Having Brad Sham Register & Post Made Me Nostalgic

[iceberg]

Nobody cares about true writing anymore.

Those guys before admired great writing and actually worked at their craft. They probably spent much of their leisure time reading actual literature. Now we get JJT bragging about playing on his Playstation and JFE talking about how she loves to hang out on ********.

But I remember Blackie's scattershooting columns later in his life. The line about the parked cars sideswiping the drunk guy were every other line. He was that good.

we've gotten to be a pretty lazy world and are all the lesser because of it.

 

[Hostile]

Meh, thank yourself. I wouldn't have thought of him either if you hadn't mentioned Luska and the old guys. I'll tell you I had a lot of fun poking through old articles. I'll send you a little history of Murchison and the old Dallas Mayor when the boys were trying to get a new stadium built.

Oh, and I also found a trivia question. Who caught Staubach's last pass?

Herb Scott.

You should post that article. It was really poignant.

 

[goliadmike]

Herb Scott.

You should post that article. It was really poignant.

crap that was quick.

 

[Oldschool7]

lol, okay.

Movies as usual, usually suck
Football is better because it's faster, bigger and more sophisticated
Beer is Good
People are Crazy
Dollars make little sense
If you can't make a good living, the Government will give it to you
Radios ..... play Sports Stations more than ever before
Like Romo, Staubach is an Original


The more things change, the more they stay the same.

- Beer is OK. Vodka is better. I can drink it on the Atkins diet (lost 40 lb this year!)
- Women are forever hot, but most of them don't seem worth the effort anymore.
- Agree about the Government. Another few years the way we are headed and we'll all work for the government.


The more things stay the same the more they change.

 

[Hostile]

I have no idea which boxer Blackie was referring to when he wrote this, but I love it.

Blackie Sherrod, talking about a heavyweight contender: "He has everything a boxer needs except speed, stamina, a punch, and ability to take punishment. In other words, he owns a pair of shorts."

Here is one of his quotes that is just plain wise.

"If you bet on a horse, that's gambling. If you bet you can make three spades, that's entertainment. If you bet cotton will go up three points, that's business. See the difference?"

 

[NextGenBoys]

Wait, Brad Sham posts on the site?

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Wait, Brad Sham posts on the site?

Apparently. And odds are he made a Martelleus Bennet rue thread or trade Marion Barber thread

 

[Hostile]

Wait, Brad Sham posts on the site?

He created an account and did last night to clear up a misconception. People are genuinely giddy today. The great man was here.

 

[goliadmike]

More scattershooting from Blackie:

OUR NEIGHBOR JONES:
Our neighbor Jones sez a man's home is his wife's castle.
Our neighbor Jones finds it hard to explain to his chillun why dad gets balder and mom gets blonder.
Our neighbor Jones sez he'd rather his mother-in-law didn't live with them, only it's her house.
Our neighbor Jones sez women can keep a secret just as good as men, only it takes more of them.
DALLAS COWBOYS:
So Smiley Jones has a harkback slogan for Valley Ranch digs: America's Team Lives Here. Wrong. America's Team belongs to the past, like Bronx Bombers, Fearsome Foursome, etc. Your Heroes need a new gimmick. As Bro. Dave Gardner says: "You can never do something again. You have to do something similar."
Whatzis? Some goldythroat (didn't get his name) reported that JJohnson served in advisory capacity to San Diego and was the one to advise hiring a general manager (John Butler) and give him the reins. (JJ would have doubtless given the same advice to Smiley Jones, had he been asked, and it would have been subsequently ignored.)
After 9-11, annual insurance tab for Texas Stadium quintupled, to something like $2.5 mil.
GENERAL FOOTBALL:
So the NFL Lords have decreed that no beer will be sold in stadiums after five minutes into final quarter. Reminds of a Joe E. Lewis observation about a midnight booze curfew: "If you can't get drunk by 12 o'clock, you're not really trying."
Intriguing verbatim from Colts' Edgerrin James in ESPN Magazine: "We're not guaranteed money in our contracts like basketball and baseball players. I ain't hating on nobody in baseball, but I know I'm speaking for every NFL player when I say it ain't right the best baseball player (Alex Rodriguez ) gets $252 million and our best player, Marshall Faulk, just signed for $200 million less than that. Ain't no crazy 300-pounders trying to break no baseball player's legs. And Marshall's money ain't even guaranteed, man."
INTERESTING STUFF
Sam Snead was not exactly your international diplomat. He snubbed British Open courses, saying, "If you're not in America, you're camping out." {ellipsis} Admittedly, that was the first impression here on first seeing Royal Birkdale in England. I recall writing that if that course was in North Dallas, it wouldn't take in enough green fees to pay the water bill.
The late Sam Snead wasn't above a hustle or two, a la Titanic Thompson. At his home resort courses in Virginia, Sam would bet he could beat a guest using only a tree branch for a club. (He actually had a hickory limb that he had honed and balanced on his workshop lathe, and it worked beautifully for him).
Personal misfires: First, after watching a Cotton Bowl display, there was the prediction from ole buster here that Jim Ridlon would make a better pro than the other Syracuse halfback, chap named Jim Brown. Then there was the conviction, after seeing Shawn Bradley run the Brigham Young floor, that the beanpole would become a dominating superstar in the NBA. Oh well. . . . And then there was the diner who opened his fortune cookie and read: "Don't eat the chow mein."

 

[Hostile]

As Bro. Dave Gardner says: "You can never do something again. You have to do something similar."

Holy cow, Blackie knew who Brother Dave Gardner was. I shouldn't be surprised.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

c:
A shippet from the 80s.
I am walking a long hallway and from way off comes this guy, see. And I remember the sudden recognition that this was Blackie.
I ached to grab his lapels and ax, being the introspective type that I am,
"Is Hogeboom the answer? What's bothering Herschell?"
But i didn't and he passed. He nodded and smiled and I smiled back. And by darn and hell fire, I didn't get the answers.

Well, I got none.
Only that I had had a brush with greatness

 

[theebs]

I have to tell you, Babe Laufenberg has alot of this in him.

If you watch him on cbs 11 or listen to him call the games you will see the class clown side of him, which is great.

My favorite line he has used since I have been here in 03 was.

In 07 during the pregame for the bills monday nighter...

"When we go to philly you know its a football town that loves to drink, when we got here in Buffalo I realized its a drinking town that loves football"

I have always loved that. he is constanly bringing humor to the boothe and its what makes him so great. His intelligence is off the charts, then his class clown side just makes the whole thing fantastic.

last night at 10 after doing his sports piece on the news and having just showed tcu football coach Gary Patterson talking about a 7th grade dance he turned to the news anchor..forgive me I forget her name...and said did you go to your 7th grade dance? She responded and then he said ok and she then asked if he went to the 7th grade dance and he said yes...then paused and said but I was a senior!!!!

He is the best. If we could get him to sign up along with brad, that would be fantastic.

 

[fan62]

****** GoliadMike - Christmas is over, and with your signature everywhere, I can't concentrate enough to even comprehend the basic concepts in a thread. Take Crystal off! Please! LOL!

 

[goliadmike]

I have to tell you, Babe Laufenberg has alot of this in him.

If you watch him on cbs 11 or listen to him call the games you will see the class clown side of him, which is great.

My favorite line he has used since I have been here in 03 was.

In 07 during the pregame for the bills monday nighter...

"When we go to philly you know its a football town that loves to drink, when we got here in Buffalo I realized its a drinking town that loves football"

I have always loved that. he is constanly bringing humor to the boothe and its what makes him so great. His intelligence is off the charts, then his class clown side just makes the whole thing fantastic.

last night at 10 after doing his sports piece on the news and having just showed tcu football coach Gary Patterson talking about a 7th grade dance he turned to the news anchor..forgive me I forget her name...and said did you go to your 7th grade dance? She responded and then he said ok and she then asked if he went to the 7th grade dance and he said yes...then paused and said but I was a senior!!!!

He is the best. If we could get him to sign up along with brad, that would be fantastic.

I've always liked Babe in the booth and I especially like when they had Dale Hellestrae in there with them. Those two guys with Brad doing the play by play was great.

 

[goliadmike]

****** GoliadMike - Christmas is over, and with your signature everywhere, I can't concentrate enough to even comprehend the basic concepts in a thread. Take Crystal off! Please! LOL!

She stays up till after New years. You do realize we haven't lost a game since she's been my sig.

 

[fan62]

I've always liked Babe in the booth and I especially like when they had Dale Hellestrae in there with them. Those two guys with Brad doing the play by play was great.

I always thought you couldn't ever beat Brad and Verne Lundquest(sp). I enjoyed them more that any! I was in Denver for most the Dale days.

 

[fan62]

She stays up till after New years. You do realize we haven't lost a game since she's been my sig.

Than she ain't the only thing staying up till after New Years. :laugh2:

Ok - leave her there until we win the Super Bowl.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I bet you old guys reminisince over your sexual performance from back in the day too

VIVAAAA VIAGRA

 

[Daudr]

One thing became readily apparent when reading those excerpts - they just don't write like the used to. I fondly remember Blackie as well - thank you for the refresher, Hos.

 

[goliadmike]

I bet you old guys reminisince over your sexual performance from back in the day too

VIVAAAA VIAGRA

Well chloroform kid, at least we have something to reminisce over.