Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

1964 was Collier’s second season as HC.

How old are you?

I remember watching the CFL on Channel 9 (Windsor, Ontario) back then. IIRC the 1981 season was the first when the two conferences (East and West) merged and a playoff system included the top 3 teams in each conference, regardless of record. That may have been the year Ottawa (I think) played in th...

I was shocked that the Eagles went for two. It was an absolutely stupid decision.

Chuck Knox is also in my personal HOF. He was a winner.

People who argue that Pearson doesn’t deserve his bust in Canton just don’t get it…and this is coming from a Vikings fan. Pearson was to receivers as Namath was to quarterbacks. He was much, much more than the numbers on a page or screen will ever be able to tell you.

The best way to phrase it is "never to win a world championship." Though I'd personally go with someone who never even made the Super Bowl: Marty Schottenheimer. Interesting, why Schottenheimer first of those seven? Schottenheimer had a ton of regular-season success and just some bad luck...

Bob, I treasure the article you wrote on my football hero, Don Jonas, a number of years ago.

No, I haven’t.

Yes, the HOF definitely missed the boat on the all-time leading receiver at the time of his retirement. Howton and Del Shofner are the two senior receivers most deserving of enshrinement.