2008 NFL Regular Season Thread. - Page 37 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

troutman · 10-07-2008, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by habernac

to be fair, we Patriot fans had little to cheer about until Brady showed up.

I liked the teams with Stanley Morgan, Russ Francis, Steve Grogan, and Sam "Bam" Cunningham.

habernac · 10-07-2008, 02:52 PM

as long as you don't mention Irving Fryar.....what a frustrating #$!% he was.

burn_baby_burn · 10-07-2008, 05:05 PM

Well JD, we will have to wait and see if the Lions fortunes turn since the Curse of Bobby Lane ended yesterday.

JD · 10-07-2008, 05:39 PM

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Well JD, we will have to wait and see if the Lions fortunes turn since the Curse of Bobby Lane ended yesterday.

Heh.. they should have waited for that date to fire Millen. The irony would be palpable.

Actually the day Millen got fired was probably one of the brightest ones I've seen as a fan. It gives some hope. It's just too bad they followed it up on the field with one of their worst performances of the past 5 years.

Montana Moe · 10-07-2008, 06:11 PM

The Saints have won two playoff games......total.

Sainters7 · 10-07-2008, 06:30 PM

Haha I love how my drunken postgame venting last night has turned into two pages of everyone trying to figure out who's suffered more at the hands of their team over the years. Good to know us Saints fans aren't the only ones who wanna bash our heads against the wall on a weekly basis. Now that I've had a night to sleep on it(and sober up), I'm not so "sky is falling" as I was last night. But this crap definitely has to stop, they're rapidly blowing their chances at making the playoffs, especially in what is now a surprisingly strong NFC South. This team could easily be 5-0 right now.

...and the news gets even worse for New Orleans. Now our rookie CB Tracy Porter - who's worked out fantastically well so far this year - dislocated his wrist so severly yesterday that he needed surgery to pop it back in. He was placed on the IR today. SIGH.....what a year.

Saint Troy · 10-07-2008, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Montana Moe

The Saints have won two playoff games......total.

Scoreboard!

The Porter injury really hurts, as he's been one the best players on the Saints defence.

Pagal4321 · 10-07-2008, 09:40 PM

Hello??
My QB of the future is TARVARIS JACKSON.....oh god, I think I just puked in my mouth a bit.

JD · 10-08-2008, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Pagal4321

Hello??
My QB of the future is TARVARIS JACKSON.....oh god, I think I just puked in my mouth a bit.

Haha... Purple Jesus makes up for that just a little bit though. But Jackson is pretty fun to watch.... for Lions, Packers, and Bears fans!

Our QB of the past, present, and future is Jon Kitna. There is no plan in Detroit. But enough of my whining. Back to your regularly-scheduled NFL-talk of hopes and dreams of being in the playoffs and maybe taking it all.

Bobblehead · 10-08-2008, 09:08 AM

As a 49ers fan, I know how Oil fans feel. A very successful period, but a all recent years have been miserable and it all starts from the ownership group.

habernac · 10-08-2008, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobblehead

As a 49ers fan, I know how Oil fans feel. A very successful period, but a all recent years have been miserable and it all starts from the ownership group.

My sister is in the same boat. But you have to be happy you were able to watch two hall of fame QBs back to back (not to mention Jerry Rice et al).

Bobblehead · 10-08-2008, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by habernac

My sister is in the same boat. But you have to be happy you were able to watch two hall of fame QBs back to back (not to mention Jerry Rice et al).

Absolutely. Young had his jersey retired last weekend. Even Garcia was a pro-bowl QB for a few years.

I started following the 49ers when I was in elementary school (SB XVI, I bet a quarter with another kid on the school bus that SF would win). SO there have been a lot of great players. Even now, Frank Gore does well despite offensive issues, and Patrick Willis is becoming scary good.

But I doubt SF has gotten many new fans in a while.

I don't know how some franchises get fans.

habernac · 10-08-2008, 10:12 AM

yeah, it's strange. I still have no idea how I started cheering for the Pats. Early 80s some time, I just picked them. I remember Steve Grogan, that's it.

JD · 10-08-2008, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobblehead

I don't know how some franchises get fans.

Actually that's a pretty interesting discussion among Calgarians. With no local team obviously and the Seahawks being pretty lousy for most of their existence, it seems like every male over 25 has picked a different team to cheer for and for different reasons.

I picked the Lions in the early nineties purely because I loved watching Barry Sanders. When he quit, I decided that there's no going back... that's still my team. Bad decision in hindsight, but hey... I consider myself a loyal guy.

Still bittersweet about Sanders... what a magnificent player, but the way he just retired with no warning... ugh. It's almost like playing for the Lions killed his spirit and joy for playing football. Such a shame.

Montana Moe · 10-08-2008, 12:47 PM

I became a Saints fan in the late 80's because of the Dome Patrol: Pat Swilling, Rickey Jackson, Sam Mills, Vaughan Johnson.

They were selected as the best linebacking corps of all time, and Rickey Jackson should be a Hall of Famer.

Sainters7 · 10-08-2008, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JD

Actually that's a pretty interesting discussion among Calgarians. With no local team obviously and the Seahawks being pretty lousy for most of their existence, it seems like every male over 25 has picked a different team to cheer for and for different reasons.

I was a Cowboys fan when I was a kid, just because the old man was(you know how that goes when you're young). Then in '93, I caught a Saints game and was just taken with em. The unis...the atmosphere...the Dome(I loved domes and astroturf for some reason as a kid, now I hate them)...I was hooked. Been followin em ever since(though it didnt get really hardcore until about 2000, when I discovered the greatness that is Sunday Ticket. Pretty hard to follow a perennially losing team on the other end of the continent without it when you're young).

Its funny because when most people figure out I'm a Saints fan, they think it was because of their Saskatchewanite RB, Rueben Mayes, who was their RB at the time when I first got on board. Whats actually embarassing is I didnt even know he was Canadian until 3 or 4 years ago, way after he had retired.

transplant99 · 10-08-2008, 01:21 PM

When I was a youngun growing up in Calgary....there was one football game on every Sunday.... and it was inevitably the Packers and whomever they played.

I remember the Bart Starrs (player and as coach) and Elijah Pitts and Willie Wood and Ray Nitschke etc...and even though there were very lean times back then and for years to come...they were always "my" team. Hell I doubt they won more than 60 games that first decade i followed them.

Just looked it up...The first decade (71-80) I watched the Pack...they went a cumulative 56-84-5. ouch.

Pagal4321 · 10-08-2008, 01:30 PM

Well the reason I started watching NFL in the first place was after being dragged into playing Smallworld Fantasy Football....I drafted some kid named Dante Culpepper. He blew up, I became his fan.....during that season I fell in love with the NFL and the Vikings. They became my team.....LOVE purple now!!

Since then I've turned into the biggest NFL junkie, really odd how I got caught up in the NFL so quickly.

burn_baby_burn · 10-08-2008, 03:26 PM

When I was in junior high and high school I couldn't get enough of the four major sports. I loved the Chicago Bulls, New York Yankees, and the Calgary Flames. I liked the NFL but didn't really have a favorite team. I would just watch the games usually cheering for the team that got behind to come back.

in 1992 my family went down to Kansas City for Christmas at my Aunt and Uncle's place. We all went to the Chiefs vs Broncos game on December 28, winner goes to the playoffs. The atmosphere in Arrowhead Stadium was absolutely amazing. From the tailgate before the game, to the roar of the crowd during the game. I was hooked right then and there. If memory serves the Chiefs defense scored three touchdowns that day, the most memorable being Derrick Thomas sacking John Elway in the end zone forcing a fumble that was recovered for a Kansas City Chiefs touchdown.

Since that day the Chiefs have become an obsession. I have been back to Arrowhead 5 more times and have traveled to Seattle and Oakland (puke) to watch the Chiefs.

Displaced Flames fan · 10-08-2008, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JD

Actually that's a pretty interesting discussion among Calgarians. With no local team obviously and the Seahawks being pretty lousy for most of their existence, it seems like every male over 25 has picked a different team to cheer for and for different reasons.

I picked the Lions in the early nineties purely because I loved watching Barry Sanders. When he quit, I decided that there's no going back... that's still my team. Bad decision in hindsight, but hey... I consider myself a loyal guy.

Still bittersweet about Sanders... what a magnificent player, but the way he just retired with no warning... ugh. It's almost like playing for the Lions killed his spirit and joy for playing football. Such a shame.

I have a feeling his father killed his spirit and joy for playing a long time before the Lions did. I hear things working in the neighborhood Barry grew up in.

I mean, who calls their son the third best RB to ever play when inducting him into the HOF?

Weird stuff there.