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Post by 49ersfootball on Mar 30, 2020 20:53:36 GMT
Kind of a requirement given where I grew up. Though I was more a fan of QB Danny White (whom I always felt was unfairly maligned) and DT Randy White who played the exact same position that I did in high school than anything else. I can understand that. I'll include some tidbits of the TL sometime this week. Stay tuned! 😎 |
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Post by 49ersfootball on Mar 30, 2020 21:14:27 GMT
Sometime tomorrow or later this week: I'm goingto be doing a segment on the 1983 AFC Championship Game between the Los Angeles Raiders & Seattle Seahawks.
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Post by dayton3 on Mar 30, 2020 21:37:54 GMT
I actually have a whole bunch of "alternate Super Bowls/Super Bowl winners" somewhere. I take about one third of the Super Bowls and provide new winners with different scores for each. I know lots of wishful thinking involved. For example I detest the Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Raiders so I have no desire to see them win a Super Bowl. Or at least not more than one if possible (Redskins). And to me the Raiders lost any right to consideration when they abandoned Oakland. Not to mention their years long history of being one of the dirtiest playing teams in the NFL. I also don't care for Eli Manning winning two Super Bowls, both over the Patriots.
On the other hand I dearly loved the idea of Dan Marino winning at least one Super Bowl with the Dolphins and the 16-0 Patriots going 19-0 that year. I wanted so badly to see history made.
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Post by 49ersfootball on Mar 30, 2020 22:12:31 GMT
I actually have a whole bunch of "alternate Super Bowls/Super Bowl winners" somewhere. I take about one third of the Super Bowls and provide new winners with different scores for each. I know lots of wishful thinking involved. For example I detest the Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Raiders so I have no desire to see them win a Super Bowl. Or at least not more than one if possible (Redskins). And to me the Raiders lost any right to consideration when they abandoned Oakland. Not to mention their years long history of being one of the dirtiest playing teams in the NFL. I also don't care for Eli Manning winning two Super Bowls, both over the Patriots. On the other hand I dearly loved the idea of Dan Marino winning at least one Super Bowl with the Dolphins and the 16-0 Patriots going 19-0 that year. I wanted so badly to see history made. This is a San Francisco 49ers TL & the fact that I'm a lifelong 49ers fan, I'll include the 1984 Season somewhere down the road in this TL, which will be very long. |
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Post by 49ersfootball on Apr 12, 2020 15:13:44 GMT
Other tidbits of the TL:
Chapter 3:
1.) The 1983 Super Bowl Showdown between San Francisco 49ers vs Los Angeles Raiders
2.) Segment on the 1st Half
3.) Segment on 49ers coaching staff
4.) Segment on the 2nd Half
5.) The Lombardi Trophy presentation
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Post by 49ersfootball on May 2, 2020 14:15:08 GMT
Other tidbits of the TL:
Chapter 4:
1.) The 1983 Super Bowl Championship celebration in San Francisco, CA
2.) The 1983 Super Bowl Champion San Francisco 49ers meet with CA Governor George Deukmejian (R) at the CA Governor's Mansion in Sacramento.
3.) President Reagan phones the 49ers.
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Post by 49ersfootball on May 11, 2020 17:18:47 GMT
COMING SOON IN THE 49ERS DYNASTY
Segment on Eddie DeBartolo, Jr.,
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Post by 49ersfootball on Jun 4, 2020 19:53:44 GMT
Coming up next week: Segment on 49ers Owner & CEO Eddie DeBartolo, Jr.,
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Post by 49ersfootball on Jun 18, 2020 16:27:37 GMT
1983 AFC Championship Game 1:00 PM PST, Sunday, January 8th, 1984 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Meanwhile over in the West Coast, the Los Angeles Raiders hosted the Seattle Seahawks on an overcast Sunday afternoon at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the 1983 AFC Championship. The game was played on January 8th, 1984, in front of 88,734 spectators. The Raiders dominated the scoreboard in the 1st Half & won the game 30-14, despite two INTs & three fumbles. The Raiders punched their ticket to their 4th Super Bowl appearance in franchise history, advancing to Super Bowl XVIII.
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Post by 49ersfootball on Jul 2, 2020 21:43:43 GMT
Chapter 2: Walsh 2:06 PM PST, Tuesday, January 9th, 1984 San Francisco 49ers HQ, Santa Clara, CA San Francisco 49ers Head Coach & GM Bill Walsh with 49ers QB Joe Montana during practice drills.
William Ernest Walsh was born on November 30th, 1931 in Los Angeles, CA., he played running back in the San Francisco Bay Area for Hayward High School in Hayward. Walsh played quarterback at the College of San Mateo for two seasons. (both John Madden & Walsh played & coached at the College of San Mateo early in their careers.) After playing at the College of San Mateo, Walsh transferred to San Jose State University, where he played tight end & defensive end. He also participated in intercollegiate boxing, wining the golden glove. He married Geri Nardini in 1954 & they would have 3 kids: Craig, Elizabeth & Steven.
He graduated from San Jose State University with a bachelor's degree in Physical Education in 1955 & served two years in the United States Army, participating on the Army's boxing team, Walsh built a championship team at Washington High School in Fremont before becoming an assistant coach at Cal (Receivers Coach, 1960-62), Stanford (Defensive backs coach, 1963-65), & then the Oakland Raiders (Running backs coach, 1966). In his early coaching career, Walsh served under Bob Bronzan as a graduate assistant coach on the Spartans football coaching staff & graduated with a master's degree in Physical Education from San Jose State in 1959. His master's thesis was entitled 'Flank Formation Football---Stress::Defense. Thesis 796.W228f.'
Following graduation, Walsh coached the football & swimming teams at Washington High School in Fremont, CA. He was coaching in Fremont when he interviewed for an assistant coaching position with Mark Levy, who had just been hired as the head coach at the University of California-Berkeley. "I was very impressed, individually, by his knowledge, by his intelligence, by his personality, & hired him," Levy said of Walsh. Levy & Walsh, two future NFL Hall of Famers, would never produce a winning season at Cal. After coaching at Cal, Walsh did a stint at Stanford as an assistant coach, before beginning his pro coaching career.
Walsh began his pro coaching career in 1966 as an assistant with the AFL's Oakland Raiders. As a Raiders assistant, Walsh was trained in the vertical passing offense favored by the legendary & controversial Al Davis, putting Walsh in Davis' mentor Sid Gillman's coaching tree. In 1967, Walsh was the head coach & general manager of the San Jose Apaches of the Continental Football League (CFL). Walsh led the Apaches to 2nd place in the Pacific Division. Prior to the start of the 1968 CFL Season, the Apaches ceased all football operations.
Sensing an opportunity to expand his coaching pedigree, Walsh moved to the AFL expansion Cincinnati Bengals, joining the staff of the legendary coach Paul Brown. It was there that Walsh developed the philosophy now known as the "West Coast Offense", as a matter of necessity. Cincinnati's new QB, Virgil Carter, was known for his great mobility & accuracy but lacked a strong arm necessary to throw deep passes. Thus, Walsh modified the vertical passing scheme he had learned during his time with the Raiders, designing a horizontal passing system that relied on quick, short throws, often spreading the ball across the entire width of the football field. The new offense was much better suited to Carter's physical abilities; he led the league in pass completion percentage in 1971.
Walsh spent eight seasons in Cincinnati as an assistant with the Bengals. Ken Anderson eventually replaced Carter as the team's starting QB, & together with star wide receiver Issac Curtis, produced a consistent, effective offense attack. Initially, Walsh started out as the wide receivers coach from 1968 to 1970 before also coaching the quarterbacks from 1971 to 1975. However, his time in Cincinnati wouldn't end on a happy note....
When Brown retired as head coach following the 1975 Season & appointed Bill "Tiger" Johnson as his successor, Walsh resigned & served as an assistant coach for Tommy Prothro with the San Diego Chargers in 1976. In a 2006 interview later on in life, Walsh claimed that during his tenure with the Bengals, Brown "worked against my candidacy" to be a head coach anywhere in the league. "All the way through I had opportunities, & I never knew about them," Walsh said "& then when I left him (referring to Brown in Cincinnati), he called whoever he thought was necessary to keep me out of the NFL." Little did Brown & the Bengals realize Walsh was going to get his revenge on the man & team who had wronged him in a few years.....
In 1977, Walsh was hired as the head football coach at Stanford University, where he stayed for two seasons (1977-78). His two Stanford teams were very successful, posting (9-3) record in 1977 with a win in the Sun Bowl & (8-4) record in 1978 with a win in the Bluebonnet Bowl. His notable players at Stanford included quarterbacks Guy Benjamin & Steve Dils, wide receivers James Lofton & Ken Margerum, linebacker Gordy Ceresino, in addition to running back Darrin Nelson. Walsh was the Pac-8 Conference Coach of the Year in 1977.
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Post by 49ersfootball on Jul 12, 2020 21:05:58 GMT
COMING UP IN CHAPTER 3 OF THE 49ERS DYNASTY
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Post by 49ersfootball on Jul 15, 2020 21:16:00 GMT
COMING UP IN CHAPTER 3 OF THE 49ERS DYNASTY
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Post by 49ersfootball on Jul 30, 2020 20:46:01 GMT
COMING SOON IN CHAPTER 3 OF THE 49ERS DYNASTY Segment on the 49ers Defense |
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Post by 49ersfootball on Aug 1, 2020 14:42:22 GMT
Coming up next week: I'll be doing a segment on 49ers Owner & CEO Eddie DeBartolo, Jr., in Chapter 2.
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Post by 49ersfootball on Aug 7, 2020 1:05:55 GMT
COMING SOON IN THE 49ERS DYNASTY
Segment on the 1983 Super Bowl showdown between San Francisco 49ers & Los Angeles Raiders
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