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RIP Bum Phillips

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Armchair_QB, Oct 18, 2013.

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  1. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2013/10/houston-icon-bum-phillips-dies/

     
    Armchair_QB, Oct 18, 2013
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  2. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    RIP. I never thought of him as being that old.
     
    imjustagirl, Oct 18, 2013
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  3. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Bummer.

    RIP, Bum.
     
    old_tony, Oct 18, 2013
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  4. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    RIP
     
    93Devil, Oct 18, 2013
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  5. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Luv Ya Blue.

    RIP
     
    MileHigh, Oct 18, 2013
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  6. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Best video I could find. This game is the first one I think of when anyone brings up the Bum Phillips Oilers teams.

     
    Armchair_QB, Oct 18, 2013
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  7. Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.

    Corky Ramirez up on 94th St. Well-Known Member

    Loved the silhouette of him with the 10-gallon hat at Texas Stadium.

    I was too young to remember the late 70s Oilers teams, but if not for the Steelers, they would have had a pretty damn good shot at winning the Super Bowl.
     
    Corky Ramirez up on 94th St., Oct 18, 2013
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  8. Blitz

    Blitz Active Member

    His Oilers got cheated in the postseason vs. Steelers..... Renfro caught it inbounds, in the end zone ... I think that's how it went


    Greatest Bum quote (or best to me anyway) ... "Last year we knocked on the door. This year we beat on it. Next year we 'gonna kick the damn thing in!"

    RIP to an extremely colorful coach.
     
    Blitz, Oct 18, 2013
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  9. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Always had a soft spot for the Bum Phillips / Earl Campbell Oilers. Phillips is credited with
    the numbering of d-lineman i.e. 3 technique tackle,
     
    Boom_70, Oct 18, 2013
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  10. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    that's the one --on Monday Night Football when people still watched
     
    Boom_70, Oct 18, 2013
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  11. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    They don't make them like him anymore.

    Once he was asked why he didn't wear his cowboy hat on the sidelines in games at the Astrodome. He said it was because it wasn't polite for a man to wear a hat indoors.
     
    Mark2010, Oct 18, 2013
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  12. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    I always wondered what the "O.A." stood for. I only thought Texans went by their first two initials.

    A true NFL original.

    Saw him last year or the year before on NBC on Sunday Night. They showed Bum at a Texans game and he looked younger than his son.
     
    exmediahack, Oct 19, 2013
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