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by rhickok1109
Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:24 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: 2023 - 24 season first round playoff schedule
Replies: 28
Views: 9510

Re: 2023 - 24 season first round playoff schedule

Though I want Houston to win, feel the Networks want Flacco and the Browns in Baltimore What do you mean by that? Are you insinuating some stuff is rigged? Not to mention surely the networks would want the Cowboys to be in more championships and Super Bowls. I've seen some people who cite the simil...
by rhickok1109
Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:30 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: The five "best" books about pro football history
Replies: 8
Views: 3939

The five "best" books about pro football history

People from a website called Shepherd approached me a while back and asked me if I would put together a list of the five best books about pro football history. I generally dislike the five best or 10 best or whatever best approach to anything but I agreed to do it (partly, I admit, because it also g...
by rhickok1109
Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Neutral? Hah!
Replies: 11
Views: 5012

Re: Neutral? Hah!

I'm sure there may be some minor advantages in playing on your home field, but isn't the chief advantage that it's filled with your fans? You don't get that in the Super Bowl because each team is allotted the same nu9mber of tickets. Exactly right. I've always equated Super Bowl crowds with a lot o...
by rhickok1109
Thu Jan 04, 2024 11:05 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Neutral? Hah!
Replies: 11
Views: 5012

Re: Neutral? Hah!

I'm sure there may be some minor advantages in playing on your home field, but isn't the chief advantage that it's filled with your fans?
You don't get that in the Super Bowl because each team is allotted the same nu9mber of tickets.
by rhickok1109
Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:32 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Why did Sam Wyche fare so poorly in Tampa?
Replies: 23
Views: 8807

Re: Why did Sam Wyche fare so poorly in Tampa?

You have to remember, though, that they had Hugh Culverhouse as owner. He was incompetent times 20. Oh, I've never forgotten it. I was there. It wasn't JUST him, as he did handle coach hires (mostly bad, or bizarre), but McKay's hubris and the others who scouted players who thought Booker Reese cou...
by rhickok1109
Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:29 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Do non-CFP bowls matter?
Replies: 19
Views: 6027

Re: Do non-CFP bowls matter?

Brian wolf wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:13 pm John Riggins and Allen Iverson didnt like ... practice
When Paul Hornung was asked if he should make so much money for playing a game, he replied, "I love football and I play for free, but they have to pay me to practice."
by rhickok1109
Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:27 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: 2023 DPOY --- hard to gauge this one
Replies: 10
Views: 2831

Re: 2023 DPOY --- hard to gauge this one

I can't see Hamlin as comeback player of the year. To me, that award goes to a guy who was pretty good at some point in the past, went through a fairly long down period (meaning a season or more), and then returned to his "pretty goodness" for the season in question. Hamlin was okay in 202...
by rhickok1109
Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:24 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Bill McColl gone
Replies: 2
Views: 1412

Re: Bill McColl gone

He was a lot like Boyd Dowler...very big for his time with great hands and a terrific downfield blocker. He wesn't quite as fast as Dowler, though.
by rhickok1109
Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:18 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Hard To Find Info Online
Replies: 17
Views: 7167

Re: Hard To Find Info Online

That's not unfortunate! That's some of the best money I spend every year! :) Ha, Ha - same here. I resisted subscribing for years thinking they were overcharging for something that should be free, but as the actual free sources started drying up, I gave in and now I look at it the same way. I get m...
by rhickok1109
Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:24 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: The N.F.L. now embracing Xmas. . .
Replies: 10
Views: 3770

Re: The N.F.L. now embracing Xmas. . .

I wonder if the NBA's success with Christmas Day games had anything to do with the NFL decision.

The NBA embraced Christmas a game day right from the beginning, with 3 games in 1947 and 5 in 1948.