Posted on 01/15/2010 8:30:34 PM PST by writer33
That match can be arranged in Heroscape.
Although I like Bret Favre, I think the Boys will win...*sigh*
Could be high scoring, but I give the Vikes the Dome-field advantage.
Vikes by 3.
They’d have a much better advantage if they still played at The Met.
True, but that’s not what’s on the table for tommorrow. Noise will cause at least a couple of false starts and probably a couple of blown plays cause Romo couldn’t change it up at the line. Minnesota played badly on the road and outside, but inside at home, they were 8-0. Farve won’t be effected by the cold, nor will his multiple targets. Dallas is playing well, but I don’t believe they have enough to overcome all of Minnesota’s offensive weapons.
Since I live with a house full of Cowboys fans I better choose the Cowboys
MINNESOTA VIKINGS !
If the Vikings are allowed to bring their swords and the Cowboys can bring their guns, it’s a no-brainer.
He's probably the most charismatic quarterback ever!
I kinda liked George Blanda, when he played for the Raiders.
George Blanda with the Oakland Raiders:
During that first season, his kicking skills helped him lead the AFL in scoring with 116 points. In two instances, his leg helped play a role in Raider victories: a trio of field goals helped upset the defending league champion Kansas City Chiefs on October 1; in the closing weeks of the regular season, Blanda booted four field goals behind a hostile Houston crowd in a 19-7 victory over his former team, the Oilers, helping gain a measure of revenge.
The Raiders went on to compete in Super Bowl II, but the following two seasons ended in heartbreak as they lost the final two AFL Championship games in the 10-year history of the league.
In 1970, Blanda was released during the preseason, but bounced back to establish his 21st professional season as one of the more dramatic comebacks in sports history. Beginning with the October 25 game at Pittsburgh, Blanda put together five straight clutch performances.
Against the Steelers, Blanda threw for three touchdowns in relief of an injured Daryle Lamonica. One week later, his 48-yard field goal with three seconds remaining salvaged a 17-17 tie with the Kansas City Chiefs. Repeating the thrilling finish on November 8, Blanda once again came off the bench to throw for a touchdown pass to tie the Cleveland Browns with 1:34 remaining, then kicked a 53-yard field goal with 0:03 left for the 23-20 win. In the team’s next game, Blanda replaced Lamonica in the fourth quarter and connected with Fred Biletnikoff on a touchdown pass with 2:28 left in the game to defeat the Denver Broncos, 24-19. The incredible streak concluded one week later when Blanda’s 16-yard field goal in the closing seconds defeated the San Diego Chargers, 20-17.
In the AFC title game against the Baltimore Colts, Blanda again relieved an injured Lamonica and had a superb performance, completing 17 of 32 passes for 217 yards and 2 touchdowns while also kicking a 48-yard field goal and two extra points, keeping the Raiders in the game until the final quarter, when he was intercepted twice. Aged 43, he became the oldest quarterback ever to play in a championship game and was one of the few remaining straight-ahead kickers in the NFL.
Blanda’s eye-opening achievements resulted in his winning the Bert Bell Award. Chiefs’ owner Lamar Hunt quipped, “Why, this George Blanda is as good as his father, who used to play for Houston.” Although he never again played a major role at quarterback, Blanda would serve as the Raiders’ kicker for five more seasons.
He played in his last game at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium on January 4, 1976, at age 48, in the 1975 AFC Championship Game, where he kicked a 41-yard field goal and made one extra point as the Raiders lost to the Steelers 16-10.
He was born in 1927 and I was born in 1930
Cowboy throat, meet Viking boot.
But I'll take it....LOL
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