DOG ASIDE: This is the second part of the 1971 AFC Divisional Playoffs between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins. The Chiefs were the defending Super Bowl champions…..in their attempt to return to the Super Bowl for the third season in a row…..and the Dolphins were on their way to three Super Bowls…
DOG ASIDE: It is always fun to go back and view the hilites of NFL seasons past…..no matter what year you are reviewing….cuz something worth seeing always shows up that you did not expect. The 1978 NFL season was the 59th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded the regular season from a…
DOG COMMENTARY The 1979 Dallas Cowboys were really a championship team in transition from the apex of the championship teams of the 1970’s…..as “Captain Comeback” to this lil ole Chiweenie….”Roger the Dodger” to millions more….was coming to the end of a brilliant career….now don’t get me wrong…..just like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees…
DOG ASIDE: This video provides an in-depth look at a 1979 regular season game of the week between the Dallas Cowboys and the Atlanta Falcons. The 1979 Dallas Cowboys season was their 20th in the league. The team was unable to improve on their previous output of 12–4….winning only eleven games….and qualifying for the playoffs….but losing…
DOG ASIDE: Nothing in the world of sports has experience any more popularity….both by sports fans and the sports media…..than the Super Bowl. Nothing gets analyzed or psychoanalyzed more than the Super Bowl and its participants. There is nothing in the world of television advertising that drives more revenue for less air time….than the Super…
DOG ASIDE: Elisha Archibald “Archie” Manning III (born May 19, 1949) is a former American football quarterback. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints from 1971 to 1982….and for short stints with the Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings. In college, he played for the Ole Miss Rebels football…
DOG ASIDE: Samuel Adrian “Slingin’ Sammy” Baugh (March 17, 1914 – December 17, 2008) was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University….where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952. He was…
DOG ASIDE: Coach John Madden was hired by Al Davis as linebackers coach for the AFL’s Oakland Raiders in 1967…..putting him in the Sid Gillman coaching tree….as he helped the team reach Super Bowl II that season. A year later, after Raiders head coach John Rauch resigned to take the same position with the Buffalo Bills….Madden…
DOG ASIDE: The 1975 Oakland Raiders season was the team’s 16th season….and 6th in the National Football League. The 1975 season would be George Blanda’s final season in the NFL…as Blanda retired with two significant records….the most seasons in American professional football (26)….and the most games played (340). Opposing quarterbacks had a passer-rating of 37.2 against…