Category Archives: Random Thought

AFC Central Glory Days.

AFC Central Division

After a conversation about the Browns – Steelers Rivalry game this past Thursday I began to think about the old AFC Central Division which consisted of three of the greatest first name quarterbacks of all time:

Bernie Kosar

Boomer Esiason

Bubby Brister

To think that from 1986-1992 the starting quarterbacks of the major players in the AFC Central were: Boomer, Bernie and Bubby. That’s really about as blue collar as you can get. These could very well be three guys that play softball for the team at the Mill.

What a trio to dominate the divison.

*Side Note:

For the record only Bubby has any superbowl rings.  Granted they were with Denver and he was a backup, it’s more than Boomer or Bernie can say.

Heisman: Fumblerooski and Quarters

John Heisman

Tommorrow the Downtown Atheltic Club will award 72nd Heisman Trophy, named for John Heisman. Today’s New York Times had an article about John Heisman, the forgoten man behind the trophy. For those who don’t know Heisman was one of the inovators that made the game what it is today. After scouting a game between North Carolina and Georgia in 1895:

Heisman said he saw the first forward pass in history when a bungled punt attempt led a desperate punter to illegally fling the football over the line to a teammate who ran for a touchdown. Heisman walked away convinced it was the play that would save football from itself. As Heisman wrote, violent scrums based around bruising running plays were “killing the game as well as the players.”

In 1904-5, 44 players had been reported killed in football games, with hundreds sustaining serious injuries. Heisman said the forward pass “would scatter the mob.”

Among other advancements made by Heisman was the fumblerooski, creation of Quarters, and the scoreboard. Needless to say the game wouldn’t be the same without him.

The Quays: Standing up for what's right.

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So last night Julie and I are at The Quays, the bar around the block, and there’s the usual motley crew of everyman there. Most of the usuals are playing darts and some one happens to play Lynyrd Skynard’s Alabama on the jukebox… One of my least favorite songs of all time. As a matter of honor I always feel obligated to play Neil Young’s Southern Man which is always on the same jukebox. It’s like some law that balances the universe. As an added factor I played Cinnamon Girl which is roughly 10 minutes long…

Bronder 1, Billie 0