That was a DAMN HARD FAUGHT game!!!
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That was a DAMN HARD FAUGHT game!!!
Ya Gotta Love It!!!
Thanks, Russdawg and OLDBLUW!!
Looks like we are going to get fed and watered at the Meet and Greet tomorrow. Anyone have any idea as to what Brennan Dodge is going to feed us???
14 more days until kickoff
#14 Ernie Banks, "Mr. Cub." Ernie's number 14 was the first number to be retired by the Chicago Cubs. Ernie, who played in the Negro leagues for the Kansas City Monarchs, became the Cubs first black player in 1953. According to The Sporting News, Ernie ranks at number 38 on the 100 greatest baseball players list. Ernie Banks won the NL MVP in 1958 and 1959, when the Cubs weren't among the teams contending for the playoffs. Here are some key Ernie Banks stats:
Did you know......Ernie, as a coach for the Cubs, filled in at manager for a couple innings in 1973, technically making him the first black manager in the majors?
- 512 career homers (tops at shortstop until surpassed by Cal Ripken Jr.)
- Cubs all-time leader in: games played (2,528,) at-bats (9,421,) and total bases (4,706)
- 11-time All-Star
- 1960 Gold Glove winner
- Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame class of 1977
Tribute to Ernie Banks: "Ernie Banks was synonymous with a childlike enthusiasm for Baseball. It was not just great talent but also his relentless spirit of optimism that made him a back-to-back National League MVP, a Hall of Famer, a member of our All-Century Team, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and, indeed, forever 'Mr. Cub.' His joyous outlook will never be forgotten by fans of the Cubs and all those who love Baseball. On a day when I finish my duties as the Commissioner of America's National Pastime, I know well that Ernie was one of the special individuals who embodied its goodwill all his life.: - Commissioner Bud Selig (01/24/2015,
- #14 Ryan Higgins, junior Bulldog quarterback. Good guy, I enjoyed sitting with his family at the Kansas game, his first start, where he passed for 298 yards and played very well even though we lost in a fluke game. Wishing Ryan the best.
- #14 Oscar Robertson: NBA star who as a boy because his family could not afford a basketball, learned how to shoot by tossing tennis balls and rags bound with rubber bands into a peach basket behind his family's home.
- NBA champion (1971)
- NBA Most Valuable Player (1964)
- 12× NBA All-Star (1961–1972)
- 6× NBA assists leader (1961–1962, 1964–1966, 1969)
- 3× UPI College Player of the Year (1958–1960)
- 2× USBWA College Player of the Year (1959, 1960)
- 3× Sporting News College Player of the Year (1958–1960)
- 3× Consensus first-team All-American (1958–1960)
- 3x NCAA Division I scoring leader (1958-1960
- #14 number of a Cincinatti Reds player banned from baseball. A lot of you will know this one. Wanna bet?
The Big O, I believe, is also the only (or at least the last) player in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season.
# 14 - threw the ball to a big tight end back in the early '60s, went on to chunk a few to some broncos.(and woke up OLDBLUE early in the mornings yelling "DRY CLEANING")
Gamblin' Pete RoseOriginally Posted by Russdawg
14 more days until kickoff
#14 number of a Cincinatti Reds player banned from baseball. A lot of you will know this one. Wanna bet?
Another famous 14
A.J. Foyt
13 more days until kickoff
- #13 Tim Rattay!!!!!!!!!!
- 12,746 yards passing in 3 years at Louisiana Tech
- 27 games passed for 300+ yards,
- 5 games passed for 500+, including 590 vs Nebraska
- 8 of Tech's top ten passing yardage games
- Led in TWO BULLDOG WINS AT ALABAMA
- Loyal Tech alumni who came "home" to coach
*13 Jacobi Boykins, sophomore Dunkin' Dawgs guard
Last edited by Russdawg; 08-23-2015 at 09:26 AM.
GAME DAY is only 1 week and 6 days from today!! Go Dawgs...JFW!!!
I enjoyed the Meet & Greet. Got to talk with most of the football players and really enjoyed talking with Coach Holtz!!
12 more days until kickoff
- #12 TERRY BRADSHAW
- Led the Pittsburgh Steelers to a record four Super Bowls within six years, and eight AFC central championships. Over his career with the Steelers, Bradshaw threw for 212 TDs, 27,989 yards, ran for 32 TDs and 2,257 yards. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989.
Here are some key Terry Bradshaw stats:
1978 NFL MVP
- Four-time Super Bowl Champion
- Three-time All-Pro
- Super Bowl XIII and XIV MVP
- Passed for 932 yards and 9 touchdowns in four Super Bowls
- #12 JOHN STOCKTON, Utah Jazz guard out of Gonzaga. In a career spanning 1984-85 to 2002-03, Stockton put up the following numbers:
15,806 career assists (1st all-time)Did you know...................that when Stockton retired, only Robert Parish and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had played in more NBA games?
- 3,265 career steals (1st all-time)
- 19.711 career points
- .515 career field goal percentage
- 4,788 free throws
#12 NFL quarterbacks of distinction: Roger Staubach, Joe Namath, Bob Griese, Ken Stabler, Tom Brady.
Last edited by Russdawg; 08-24-2015 at 10:46 AM.
# 12 The number for regular season wins!!!
Absolutely!
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