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by Gary Najman
Wed Jan 08, 2025 4:28 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Greatest regular season games of all tme
Replies: 28
Views: 5433

Re: Greatest regular season games of all tme

1983 and 1986 had many of those games-:

1983 Dallas-Washington (MNF)
1983 Raiders-Washington
1983 Raiders-Dallas (SNF)
1983 Washington-Green Bay (MNF)
1983 Seattle-Kansas City

1986 Miami-Jets
1986 Minnesota-Washington
by Gary Najman
Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:39 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: lame streaks
Replies: 14
Views: 2955

Re: lame streaks

Jim Marshall in his last two seasons was pulled after one or two defensive series and replaced with Randy Holloway. While not a streak, I remember a MNF between the Cowboys and Titans, when Tennessee was winning handily and when they were again close for a touchdown, they tried to throw a TD to perp...
by Gary Najman
Tue Jan 07, 2025 10:30 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Greatest regular season games of all tme
Replies: 28
Views: 5433

Re: Greatest regular season games of all tme

The obvious answer is 2018 Rams-Chiefs on MNF. That game had everything you could ask for. Like 7 lead changes, and the best defensive performance ever in a shootout (Rams). Only overtime would've made it better. That was the game that should have been in Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, but due to t...
by Gary Najman
Tue Jan 07, 2025 10:23 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Playoff teams that could have had bad starts (to their season)
Replies: 8
Views: 1588

Re: Playoff teams that could have had bad starts (to their season)

For this thread, I would nominate the 1981 Bengals: Week 1 (Seattle): They were down 21-3 in the second quarter and 21-10 at halftime before coming back to win 27-21. Week 2 (@Jets): They were down 17-3 in the second quarter and 20-10 in the third quarter before pulling out a 31-30 win. Week 3 (Cle...
by Gary Najman
Tue Jan 07, 2025 7:23 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: what college QBs did you consider "can't miss" prospects over the years?
Replies: 30
Views: 14698

Re: what college QBs did you consider "can't miss" prospects over the years?

Since I started watching football in 1977, John Elway and Peyton Manning were clearly at the top.

From earlier, I would think that Joe Namath, Terry Bradshaw and Jim Plunkett.

Of course, there are more busts like Art Schlichter, Ryan Leaf, Heath Shuler, Akili Smith and others.
by Gary Najman
Tue Jan 07, 2025 7:17 pm
Forum: HOF and HOVG Talk
Topic: Pro Football Hall of Fame question
Replies: 20
Views: 3041

Re: Pro Football Hall of Fame question

I agree that the PFHOF should have been opened earlier, maybe after World War II, but you have to remember that the Baseball Hall of Fame also took years to been founded (The National Association was founded in 1871 and the HOF in 1936), and that pro football was not still so popular until the late ...
by Gary Najman
Tue Jan 07, 2025 6:59 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Dave Volsky's YouTube channel
Replies: 27
Views: 7029

Re: Dave Volsky's YouTube channel

I agree with most of you. I really enjoyed Volsky's channels. It was great finding the music I grew watching and that wasn´t including in The Power and the Glory and Tropic Thunder and other NFL Films music recopilations, as well as knowing who the composers were (NFL Films only listed Sam Spence as...
by Gary Najman
Tue Dec 17, 2024 2:19 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Longtime NFL head coaches returning to NCAA
Replies: 8
Views: 3363

Re: Longtime NFL head coaches returning to NCAA

Sam Rutigliano, after nearly seven seasons in Cleveland, went to Liberty five years later, where he stayed for 11 seasons. Joe Walton, after seven seasons with the Jets, went to Robert Morris, where he stayed for 20 seasons. Both Rutigliano and Walton started the football programs at Liberty and Rob...
by Gary Najman
Mon Dec 16, 2024 9:54 pm
Forum: Football Obituaries
Topic: 2024 Obituaries
Replies: 148
Views: 306142

Re: 2024 Obituaries

Jim Tunney, a three-time Super Bowl referee and perennial Hall of Fame nominee, known simply as "the Dean of Referees," died December 12 at the age of 95. https://www.footballzebras.com/2024/12/jim-tunney-the-dean-of-referees-dies-at-95/ Tunney is still my all-time favorite referee. He al...
by Gary Najman
Wed Oct 16, 2024 8:46 pm
Forum: HOF and HOVG Talk
Topic: Biggest "Name" player not in the HOF
Replies: 16
Views: 17925

Re: Biggest "Name" player not in the HOF

Joe Theismann and Jim Plunkett should make the list, although I don’t think they are HOF worthy, they were popular as players and should have a case for the HOVG.