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- Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:13 am
- Forum: Football Books
- Topic: New Books
- Replies: 9
- Views: 34812
Re: New Books
When It Was Just a Game: Remembering the First Super Bowl by Harvey Frommer - September 2015 Montana: The Biography of Football's Joe Cool by Keith Dunnavant - September 2015 Founding 49ers: The Dark Days Before the Dynasty by Dave Newhouse - August 2015 Hail to the Redskins!: Gibbs, Riggins, the H...
- Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:05 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Colts Propose 9-point Play?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25854
Re: Colts Propose 9-point Play?
Interesting proposal. They must be very optimistic about their offense this year.
- Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:04 am
- Forum: Football Books
- Topic: List of Historical Newspapers Online
- Replies: 11
- Views: 74190
List of Historical Newspapers Online
For anyone who is interested here is the link to the Penn Libraries list of historical newspapers online. They changed the format, it's not as well organized as before but everything appears to be there. http://viewshare.org/views/refhelp/historical-newspapers-online-usa-2/ The old forum had a Resea...
- Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:58 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 'Mt Rushmore' All-Time QBs
- Replies: 70
- Views: 114702
Re: 'Mt Rushmore' All-Time QBs
I think this goes back to your point that a running game can still be effective even if the average gain is substandard for the league. I think there is some truth to that, but when you then say "consistently moving the first down chains on the ground," you are exaggerating how effective ...
- Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:55 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 'Mt Rushmore' All-Time QBs
- Replies: 70
- Views: 114702
Re: 'Mt Rushmore' All-Time QBs
Finally, the Pack's three-peat was on the arm and brains of Starr (offensively). He was the most accurate passer in the league and the smartest playcaller. I consider him very underrated. Agreed. But ask quarterbacks the ideal situation in which to be successful most would mention playing with a le...
- Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:55 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 'Mt Rushmore' All-Time QBs
- Replies: 70
- Views: 114702
Re: 'Mt Rushmore' All-Time QBs
I often say Luckman and Starr are the most underappreciated of the top quarterbacks. People who evaluate Starr’s place in history generally fall into two camps: those who think he’s underappreciated, slighted by historians and media, and those who view him as a game manager or caretaker of Lombardi...
- Sun Nov 23, 2014 12:06 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: '78 SI NFL preview, Bud Goode's computer predictions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10808
Re: '78 SI NFL preview, Bud Goode's computer predictions
Goode was one of the pioneers of NFL statistical analysis, along with other guys like Jim Barnes. Don't know that he was ever employed by SI, but he was all over the newspapers in the late 1970s. I think some teams might have employed him as a consultant. He looked at a number of stats, but was know...
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 5:01 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: NFLgames postponed or moved due to weather
- Replies: 33
- Views: 66609
Re: NFLgames postponed or moved due to weather
Postponed games in the early days were not that uncommon. Don't have the detail in front of me, but I think a Lions-Dodgers game in 1934 was postponed a day due to weather. I think two games on the same day in 1935 involving Eagles-Redskins and Dodgers-Cardinals were postponed due to heavy rain. I t...
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 4:47 pm
- Forum: Football Books
- Topic: Parcells a Football Life
- Replies: 12
- Views: 49135
Re: Parcells a Football Life
Looking forward to reading this although, as an autobiography, critiquing one's own performance can be tricky waters to navigate. My favorite book about Parcells (there are several out there) is the one by Bill Gutman. The chapter on Parcells in Brad Adler's "Coaching Matters" is also very...
- Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:40 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Welcome! New PFRA Website & Forum
- Replies: 24
- Views: 64174
Re: Welcome! New PFRA Website & Forum
I could not be more impressed with the new website. Looks fantastic. A big step up.
Nice job, fellas.
Nice job, fellas.