American Football (NFL, College, etc.)

^ The pic on the left is scarier... 'cause it's real. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:^ The pic on the left is scarier... 'cause it's real. :sweat:

They're both real. One old, one young.

But all kidding aside, Al Davis cast a pretty large shadow across the history of professional football.

shin2 has been doing a Mt. Rushmore of each NFL team. If you did a Mt. Rushmore of the NFL alone, George Halas and Pete Rozelle would be locks but there would be a lot of people to consider for the other two slots and Al Davis would be on the short list.

gaijinmark wrote:But all kidding aside, Al Davis cast a pretty large shadow across the history of professional football.

shin2 has been doing a Mt. Rushmore of each NFL team. If you did a Mt. Rushmore of the NFL alone, George Halas and Pete Rozelle would be locks but there would be a lot of people to consider for the other two slots and Al Davis would be on the short list.

The irony is that Al Davis was, both prior and subsequent to the AFL/NFL merger, the NFL's greatest adversary.

His "scorched earth" policy towards the NFL while commissioner of the AFL hastened the merger. But he himself was adamantly opposed to a merger and, in fact, resigned as commissioner when he discovered the AFL owners had gone behind his back to make a deal with the NFL. Afterwards he became a constant thorn in the side of the NFL suits with his renegade behavior and numerous lawsuits.

Yeah, Davis would be on the short list, along with imo Lamar Hunt, Paul Brown, Vince Lombardi, Sid Gillman, and Ed Sabol. Hmm, no players?--add John Unitas.

Colts lose again, this time to the Chiefs, 28-24. :(

Falcons jump out to a quick 14-0 lead, then the Packers dominate the rest of the way and win 25-14. :applaud:

The 49ers slaughter the Bucs 48-3 :victory:

mrsmith10 wrote:The 49ers slaughter the Bucs 48-3 :victory:

That has got to be the surprise of the day... I expected a close game, not a blowout.

bmwracer wrote:Colts lose again, this time to the Chiefs, 28-24. :(

:shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: Oh my colts looking a bad season for them really Bad 0-5 :shamefulcry:

well Giants Lost to the Seahawks 25-36
along with the Jets Lost to the Pats 21-30 SO yea :mrgreen:

suzzy wrote: :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: Oh my colts looking a bad season for them really Bad 0-5 :shamefulcry:

Curtis Painter played better in this game, but the defense let him down.

Nice win for the Pats over the Jets. It's good to have both TEs.
They keep pace with the Bills who beat the disappointing Eagles.

To me the surprise was Steelers beating Titans.

Jav_sol wrote:To me the surprise was Steelers beating Titans.

I'm not surprised... The Titans are pretenders, I think.

Lions beat da Bears, 24-13, to go 5-0.

Wow. :victory: :applaud:

bmwracer wrote:Lions beat da Bears, 24-13, to go 5-0.

Wow. :victory: :applaud:

Next week they play my 49ers. Surprisingly, it's the biggest game of the year so far.

Nice article on Anthony Calvillo, pro football's all-time leading passer: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7082619/the-best-passing-quarterback-ever#footnote1

A Southern California boy (La Puente High School, Mt. Sac JC) who made good. The QB who formerly held the record for most career passing yardage--Damon Allen--is also a Southern California product (Lincoln High in San Diego, Cal State Fullerton).

mrsmith10 wrote:Next week they play my 49ers. Surprisingly, it's the biggest game of the year so far.

That should be a good game... I hope the show that game instead of the Raiders or Chargers. :bleh:

shin2 Nice article. The author should have mentioned another California kid (Hart High in Newhall, Cal) Joe Kapp. The only quarterback to play in a Rose Bowl, Grey Cup, and Super Bowl.

bmwracer wrote:
Curtis Painter played better in this game, but the defense let him down.

he did I didn'y get to see the game ..well good for him i like him over the other guy who is the QB.... I guess the defence got tired from all the other games :(

mrsmith10 wrote:

Next week they play my 49ers. Surprisingly, it's the biggest game of the year so far.

yea I'm looking forward to it... and I must say the lions and bears game was really nice... the Lions did there thing in it :metaldevil: