Give us an old NFL Pre-season memory

[Favpack]

For me....Summer of 1971. The Cowboys had won the Super Bowl and training camp was opening. I somehow, somewhere found out that Bob Lilly had started a newsletter and my parents begrudingly I'm sure let me subscribe. It was called, I believe, Bob Lilly's Cowboy Insider.

The first edition came about this time of year - and I couldn't believe it. I was getting detailed information on my beloved Cowboys prior to the actual season starting. I think I read through the first edition 3 or 4 times. It was really pretty good - I think it went about 12 pages or so, and Frank Luksa wrote something in it.

I remember Bob Lilly saying he had played some racquetball, a fairly new sport at the time, in the offseason to stay in shape. I thought that was really cool - so I started playing racquetball at ACU when I could.

I think his newsletter lasted two years - and I was a subscriber until the day it folded.

[twcpfan1]

Seattle Seahawks.

Not sure what year.

Rick Mirer and Cortez Kennedy putting away hotdogs on the Seahawks sideline.

[Favpack]

Seattle Seahawks.

Not sure what year.

Rick Mirer and Cortez Kennedy putting away hotdogs on the Seahawks sideline.

My memory of Mirer - Joe Theisman said he was so good - he could go straight from high school to the pros - true story.

[Matthew 2000 Eagle]

My memory of Mirer - Joe Theisman said he was so good - he could go straight from high school to the pros - true story.

Theisman is a clown!

[SLC93]

How about the Jimster & Jones running offf the field at Texas Stadium, fired up, undisputed kings of the preseason, eager to start their 1st season. Four months & one victory later, they both looked a little older.:D

[Favpack]

How about the Jimster & Jones running offf the field at Texas Stadium, fired up, undisputed kings of the preseason, eager to start their 1st season. Four months & one victory later, they both looked a little older.:D

Now that was funny. Jimmy ran off that field like he had just won the Super Bowl. Ooops, pre-season don't count JJ.

[SLC93]

Now that was funny. Jimmy ran off that field like he had just won the Super Bowl. Ooops, pre-season don't count JJ.

We forgive him, though.:D Just wished he hadn't have left so soon. I'm convinced we'd have seen the first three peat & possibly a four peat with those teams had Johnson stayed.:eek: :Music

[GoOwls]

I used to watch the Tom Landry Show. It came on every week. It was Bill Bates rookie year and the host asked Tom if there were any surprises amongst the rookies on the team. Tom said, and I paraphrase, "Well, there is the free agnet, Bill Bates, he really hustles and may make the team. I think the other guys really like him because they have given him the nickname, 'The Master'".

Seriously, I was watching the show that night with my buddy and we died laughing. Tom was so naive that he didn't have a clue as to what the nickname referred to.