NFL Thread

[sprig0701]

Was just on NFL.com and thought this was worth posting;

After his pair of botched punt returns put a nail in the 49ers' coffin against the Giants during Sunday's NFC title game, Kyle Williams took a crash course in "Atrocious Fans 101."

Williams was browbeaten on Twitter and Facebook with a steady stream of vitriol and what he described as "shocking" threats.

From the wreckage of a society in tailspin emerges 7-year-old Owen Shure from Los Angeles, an avid 49ers follower who actually took the time to write a letter to Williams.

A real letter. On paper. Stamp/envelope/drop it in the box. And wait.

Here's the note, via The Huffington Post, with all its lovable, unadulterated spelling/grammar issues left intact:

Dear Mr. Williams:

We just watched the Playoff game. I feel really bad for you but I wanted to tell you that you had a great season. you sould be very proud, so I wanted to say thank you.

I am your #1 FAN!

Owen Shure
Los Angeles, CA

p.s. your awsome

Innocent 7-year-old child: 1; Cynical adult world: 0.

All of those jack-offs with their ignorant and threatening remarks to Williams, and Cundiff, just got outclassed by a 7-year-old. Good job kid!

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

Thats awesome!

 

[Darth Cruel]

Watching the Pro Bowl and wondering why.

 

[The Josh]

Yup

 

[Darth Madden]

Watching the Pro Bowl and wondering why.

Because its better than watching the NBA.

 

[Darth Cruel]

Because its better than watching the NBA.

QTF...this game would have to be 1,000 times worse and they would have to cut the rules to no defense and no passing to push me to the NBA...and that still might not work. But I do wonder if there might not be something better on the Calliope Channel.

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

Watching the Pro Bowl and wondering why.

The disturbing part is that you admitted it.

QTF...this game would have to be 1,000 times worse and they would have to cut the rules to no defense and no passing to push me to the NBA...and that still might not work. But I do wonder if there might not be something better on the Calliope Channel.

.......AGREED!.......

 

[EXOTICLEX]

Anybody watch the Joe Namath documentary on HBO last night? Highly recommend it. Thought it was great.

 

[EXOTICLEX]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXl6qYHfXpg[/ame]

 

[Darth Cruel]

Anybody watch the Joe Namath documentary on HBO last night? Highly recommend it. Thought it was great.

I watched it. And I really enjoyed it! "Broadway" was the perfect nickname for him.

 

[wofford29]

Joe Namath is such a joke. The fact that he's in the hall of fame makes the entire hall a lesser place. Does the doc touch on him being the beneficiary of a fixed super bowl?

 

[sprig0701]

I don't know about a "fixed" Super Bowl, but he definitely did not deserve MVP honors for the game. Much like Peyton Manning in XLI, he won a popularity contest.

 

[Darth Cruel]

Joe Namath is such a joke. The fact that he's in the hall of fame makes the entire hall a lesser place. Does the doc touch on him being the beneficiary of a fixed super bowl?

I have heard a little about some conjecture that the game might have been fixed. What do you see that makes you believe it?

 

[wofford29]

I have heard a little about some conjecture that the game might have been fixed. What do you see that makes you believe it?

This is all just conspiracy and smoking guns, but it's a little too convenient for some if not all to be true.

The AFL was struggling with credibility but the suits wanted a merger and the Jets winning would give the league some legitimacy and open up for huge revenues and media markets.

The Colts had only lost one game all year. They had the 2nd best offense and the top defense in the leauge (which still holds the record for fewest points ever allowed in a 14 game season). Their QB was league MVP and comes into the game throwing three very blatant picks. One at the 2 yard line and the most suspicious was on a flea flicker type play that was designed to specifically go to Orr (they had run this play earlier in the year for a TD) who was doing jumping jacks wide open in the end zone and Morrell didn't even look at him. He threw it right to the Jets defender in the middle of the field on a dump off. Bill Curry (Colts center) even said that he looked up and saw Orr. Bubba Smith is on the record as saying that he feels and still feels as though the game was fixed. Morrell's excuse for missing Orr (who again the play was designed for and they had successfully run before) was that he blended into the cheerleaders and didn't see him.

Joe Namath makes his guarantee, what's suspicious about that is that Joe had ties with the Mob. He even went into business with them and the NFL made him back out of it. Makes his guarantee read more like an actual statement and less a prediction. Not to mention Joe Namath was a terrible QB. Look at his stats, he was a chump.

It also came out that after the season the Colts officially moved to the AFL side and the league gave them an additional $3 million for the move. Of course this was only possible because of the merger.

Don Shula left for Miami after the game and the reason he says he left is with this very vague answer... "My relationship with the owner was never quite the same after that game."

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

So what do you guys think of the new Panthers logo? I'm digging it.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz218J51mvg[/ame]

 

[wofford29]

Definitely an improvement on the font. Not a significant difference on the logo, but the subtle changes are better.

 

[Deeznutz6]

I didnt even notice, why bother then?

 

[BadMoon]

So what do you guys think of the new Panthers logo? I'm digging it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz218J51mvg

It's enough to be considered a change and minimal enough for it to be the same. I really don't care.

 

[Darth Madden]

I guess it looks better but its not different enough to really matter either way.

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

I didnt even notice, why bother then?

For marketing and sales purposes. The rubes out there will think they have to buy the new jerseys with the "different logo."