I Miss the Houston Oilers................

[King Hippos Bandaid]

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They ruled, why did the Houston Oilers move


booooooooooo

Bring back the Houston Oilers

[weekapaugjz]

so do i...

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0606/gallery.chokes/images/05279833.jpg

[PapaBear]

Let's give Earl Campbell a call and get the band back together.

[Snoogans]

so do i...

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0606/gallery.chokes/images/05279833.jpg

you and frank reich

Man did they blow that.



regardless, LONG LIVE THE RUN AND SHOOT

[ozzie]

http://www.danablankenhorn.com/images/2007/08/26/billywhiteshoesjohnson.jpg

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And of course, did any coach ever fit the team, city and state he represented better that the great Bum Phillips?

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I could have done without that stupid ass song though:

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And before there were organized "WHITE OUTS", or "BLACK OUTS", I remember tuning in to Monday Night Football in the late 70's, and the camera panning to a virtual SEA of powder blue pom poms shaking in the stands and everyone on their feet singing that stupid song after every score. I think they beat the Steelers that night.

Don't tell me that city didn't support that team. Fuck Tennessee.

Bring back the REAL old Cleveland Browns (not this expansion team they gave us), Steelers, Bengals (before the stripes) and Oilers, and put the AFC CENTRAL Division Back together!

[Don Stugots]

Why don't you marry the houston oilers? The white shoes guy posts here, maybe you should ask him for a date. He seems like a nice chap.

[J.Clints]

so do i...

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0606/gallery.chokes/images/05279833.jpg

I bet you Do!!!!!!

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[El Mudo]

Eh...join the club...I miss the Winnipeg Jets

http://www.jetsowner.com/images/content/selanne.jpg

And the Hartford Whalers

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And the Quebec Nordiques

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[BeerBandit]

Miss the Cleveland Browns.
http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/browns-logo.gif

[Freakshow]

This thread brings up a strange phenomenon. Do all teams to do better in the city they've moved to? Ravens won a superbowl and the Titans were only a couple yards short of winning one (never even made it as the Oilers). The Nordiques became the Avalance and had a dominant stretch in the 90's. Even the Whalers won a cup as the Hurricanes.

[smo22]

This thread brings up a strange phenomenon. Do all teams to do better in the city they've moved to? Ravens won a superbowl and the Titans were only a couple yards short of winning one (never even made it as the Oilers). The Nordiques became the Avalance and had a dominant stretch in the 90's. Even the Whalers won a cup as the Hurricanes.

Don't encourage the owners! Like they need another excuse to move a franchise!

But, yeah, there's something to it. Colts won in Indy, Rams in St. Louis, Raiders in Los Angeles (although they already had one in Oakland)...

[smo22]

And before there were organized "WHITE OUTS", or "BLACK OUTS", I remember tuning in to Monday Night Football in the late 70's, and the camera panning to a virtual SEA of powder blue pom poms shaking in the stands and everyone on their feet singing that stupid song after every score. I think they beat the Steelers that night.

Don't tell me that city didn't support that team. Fuck Tennessee.

Bring back the REAL old Cleveland Browns (not this expansion team they gave us), Steelers, Bengals (before the stripes) and Oilers, and put the AFC CENTRAL Division Back together!

Wow, how old are you? (Just kidding)

Love the Powder Blues though. Glad the Chargers are using them almost all the time now.

Not a big fan of the Titans uniforms though. Enough with the two-tone jerseys. Pick a color already.

http://www.rbkjersey.com/Upfiles/200832610344082475.gif

[Billy "White Shoes"]

You miss the Oilers?

Shit son.

[Ritalin]

I miss the Seattle Supersonics.

http://www.nwcn.com/sports/stories/M_IMAGE.113297c4712.93.88.fa.d0.1ffc78e1.jpg

[Jughead]

Had not really thought about it till now..I miss them also..http://www.usasoda.com/images/rcfbhou-84.JPG

[BeerBandit]

I miss the Seattle Supersonics.

http://www.nwcn.com/sports/stories/M_IMAGE.113297c4712.93.88.fa.d0.1ffc78e1.jpg
too soon.

[Hottub]

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[NYHCmikeX]

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F New Orleans.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

this has helped me a drop


dump the Texans, such a lame name


Bring back the Houston Oilers


I still have my Houston Oilers Starter Jacket

[RAAMONE]

this has helped me a drop


dump the Texans, such a lame name


Bring back the Houston Oilers


I still have my Houston Oilers Starter Jacket

oilers is a terrible name...;hey there is oil in texas...so lets make it plural and name a team after it'

[King Hippos Bandaid]

oilers is a terrible name...;hey there is oil in texas...so lets make it plural and name a team after it'


yes, a true team, Oil was in Texas,

The Oilers made Powder Blue a tough color



unlike all the Jazz in Utah

the Lakes in Los Angeles



gotta love the Oil Well on the Helmet, best helmet ever



Run & Shoot, Warren Moon to Earnest Givens TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!!

then Earnest does his trademark blackflip celebration

[ozzie]

oilers is a terrible name...;hey there is oil in texas...so lets make it plural and name a team after it'

Yeah, much worse than the Steelers and Packers.... and Texans.

Maybe the Bears should have remained as the Staleys after they moved from Decatur.

[Snoogans]

Eh...join the club...I miss the Winnipeg Jets

http://www.jetsowner.com/images/content/selanne.jpg

And the Hartford Whalers

http://www.midwood.net/brent/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/francis.jpg

And the Quebec Nordiques

http://czechfan.com/images_quecol/hunter_dale.jpg

http://www.saljbarry.com/hockey/autographs/cards/1982-1983/tardif.jpg

ill back any plan that brings back the Whale


BRING BACK THE WHALE, BRING BACK THE WHALE

[razorboy]

Miss The Tyler Rose and his ridiculous upright running style.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

ill back any plan that brings back the Whale


BRING BACK THE WHALE, BRING BACK THE WHALE



funny thing I was gonna add the Hartford Whalers


but I want them in their newer Blue Jerseys , the green ones sucked balls



Mudo playing the Brass Bonanza in the ronfez.net chatroom kicked ass

[NYHCmikeX]

ill back any plan that brings back the Whale

Breakfast come and go, Snoogans, but Hartford? The Whale? They only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime.

[Snoogans]

Breakfast come and go, Snoogans, but Hartford? The Whale? They only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime.

what does it matter if I wanna call the Whalers a bunch of faggots in the privacy of my own home, far removed from the sensitive ears of the rest of the world

[El Mudo]

funny thing I was gonna add the Hartford Whalers


but I want them in their newer Blue Jerseys , the green ones sucked balls



Mudo playing the Brass Bonanza in the ronfez.net chatroom kicked ass




Love the Brass Bonanza

I'm playing that on my way home today


They were great in NHL 94...I used to play as them all the time just to hear Brass Bonanza

Yvon Corriveau FTW

[TheMojoPin]

what does it matter if I wanna call the Whalers a bunch of faggots in the privacy of my own home, far removed from the sensitive ears of the rest of the world

Nice pull.

[Jujubees2]

I miss the

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[TheMojoPin]

I don't really miss the Expos, but this article/blog about waching their last game makes me really sad. (http://progressiveboink.com/archive/expos.htm)

Sledge hit a lazy pop-up to third baseman Mike Mordecai. It was while the ball was in the air that everyone realized the significance of the game. Sure, that day at work they told everyone how they were going to the game, you know, to be part of the history, and how much fun it would be. It's sort of like that time in your life when you're putting on your best suit or dress for a loved one's funeral. Then you show up, and you see the body. You see that pop-fly reach it's apex and begin it's decent into Mordecai's glove. You want to jump to the casket and shake the person, coerce them to wake up, stop sleeping and wake up. You want to run onto the field and tackle Mordecai, keep the game going on forever. It's man's inability to deal with the mortality of everything that sparks this side of human nature. You want to call God an asshole, how could he end this person's life in such an unfair manner. You want to call Mordecai an asshole, if he had any sympathy he would drop the ball and tip his cap to the crowd. But then you see that body, see that third baseman settle underneath the ball, and slowly raise his glove. You accept it. You stop clapping. You stop crying. You just watch, braindead and numb.

*Sniff*

[Ritalin]

I miss the Seattle Supersonics.

http://www.nwcn.com/sports/stories/M_IMAGE.113297c4712.93.88.fa.d0.1ffc78e1.jpg

too soon.

I disagree.

I HATE that those oil baron hillbillies flat out STOLE the Sonics. They weren't my favorite team - not at all - but if you were following the story you'd know that Seattle got hosed.

If it weren't for Derrick Rose - who looks like the real deal, by the way - I'd be done with the NBA.

[Snoogans]

How great was it that the one franchise stealin douche lost 1.2 bill in the stock market.


FUCK YOU ALL YOU SCUM BAGS. I cant wait to see how ye basketball gods fuck Clay Bennet

[cougarjake13]

so do the titans get to use the oilers stuff on throwback days ??

[El Mudo]

I don't really miss the Expos, but this article/blog about waching their last game makes me really sad. (http://progressiveboink.com/archive/expos.htm)



*Sniff*



Boo hoo...we went through that here TWICE, and had to deal with the shitty O's in goddamn BALTIMORE being somehow "DC's team" for close to 35 years, AND all their shenangians and legalese mumbo jumbo and drama when baseball finally came back (it took almost TWO YEARS for them to get on TV, on a network half owned by the stupid Orioles, who I hope burn in hell)



Go screw Montreal

[Dingbat_Charlie]

I don't really miss the Expos, but this article/blog about waching their last game makes me really sad. (http://progressiveboink.com/archive/expos.htm)



*Sniff*

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[TheMojoPin]

Youpli! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!

[El Mudo]

Youppi! never left...he was adopted by the Canadiens

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[TheMojoPin]

Boo hoo...we went through that here TWICE, and had to deal with the shitty O's in goddamn BALTIMORE being somehow "DC's team" for close to 35 years, AND all their shenangians and legalese mumbo jumbo and drama when baseball finally came back (it took almost TWO YEARS for them to get on TV, on a network half owned by the stupid Orioles, who I hope burn in hell)



Go screw Montreal

Yeah, but the DC teams always have sucked balls. The Expos actually kicked ass for much of the 90's, and arguably were killed by the strike when they had an amazing team that could have won it all. The killing of DC teams has always been a mercy killing, but the Expos...it's like the line goes, "I coulda been a contender!" The DC teams get "instead of being a bum, which is what I am."

[ozzie]

Here's to the hard core Houston Oiler fans:

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I miss Meredith, Gifford and Cosell.

[DiabloSammich]

I miss one of my favorite coaches ever, Jerry Glanville.

The NFL needs true "characters" again, not these milquetoast geniuses like Belichick and Dungy. Those guys are about as interesting as my grandmother taking a dump.


Mike Singletary looks like he's on his way, though.

[Ritalin]

I miss one of my favorite coaches ever, Jerry Glanville.

The NFL needs true "characters" again, not these milquetoast geniuses like Belichick and Dungy. Those guys are about as interesting as my grandmother taking a dump.


Mike Singletary looks like he's on his way, though.

minipoll:

Jerry Glanville or Bum Phillips?

[DiabloSammich]

minipoll:

Jerry Glanville or Bum Phillips?


Tough call.


But Bum gets minus points for giving us Wade Phillips, so Glanville wins.

[furie]

so do i...

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0606/gallery.chokes/images/05279833.jpg

to me, that was the best game i ever saw

[cougarjake13]

minipoll:

Jerry Glanville or Bum Phillips?

glanville

[Uncle Fezster]

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[El Mudo]

glanville


Glanville's still coaching (albeit at Portland State)

http://blog.oregonlive.com/portlandstatevikings/large_glanville.jpg

[King Hippos Bandaid]

you gotta give Glanville cwedit

he loves coaching, he cold be an analyst for one of the 30000000000000 stations that cover football

but he would rather coach in obscurity


this makes me miss the Oilers so much more

[cougarjake13]

you gotta love a guy who left tickets for elvis