with old, musty books for too long.
by JWL
Sat May 20, 2023 7:09 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Pro Football-Nicknames
Replies: 6
Views: 2388

Re: Pro Football-Nicknames

(Sudden) Sam McCullum Ed (Wahoo) McDaniel Ron (The Dancing Bear) McDole (The King) Hugh McElhenny Gerald (Ice Cube) McNeil (Dandy) Don Meredith Lyvonia (Stump) Mitchell Willie (Top Cat) Mitchell Walter (Dinty) Moore Eugene (Mercury) Morris (Broadway) Joe Namath Renaldo (Skeets) Nehemiah Al (Old Pig ...
by JWL
Sat May 20, 2023 7:07 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Pro Football-Nicknames
Replies: 6
Views: 2388

Re: Pro Football-Nicknames

Walter (Sneeze) Achiu Lance (Bambi) Alworth Alan (The Horse) Ameche Willie (Flipper) Anderson Pervis (Afterburner) Atkins Howard (Screeno) Bailey Stephen Baker (The Touchdown Maker) Walt (Piggy) Barnes Len (Bear Tracks) Barnum (Slingin') Sammy Baugh Ed (Bibbles) Bawel Earnest (Bubba) Bean Chuck (Con...
by JWL
Thu May 18, 2023 4:08 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Earl Morrall as a New York Giant in 1966
Replies: 6
Views: 1936

Re: Earl Morrall as a New York Giant in 1966

sheajets wrote: How often does a team have a 3 week stretch of 100 or more total points and not gotten at least one win out of it?

The opposite of that, in the modern NFL, was when the Jets scored 15 points in three consecutive games and won twice.
by JWL
Wed May 17, 2023 2:06 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Monday Night Football
Replies: 13
Views: 4390

Re: Monday Night Football

I'm generally not one to reflexively criticize all things modern, but I must agree on how sporting events have gotten. At Twins games, you literally cannot have a conversation with the person sitting next to you because the din between pitches/batters/innings is so oppressive and incessant. They ha...
by JWL
Sat May 06, 2023 5:17 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Post-modern Oline/Dline Conversions
Replies: 14
Views: 5034

Re: Post-modern Oline/Dline Conversions

Brandon Moore was a defensive lineman in college but switched to offense in the NFL.