DOG ASIDE: Between the years of 1970 and 1977, Coach Bud Grant of the Minnesota Vikings…..took his team to four (4) Super Bowls (SB IV, SB VIII, SB IX and SB XI)…..returning to Minnesota with 4 losses….for the Vikings have never been back to the Super Bowl since…..but during the 1970’s….when The Purple People Eaters…
DOG ASIDE: Super Bowl XIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Los Angeles Rams and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1979 season. The Steelers defeated the Rams by the score of 31–19….becoming the first team to win…
DOG ASIDE Super Bowl XIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1978 season. The Steelers defeated the Cowboys by the score of 35–31. The game was played on January…
DOG ASIDE: NBC’s Bryant Gumbel and Mike Adamle provide highlights of Super Bowl V with the Dallas Cowboys….led by QB Craig Morton and RB Dan Reeves…..playing against the Baltimore Colts….led by QB Johnny Unitas and TE John Mackey…..followed by highlights of Super Bowl VI with the Dallas Cowboys vs the Miami Dolphins…..as the Cowboy defense…
DOG ASIDE: John Madden and Pat Summerall sat at the top of the heap for NFL game sportscasters….as they formed a perfect combination of “color with emphasis” and “elegance and eloquence”….which was welcomed into the homes and hearts of American pro football fans all over the country….and their work on the All Madden Team was…
DOG ASIDE: In this video, the preview of the upcoming 1979 season in this special on the “Road to Pasadena”…..takes the fans to New Orleans led by QB Archie Manning and RB Chuck Muncie…..then to New England led by QB Steve Grogan….with the next stop being at the Pittsburgh Steelers training camp with QB Terry…
DOG ASIDE: Prior to the formation of the Dallas Cowboys….there had not been an NFL team south of Washington, D.C. since the Dallas Texans folded in 1952. Oilman Clint Murchison Jr. had been trying to get an NFL expansion team in Dallas (as was Lamar Hunt – who ended up with an AFL franchise)….but George…
DOG ASIDE: The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The team is a member of the East division of the National Football Conference(NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas….which is moving to Frisco, Texas in 2016. The team…
DOG ASIDE: James Thomas “Jim” Parker (April 3, 1934 – July 18, 2005) was an American football player. He played college football at Ohio State University from 1954 to 1956….in the National Football League (NFL) with the Baltimore Colts from 1957 to 1967…..was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1973….and the College…