^ There was a draft? :beaten:
American Football (NFL, College, etc.)
Started by Geezer · 17 Aug 2004 · 4,773 replies
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You bet Beemer!
And even more exciting than the draft itself we're now in the undrafted free agent signing frenzy.
Why... The 49ers just went out and signed powerhouse running back LeGarrette Blount from Oregon.
Jeez-oh! A chance to relive the glory days when the Niners went out and signed Lawrence Phillips.
I'm giddy!
And even more exciting than the draft itself we're now in the undrafted free agent signing frenzy.
Why... The 49ers just went out and signed powerhouse running back LeGarrette Blount from Oregon.
Jeez-oh! A chance to relive the glory days when the Niners went out and signed Lawrence Phillips.
I'm giddy!
Geezer wrote:You bet Beemer!
And even more exciting than the draft itself we're now in the undrafted free agent signing frenzy.
Why... The 49ers just went out and signed powerhouse running back LeGarrette Blount from Oregon.
Jeez-oh! A chance to relive the glory days when the Niners went out and signed Lawrence Phillips.
I'm giddy!
Heck, why not go whole hog and sign Michael Vick, Maurice Clarett, and Marshawn Lynch while you're at it. Then you'd have a fullhouse backfield. The Niners could run the Wishbone. Of course they'd also have to sign a fulltime bailbondsman and criminal lawyer. Bring in O.J. (didn't he end his career with San Francisco?) to teach 'em the ropes. Wait, I don't think he's currently available.
I'm so depressed. After agreeing to a contract with the Niners, LeGarrette Blount found out the Titans were offering more, so he returned the plane ticket and told the Niners no thanks.
At least I think he returned the plane ticket.
But you know... at least our new front office and Head Coach made the offer. Funny you should mention him... I believe they have a standing offer out to Maurice Clarett to come in for a try-out in 2030 when he gets out of jail.
Planning for the future. That's what the Niners are all about these days.
At least I think he returned the plane ticket.
But you know... at least our new front office and Head Coach made the offer. Funny you should mention him... I believe they have a standing offer out to Maurice Clarett to come in for a try-out in 2030 when he gets out of jail.
Planning for the future. That's what the Niners are all about these days.
Geezer wrote:I'm so depressed. After agreeing to a contract with the Niners, LeGarrette Blount found out the Titans were offering more, so he returned the plane ticket and told the Niners no thanks.
Aw, don't be depressed, Geezer. There's plenty of criminals out there masquerading as football players. Heck, the University of Oregon (LaGarrette's old school!) alone has got what, six or seven of them who were charged with various offenses this past off-season.
Geezer wrote:I believe they have a standing offer out to Maurice Clarett to come in for a try-out in 2030 when he gets out of jail.
Planning for the future. That's what the Niners are all about these days.
Antonio Cromartie, late of the Chargers and now with the Jets, has eight kids by six women who live in five different states. Not too early to tender a contract to some of those rugrats.
shin2 wrote:
eight kids by six women who live in five different states.
Now I know how that tried and true K-Drama "I'm in love with my sister" synopsis got started.
shin2 wrote:Antonio Cromartie, late of the Chargers and now with the Jets, has eight kids by six women who live in five different states. Not too early to tender a contract to some of those rugrats.
Yikes. :shakehead:
Trying to be the Wilt Chamberlain of football?
Vote moves 49ers closer to leaving San Francisco
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP)\The 49ers moved a step closer to leaving their longtime San Francisco home after residents in the Silicon Valley city of Santa Clara voted in favor of a new stadium for the NFL team.
The 49ers have played in San Francisco since the franchise was established more than 60 years ago and have called Candlestick Park their home since the early 1970s. They have won five Super Bowls during their stay.
By approving Measure J, voters in Santa Clara signed off on a plan by the team to build the 68,500-seat stadium in the city.
Under preliminary terms with the team, the city and area hotels would contribute $114 million to the $937 million project next to Great America theme park.
Team officials spent almost $4 million in support of Measure J.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP)\The 49ers moved a step closer to leaving their longtime San Francisco home after residents in the Silicon Valley city of Santa Clara voted in favor of a new stadium for the NFL team.
The 49ers have played in San Francisco since the franchise was established more than 60 years ago and have called Candlestick Park their home since the early 1970s. They have won five Super Bowls during their stay.
By approving Measure J, voters in Santa Clara signed off on a plan by the team to build the 68,500-seat stadium in the city.
Under preliminary terms with the team, the city and area hotels would contribute $114 million to the $937 million project next to Great America theme park.
Team officials spent almost $4 million in support of Measure J.
Pete Carroll leaves just before they get out the rope:
USC hit hard by NCAA sanctions
The NCAA has ruled that the University of Southern California athletic department exhibited a lack of institutional control from 2004 to 2009 for a wide array of rules violations committed in its football, menfs basketball and womenfs tennis programs.
The findings of its investigation, spurred by a 2006 Yahoo! Sports probe, came in a 67-page report released Thursday.
As a result of those violations – which mainly centered on Heisman Trophy-winning running back Reggie Bush and basketball star O.J. Mayo – the NCAAfs probe resulted in USC being hit with multiple penalties. Among them:
• A postseason ban in football following the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
• A loss of 30 total football scholarships over the 2011, 2012 and 2013 seasons.
• A vacation of all football victories starting in December 2004 and running through the 2005 season. This includes the national championship win over Oklahoma on Jan. 4, 2005.
• An acceptance of USCfs self-imposed penalties on its basketball program, which included a forfeiture of all wins in 2007-2008 and a one-year postseason ban.
• All statistics vacated for Bush, Mayo and an unnamed womenfs tennis athlete in the games which the NCAA deemed them ineligible due to rules violations.
• All titles won during ineligible games must be vacated and trophies and banners must be removed.
• Bush and Mayo must be disassociated from USC athletics.
• A forfeiture of wins in the womenfs tennis program from May 2006 to May 2009, for long-distance telephone violations committed by an athlete.
• A reduction of recruiting days for the menfs basketball program in 2010-2011.
• Four years of probation.
USC hit hard by NCAA sanctions
The NCAA has ruled that the University of Southern California athletic department exhibited a lack of institutional control from 2004 to 2009 for a wide array of rules violations committed in its football, menfs basketball and womenfs tennis programs.
The findings of its investigation, spurred by a 2006 Yahoo! Sports probe, came in a 67-page report released Thursday.
As a result of those violations – which mainly centered on Heisman Trophy-winning running back Reggie Bush and basketball star O.J. Mayo – the NCAAfs probe resulted in USC being hit with multiple penalties. Among them:
• A postseason ban in football following the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
• A loss of 30 total football scholarships over the 2011, 2012 and 2013 seasons.
• A vacation of all football victories starting in December 2004 and running through the 2005 season. This includes the national championship win over Oklahoma on Jan. 4, 2005.
• An acceptance of USCfs self-imposed penalties on its basketball program, which included a forfeiture of all wins in 2007-2008 and a one-year postseason ban.
• All statistics vacated for Bush, Mayo and an unnamed womenfs tennis athlete in the games which the NCAA deemed them ineligible due to rules violations.
• All titles won during ineligible games must be vacated and trophies and banners must be removed.
• Bush and Mayo must be disassociated from USC athletics.
• A forfeiture of wins in the womenfs tennis program from May 2006 to May 2009, for long-distance telephone violations committed by an athlete.
• A reduction of recruiting days for the menfs basketball program in 2010-2011.
• Four years of probation.
Wow! Who could have seen that coming?
I guess it's just good luck that Pete Carroll decided to leave the school when he did, and move back to the NFL.
I guess it's just good luck that Pete Carroll decided to leave the school when he did, and move back to the NFL.
^ I'll bet ol' Petey knew this was coming down the pipe...
Serves 'SC right: that football program has been so full of itself... Time for a big ol' serving of humble pie.
The cherry on top would be Bush getting his Heisman taken away from him. :victory:
Serves 'SC right: that football program has been so full of itself... Time for a big ol' serving of humble pie.
The cherry on top would be Bush getting his Heisman taken away from him. :victory:
Don Coryell dies at 85
SAN DIEGO (AP)—Don Coryell, the innovative coach whose gAir Coryellh offense produced some of the most dynamic passing attacks in NFL history, has died. He was 85.
The San Diego Chargers confirmed Coryell died Thursday at Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, just outside of San Diego. The team did not release the cause of death, but Coryell had been in poor health for some time.
Coryell is one of the founding fathers of the modern passing game. He coached at San Diego State from 1961-72 and went 104-19-2. He left the Aztecs for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1973. With Jim Hart at quarterback, the Cardinals won division titles in 1974 and f75 behind Coryell.
He returned to San Diego in 1978 when he was hired by the Chargers.
From 1978-86, his gAir Coryellh offense—led by quarterback Dan Fouts— set records and led the NFL in passing almost every season. Coryell guided the Chargers to the AFC championship game after the 1980 and f81 seasons, but he never reached the Super Bowl.
In 14 NFL season, he had a record of 111-83-1. He was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in February, but was not selected for induction.
He is the first coach to win 100 games in college and pro football and is a member of the college Hall of Fame.
Boy those teams were fun to watch, RIP, Coach. :shamefulcry:
SAN DIEGO (AP)—Don Coryell, the innovative coach whose gAir Coryellh offense produced some of the most dynamic passing attacks in NFL history, has died. He was 85.
The San Diego Chargers confirmed Coryell died Thursday at Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, just outside of San Diego. The team did not release the cause of death, but Coryell had been in poor health for some time.
Coryell is one of the founding fathers of the modern passing game. He coached at San Diego State from 1961-72 and went 104-19-2. He left the Aztecs for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1973. With Jim Hart at quarterback, the Cardinals won division titles in 1974 and f75 behind Coryell.
He returned to San Diego in 1978 when he was hired by the Chargers.
From 1978-86, his gAir Coryellh offense—led by quarterback Dan Fouts— set records and led the NFL in passing almost every season. Coryell guided the Chargers to the AFC championship game after the 1980 and f81 seasons, but he never reached the Super Bowl.
In 14 NFL season, he had a record of 111-83-1. He was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in February, but was not selected for induction.
He is the first coach to win 100 games in college and pro football and is a member of the college Hall of Fame.
Boy those teams were fun to watch, RIP, Coach. :shamefulcry:
gaijinmark wrote:Don Coryell dies at 85
SAN DIEGO (AP)\Don Coryell, the innovative coach whose gAir Coryellh offense produced some of the most dynamic passing attacks in NFL history, has died. He was 85.
The San Diego Chargers confirmed Coryell died Thursday at Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, just outside of San Diego. The team did not release the cause of death, but Coryell had been in poor health for some time.
Coryell is one of the founding fathers of the modern passing game. He coached at San Diego State from 1961-72 and went 104-19-2. He left the Aztecs for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1973. With Jim Hart at quarterback, the Cardinals won division titles in 1974 and f75 behind Coryell.
He returned to San Diego in 1978 when he was hired by the Chargers.
From 1978-86, his gAir Coryellh offense\led by quarterback Dan Fouts\ set records and led the NFL in passing almost every season. Coryell guided the Chargers to the AFC championship game after the 1980 and f81 seasons, but he never reached the Super Bowl.
In 14 NFL season, he had a record of 111-83-1. He was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in February, but was not selected for induction.
He is the first coach to win 100 games in college and pro football and is a member of the college Hall of Fame.
Boy those teams were fun to watch, RIP, Coach. :shamefulcry:
Coach Coryell had an incredible amount of influence on the game of football from an offensive perspective. It's a shame he's not in the pro football Hall of Fame; his contributions certainly warrant his being enshrined there.
shin2 wrote:Coach Coryell had an incredible amount of influence on the game of football from an offensive perspective. It's a shame he's not in the pro football Hall of Fame; his contributions certainly warrant his being enshrined there.
Sad to say, but maybe his death will get the ball rolling to get him in the Hall. :sweat:
Hard-hitting former Raider Jack Tatum dies at 61
By RUSTY MILLER, AP Sports Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jack Tatum, the All-Pro safety for the Oakland Raiders best known for his hit that paralyzed Darryl Stingley in an NFL preseason game in 1978, has died. He was 61.
Nicknamed "The Assassin," Tatum died of a heart attack Tuesday in Oakland, according to friend and former Ohio State teammate John Hicks.
On Aug. 12, 1978, Stingley, playing for the New England Patriots, ran head-on into the hard-hitting Tatum on a crossing pattern. The blow severed Stingley's fourth and fifth veterbrae and left the receiver paralyzed.
Tatum said he tried to visit Stingley at an Oakland hospital shortly after the collision but was turned away by Stingley's family members.
Stingley died in 2007.
By RUSTY MILLER, AP Sports Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jack Tatum, the All-Pro safety for the Oakland Raiders best known for his hit that paralyzed Darryl Stingley in an NFL preseason game in 1978, has died. He was 61.
Nicknamed "The Assassin," Tatum died of a heart attack Tuesday in Oakland, according to friend and former Ohio State teammate John Hicks.
On Aug. 12, 1978, Stingley, playing for the New England Patriots, ran head-on into the hard-hitting Tatum on a crossing pattern. The blow severed Stingley's fourth and fifth veterbrae and left the receiver paralyzed.
Tatum said he tried to visit Stingley at an Oakland hospital shortly after the collision but was turned away by Stingley's family members.
Stingley died in 2007.
Terrell Owens to join the Bengals... Then he misses his flight to the Bengals training camp.
That didn't take long. :shakehead:
That didn't take long. :shakehead:
Pats training camp started today. Can't wait for the season to get underway. :victory:
AP source: Favre tells Vikings he will not return
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI, AP Sports Writer
MANKATO, Minn. – Brett Favre's stint with the Minnesota Vikings appears to be over after a single season.
Favre has informed the Vikings he will not return to Minnesota this fall, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.,
The 40-year-old Favre called coach Brad Childress to say his injured ankle is not responding as well to surgery and rehabilitation as he had hoped, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not made an official announcement.
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI, AP Sports Writer
MANKATO, Minn. – Brett Favre's stint with the Minnesota Vikings appears to be over after a single season.
Favre has informed the Vikings he will not return to Minnesota this fall, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.,
The 40-year-old Favre called coach Brad Childress to say his injured ankle is not responding as well to surgery and rehabilitation as he had hoped, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not made an official announcement.
bmwracer wrote:Terrell Owens to join the Bengals... Then he misses his flight to the Bengals training camp.
That didn't take long. :shakehead:
He tried to catch the flight but dropped it. To his credit, he did back up the pilot, crying out, "that's my pilot man..." :beaten:
deseipher wrote:He tried to catch the flight but dropped it. To his credit, he did back up the pilot, crying out, "that's my pilot man..." :beaten:
LOL... Very appropriate. :rofl:
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