Don't need to read it and your tone is all wrong. Relax please. The next Super Bowl will be the 57th and the first ever Super Bowl was Jan. 15, 1967 after the 1966 season. I was wrong when I said 1965 and you are referring to the official AFL/NFL merger in 1970.
Yeah my brother - every single one of them hurt and hurt bad - but I'm not sure which hurt more - Said to be one of the greatest offensive teams in NFL history - 1998 Vikings - 15-1 and Gary "never misses a FG" Anderson shanks one from close up in the NFC Championship against the Falcons - who went on with half the talent to win the Super Bowl. Then "bounty-gate" with another roar of a season with ole Brett Favre at the helm. Saints players openly paid to take him out - but just couldn't get that Lion to lay down. Then with 10-15 clear running yards right in front of him he throws a cross body pass for an interception and costs us the game. To this day and forever more I will despise the Saints for cheating in that game, barely getting a slap on the wrist and going on again with half the talent to win our Super Bowl. Oh yeah there were others going back - The Drew Pearson push off in the end zone back in the 70's in the NFC Championship against the Cowboys. Who then went on to a Super Bowl victory.
Those are the two loneliest Super Bowl teams in the history of the NFL. I know there's some that have never even been there - but sorry I can't count you for now. Likely you've never had a decade or two of glory years. Your turn will come. For right now I agree the Bills or the Vikings. We've both had lengthy periods of season and playoff dominance - what has eluded us both has been the Lombardi Trophy. The Vikes have been there 4 times with seasons of incredible dominance along with crushing playoff victories. And NFC Championship losses that clearly should have been theirs - but sadly no Lombardi Trophies grace the halls of their Eagan, MN Headquarters.
Happens to a lot of people who are showered with money and fame and don’t know how to handle it. Long list of celebrities who went goofy…Elvis, Tiger Woods, and countless others. They’ve been built up as Gods in the media. A lot has changed in pro-sports remembering the old days as a packer fan. Had the chance to meet several of the players from the 60’s at a golf outing in the early 70’s. My girlfriend’s dad made some biz investments with some of them. Was awestruck remembering their playing days and yet they were regular guys and didn’t mind spending a couple minutes to chat and joke around. Back then those guys made around $35k on average, equivalent to $330k today. A lot of those guys were not set for cozy retirement after their playing days were done. Now the average is over a million and who can forget the kind of cash the elite players get. Same deal with pro-golfers and other sports back when. Whole different world they made their way in.
And who of us over the age of ?? can forget Jimmy the Greek. A great color man for football - made one true statement about a certain ethnic group being genetically better constructed than others and therefore often better athletes. Even the spoken of ethnic group backed him up as speaking the truth. Yet that was a career ender for The Greek. And how long ago was that? At least 40 years ago I'd say.
Like to mention something along this subject line I have before because it’s relevant about saying stuff; sexual harassment training. For a number of years ran a department that included around a dozen females. Some were married, others single/divorced. We had a nice working environment, guys/gals joked around and sometimes a little gritty making light of our genders. Some liked to flirt; but there were lines that wouldn’t get crossed. Some off work romancing? Yeah, there was. (That’s how my dad met my mother in 1948.) Then came the training sessions I had to attend about harassment.
We all know or should know by now that this bs is a one way street. Women can get away with virtually anything they want while if a guy even thinks about saying or looking crosswise at a women he's toast. It's so beyond ridiculous that I NEVER played around with it. Not even banter. Something I somehow got a whiff of long, long ago I just made damn sure I stayed far away from anything remotely off color or even stretched to the max could be considered as such. No one was ever going to be able to pin that one on me. Thank God my team in my last 10 hrs or so were almost all female - but they were all like working with a bunch of guys. They were great gals, knew how to get the job done, never pulled any female cards. While we had fun they were all about the team and getting the job done. No BS. All these years later most of them and I still stay in touch and they always want to get together for lunch on a semi-regular basis. We've all gone our separate ways since but they want to keep our little group going. Personally I love that. Means I managed them right and they appreciated me. Then there's the race card. Another one I stayed way far away from. No one was ever going to be able to truthfully say I did or said this or that. If they did they were lying. Never happened and I treated everyone alike. Didn't matter what shade of pale you were. Just get the job done and don't play any games W/me. But that's another one that's a one way street. If you're a white male these days you have a huge target on your back and everyone know's it except the occasional idiot that still thinks it's 1970 - it ain't.
Vikings vs Bills\at least 1 of them would have the win
As an old Packer fan, sure am dejected by Favre’s volley ball build at S Miss. He’s toasted himself and his legacy and sad to hear his daughter gets dragged into the news. Not one scandal, it’s going on more. What in dee **** was he thinking? He made near $140 million, not including the millions more with sponsorships, and he couldn’t fork over 7 million to build that volleyball center he wanted so badly? So far he’s avoided any charges; but have to wonder if this may change.
Indeed. As an anti-Packer fan - I always liked Favre because of his guts on the field. Willing to leave it all out there every game, every week. I kind of liked his country boy balls to the wall - don't give a **** what anybody thinks attitude. I don't always like that but I did with him. Then he came to the Vikes and gave us one hell of a year - frankly I still say the Saints owe us that
You could not imagine the thrill of my morning watching that GB/WA game. Could not have enjoyed watching him tank once again - any more. And you're right - look who he's losing to. WA would get beat by any one of the top 25 NCAA teams. As Chris Collinsworth would say - "Likely The greatest QB of all time".... Hogwash mixed with vomit.......
