No No. 4 in Super Bowl 44: The Running Thread

Boom_70 · Jan 25, 2010

Trey Beamon said:

Why don't they just scrap the Pro Bowl, name an All-Pro team and be done with it?

No one gives a shit, especially in a game filled with alternates. Like a commenter on PFT said, it's almost more impressive if you're not a Pro Bowler this year.
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What is over / under on how many players get arrested in South Fla in next 2 weeks.

I say 5

murphyc · Jan 25, 2010

Steak Snabler said:

In honor of the Saints making the Super Bowl, I have brought back my original avatar.

This is a big day for my family, in which practically everyone is a Saints fan. My mother, who lives in New Orleans, was diagnosed with lung cancer two years ago, but she got to see the Saints earn a trip to the Super Bowl. But there's two other people I wish were alive to see this: Buddy Diliberto and my grandfather. Buddy (the inspiration for my username, incidentally), to hear what he would have to say, my grandfather because I know how much it would mean to him.

My grandfather was born in 1925 and fought in World War II. He was a union electrician and was one of those guys who was outside from dawn to dusk whether it was a work day or not. The only exception he made was the three hours on fall Sundays when the Saints were on TV. He swore he was going to give up on them several times, but never did.

I lived 200 miles away at the time, but I promised him when the Saints got to the NFC championship game in 2006 that I would come down and watch the Super Bowl with him if they made it. Obviously, it didn't happen, and then he died in June of 2008. He was the first person I thought of when Hartley's field goal went through the uprights.

It's days like these I remember why I love sports in the first place. Whether they win in two weeks or not, it's all gravy from here (though I probably won't be thinking that when and if they get behind against the Colts).

Poignant moment over. Resume Favre hate-fest.
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Thanks for that great post. And thanks to your grandfather for serving our country during WWII. People like him can never be thanked enough.

Ben_Hecht · Jan 25, 2010

Boom_70 said:

Trey Beamon said:

Why don't they just scrap the Pro Bowl, name an All-Pro team and be done with it?

No one gives a shit, especially in a game filled with alternates. Like a commenter on PFT said, it's almost more impressive if you're not a Pro Bowler this year.
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What is over / under on how many players get arrested in South Fla in next 2 weeks.

I say 5
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Team with the longest list is a great bet-against.

Steak Snabler · Jan 25, 2010

Ben_Hecht said:

Boom_70 said:

Trey Beamon said:

Why don't they just scrap the Pro Bowl, name an All-Pro team and be done with it?

No one gives a shit, especially in a game filled with alternates. Like a commenter on PFT said, it's almost more impressive if you're not a Pro Bowler this year.
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What is over / under on how many players get arrested in South Fla in next 2 weeks.

I say 5
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Team with the longest list is a great bet-against.
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No. 88 in black and gold would be No. 1 on my list ...

Ben_Hecht · Jan 25, 2010

Steak Snabler said:

Ben_Hecht said:

Boom_70 said:

Trey Beamon said:

Why don't they just scrap the Pro Bowl, name an All-Pro team and be done with it?

No one gives a shit, especially in a game filled with alternates. Like a commenter on PFT said, it's almost more impressive if you're not a Pro Bowler this year.
Click to expand...

What is over / under on how many players get arrested in South Fla in next 2 weeks.

I say 5
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Team with the longest list is a great bet-against.
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No. 88 in black and gold would be No. 1 on my list ...
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Oh, I'd say the Saints as a team are the solid favorite to win this competition . . .

Boom_70 · Jan 25, 2010

Ben_Hecht said:

Steak Snabler said:

Ben_Hecht said:

Boom_70 said:

Trey Beamon said:

Why don't they just scrap the Pro Bowl, name an All-Pro team and be done with it?

No one gives a shit, especially in a game filled with alternates. Like a commenter on PFT said, it's almost more impressive if you're not a Pro Bowler this year.
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What is over / under on how many players get arrested in South Fla in next 2 weeks.

I say 5
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Team with the longest list is a great bet-against.
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No. 88 in black and gold would be No. 1 on my list ...
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Oh, I'd say the Saints as a team are the solid favorite to win this competition . . .
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You have to factor in all the Pro Bowl players joining the fun.

93Devil · Jan 25, 2010

Steak Snabler said:

93Devil said:

I really hope this guy is doing well, and I cannot wait for the features on him.

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Michael Lewis dug him up two years ago for an NY Times magazine feature about kickers in general. Unless something has changed, he still lives in the New Orleans area.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/sports/playmagazine/28lewis.html?pagewanted=9&_r=1

If you're too lazy to read the entire thing --- and it's long --- the story ends with a great quote from Dempsey:

Every so often someone still comes up to Tom Dempsey to put his achievement into perspective. Not long ago, a total stranger approached him wanting to talk about the Kick. "And he said to me," Dempsey recalled, " 'You're really nothing but a one-kick kicker.' And I thought: 'Yeah, but I kicked it once. What the hell did you do?'
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I was searching on Youtube for it, but I could not find it. NFL Films did a feature on him and the kick, and let's just say it makes the room dusty.

What I recall is Dempsey saying life has been tough on him at certain times, and I even think there was a hint of depression mixed in with his voice, but he gave one of the best quotes while tears are welling in his eyes, and I am sorry, but this is not word-for-word.

"You know somedays are rougher than others, but I look back at that kick and think to myself that on one afternoon I was not too bad."

Great story as well, Steak.

fishhack2009 · Jan 25, 2010

Steak Snabler said:

93Devil said:

I really hope this guy is doing well, and I cannot wait for the features on him.

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Michael Lewis dug him up two years ago for an NY Times magazine feature about kickers in general. Unless something has changed, he still lives in the New Orleans area.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/sports/playmagazine/28lewis.html?pagewanted=9&_r=1

If you're too lazy to read the entire thing --- and it's long --- the story ends with a great quote from Dempsey:

Every so often someone still comes up to Tom Dempsey to put his achievement into perspective. Not long ago, a total stranger approached him wanting to talk about the Kick. "And he said to me," Dempsey recalled, " 'You're really nothing but a one-kick kicker.' And I thought: 'Yeah, but I kicked it once. What the hell did you do?'
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Props to Dempsey for avoiding voicing the thought.

The guy asking the question was being a dick.

Steak Snabler · Jan 25, 2010

Video of the Kick:

trifectarich · Jan 25, 2010

93Devil said:

Steak Snabler said:

93Devil said:

I really hope this guy is doing well, and I cannot wait for the features on him.

Click to expand...

Michael Lewis dug him up two years ago for an NY Times magazine feature about kickers in general. Unless something has changed, he still lives in the New Orleans area.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/sports/playmagazine/28lewis.html?pagewanted=9&_r=1

If you're too lazy to read the entire thing --- and it's long --- the story ends with a great quote from Dempsey:

Every so often someone still comes up to Tom Dempsey to put his achievement into perspective. Not long ago, a total stranger approached him wanting to talk about the Kick. "And he said to me," Dempsey recalled, " 'You're really nothing but a one-kick kicker.' And I thought: 'Yeah, but I kicked it once. What the hell did you do?'
Click to expand...

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I was searching on Youtube for it, but I could not find it. NFL Films did a feature on him and the kick, and let's just say it makes the room dusty.

What I recall is Dempsey saying life has been tough on him at certain times, and I even think there was a hint of depression mixed in with his voice, but he gave one of the best quotes while tears are welling in his eyes, and I am sorry, but this is not word-for-word.

"You know somedays are rougher than others, but I look back at that kick and think to myself that on one afternoon I was not too bad."

Great story as well, Steak.
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The radio call of that kick is fabulous.

Ben_Hecht · Jan 25, 2010

Boom_70 said:

Ben_Hecht said:

Steak Snabler said:

Ben_Hecht said:

Boom_70 said:

Trey Beamon said:

Why don't they just scrap the Pro Bowl, name an All-Pro team and be done with it?

No one gives a shit, especially in a game filled with alternates. Like a commenter on PFT said, it's almost more impressive if you're not a Pro Bowler this year.
Click to expand...

What is over / under on how many players get arrested in South Fla in next 2 weeks.

I say 5
Click to expand...

Team with the longest list is a great bet-against.
Click to expand...

No. 88 in black and gold would be No. 1 on my list ...
Click to expand...

Oh, I'd say the Saints as a team are the solid favorite to win this competition . . .
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You have to factor in all the Pro Bowl players joining the fun.
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Lotta places to get into trouble, down there.
It ain't hard.

outofplace · Jan 25, 2010

Steak Snabler said:

Pro Bowl replacements named. Donovan McNabb and Vince Young highlight the list:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4855900

London Fletcher was also named as a replacement for Jonathan Vilma, Fletcher's first Pro Bowl selection of his career. Apparently, it meant a lot to him:

Fletcher said he "did a little sprinting around the house" when the Saints kicked an overtime field goal Sunday to beat Minnesota.

Fletcher is the league's most prolific tackler over the past decade and has never missed a game in his 12-year career.

He was upset when he wasn't selected last season, calling himself "the Susan Lucci of the NFL," a reference to the soap opera star who was nominated 18 times for an Emmy before finally winning.
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Well, at least one person cares about the Pro Bowl ...
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Damn. How many quarterbacks did they have to go through to get to Garrard? What a joke.

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