Old school Oilers

by bigfatdrunk on Dec 9, 2007 9:27 PM CST

Yes, it's a link to that rag of a newspaper:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5363616.html

I know I have waxed poetic about the Oilers before, so I will mostly spare you of that.

I may have the blinders on, but I met these guys in groups more than once. Culp, Bethea, Brazile, Barber, all awesome. To a man.

I'll end with: Vernon Perry will go down in history as one of the Oilers most unlikeliest heroes. I'll always remember that game against the Chargers. Perry struggled - often - but for one game, he was an unstoppable force.

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One more rant...

That Robert Brazile is not in the football HOF is, in my opinion, the greatest injustice in sports. In his time, he was the best of every world: intelligent, athletic, and dominant.

by bigfatdrunk on Dec 9, 2007 9:37 PM CST reply actions

how I will be spending the rest of my evening

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhO9CuTAC7U

1978 AFC Championship Game - Steelers vs Oilers

by bigfatdrunk on Dec 9, 2007 10:16 PM CST reply actions

Ha ha

You are old enough to have watched that live.

by MDC on Dec 10, 2007 8:27 AM CST up reply actions

I did watch it live!

On a black and white tv, too!

by bigfatdrunk on Dec 10, 2007 8:48 AM CST up reply actions

I've been informed

that I am not allowed to make age jokes today. It's my wife's 32d birthday and she is feeling a little old. Which she should, since she is 2 years, 6 months, and 3 days older than I am.

Thankfully, she doesn't read BRB (or my blog, for that matter), so I can make all the age jokes I want here.

You are old.

by MDC on Dec 10, 2007 9:14 AM CST up reply actions

Double Ha - which is Ha Ha

I'm on the doorstep of twenty-nine (29), still technically twenty-eight. Which means I grew up in the Warren Moon to Earnest Givens era. One of my first lessons in irony, there is no run in the run and shoot.

Shakin 'em off one win at a time... In Schaub we trust.

by SOLIS on Dec 10, 2007 10:42 AM CST up reply actions

Bum

The year was 1979. You youngsters probably weren't even born yet. The Oilers were robbed of a win in the AFC Champioship game. When they came back to a Dome packed with appreciative fans, Bum stood in the middle of the field and said,

"One year ago, we knocked on the door. This year, we beat on the door. Next year, we're gonna kick the son-of-a-bitch in."

They showed this classic clip on local tv the other day, and it gave me chills (right before I felt really old). Ah, the good old days...

by bv on Dec 11, 2007 12:19 PM CST up reply actions