Helllloooo (echo, echo, echo)
Is there anyone in here (echo, echo, echo).
Just hours away....burgandy and gold blood is oozing out of my mouth like I just got a sledge hammer to the stomach.
I cant take it....need game...to start.....now.
I am hallucinating that the "Funky Four" are in my living room.
Voices of "Touchdown, Washington Redskins" are in my head.
Yes, I am wearing my Joe Gibbs Ray Ban pilot sunglasses, and it is 9:25 PM.
Imagine what the team hotel is like tonight...nervous? antsy? hyped up? electric? nauseous?
Arrr, buzzin on a Saturday and ovderdosin on Skins
The Joe Gibbs project starts in a matter of hours.
Wowzaaz, burp
The calm before the storm
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I'm starting to focus. My wife will growl..."I thought you quit singing that song...I don't want to hear 'Hail to the Redskins'"
My college daughter, wrapped up in the Yankees/RedSox, and her own rowing season, and, incidentally, the start of the semester at the college where my paycheck goes, has learned "Hail to the Redskins."
My son is nearby for a month, serving at FT Dix. After this weekend, he will come to NYC and we will want to gather with other Skins fans. He's been a Redskins fan since he was about five, and has brought his Darrell Green jersey, along with all his Army paraphenalia. He's outgrown is "Mark the Ripper" tee-shirt, unfortunately.
I'm beginning to remember the old Skins...the Gene Brito show, which Channel 9 ran before every Redskin away game. Brito was our one all-pro, a defensive end in the 50's. The show began with Redskins doing somersaults (do I remember correctly? I was about 8 or 10...) down the middle of the Redskins Marching Band, which played, of course...
I think of Norm Snead completing a middling pass to Bobby Mitchell, the great Bobby, over the middle in Mitchell's first game back aginst the Browns, with about a minute left. Mitchell caught it running left, then switched back to the right, leaving Browns flopping all over, then switched back to the left leaving more Browns, then ran on to the end zone. The Browns were among the best in the NFL, and the Redskin were among the worst, except for Snead throwing to Mitchell.
I think of Jurgenson, throwing to Jerry Smith and Charley Taylor in the Otto Graham years ("I don't care about defense or running", was what Otto said, in so many words). And I think about a Cowboys game in '72 (during SB 7 year), Jurgenson's last game before tearing his achilles tendon against the Giants. The Cowboys took a 13 - 0 lead in about the first 5 minutes, with some Redskin blunders and bobbles. I remember the next play. Sonny, who was a lot more than a radio announcer for all you young folks, waddled out the the field, looking like he had not a care in the world. Absolute confidence, and, I maintain, the best passer in the last 50 years. Jeff George with brains and guts. Sonny backpeddled, and completed the first pass for about 20 yards down the right to TE Jerry Smith, the great pass-catcher that George Allen didn't like to play. Then Jerry Smith 15 or 20 yards to the left. Zip, zip, Jurgenson had the team playing as calm as could be. I knew that the Skins were in the game even if they were far behind.
In the second half, I hardly think Crag Morton, Cowboys QB, completed a pass. Pettibon, Pardee, Hanburger closed them down, as Allen, who really just coached the defense, began to choke the Cowboys. Yes, Pettitbon and Pardee were great and important players. In the 4th quarter, the Redskins had driven to the Cowboys 10 or 11, behind Jurgenson passes to Taylor, Jefferson, and Smith, and behind the explosive running of Larry Brown, who should be in the Hall of Fame. The Cowboys, SB 6 champions, prepared for more Brown, and Jurgenson called for FB Charlie Harrawy to swing left end. Larry Brown, leading the NFL in yardage gained, cut down the key Cowboy out on the end, and Harrawy run into the endzone untouched. That was Brown...best technique of any blocker in the backfield, and the best runner in the NFL. Fine pass receiver. A game-winner: whatever the team needed.
A '73 MNF game against the Cowboys when the Cowboys had the ball on about the one with one last play. Redskins strong safety Ken Houston picked up Walt Garrison, the toughest back on the Cowboys, at ghe goal line and carried him backwards for a loss...and a Redskin win.
Jurgenson against the two-time SB champ Dolphins, leadimg the team down the fields in the last few minutes witnout missing a pass. This was about '74, and the Redskin won, and the "pundits" were speechless.
That same seaon, Jurgenson's last, I think, when he came limping off the bench to replace Billy Kilmer, who had been hurt. The Redskins were down by a couple of touchdowns to the Giants, who had not beaten the Redskins while old George coached. Jurgenson completed about 7 of 7 passes to put the Redskins inn the lead, and then Mike Bass intercepted someone (Morton?) to close the game.
In one of following years -- '75 or 76 -- when Jurgenson was a broadcaster, the Redsmins were behind. Someone asked him, "What would you do now, Sonny?"
Without missing a hearbeat, Sonny answered, "The first thing I would do is put Jerry Smith in the game".
Ah, more. A MNF game against the Coryell Cards, when Howard Cosell, who really admired Allen, kept saying, The Redskins are not supposed to be able to keep up with the Cards...but Allen has his team ahead...who would believe it?
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Then the Gibbs years. Even greater. It's late, but think of Riggins running over every team in the SB 17 playoffs. Without Art Monk, who was out with a broken toe, to share the offense. Riggins behind the Hoggs grinding up every team they faced: Atlanta, Minnesota, the mighty Cowboys, and the "killer bees" of Miami.
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Think of the second quarter against Denver in SB 22. It's on the NFL Films hihlights, so everyone has seen. Maybe the most amusing account is the tape of the ABC versoin, using their MNF crew. They ridiculed the Redskins during the first quarter...Dierdorf saying, "Gee, the Redskins are improving...they held the Broncos to a field goal", and Michaels announg that the Redskins had gone to longert cleats to compensate for the slick grass. "That'll help", said Dierdorf, with a humph. The teams changed sides, Doug Williams limped back into the game as the Redskins 20, and I remember the first play call. It was Michaels, saying something like, "Williams...He has Sanders! Touchdown!" And Dierdorf, with a different tone, saying, "Hello, sports fans, we might have a ball game!" Actually, we didn't. I had brough my son to watch the game with a guy from Oxon Hill. I couldn't believe it.
The Redskins touched the ball six times in the 2nd quarter, and scored five TD's. They failed to score a TD only when Brad Davis made a circus catch interception with about 25 seconds left in the half, and Gibbs chiose to sit down to end things.
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OK, that's enough history for tonight.
My college daughter, wrapped up in the Yankees/RedSox, and her own rowing season, and, incidentally, the start of the semester at the college where my paycheck goes, has learned "Hail to the Redskins."
My son is nearby for a month, serving at FT Dix. After this weekend, he will come to NYC and we will want to gather with other Skins fans. He's been a Redskins fan since he was about five, and has brought his Darrell Green jersey, along with all his Army paraphenalia. He's outgrown is "Mark the Ripper" tee-shirt, unfortunately.
I'm beginning to remember the old Skins...the Gene Brito show, which Channel 9 ran before every Redskin away game. Brito was our one all-pro, a defensive end in the 50's. The show began with Redskins doing somersaults (do I remember correctly? I was about 8 or 10...) down the middle of the Redskins Marching Band, which played, of course...
I think of Norm Snead completing a middling pass to Bobby Mitchell, the great Bobby, over the middle in Mitchell's first game back aginst the Browns, with about a minute left. Mitchell caught it running left, then switched back to the right, leaving Browns flopping all over, then switched back to the left leaving more Browns, then ran on to the end zone. The Browns were among the best in the NFL, and the Redskin were among the worst, except for Snead throwing to Mitchell.
I think of Jurgenson, throwing to Jerry Smith and Charley Taylor in the Otto Graham years ("I don't care about defense or running", was what Otto said, in so many words). And I think about a Cowboys game in '72 (during SB 7 year), Jurgenson's last game before tearing his achilles tendon against the Giants. The Cowboys took a 13 - 0 lead in about the first 5 minutes, with some Redskin blunders and bobbles. I remember the next play. Sonny, who was a lot more than a radio announcer for all you young folks, waddled out the the field, looking like he had not a care in the world. Absolute confidence, and, I maintain, the best passer in the last 50 years. Jeff George with brains and guts. Sonny backpeddled, and completed the first pass for about 20 yards down the right to TE Jerry Smith, the great pass-catcher that George Allen didn't like to play. Then Jerry Smith 15 or 20 yards to the left. Zip, zip, Jurgenson had the team playing as calm as could be. I knew that the Skins were in the game even if they were far behind.
In the second half, I hardly think Crag Morton, Cowboys QB, completed a pass. Pettibon, Pardee, Hanburger closed them down, as Allen, who really just coached the defense, began to choke the Cowboys. Yes, Pettitbon and Pardee were great and important players. In the 4th quarter, the Redskins had driven to the Cowboys 10 or 11, behind Jurgenson passes to Taylor, Jefferson, and Smith, and behind the explosive running of Larry Brown, who should be in the Hall of Fame. The Cowboys, SB 6 champions, prepared for more Brown, and Jurgenson called for FB Charlie Harrawy to swing left end. Larry Brown, leading the NFL in yardage gained, cut down the key Cowboy out on the end, and Harrawy run into the endzone untouched. That was Brown...best technique of any blocker in the backfield, and the best runner in the NFL. Fine pass receiver. A game-winner: whatever the team needed.
A '73 MNF game against the Cowboys when the Cowboys had the ball on about the one with one last play. Redskins strong safety Ken Houston picked up Walt Garrison, the toughest back on the Cowboys, at ghe goal line and carried him backwards for a loss...and a Redskin win.
Jurgenson against the two-time SB champ Dolphins, leadimg the team down the fields in the last few minutes witnout missing a pass. This was about '74, and the Redskin won, and the "pundits" were speechless.
That same seaon, Jurgenson's last, I think, when he came limping off the bench to replace Billy Kilmer, who had been hurt. The Redskins were down by a couple of touchdowns to the Giants, who had not beaten the Redskins while old George coached. Jurgenson completed about 7 of 7 passes to put the Redskins inn the lead, and then Mike Bass intercepted someone (Morton?) to close the game.
In one of following years -- '75 or 76 -- when Jurgenson was a broadcaster, the Redsmins were behind. Someone asked him, "What would you do now, Sonny?"
Without missing a hearbeat, Sonny answered, "The first thing I would do is put Jerry Smith in the game".
Ah, more. A MNF game against the Coryell Cards, when Howard Cosell, who really admired Allen, kept saying, The Redskins are not supposed to be able to keep up with the Cards...but Allen has his team ahead...who would believe it?
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Then the Gibbs years. Even greater. It's late, but think of Riggins running over every team in the SB 17 playoffs. Without Art Monk, who was out with a broken toe, to share the offense. Riggins behind the Hoggs grinding up every team they faced: Atlanta, Minnesota, the mighty Cowboys, and the "killer bees" of Miami.
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Think of the second quarter against Denver in SB 22. It's on the NFL Films hihlights, so everyone has seen. Maybe the most amusing account is the tape of the ABC versoin, using their MNF crew. They ridiculed the Redskins during the first quarter...Dierdorf saying, "Gee, the Redskins are improving...they held the Broncos to a field goal", and Michaels announg that the Redskins had gone to longert cleats to compensate for the slick grass. "That'll help", said Dierdorf, with a humph. The teams changed sides, Doug Williams limped back into the game as the Redskins 20, and I remember the first play call. It was Michaels, saying something like, "Williams...He has Sanders! Touchdown!" And Dierdorf, with a different tone, saying, "Hello, sports fans, we might have a ball game!" Actually, we didn't. I had brough my son to watch the game with a guy from Oxon Hill. I couldn't believe it.
The Redskins touched the ball six times in the 2nd quarter, and scored five TD's. They failed to score a TD only when Brad Davis made a circus catch interception with about 25 seconds left in the half, and Gibbs chiose to sit down to end things.
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OK, that's enough history for tonight.
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Thanks welch. I must admit, half of what you said was before my time. But I definitely remember the latter part. It's still a great read, even though I don't know the first part. It's undescribeable what having joe back means. I need to go to sleep now, so I can wake up and see good ole Joe walking the sidelines again.
Death to the EGO! RIP 21
