My Name is Troy Aikman
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First of all, apologies to Troy Aikman - this is not a blog about the immortal captain of our 3 juggernauts of 1992, 1993, and 1995. The Dallas Cowboys of that era remain supreme as the best team that ever took the field. [and shut up you tired Pat weinies - nobody loves you or cares what you think]
Imagine hearing a speech by Troy Aikman that contained the following:
I have found, for the first time, my devotion to the Philadelphia Eagles challenged—at times as a result of my own carelessness, more often as a result of the desire by some to score political points and raise fears about who I am and what I stand for. I will never question the Eagle-love of Jeremiah Trotter. And I will not stand idly by when I hear others question mine.
Read on for Obama comedy.....
Witness the staggering chutzpah of one Macho Bambi, inexperienced dullard and putative Democrat nominee for Leader of the Free World. A speech today (6/30/08) at the Truman Memorial Building in Independence, MO features this knee-slapper:
I have found, for the first time, my patriotism challenged—at times as a result of my own carelessness, more often as a result of the desire by some to score political points and raise fears about who I am and what I stand for. I will never question the patriotism of others in this campaign. And I will not stand idly by when I hear others question mine.
Have you ever heard such unintended comedy? This is not the pot calling the kettle black. THAT would be Obama and Hillary questioning each other's patriotism. No, this is a bit different.
On the one hand is a guy like Bambi who trucks with terrorists, votes against the military, wants to negotiate with Iran [mortal enemy] but run black ops in Pakistan [tenuous friend] without consulting them, makes a point of not wearing flag lapels, can't remember to hold his hand over his heart for the National Anthem - and yet will take credit for HR 4986, regarding expanded health care spending for veterans (which he neither sponsored, co-sponsored, or even VOTED for).
On the other hand is the fighter pilot, squadron leader, POW for 5 years who refused to be sent home early due to being the son of an admiral, who has been stalwart on taking the war to global terrorists.
More like the cow pie calling the stargazer lily 'stinky' or 'ugly'.
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OK Bambi, I guess I should point this out. NOBODY questions whether McCain is a patriot. Your peeps search in vain to find extant evidence that you yourself actually love your country. That's just REAL big of you to say you are not going to question McCain's patriotism.
If you think MY peeps are not going to make an issue of it, then you are that proverbial deer in the headlights. And we don't plan on hitting the brakes.
[for those who need help with the insider NFL reference - Aikman led the Cowboys. Jeremiah Trotter, the Eagles. The two teams were then and now the most bitter and hated of rivals]
Good point. In fact, just who has questioned his patriotism? We've questioned his credibility, yes; his judgment, yes; his associates, yes; his experience, yes; his ability, yes; his maturity, yes; his record, yes; his policy positions, yes; his judgment, still yes (worth two entries); his dedication to actually winning the war in Iraq, yes; his consistency, oh my yes; but his patriotism has never come up in civilized discourse.
It's a straw man they throw out to waste the time of media analysts and McCain's staff.
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It's a lame attempt to just remove the "patriotism" discussion from the campaign. We will hear his backers immediately howl about any attacks on his patriotism. I say it's lame because, I just don't see anyone who isn't already joined up to Obamanation looking at each candidate's patriotism and seeing them any where close to being equal.
In other words, it's an attempt to pull the other guy down since he can't achieve the same level. Happens a lot in our society these days. Striving to better yourself to the equal of others is a apparently too difficult. Pulling the better person down is a lot less effort.
Another football example would be Troy Aikman and Drew Brees with Brees saying, "I don't think anyone should question either of our abilities to win the Super Bowl".
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Obama has no place to question any one's patriotism.
And he can seethe all he wants when we question his.... but that doesn't change anything.
This is like a mob guy saying "Hey, I don't see what laws you break and I'm not going to just sit here and let you call me a criminal." . . . doesn't change that they're still a criminal.
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Given that I was born and raised in MN, and the Vikings Superbowl record, I only have this comment:
Thank GOD for the Buffalo Bills.
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I would like to have a dime for every time Jerry Rice pushed a defender down in a playoff game and never got called for it. And then there is the famous touchdown that ended three yards shy of the goal line.
DeBartolo got in trouble for gambling inconsistencies but I bet he had half the ref's on the take.
He and Bill Bellicheat, two peas in a pod.
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
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Troy had an o-line bought & paid for by Hershel Walker. He also had Emmitt Smith.
Joe did it with mirrors, no running back (name the starting running back on the 1982 Super Bowl team...I bet you can't without looking it up), and a not-so-great o-line. You probably couldn't even name the #1 receiver on that 1981 team.
BTW, would you like some cheese with that whine?
when the Zebras are in your hip pocket.
I am trolling of course. I do think Montana was the best quarterback of all time. But I am halfway serious about the cheating. Especially in the later part of that era.
If you look at some of those playoff games on ECL again you will see a superabundance of questionable calls, and the ALL seem to go the Sixtyniners way.
Amazing that,
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
Absolutely nothing is more subjective than trying to pick who are the best quarterbacks and to rank them. It is EPIC thread material.
ok, so here are mine.
1. Joe Montana
2. Tom Brady (could move up since he is still active)
3. John Elway
4. Johnny Unitas
5. Dan Marino Or 6. Peyton Manning (about equal but like Brady, Manning is still playing)
6. Roger Staubach
7. Terry Bradshaw
8. Otto Graham
9. Jim Kelly
10. Sonny Jurgenson
10.b Brett Farve (I can't put him higher because he has the all time record in interceptions and cost his team almost as many games as he won for them.
11. Dan Fouts.
Steve Young is not even in the consideration
I put Archie Manning in as honorable mention. No one knows just how good he might have been because he was with such a rotten team.
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
To continue the threadjack...
Marino is the only quarterback to take a team to the superbowl without an Offensive line, any quality receivers or a defense worth speaking of. He was just THAT good and it is a terrible thing, what the Dolphins ownership did to him. Much the same as what the Rangers did to Ryan. Same quality, different game.
Then Fluty, Montana, both Bradys and what's his name who's the QB for the Pats right now.
Of course, I don't go any farther back than my lifetime because I just don't care that much...
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--me
Messed up and crossed Brady's name with the Mannings. You know what I meant, though...
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1. Marino
2. Montana
3. Johnny U.
4. Manning
5. Freaking Brady
6. Elway
Flutie? Did you mean Fouts?
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My list
1 Aikman
2 Staubach
3 Merrideth
4 White
5 Romo
ok I am a little bit biased here.
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Am I the only one who noticed that your list is all Cowboys?
I'll vote for Don Meredith and Terry Bradshaw for "Funniest Quarterbacks." Both have a great sense of humor.
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Dandy Don deserves a Grammy for his rendition of "The party's over". I looked for a video of him singing that tune for use during the primaries.
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Find me another QB that could pull of what he did when not able to see over his line.
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--me
Marino is the only quarterback to take a team to the superbowl without an Offensive line, any quality receivers or a defense worth speaking of.
The 1989 Broncos qualify under that as well (that's Elway for those of you in Rio Linda).
Not to take away from what Marino did that year (84?), he was amazing.
Makes you wonder how the "system" QBs like Montana & Brady would have done on those teams. Easy to be a star QB when you have a top defense and the best offensive line. Elway was lucky enough to finally have a team built and won back to back (and I'd take that 1998 Broncos team over any other in the history of the NFL), Marino never got that chance.
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You know it's true.
We were asked earlier to name the running back from an 81 San Fransisco team. I'll do you one better... name the running back from ANY Denver Broncos Superbowl team pre-1997 / 98.
Name one receiver. Name one defender. Name one O-Lineman. Name one special teams player. Those of you in Denver need not apply.
Elway's record sets him apart. Wins, touchdowns, most come from behind victories ever, most Superbowl appearances ever. The man did it all and usually with no one around him.
Ricky Nattiel? C'mon! RICKY NATTIEL!
Further case in point, until Zimmerman joined the Hall this year (he played a few years in Denver and a lot of years elsewhere) Elway was the ONLY Bronco in the Hall of Fame. He was a one-man team.
If you've got a big, tight game and it's late there's only one guy you want under center. Number 7.
1) Elway
2) Montana
3) Brady (could wind up 1 or 2)
4) Marino
5) Manning
6) That Cowboy
--Nick
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Anybody really interested should check out the NFL website
for historical players. Lots of great stats.
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The question isn't "who is the best", a better question to ask is, if you were drafting any of those guys in their prime, who do you take? I doubt anyone except 9er fans have Montana at the top of that list. It's Elway and maybe Manning (Peyton). Elway willed his teams to victory (amazing how Dan Reeves "run run run punt" gameplan was the key to getting behind and finally allowing Elway to improvise and comeback in the 4th Q).
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The guy had poise and pocket presence, and the best eyes in football ever, he could asses the entire field with only a quick glance, he almost never got sacked, and was the very best come from behind (most come from behind victories) QB until Brady.
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
most come from behind victories
Elway 47
Montana 31
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he was playing in the AFC when they were total crap.
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
I don't count ANY of Montana's since his TEAM was good, Young ran the system better than Joe.
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I love threadjacks, beerjacks, and football-jacks as much as anybody. I knew when I posed this diary in the context of football (and did a little Cow-bragging to get it started), that the RedState bunch was going to go off on some tangent of this sort.
But when you guy shave had your fun here, feel free to comment on the meat of the diary. Fresh meat. You know, Bambi.
And just for the record, to all you who name your top ten without including Aikman --
DELUSIONAL
His stats are rather ordinary ONLY IN SCALE: he had obscene completion percentage, uber-obscene PLAYOFF percentage, and you know, all those rings, which only stopped coming when we started hiring dog catchers for coaches, and Jerry Jones started making the draft picks.
Because Troy had Emmitt, he didn't HAVE to carry the team, but he OBVIOUSLY COULD HAVE. His stats are ordinary ONLY for that reason. He's top 6 or 7.
This is my word. And as such is beyond contestation.
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the manliness of any of aforementioned men of football even with the HOPE of his mannish wife ;-) ok so now we have covered Bambi back to football!
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one of the best front lines in history, and a great defense can make you look like a legend.
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
I tell you, Rex Grossman might look pretty good when you give him 7 seconds to throw.
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And he'd still manage to throw to the other guy.
By the way, recommended, and allow me to throw in my list of best QBs of all time.
1.Favre (coming from a Bears fan, no less)
2.Montana
3.Aikman
4.Elway
5.Brady (I threw up in my mouth from typing)
6.Garcia (Here me out on this one-the guy's a flat out winner and I love his tenacity.
7.Steve Air McNair-set the tone for the running QB in the NFL.
Also, to comment on the diary-the Democrats have to bring up patriotism. They are trying to stop us from calling them unpatriotic. I agree, that's not the right approach for them. Treasonous traitors to the country is how I usually refer to them.
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He didn't set the mold for the running QB. Cunningham and Moon developed it with Elway who perfected it. McNair relied on it a little more. But I give you credit for including him. I'm a huge fan.
Also, mea culpa... Favre should have been on my list... way up high...
1. Elway
2. Montana
3. Brady
4. Favre
5. Marino
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and I like McNair. But Randall was Superman.
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But he is way past his prime. He should have been retired after he threw that Superbowl that he was not responsible for getting his team to. Should have been retired before that, but that game was an embarrassment and he personally wasted his team's hard work that season.
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I meant McNabb. Don't even know who McNair is...
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
Nope. Brady really is that good. So is Peyton. They've both always been that good. And I'm not a fan of either team.
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Molon Labe!
always happens. The reccos you got were not for Aikman or The Boys, they were for your diary. You said it well, it was a great analogy. Obama is simply trying to take his greatest weakness off the table. I think McCain should do the same. He should give the same speech about not questioning his support for the war, for his support for social security, and his support for unions.
He can still have conservative views, but then the left can't question him on them :)
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... because he started every game for over 15 seasons and played in Green Bay. He was almost always pretty close to the league average in any given season.
Admittedly, I'm an unabashed Pack fan, but if you value performance over time, then Favre, Elway, and Marino end up towering over everyone else. They're by far the best of the 'very good for a long time' set (if Peyton Manning plays like Peyton Manning for another 5-7 years, he'll join this group, and likely top it).
And I just don't get the insane notion that Tom Brady is anywhere close to as good as Peyton Manning. There's just no statistical evidence to support this, unless you think Brady won those Super Bowls by himself. He's had all of one season where he put up better numbers than Peyton -- and did it while Manning's recieving core was mostly injured and while Brady had perhaps the best group of wideouts ever assembled on one team.
other favs
Cunningham and Fouts!
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but he was easily the most accurate passer in NFL history.
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Molon Labe!
you're daring to make a comment about JR pushing defenders in a discussion that started off about MICHAEL IRVIN'S Cowboys???? now that takes more chutzpah than Bambi!
Irvin did a lot of extra curricular stuff off the field. I was talking about the sixtyniners getting away with bloody murder, time an time again ON the field.
Watch some of those playoff and regular season games again (the last three superbowl runs) with an objective eye. It was horrible and blatant.
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
and I'm talking about Irvin never catching a single pass without first manhandling the defensive back. his (and most of his druggie-and-thuggie team's) behavior off-the-field is just one more of many reasons to hate the cowgirls.
The only Superbowl that couldn't even have played Iron Man football if the law applied to celebrities...
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
if you know how to do it without drawing a flag. Improvise, adapt, and overcome. You can't say the zebras liked Irvin, he was just good at what he did.
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I know. You didn't mention his race. But you were thinking it.
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful 100 percent.
Psst... I don't like this one..... they read minds!
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Busted! You know, it's implied in that pot and kettle reference.... Clearly I meant very bad things by that!
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And the fact that you're not a supporter. Everyone knows that you are either an Obama supporter or a racist. And probably unpatriotic as well, though Obama won't accuse you of it. Not nice, you know.
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful 100 percent.
talking about his 2007-2008 race certainly seems to be in bounds...
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
It's like dividing by zero. I think Obama would disappear with a Blue Face of Death (BFOD) if someone accused him of being patriotic. It just doesn't compute.
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attempt after another to deny the indisputable fact that Obama and his Obamaworld views are unfit for the office he seeks.
The free exchange of ideas inevitably yields both heat and light.
Just had to get in my Pro-Pats statement. ;)
Replace Troy with Tom, Trotter with Manning (either) and Eagles with Colts (or Giants) and I'd have to blow my brains out.
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That will be the best riposte EVER.
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Like a knife to the heart. But I'm over it! *sob* I'm over it I tell you! It was months ago! 19-0 next year! Gonna make Little Manning bleeeeeeeeeed!
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"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
so just let me say that Terry Bradshaw demonstrated that work ethic is every bit as important as talent...
I remember seeing a little saftey coming from the left side on a blitz and Bradshaw cocked his throwing arm, put his left hand out and stiff armed the guy into the ground before completing the pass.
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
Joe Willy, Joe Willy, Joe Willy!
I loved his book, "I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow"
subtitled "Because I Get Better Looking Every Day"
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"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
Honest!
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Would have to be Kenny Stabler, wouldn't it?
the most inebriated RB was. There are a lot of potential candidates there. Riggins? Probably a strong front runner, but with the knee injuries and stuff, don't we need to judge RB's on more of a painkiller front? :)
Was Riggins more inebriated than Paul Hornung?
I think I have the spelling all wrong, but, you know, the Packers partier from the late sixties.
At this point he's a retired, inebriated QB. Not sure that counts.
for a few more years, I'd agree with you. But there was this other guy. I hated him -- but you had to admire him. His name was Bart Starr
reading my mind about the knees thing. STOP THAT!
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and you immediately start posting MY thoughts. Enough of that :-)
... The Tonight Show. I loved watching Bradshaw play football too. I actually watched the immaculate reception live on TV when it actually occurred. My brother had walked out of the room disgusted, and came running back after he heard me screaming. He missed it. I remind him of it to this day.
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... this is a good post.
However, a simple disagreement on the football thing would have sufficed. To the best of my recollection I never told anyone here to be silent, especially you EPU, never mind in the manner you did.
My Dad raised me to believe sports was fun and entertaining. I still believe it is. My Dad taught me when it becomes too personal, it is time to walk away. It is only a sport.
However, that is only my opinion.
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in sports nearly enough to take the "fan" from "fanatical."
Because you approached the subject with some class (not often observed in Patriot-land), YOU have a free ticket to show all the Pat love you want to on my thread - without opposition.
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... I fully understand your position. I grew up 45 minutes from The Razor Blade stadium. I enjoy having fun. I look forward to our kind difference of opinion. Please understand that some needling from you is part of the fun.
I just never believe in letting it get personal. Once again, thank you for your kindness. May I ask you team of preference?
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season for you and me this year during the season (side bets :0)....I do not have high expectations for this year but I would be happy with winning 50 percent...watching this young coach with this team in their mini camps has been great....he brings fresh ideas.....I of course would be happy with 2 wins over Dallas!
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Whichever team is up in general, the opponent tends rise to the occasion:
Just a little recap since 1989:
-- In 1989, we were 1-15. The win? 13-3 over Redskins (and deliciously costing the Skins a playoff berth).
-- In 1991, the Skins win the Super Bowl, having gone 17-2. They were 11-0 before Dallas ruined their perfect season.
-- Our Super Years 92, 93, 95, the Skins took 4 of 6.
-- from 1997 to 2004 the Cows dominated, 14 of 15 games while we were chaining together back to back to back 5-11 seasons, and the Skins
-- In 2005 the Cows induct the Hall of Fame Triplets Aikman-Emmitt-Irvin into the Ring of Honor, in a game hosting Washington. Leading 13-0 with 4 minutes left, Santanna Moss happened. Twice. 14-13.
So, my friend Jaded - what it AIN'T is boring. And yes, we'll be placing bets during the season. We think we GOT something this year.
(right in our heyday of 5-11 seasons)
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I like the Cowboys.
Now EPU I hope you don't mind me telling you this, me being a Pats fan and all, but I actually had the pleasure of walking on the Texas Stadium turf one day, and look up at the stands. It was 11 years ago and we Air Force guys from Sheppard AFB got to volunteer for "security" and any needs that they called on us for during the training camp. We got to go to the stadium too. It was pretty cool.
However, don't tell my family I said that, they would have me disowned.
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I thought he was describing why Obama would be such a disaster as CIC.
But then he had to go and show he is still a sleazoid wackjob maroon.
Obama has no patriotism to question.
And him sending out his Obamatons to pretend otherwise only makes the contrast more vivid.
Not because they had the best dynasty or the best players or defined a new era of excellence. No I loved them because they were none of those. The won 3 superbowl in 10 years with 3 different quarterbacks, all 3 of which went on to be spectacular failures after leaving the team.
Oh and we were also the first group of people to realize how much Heath Shuler sucks. :)
"If they were merely incompetent, then at least SOME of their actions would have been to the benefit of the country."
Great blog, but here's rooting for your team to see that streak continue. :)
Oh, and this Redskins fan thinks the Steelers of the 70s were better than the Pats dynasty, too.
... amazing team to watch. I still feel that way.
However, the sad fact for many is that the Pats are not done yet. It will be another 15 or 20 years before history makes any final judgment on them.
It broke my heart that the unnecessary and unfortunate turn of events have left it forever clouded. I still ask why.
I am afraid the only history they will have that will be untainted will be started with the 2007 season. Anything they do from here on out, so long as there is nothing else lurking we don't know about, will be what they will be judged on. The good news is that they are still in a position to do a lot of damage to the record books.
However, the question is, will they? I am a realist but still optimistic.
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Last I heard, nothing could be proven against the Pats (remember the whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing?
Only person we know cheated was that other coach who admitted doing it in order to accuse the Pats...
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Look, you got Little Danny, we got Jerry. Everybody has their handicaps.
But hey, we're moving in the right direction. First, we couldn't break 5 wins a year, then we couldn't find a QB who didn't inhale his career up his nose. Now we finally can MAKE the playoffs. Next on our Christmas list is to actually BEAT a team in the playoffs that we are favored to beat. 0-2 on that in the last 2 years.
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And you only list 1 handicap?
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FWIW, I lobbied strenuously against that acquisition.
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Since you've outed yourself as n Iggles fan -- did I pick the perfect Eagle for the analogy or what? AFAICT, Trotter is like the quintessential Eagle, the grittiest, toughest, most single-minded (and I think he hated the Boys pretty good too).
I thought about using McNabb (or Wilbert Montgomery or Buddy Ryan) but went with Trotter.
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To be honest, I don't really follow sports that closely (which probably a big part of why I'm not a fair-weather fan).
I really wouldn't care who they hired nor even if they do well. I like the Eagles for personal reasons and root for them when I get around to watching their games, but that's really about as far as it goes. Well, and I like to irritate at fans of other teams, especially the Steelers, since I'm in Steeler-Country right now.
Same for the Bills and the Ravens, and my favourite ne'er-do-wells, the Phillies (yes, Baseball. I have mentioned the world's greatest sport in a football thread. So THERE!)...
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were the greatest NFL team of the modern era by any reasonable measure. No other team in the modern era finished with the #1 offense, #1 defense, and won the Super Bowl.
Can you say undefeated ?
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The MSM has propped Barack Obothways up on everything else.
It's supposed to be used as an all-purpose response to any national security and military related questions, not to mention unsavory associates, that may be raised against Obama.
It deserves nothing but extensive mockery. As a matter of fact, I believe the GOP should run a macro on all their documents that would replace any mention of the word "Obama" with "Obama (whose patriotism is not being questioned)" ...
"First you win the argument, then you win the vote." - MARGARET THATCHER.
So let's start winning the argument.
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
Mike DeVine’s Charlotte Observer columns
www.theminorityreportblog.com
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." - The Chief Justice
That BO's quote of Twain ("Support your country all the time amd your government when it's right.") got huge applause. But it also got Pastor Wright (God d*** America! "US of KKK A") right between the shoulder blades. How long before some MSM weenie asks BO about that? Shall I hold my Breath?
me thinks the man doth protest a little too much when it comes to others questioning his patriotism.
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