Notice to the fans of all playoff teams (1 Viewer)

[JohnnyU]

You never know when it will end for decades, so enjoy the playoffs while you can. Sit back and have a cold Raise some hell. When the Colts won the SB in 1970 I didn't realize they wouldn't win another one until 2007

Moral of the story, don't take anything for granted thinking it will last forever. I bet Dan Marino didn't think his first and only SB would be in his 2nd year (I think it was his 2nd year).

 

[bullitt]

You never know when it will end for decades, so enjoy the playoffs while you can. Sit back and have a cold Raise some hell. When the Colts won the SB in 1970 I didn't realize they wouldn't win another one until 2007 Moral of the story, don't take anything for granted thinking it will last forever. I bet Dan Marino didn't think his first and only SB would be in his 2nd year (I think it was his 2nd year).

 

[JohnnyU]

You never know when it will end for decades, so enjoy the playoffs while you can. Sit back and have a cold Raise some hell. When the Colts won the SB in 1970 I didn't realize they wouldn't win another one until 2007 Moral of the story, don't take anything for granted thinking it will last forever. I bet Dan Marino didn't think his first and only SB would be in his 2nd year (I think it was his 2nd year).

May your hangover be mild and your dreams answered on Sunday. That's my motto

 

[mosesberg]

Oh how cruel that is to a life long Viking fan.

 

[JohnnyU]

Oh how cruel that is to a life long Viking fan.

Heaven knows I feel your pain. Here, have one on me Edited for spelling.

 

[comfortably numb]

Oh how cruel that is to a life long Viking fan.

Heavan knows I feel your pain. Here, have one on me

It looks like you already have had 1 too many

 

[JohnnyU]

Oh how cruel that is to a life long Viking fan.

Heavan knows I feel your pain. Here, have one on me

It looks like you already have had 1 too many

Yeah, that "a" instead of an "e" seals the deal.

 

[JohnnyU]

Oh how cruel that is to a life long Viking fan.

....or Bills fan.At least the Vikings and Bills played in multiple Super Bowls. I feel sorry for the teams that have never sniffed the Super Bowl. Every fan should experience that at least once in their life.

 

[Despyzer]

I feel sorry for the teams that have never sniffed the Super Bowl.

That's a pretty small list nowadays:CardinalsLionsSaintsJaguarsBrownsTexansI'd like to see the Saints come off that list this year.

 

[Hamstring]

No way, go Bears.

 

[Sea Bass]

You never know when it will end for decades, so enjoy the playoffs while you can. Sit back and have a cold Raise some hell. When the Colts won the SB in 1970 I didn't realize they wouldn't win another one until 2007 Moral of the story, don't take anything for granted thinking it will last forever. I bet Dan Marino didn't think his first and only SB would be in his 2nd year (I think it was his 2nd year).

Well stated JU! I grew up a Baltimore Colts fan and have fond memories of the late 60's and 70's. I just wasn't willing to follow the move to Indiana. I still get a little torched when I see the pictures of those moving vans. Good Luck to your team tomorrow.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Oh how cruel that is to a life long Viking fan.

This is a thread for fans of playoff teams. Please take your groveling elsewhere.

 

[Native]

I feel sorry for the teams that have never sniffed the Super Bowl.

That's a pretty small list nowadays:CardinalsLionsSaintsJaguarsBrownsTexansI'd like to see the Saints come off that list this year.

I dont know why people always exclude anything that happend in the NFL before the mid-60's. The Lions and Browns had some very dominant football teams before the merger - even dynasties. Paul Brown's Browns were arguably the greatest professional dynasty in Football's history. Jim Brown, Otto Graham, Johnny Unitas - all magnificent players that lined up before the merger. And its not like Football was a secondary sport before the merger either. By the 50's most people agreed that Football had overtaken baseball as the Countries most dominant sport. So its not like the fans of the Championship teams in the 50's said "damn, too bad we dont have more teams to compete with because our victory feels kind of shallow today". A truimph is a truimph. IMO, Pete Rozelles most disasterous decision as NFL Commisioner was coining the phrase "Super Bowl" - as to suggest that all Football that was played in the 50 years previous were somehow less important or less significant. The NFL actually has a very rich history and its astounding that it continues to ignore it.

 

[JohnnyU]

IMO, Pete Rozelles most disasterous decision as NFL Commisioner was coining the phrase "Super Bowl" - as to suggest that all Football that was played in the 50 years previous were somehow less important or less significant. The NFL actually has a very rich history and its astounding that it continues to ignore it.

The Super Bowl name was created by Lamar Hunt, not Pete Rozell. The Super Bowl name came about because his Texas-born daughter was playing with her high-bounce ball one day in the late 1960s. "That's my super ball," she said in her Texas twang. Hunt was smitten with the idea and submitted the name Super Bowl to his fellow owners.

"It gives the game more dignity," he told them.

It wasn’t until 1969 and the third game that the Super Bowl name was adopted, and the first two games were retroactively referred to as Super Bowls I and II. Super Bowl III featured another traditional NFL power, the Baltimore Colts, facing off against the AFL upstart New York Jets. Even though the Colts were heavily favored, having lost only once through the regular season and NFL playoffs, Jets quarterback Joe Namath guaranteed a win at a pregame event in Miami – and then followed through, bringing the AFL its only Super Bowl crown before becoming the merged American Football Conference (AFC).

 

[Native]

IMO, Pete Rozelles most disasterous decision as NFL Commisioner was coining the phrase "Super Bowl" - as to suggest that all Football that was played in the 50 years previous were somehow less important or less significant. The NFL actually has a very rich history and its astounding that it continues to ignore it.

The Super Bowl name was created by Lamar Hunt, not Pete Rozell. The Super Bowl name came about because his Texas-born daughter was playing with her high-bounce ball one day in the late 1960s. "That's my super ball," she said in her Texas twang. Hunt was smitten with the idea and submitted the name Super Bowl to his fellow owners.

"It gives the game more dignity," he told them.

It wasn’t until 1969 and the third game that the Super Bowl name was adopted, and the first two games were retroactively referred to as Super Bowls I and II. Super Bowl III featured another traditional NFL power, the Baltimore Colts, facing off against the AFL upstart New York Jets. Even though the Colts were heavily favored, having lost only once through the regular season and NFL playoffs, Jets quarterback Joe Namath guaranteed a win at a pregame event in Miami – and then followed through, bringing the AFL its only Super Bowl crown before becoming the merged American Football Conference (AFC).

Ok, thanks. I stand corrected. Either way, the adoption of the term and subseqent "counting" of Super Bowls using Roman Numbers has marginilized all previous Championship Games that were played.

I wonder how the old timer players feel about the complete dismissal of their past achievements....