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About time. I always argued that more of the AAFC than just 3 teams ended up in the NFL. I'll just copy/paste what I said from one of the many discussions on this in the past: "The NY Yanks were essentially the NY Yankees minus the 6 players that went to the Giants, and Brooklyn and NY merged w...

Jerry Rice wearing #80 with the Seahawks (Steve Largent) was a Whitsitt debacle.

TanksAndSpartans wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:41 am @sluggermatt/@Brian/All, What about Tommy Thompson? I've never nominated a QB - maybe he should get a look?

He's been nominated a few times.

I did a CC article on those three Marines. It was kind of fascinating to find that most pro and college gridders who went into the service in WWII were in the Marines. And, as most were college grads or had some college behind them, many became officers. Re the flag raising....I once flew to Minnes...

Nice.

First ballot.

3 in 5 (or less) is the starting point and they did that -- won 3 championships in a 5-season span.

RichardBak wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2025 8:00 pm Maybe his buddy will make him Admiral of the Gulf of America. Nice gig, if he doesn't mind getting paid in bitcoin.

SB history yesterday. Was the first time a Super Bowl was played on Gulf of America Day.

On the post game last night Nate Burleson charged us all to get over it with the Chiefs fatigue because we're "witnessing greatness". :roll: I like Nate, but I had a similar reaction when he said that. Obligatory mention that he played HSFB in The Great State of Washington. I missed playi...

I think Raiders/Vikings, 49ers/Broncos, 2nd Cowboys/Bills probably didn't have a lot of fans. Raiders-Vikings was the first Super Bowl to average over 60 million viewers. Since then the only Super Bowls to average under 74 million viewers have been the Raiders-Eagles and 49ers-Broncos. Cowboys-Dolp...