BILLS' History

[Alaska Darin]

I love these old programs.  One of my favorite things as a kid was getting the latest pennant when they came out.  I wish I still had those around somewhere.

 

 

[Alaska Darin]

My, how football has evolved over the last 52 years.

 

 

 

[Alaska Darin]

Early squishing of Marino.

 

 

[Alaska Darin]

 

[KD in CA]

22 hours ago, Alaska Darin said:

I love these old programs.  One of my favorite things as a kid was getting the latest pennant when they came out.  I wish I still had those around somewhere.

 

 

My older brothers and I all collected pennants.  In the '70s they had the entire NHL, they got a new one each time we went to a game.  Golden Seals, Atlanta Flames, etc.  Of course, back then you could buy visiting teams' stuff at the arena.  Haven't seen that in 25 years in any sport.

[Taro T]

6 hours ago, KD in CA said:

 

My older brothers and I all collected pennants.  In the '70s they had the entire NHL, they got a new one each time we went to a game.  Golden Seals, Atlanta Flames, etc.  Of course, back then you could buy visiting teams' stuff at the arena.  Haven't seen that in 25 years in any sport.

 

You can still get team pucks of all the NHL teams in the Sabres Store but that is about it for rivals merchandise.

[Alaska Darin]

 

[Foxx]

On 7/10/2022 at 6:44 PM, Alaska Darin said:

Early squishing of Marino.

 

 

"The rookie from West Virginia."

[Foxx]

Biscuit!

 

[Alaska Darin]

 

[Alaska Darin]

"He stuck it right in his FACE!"

 

 

[Alaska Darin]

 

[Alaska Darin]

Man, that's a lot of turnovers.

 

 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

7 minutes ago, Alaska Darin said:

Man, that's a lot of turnovers.

 

 

 

210 all time.  

 

Total interceptions correlate most strongly with length of career (not an OBF DAB POMA stat, that's a real number).  Virtually everyone on top-50 list of career interceptions played 14 years or more. 

 

Interestingly, two of the exceptions are Jim Kelly (175 ints in 10 years in the NFL), and Jack Kemp (183 in 10 years).  

[RochesterRob]

18 minutes ago, Alaska Darin said:

Man, that's a lot of turnovers.

 

 

  I knew it had to be Ferguson without opening the thread.  It would be interesting to know how the league averaged during his career to know if those numbers were alarming or not.  I was not into football during Ferguson's career to know how much he may have tried to carry the team when facing insufficient talent surrounding him.

[Alaska Darin]

9 minutes ago, RochesterRob said:

  I knew it had to be Ferguson without opening the thread.  It would be interesting to know how the league averaged during his career to know if those numbers were alarming or not.  I was not into football during Ferguson's career to know how much he may have tried to carry the team when facing insufficient talent surrounding him.

He was a better QB than he got credit for.  In 1977 he led the league in passing yards AND interceptions.  He was a really good player on some really bad teams because Ralph was cheap.

 

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1977/passing.htm

[Alaska Darin]

I had forgotten all about this...

 

 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

13 minutes ago, Alaska Darin said:

I had forgotten all about this...

 

 

 

Sometimes I wish I could forget.  I still have that poster.  And I still think it was pretty...let's say, "Village People."

[Fansince88]

On 7/13/2022 at 10:14 AM, Alaska Darin said:

 

I got that card

[Alaska Darin]