How can we top that Cincinnati Bengal v Pittsburgh Steelers for drama? You have to love the NFL playoffs and its time to get into day 2 with both NFC games on the same day. First game up is the Washington Redskins hosting the Green Bay Packers in the nation’s capital. All year long you’ve … Continue reading
AFC Wildcard: Cincinnati Bengals v Pittsburgh Steelers
When you talk about the Bengals when the season began, everyone would scoff “wait til’ the playoffs.” That held true for the team and certainly Andy Dalton. Now here we are again and Dalton has his thumb in a cast. The Bengals have to place their hope on back-up AJ McCarron. Almost 10 years to … Continue reading
2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: Madison Square Garden can seat 20,000 people for a concert. This blog was viewed about 69,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Madison Square Garden, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people … Continue reading
SUPER BOWL XXXI CHAMPION 1996 GREEN BAY PACKERS
Reggie White, Mike Holmgren, and Brett Favre brought the term “Titletown” back to Green Bay when they beat New England 35-21 in Super Bowl XXXI. It was fun to actually have a champion Packer team in my lifetime because it had a great feel to just say it. The championship had been gone from the … Continue reading
SUPER BOWL XXX RUNNER UP 1995 PITTSBURGH STEELERS
Three yards short… just 3 yards short of the 1994 AFC Championship. That loss to the San Diego Chargers haunted the Pittsburgh Steelers for nearly a full year. They had fought to unseat the Bills and Oilers in an AFC ruled by open offenses during the early 90s. In 1994 with each foe not making … Continue reading
SUPER BOWL XXX CHAMPION 1995 DALLAS COWBOYS
One year after the San Francisco 49ers won a record fifth Super Bowl the Dallas Cowboys equaled that feat. The hardest pill to swallow for Dallas was the lost chance to 3-peat when the 49ers dethroned them in Candlestick Park that January day in the NFC Championship. Ironically that 38-28 loss was easily one of … Continue reading
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