bmwracer wrote:Cowboysf Don Meredith dies after brain hemorrhage
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP)\Don Meredith, one of the most recognizable figures of the early Dallas Cowboys and an original member of ABCfs gMonday Night Footballh broadcast team, died Sunday. He was 72.
Meredithfs wife, Susan, told The Associated Press on Monday her husband died in Santa Fe after suffering a brain hemorrhage and lapsing into a coma. She says a private graveside ceremony is being planned and that family members were traveling to Santa Fe.
gHe was the best there was,h she said, describing him as kind, warm and funny. gWe lost a good one.h
Meredith played for the Cowboys from 1960-1968, becoming the starting quarterback in 1965. While he never led the Cowboys to the Super Bowl, Meredith was one of the franchisefs first stars.
Over his nine-year career, Meredith threw for 17,199 yards and 111 touchdowns. He retired unexpectedly before the 1969 season.
Just two years after retiring from football, Meredith joined Keith Jackson(notes) and Howard Cosell in the broadcast booth as part of the gMonday Night Footballh crew.
He quickly became one of the most popular broadcasters in sports because of his folksy sayings and country humor.
Meredithfs signature call was singing the famous Willie Nelson song gTurn Out the Lightsh when it appeared a gamefs outcome had been determined.
While he has been justifiably lauded for his seminal role in MNF, I'm a little surprised that most of what I have read re: his death pays perfunctory attention to his football playing career. Don Meredith was a very good QB who took Dallas, an expansion team less than 10 years in existence, to two consecutive NFL championship games against Lombardi's Packers. Both games were close contests right down to the very end (the second was the iconic "frozen tundra" game). Even more ignored in most of these tributes to him is the fact that he was a really tough QB; I'm talking John Unitas tough, which is as tough as a QB (or any player for that matter) can be.
Two high profile schools--Pitt and Florida--are looking for new head coaches if anyone here is interested in applying. Must be willing to stroke the egos of 18-year-old kids and their parents, kiss the asses of wealthy boosters, genuflect to university presidents, be scrutinized, analyzed, and criticized by fans, the media, and anyone sitting in front of a keyboard, and work 20-hour days.
Why fool around with a college job? Pat Bowlen is paying Shanahan and McDaniels to NOT coach, :crazy: I wonder if he'd be receptive to having someone coach and not get paid.
bmwracer wrote:Colts eke out a win against the Titans, 30-28. :sweat:
Checking the box score, the Titans scored with no time left. I'm sure any bettors who took the over on the line has to be ticked off. :beaten: Not sure why the Titans didn't go for a field goal then an onside kick, but I guess there wasn't too much time to take a shot downfield if the onside kick was recovered, or the Titans are just mailing it in for the rest of the season.
I had completely forgotten about Marcus Dupree. I dunno if you could call the way things turned out for Marcus "tragic", it' s sad and disappointing because he did have all the talent in the world, but Marcus doesn't seem to upset about it and it's not like he turned into a crackhead and died broke on skid row. Anyway, if you get a chance, check it out, it's very good.
I had completely forgotten about Marcus Dupree. I dunno if you could call the way things turned out for Marcus "tragic", it' s sad and disappointing because he did have all the talent in the world, but Marcus doesn't seem to upset about it and it's not like he turned into a crackhead and died broke on skid row. Anyway, if you get a chance, check it out, it's very good.
I saw that over at my brother's place yesterday... It was a very good documentary. :victory:
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)\The Minnesota Vikings have played warm, dry and wind-free football at the Metrodome for 29 seasons. This weekend, a snowstorm sent them searching for cover\namely a place to play their game against the New York Giants.
The Metrodomefs inflatable roof ripped open and collapsed early Sunday after 17 inches of snow fell on the city, forcing the NFL to shift the Giants-Vikings game to Detroitfs Ford Field on Monday night.
Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission chairman Roy Terwilliger said hefs optimistic the roof can be repaired in time for the Vikings to host the Chicago Bears in their next scheduled home game on Monday, Dec. 20. Therefs a lot of work to be done before then, considering the scene inside the darkened stadium on Sunday morning after the collapse about 5 a.m.
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Snow fell onto the artificial turf through a gaping hole above the 30-yard-line, as a piece of the Teflon-coated fiberglass roof roughly 10 yards long flapped in the wind. It glowed eerily in the sunlight, hovering not too far above the field. Speakers that hang from the roof were still safely above the seats and the field, with no indication that a collapse with people inside wouldfve caused any injuries.
MSFC director of facilities and engineering Steve Maki was working with the original manufacturer of the material on a plan to fix the roof. It has failed four times due to heavy snow since the stadium opened nearly 30 years ago, but not since April 1983, when a collapse forced postponement of a Twins baseball game. Terwilliger said this was the worst of the collapses.
gThis just came very fast. It was heavily loaded, and the wind was just unbelievable,h said Maki, who halted snow removal and called his workers down from the roof Saturday night out of concern for safety.
gThere were no injuries, which wefre thankful for,h said Bill Lester, the MSFCfs executive director.
The game between the Vikings and Giants had already been postponed by 31 hours, after Saturdayfs blizzard kept the Giants from getting to Minneapolis on time. They stayed the night in Kansas City instead and left for Detroit.
gI have to believe there will be some losses. I think it also bolsters their argument why they need a new stadium,h Giants chief executive and co-owner John Mara said. gFor this to happen nowadays is pretty incredible.h
The Vikings have been lobbying for legislative support for a new facility for more than a decade. Their lease at the Metrodome runs through the 2011 season.
The Vikings previously pledged roughly one-third of the cost for a new stadium, estimated at $700 million or far more. But the team has had difficulty getting much traction with the state legislature on public funding to pay for the rest, with lawmakers pointing to huge state deficits that need to be addressed first.
The team has been contacted by two Los Angeles-based groups interested in bringing the NFL back to Los Angeles, but so far it has said it remains gcommitted to finding a solution in Minnesota.h
The NFL briefly considered moving the game to the University of Minnesotafs TCF Bank Stadium, but the university said it couldnft be ready in time. TCF holds about 50,000 people, compared to the Metrodomefs 64,000.
The city got 17.1 inches of snow during the storm that started Friday night and ended around 10 p.m. Saturday, said James McQuirter, a National Weather Service meteorologist. He said the storm was one of the five largest to hit the Twin Cities. Some surrounding communities got more than 21 inches of snow, he said.
The Metrodome roof is 10 acres of Teflon-coated fiberglass that is supported by 20 90-horsepower fans. It weighs roughly 580,000 pounds.
The 49ers slaughtered Seattle 40-21. The game wasn't even that close. San Francisco led 40-7 and Matt Hasselback played more like Mr. Interception for the first three quarters.
Did anyone else find it ironic that ESPN, after showing the Heisman Trophy presentation in which Cam Newton won in a landslide, followed that program with "Pony Excess," a documentary about SMU getting busted by the NCAA back in the 1980's for paying players?
The program was interesting, not for the particulars of what caused SMU to receive the death penalty--those facts have been widely reported and known for years--but the reactions of players, coaches, boosters, and college administrators who were directly involved in this scandal. Some of the more high profile players, like Craig James and Eric Dickerson, never admitted to taking illegal benefits; James in particular, came across as smug and arrogant when interviewed for this film. And a number of players expressed hurt and anger over the fact that they were ostracized by the SMU community for many years after the school was punished. WTF--it was because you guys participated in illegal activities that the school got busted.
I haven't seen many of these 30 on 30 documentary films airing on ESPN, but most of the ones I have seen have been good. The Marcus Dupree one, as mentioned by Gaijinmark, was, like the one on SMU, an informative look at the recruiting process that goes on at the collegiate level. (However I felt, probably due to time constraints, that these two films only exposed a fraction of what goes on with the recruitment, placement, and looking after the thousands of prized players who participate in big-time college football) The one about the USFL was also good (Donald Trump is the big villain in that one) My favorite one still remains the first one to air--it was about the Baltimore Colts marching band and their insistence on remaining an active group even after that carpetbagger Irsay sneaked the Colts out of Baltimore in the middle of the night.
21 mere inches, :grumble: twice as much in Buffalo during the week, should ban all indoor stadiums. :naughty:
Fat boy and the Jets took another on the chin, :victory: failing to score a TD for the 4th time this season falling to the Dolphins 10-6, though they could lose the rest of their games and still make the playoffs, not as many good teams in the AFC this year. :shakehead: Packers are in trouble as Rodgers goes down and they lose to the Lions 7-3, Lions breaking their streak of losing 19 straight in their division, handful of QBs that are irreplacable to their team, Rodgers is one. :applaud: Looks like the NFC playoff race is going down to perhaps the last game of the year, some 10-6 team will be watching at home so a 7-9 West team can host a playoff game. :beaten:
"49ers 40, Seattle 21
The 49ers seems to be emerging as the class of the NFC West, moving within one game of first place. Too bad they are only 5-8 and lousy." :hehe:
"Patriots 36, Bears 7
As a service to their fans, the Bears fall hopelessly behind by halftime so the crowd can leave early and escape the blizzard conditions." :rofl:
hitomi #1 wrote:Fat boy and the Jets took another on the chin, :victory: failing to score a TD for the 4th time this season falling to the Dolphins 10-6, though they could lose the rest of their games and still make the playoffs, not as many good teams in the AFC this year. :shakehead:
:rofl: Hard luck tho :hehe: ... it just wasn't there day :mwahaha:
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