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NFL Week 15 thread -- Starry nights at Lambeau

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Cosmo, Dec 15, 2020.

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  1. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    The league was a very different entity in the 1940s. Also, who would want to claim the Steelers' history from the 1930s?
     
    outofplace, Dec 19, 2020
    #109
  2. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Who is mad at the fans? I'm not really mad at anybody here, but the whole thing made little sense. It is the league that is at fault, though I guess you could put some blame on the fans for the self-delusion of it all.

    Face it, Browns fans. The Baltimore Ravens are the franchise with all that history, the one that had Jim Brown, Paul Brown, Otto Graham and all those pre-merger championships. The franchise currently going by the name Cleveland Browns is an expansion team that joined the league in 1999.
     
    outofplace, Dec 19, 2020
    #110
  3. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    The Steelers themselves.

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    Baron Scicluna, Dec 19, 2020
    #111
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  4. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    The Steelers should bring those jerseys back for at least half their home games. Or all of their road games.
     
    Songbird, Dec 19, 2020
    #112
  5. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    I think they retired those, which is a very good thing.
     
    outofplace, Dec 19, 2020
    #113
  6. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    What did they do with them? The team moved. A couple years later they gave a new team to Houston. Were they going to yank the history back from the Titans?

    Everyone knows.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Dec 19, 2020
    #114
  7. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    There was no point to it - just interesting how many teams with the same name have no relation to earlier versions. The Twins/Rangers/Senators thing still confuses me.
     
    DanOregon, Dec 19, 2020
    #115
  8. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    How about the Rochester-Cincinnati-Kansas City-Omaha-Sacramento progress of the Royals (first two) then Kings (last three) in the NBA? Another thing that blows my mind is that Oscar Robertson left the franchise when I was still in college and he remains the best fucking player it's ever had.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Dec 19, 2020
    #116
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  9. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    NFL has its Z team of officials in Denver today. Bills have three TDs called back, a horrible spot on a fourth-down inside the 5, and they're still winning big.
     
    micropolitan guy, Dec 19, 2020
    #117
  10. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Lots of airtime for Clete Blakeman today (Super Bowl 50 white hat).

    And that will be four straight losing seasons for the Broncos. Hasn't happened since they had 10 straight from 1963-1972 and they're AFL years were an abortion, so their worst stretch since the 1970 merger. 15 accepted penalties through three quarters. A complete slog of a game.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 19, 2020
    #118
  11. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Also, one of, if not the, best home-field teams in the league over the decades. Great environment. Every game sold out for 50-plus years. Altitude advantage.

    A disgraceful 14-17 at home the past four years, including 2-5 this season. Most likely the worst stretch since the AFL days.

    Probably a good thing there are no fans there. Harkens back a decade ago when there were 25,000-plus no-shows.

    The ownership situation is a disgrace and dragging this franchise into the Browns-level gutter.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 19, 2020
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  12. UPChip

    UPChip Well-Known Member

    This is neither here nor there but reminds me of a fun story from college. In one of my writing courses, I turned in something where I used the word "sensical" as the opposite of "nonsensical." Prof circled it and wrote "Not a word. Nice try." I looked it up: the root of "nonsensical" is not sense, it's "nonsense."
     
    UPChip, Dec 19, 2020
    #120
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