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Three more 1949 NFL scores, with current standings and leaders

piedsnoirs wrote 2 weeks ago: New York Bulldogs 14, Washington Redskins 14 Click HERE for full game stats. The usually feckless Bu … more →

Tags: NFL, New York Bulldogs, Los Angeles Rams, Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, Washington Redskins, Bob Waterfield, Tony Canadeo

1949 NFL season opener: Philadelphia Eagles 31, New York Bulldogs 0

piedsnoirs wrote 2 months ago: Philadelphia Eagles 31, New York Bulldogs 0 (Click on score for full game stats.) 1949 NFL season op … more →

Tags: NFL, Philadephia Eagles, New York Bulldogs, Los Angeles Rams, Detroit Lions, Greasy Neale, Charley Ewart, Steve Van Buren, Joe Golding

The Detroit Lions and the Curse of Bobby Layne

dvolpe wrote 2 months ago: Championships with Bobby Layne: 3 Championships without Bobby Layne: 0 Professional sports is a fert … more →

Tags: 50 Years, babe ruth curse, Bartman, Billy Goat Curse, Brett Favre, brett favre waffler, Campbell's chunky soup curse, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Cubs Curse

Matt Stafford's our guy, but should he be?1 comment

detroitlions1957 wrote 2 months ago: As the Lions practice this week, already in an 0-2 hole that involved one crushing defeat and one NF … more →

Tags: Matthew Stafford, rookie quarterbacks, Daunte Culpepper, Drew Stanton, Scott Mitchell, that guy who was the Lions' GM from '01-'08

Lions' Only "Curse" Has Been Their Tendency To Make Bad Decisions1 comment

thegregger63 wrote 3 months ago: The haggard pub owner traipsed down to the ballpark, as had been his wont, and brought his sidekick … more →

Tags: Football, Detroit Lions, Matthew Stafford

Karras Almost Didn't Survive Layne's Antics

thegregger63 wrote 4 months ago: Another football training camp has begun. Another opportunity for nostalgia. Harry Gilmer, the belea … more →

Tags: Football, Alex Karras, Detroit Lions

Q #204: What do great quarterbacks and great CEOs share in common?

Bob Morris wrote 5 months ago: In football as in business, great quarterbacks (e.g. Otto Graham, Bobby Layne, Johnny Unitas, Roger … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, Vince Lombardi, great quarterbacks, Johnny Unitas, Roger Staubach, Joe Montana) great CEOs, see the entire field of competition, commanding presence, outwork and outthink everyone else

Will history repeat itself?

Jason Feller wrote 9 months ago: (Ben Liebenberg / NFL.com) Georgia QB Matthew Stafford has a legitimate chance to be the No. 1 pick … more →

Tags: Combine, Matthew Stafford, Mark Sanchez

Stafford to Lions: 50 years in the making

NFL.com Staff wrote 9 months ago: In his first mock draft, NFL.com’s Steve Wyche has the Detroit Lions taking Georgia quarterbac … more →

Tags: draft, Jason Smith, Matthew Stafford, Michael Crabtree

Stafford's High School Irrelevant, But Don't Tell That To Lions Fans

thegregger63 wrote 9 months ago: “Fantastic — as if the kid needs anymore pressure; now they’d heap this Curse Brea … more →

Tags: Football, Detroit Lions, Matthew Stafford

Number retirements are bigger in Texas

Josué Chaqueta wrote 1 year ago: Oh, the tricky proposition of college number retirements… What should determine whether a coll … more →

Tags: retired numbers, Brooks Kieschnick, Burt Hooton, Greg Swindell, Kevin Durant, NCAA Baseball, NCAA Basketball, NCAA Football, No. 10

Sunday Spotlight: Bobby Layne

Jill Hater wrote 1 year ago: [This post originally part of the Potvin Spotlight series.] Bobby Layne is best known for being the … more →

Tags: Sports, Sunday Spotlight, Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, Bobby Layne's Bitchslap, Doak Walker

Joe Paterno to top recruit Terrelle Pryor: You might think Penn State's not for you, but what the heck do you know?3 comments

rubewaddell wrote 1 year ago: Joe Paterno, the college football coaching Methuselah from Penn State, dusted off his traveling sale … more →

Tags: Aging Issues, College Football, cranky old men, Anthony Morelli, Joe Paterno, Sammy Baugh, Sonny Jurgensen, Terrelle Pryor, Tim Tebow


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