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fartknocker posted:Supposedly playing the ‘33 Portsmouth Spartans, the year before they became the Detroit Lions, with such luminaries as Leroy “Ace” Gutowsky, Roy “Father” Lumpkin, Faye “Mule”Wilson, Elmer Schaake, under head coach George “Potsy” Clark. Huh, I can't find a single guy wearing #10 from that year who "threw" a pass on PFR, so yeah, I have no idea who they're playing.
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Kalli posted:Huh, I can't find a single guy wearing #10 from that year who "threw" a pass on PFR, so yeah, I have no idea who they're playing. I think PFR’s records pre-1950 are sometimes best educated guesses for some stuff, particularly when you get into the 30s, and IIRC the idea that the Spartans are one of those teams was an educated guess from when that clip was making the rounds last year, but it stuck with me. I couldn’t even tell you which team is which in the clip.
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fartknocker posted:I think PFR’s records pre-1950 are sometimes best educated guesses for some stuff, particularly when you get into the 30s, and IIRC the idea that the Spartans are one of those teams was an educated guess from when that clip was making the rounds last year, but it stuck with me. I couldn’t even tell you which team is which in the clip. I think the Eagles are on D there, at least the numbers on their jerseys match up to stuff on PFR. Checked the other teams on PFR and every #10 is listed as a Guard. I mean that might be a guard throwing the football there, I'd believe it. But yeah, PFR's records are spotty at best that far back, so who knows.
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e:Look I don’t know poo poo about football, I just like to watch to the games. This isn’t supposed to be a pissing contest about who’s smartest, just look at the loving game! You have never seen anything like it in your football life. TFF has been giving me poo poo all season for believing in Belichick, including supposed pats fans. That’s part of the reason I’m going off so hard. The other part of the reason is that I just saw the most astonishing breathtaking game of all time. And there’s maybe a dozen other people here that recognize it for what it was. This sport is so fun, why cant you people enjoy it? Anyways see you chumps in the playoffs.  
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I run with magicpants in support
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That was a smack em in the dick, punch em in the face, roll around in poo poo and sniff it, not your grandma's but your great great grandpas kinda football. He'll yeah
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I for one am grateful belichick is leading the charge for transitioning america to a rugby country, the superior sport.
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Magicpants is right but creepy nurse guy is also right that rugby is good. So conflicted
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:If you played football before 1960 were you legally required to have a stupid nickname? If my ancient relatives are any indication, EVERYONE had some crazy nickname back then.
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:That's actually Deacon Jones' father. The only black men in that stadium were attendants in the Men's restrooms.
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Who is creepy nurse guy and why are we earnestly speaking about people like that?
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Yeah very disrespectful, I am NOT a nurse!
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I'm sure a hundred years from now people will be laughing at the silly nicknames the players today have.
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Mega64 posted:I'm sure a hundred years from now people will be laughing at the silly nicknames the players today have. "Jackrabbit" Jenkins. "Hollywood" Brown. "DangeRuss" Wilson. Tom "G.O.A.T" Brady. vv edit: "Cooper" "Kupp" AJA fucked around with this message at 02:40 on Dec 8, 2021 |
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AJA posted:"Jackrabbit" Jenkins. "Hollywood" Brown. "DangeRuss" Wilson. Tom "G.O.A.T" Brady. Tom "The Pharaoh" Brady
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https://twitter.com/tl_larams/status/1467659576292032517?s=21
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Mega64 posted:I'm sure a hundred years from now people will be laughing at the silly nicknames the players today have. It’s no PUSSY MASTER 007, though.
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Mega64 posted:I'm sure a hundred years from now people will be laughing at the silly nicknames the players today have. For really dumb nicknames, once NIL really gets rolling, kids will come into the league known by the gamertag/YouTube/twitch handles they made when they were 14.
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pseudodragon posted:For really dumb nicknames, once NIL really gets rolling, kids will come into the league known by the gamertag/YouTube/twitch handles they made when they were 14. And Michael "Poggers" Turner has his 3rd touchdown of the day beating out "Yeet" Davis to the edge!
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A lot of the old nicknames are because Dads used to name their sons after themselves a lot more often
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Here's clips from from a 1939 Lions-Dodgers game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nso5_BoR8WY It's a shame they picked this one to film in color because there isn't much to see.
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drat, it was all about the cut blocks back then.
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AndrewP posted:drat, it was all about the cut blocks back then. "back then," Shanahan and the Broncos laugh 
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The weirdest thing is the crowd not seeming to react to anything, even the fumble.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Here's clips from from a 1939 Lions-Dodgers game. Ehh there was a pretty sweet kickoff return that I liked, at least. Nice juke. One thing that stands out is how much slower everyone is and how much more often they just... fall down. There's a huge emphasis on staying on your feet in today's NFL for obvious reasons.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Here's clips from from a 1939 Lions-Dodgers game. Three yards and literally a cloud of dust.
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Play posted:Ehh there was a pretty sweet kickoff return that I liked, at least. Nice juke. In the building trades we have the same focus. Don't fall down. You loving dummy.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Here's clips from from a 1939 Lions-Dodgers game. It's amazing that football became the #1 sport in America when it looks like...this in its infancy. It's brutal to watch - at least with baseball it looks like the same sport.
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Baseball is still brutal to watch if you're not drunk.
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Absolutely everyone was drunk all the time back then and there was nothing else to do after work so of course baseball became the most popular sport in the country.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFBUJGud0KU Week 13 mic'd up. Featuring Sean McVay being very new agey and clicking his pen a lot, Jamarr Chase not saying much, Christian Wilkins being really irritating to pretty much everyone, and some nice closeup shots of a very quiet Josh Jacobs
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