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*Super Bowl V had the first dramatic SB ending ever, but had been a turnover fest beforehand. *Super Bowl IX had the Steelers leading 2-0 at the half and the Vikings spending the entire game figuring out how to move the ball on offense. *Super Bowl XI started off in interesting fashion with Guy's fi...

This is an interesting interview with George Allen from 1980. Among topics, he mentions having interest in the CFL: https://youtu.be/3zk1y9c2oj0 Allen was supposed to buy the Montreal Alouettes in 1982, but backed out when the owner (Nelson Skalbania) turned out to be a BS artist/fraud. From there,...

John Ralston got the Denver job in 1972 after having beaten both Michigan and Ohio State in the Rose Bowl as HC at Stanford. Ray Perkins left his "dream job" at Alabama (replacing the Bear) so that he could flop with the Bucs. Darryl Rogers went to the Lions after five years at Arizona Sta...

Bears unis through the years:

https://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/c ... eam_id=CHI

Cleveland Browns - Rutigliano decided to keep his pass-happy scheme despite having Paul McDonald as his QB. McDonald would take almost every snap in 1984, and then not attempt a pass in 1985. The Browns offense was terrible...Ozzie Newsome led the team with 89 receptions and the second place guy wa...

Dr. Z was never a fan of the Cowboys, so I'm sure some of that bias seeps through.

The Raiders offered condolences over the "death" of former running back Clarence Davis--who is still alive--before deleting the post:

https://sports.yahoo.com/former-raiders ... 43678.html

I was surprised when the league extended the season to 17 games and cut the pre-season to 3 games. The decision was certainly driven by the needs of the TV networks. It would have been better for the players, I thought, to add a second week off for each team during the season. That would have exten...

50 years ago this summer, the 1972 NFL Hall of Fame Game kicked off with Kansas City facing the New York Giants. It was the first of seven exhibition games the Chiefs played that season. R.I.P. Lenny Dawson s-l1600_-_2022-08-23T155936.639.jpg This was the game in which Cosell referred to white runn...

Art Modell loses out again. It's a good day.