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Yes, I had an acquaintance decades ago in school who looked more "black" than Van Buren. He was a good basketball player. This was when schools were segregated. Furthermore, our small rural Southern community was all white. As the individual who started this thread, how about staying on the...

The Stuff Black People Don't Like site has an excellent piece about Peyton Hillis. It's right in line with this Forum.

I don't believe Favre was aware of it. Like Roethlisberger, he has no sense of self-preservation, or is under the illusion that he is protected from getting in trouble.

The subject of Van Buren's ancestry has been one of those things not discussed in public. I first came across it some 35 years ago. He's had a pretty tough time since leaving football. It's amazing Van Buren's lasted 60 years since he played. There's an NFL Films segment on the 1949 Eagles 20...

41. Rod Woodson 42. John Mackey 43. Alan Page 44. Mel Blount 45. Tony Gonzalez 46. Roger Staubach 47. Ray Nitschke 48. Red Grange. 49. Mike Haynes 50. Terry Bradshaw

The next installmet with #50-41 is on at 9pm ET Thursday.

I have no doubt 30-35 years ago Al Davis would have signed Matt Jones. He went out of his way to acquire "problem" players for the Raiders.

Not since Dickie Post with the Chargers 1967-69. Post was about 5-8, 190 pounds at the most. He never got a lot of publicity, by the way. NFL Films did a segment on him about 20 years ago which emphasized how spectacular his best runs were.

Today's conservatives like to think that the left is anti-semitic.

Norm Van Brocklin

51. Bart Starr 52. Eric Dickerson 53. Willie Lanier (special mention as first great black MLB) 54. Forrest Gregg 55. Earl Campbell 56. Gene Upshaw 57. Mike Singletary 58. Steve Van Buren 59. Mike Ditka 60. Jack Ham

The next installment is on tonight (Thursday) at 9pm ET. It will feature #60-51.

Especially white liberals.

Don, Are you going to be asked to appear on the NFL Network anytime soon?

As someone who saw Rick Casares play on TV, there is no resemblance (unfortunately). Casares was taller, 6-2, 225, and an excellent all around athlete. He is said to have been a golden glove boxer. I once saw Mike Ditka say on an NFL films segment, "Nobody ever messed with Rick Casares."

Mike Alstott never gained as many as 144 yards. In 1998, he had a game of 128 yards, in 1999 of 131, in 2001 of 129, and 126 in 2002. You can find a player's stats at Pro Football Reference.

Yes, the QB sometimes was a punter, Norm Van Brocklin for example. Paul Hornung placekicked for the Packers, enabling him to set a scoring record in 1960. The team rosters were smaller 50 years ago making it an advantage to have a regular player do the kicking or punting. It saved a roster spot...

This is right out of the Cultural Marxist playbook.

Also, it's not like Hillis has been starting for 2-3 years and just now went over 100 yards.

Craig James biggest yardage day was 25-142 for New England on 12-22-85 in a 34-23 win over the Bengals. John Riggins went 32-165 for the Redskins in a 34-14 victory over the Cowboys on 10-14-84. The above information is from Pro Football Reference.

Tennessee barely escaped with a 32-29 double overtime win over UAB. During the game the Tennessee WRs had numerous drops, a long tradition on the Hill. One of them was by Zach Rogers. His drop was emphasized in every account. Rogers also had a spectacular 72 yard TD play. he ran the last 50...

When Senator Paul Wellstone was killed in a plane crash in 2002, there was talk of Alan Page taking his place on the ballot. The Minnesota Democratic party instead chose ex-VP Walter Mondale who lost. Robert Novak, the late long-time political columnist, called Alan Page a "law and order...

Don is right on target as usual. Bobby Bell, #69, is an example of how different black players of the 60's were from the current crop. His presenter, an author, remarked that Bell had a pleasant personality and was an asset to Kansas City. He implied that you didn't see that today. Yes, the...

This question has been asked about Joe Namath for some 45 years. When on his game, Namath was something. On a bad day, he was really bad. You have to have been a football fan during the 1960's to understand the impact Namath had. Some of his most amazing performances were in losing games...