wv wrote:

Crazylegs posted this old blue and white photo of JYB
Youngblood looks like he’s about 240 at most, here.

http://www.fototime.com/6A1CBF88D2412E9/medium800.jpg

And Dave Elmendorf and JYB

http://www.fototime.com/011A7723066DAC4/standard.jpg

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Man, do I love those old blue and whites!

You, good sir, are a “points against” snob.

Oakland wins.

9ers are a mess.

First of all, let me say to “sdram” that I am so sorry to hear that about your son–I did not know that but your courage to move forward and put your other children above your grief is very admirable. You never know what’s around life’s next corner and for parents who have to deal with these tragedies, my heart goes out to them. I can’t begin to imagine that hell.

TSRF, I think it’s understandable how affected you were by this tragedy in your hometown. Whenever I hear about these things I feel affected. Any parent who does not feel this on a personal level in some way is someone I can’t relate to, and I can’t imagine there are many out there who aren’t affected.

There is no bond in life greater than a parent for their child(I understand that sadly, that’s not always the case) but when I hear of these tragedies I have to hug my children a little tighter(funny I still say children–my kids are grown-ups but they’re always going to be my KIDS).

It’s easy to personalize these events at some level and I can only imagine that the closer you are to an event the easier that is.

My daughter works about 40 minutes from our house and the drive there isn’t the greatest or safest road. Fortunately most days she stays with her friends near where she works and it’s an easy 10 minute drive but sometimes she comes home and makes the drive.

The other day there was a nine car accident. A tractor trailer driver fell asleep and basically his truck rammed through cars like a bowling ball through pins. Two people died–one a boy, my daughter’s age, on his way to work. My daughter was with her friends and not driving up that day but if she had been driving she would have been around the accident scene at the time it happened.

Terrifying.

I’m still thinking about that.

As parents there is so much out of our control. But we want our kids safe more than anything.

It’s tough.

Hang in there, TSRF. I wish you well and hope that you can find some way to deal with this and “sdram” had great advice.

I wish you the best.

He was a great draft pick.

But to me the steal of their draft was E.J. Gaines. To get that guy in the 6th round was incredible.

This was pretty good draft for the team.

Donald, Gaines and Mason have been outstanding.

Robinson is coming along.

No complaints.

I’ll say this about David Tyree–he really used his head on that catch.

Ta-dum-dum! I’ll be here all week folks.

21Dog wrote:

JackPMiller wrote:
They were probably never real Rams fans in the first place.

Disagree.

They obviously had very strong feelings on the subject.

So how do the Rams disconnect from the real world?

They happen to be at ground zero for this. The players obviously had strong feelings as well.

If Fisher disciplines the players than other Rams fans from the other side walk away.

No win situation.

The Rams may not have wanted to find themselves here, but they are.

So you don’t buy a Stedman Bailey shirt. Fisher didn’t even know they were doing it.

The whole team didn’t walk out with their hands up.

But if that’s what they gotta do–if they feel that strongly, okay. Quit the Rams. Quit football. Quit sports.

Quit the news covering an angle to the story they don’t want to hear.

Quit any films or movies dealing with it from a sympathetic angle opposite of their own.

Quit it all.

It won’t change anything. But if they feel they’ve made a point–so be it.

I’m staying.

I want to be here when this team is winning their next Superbowl–or at least making the playoffs.

Maybe I just don’t have those strong feelings–I’m not a cop but I can’t imagine how difficult their job is. I don’t envy them at all. But like good and peaceful protestors and idiots who only want to loot stores, there are good cops and bad ones(and by bad they could just be very inept).

I’ve never been black. I can’t imagine the black experience.

I just don’t know about it all.

If people want to walk away, from either side–they’ll do it.

Life goes on.

Football goes on–without them.

Yeah–I agree with Jack.

If that makes you drop the team you were not really a fan anyway.

wv wrote:

The biggest Ram win Fisher helped manage,
was the Super Bowl Win against the Titans.

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🙂

Glad you had a good Thanksgiving with the family, zn.

I had a nice day as well. My wife often works Thanksgiving but this year she was off so it was cool that we could all stick around the whole day.

My family has different schedules so we mostly see each other in passing so to be able to spend time with my wife, son and daughter is a great thing.

That’s just one of those little things that separate the great ones from back-ups. You can just see him lock in the whole way without so much as a glance at the other side.

Have a safe trip, see you Sunday.

Hey GRITS! I was wondering which of those L.A. Rams fans was you. As soon as I saw them I thought, GRITS is in there somewhere. It was nice to see support for the team on the road.

Me thinks he was not too happy with the officiating crew yesterday.

Some of these BS calls have to be getting to him.

I don’t know where my last post ended up–it disappeared in the merger but I will repeat it to infinity–if need be–that’s just how I am.

The last play sucked.

Throw the ball to the corners or run it. Don’t even consider it an option to put the ball in the middle. Things bounce around in there–bad things happen–defenders are hidden. Didn’t like it. You did not HAVE to get the T.D. there.

Bad call. Poorly executed.

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