LC Greenwood Arkansas Pine Bluff.......wore gold painted shoes
"Mean' Joe Greene North Texas State
Ernie Nevers Texas Southern........had an arrow head hair cut
Dwight "Mad Dog" White East Texas State
All small school players, all big and bad.
What a gang those 70's Steelers were.
Hall of Famers
Mel Blount....Southern U
John Stallwoth....Alabama A&M
Lynn Swann...USC...............................Cali State long jump champ, Serra HS (Tom Brady)
Franco Harris/Jack Ham Penn State
Jack Lambert Kent State...........................Dolpf Ziggler, Antonio Gates, Julian Edelman
"Iron" Mike Webter Wisconsin........he had some serious guns and knew it.
Terry Bradshaw La Tech..................a national class javelin thrower
Have we ever seen a GREAT NFL team that diverse when it comes to where everyone came from?
Rocky Bliear a Golden Domer.
What conference were North Texas State and East Texas State even in?
Just ramblin' now......
We do see a lot of stud WR's out of non Power Five conferences.
Hell....
Jerry Rice Mississippi Valley
Antonio Brown Western Michigan
Randy Moss Marshall
Terrell Owens Chattanooga
Bob Hayes Florida A&M
Charlie Joiner Grambling
Isacc Bruce Memphis
Andre Reed Kutztown St
Don Maynard Texas Western (UTEP)
John Taylor Delaware St
Adam Thielen Eastern Washington
We have a long time until the 2019 season starts, why not use this time to go a few places not normally seen? Love to talk football.
So where did Al Davis get his obsession with speed? That would be watching the LA Dodgers running the bases. He noticed how much faster they were and the difference it made. So he went looking for that kind of athlete and his first one was out of the Ivy League and Cornell. This was a 1960 Olympic silver medalist in the long jump Bo Roberson, also a 9.5 sprinter. He did ok but it wasn't until Warren Wells (9.4 at TSU) showed up a little later where that....The Vertical Game....really took off.
Daryl "The Mad Bomber" Lamonica tossing bombs to speedy Wells the best show in football. The show was ruined when Wells got busted for sales, yep...bummer. Wells had a three season span where he caught 143 passes for over 3000 yards with 36 TD's, averaging around 24 yards a catch.
Obviously the perfect Raider receiver was Cliff Branch, who came this close................................................................to making the 72 Olympic team.
I could fill two 8 lane 100m sprints using Oakland Raiders, some countries can't compare, dead serious. Hell, Bo Jackson in the "B" race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX6i0a8t0KY
Wells number 81
Have to put Wells in with Mack "Truck" Lee Hill, Joe Delaney, John Jefferson, Willie Galimore when it comes.......obscure and fantastic.
"Mean' Joe Greene North Texas State
Ernie Nevers Texas Southern........had an arrow head hair cut
Dwight "Mad Dog" White East Texas State
All small school players, all big and bad.
What a gang those 70's Steelers were.
Hall of Famers
Mel Blount....Southern U
John Stallwoth....Alabama A&M
Lynn Swann...USC...............................Cali State long jump champ, Serra HS (Tom Brady)
Franco Harris/Jack Ham Penn State
Jack Lambert Kent State...........................Dolpf Ziggler, Antonio Gates, Julian Edelman
"Iron" Mike Webter Wisconsin........he had some serious guns and knew it.
Terry Bradshaw La Tech..................a national class javelin thrower
Have we ever seen a GREAT NFL team that diverse when it comes to where everyone came from?
Rocky Bliear a Golden Domer.
What conference were North Texas State and East Texas State even in?
Just ramblin' now......
We do see a lot of stud WR's out of non Power Five conferences.
Hell....
Jerry Rice Mississippi Valley
Antonio Brown Western Michigan
Randy Moss Marshall
Terrell Owens Chattanooga
Bob Hayes Florida A&M
Charlie Joiner Grambling
Isacc Bruce Memphis
Andre Reed Kutztown St
Don Maynard Texas Western (UTEP)
John Taylor Delaware St
Adam Thielen Eastern Washington
We have a long time until the 2019 season starts, why not use this time to go a few places not normally seen? Love to talk football.
So where did Al Davis get his obsession with speed? That would be watching the LA Dodgers running the bases. He noticed how much faster they were and the difference it made. So he went looking for that kind of athlete and his first one was out of the Ivy League and Cornell. This was a 1960 Olympic silver medalist in the long jump Bo Roberson, also a 9.5 sprinter. He did ok but it wasn't until Warren Wells (9.4 at TSU) showed up a little later where that....The Vertical Game....really took off.
Daryl "The Mad Bomber" Lamonica tossing bombs to speedy Wells the best show in football. The show was ruined when Wells got busted for sales, yep...bummer. Wells had a three season span where he caught 143 passes for over 3000 yards with 36 TD's, averaging around 24 yards a catch.
Obviously the perfect Raider receiver was Cliff Branch, who came this close................................................................to making the 72 Olympic team.
I could fill two 8 lane 100m sprints using Oakland Raiders, some countries can't compare, dead serious. Hell, Bo Jackson in the "B" race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX6i0a8t0KY
Wells number 81
Have to put Wells in with Mack "Truck" Lee Hill, Joe Delaney, John Jefferson, Willie Galimore when it comes.......obscure and fantastic.
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