I was about 10 years old in the days of unlimited satellite TV and saw a game where the announcers were talkin up ole Freddy Smerlas. Shoe untied blood on his pants, shirt untucked, nice beard etc etc. The overall toughness of players like him and others got me hooked. Got to visit in early 90's and saw a couple games but the highlight was this. It was mid week pre season and the stadium lights were on. I walked up to the fence and was peering down the tunnel trying to see what was up. The security guard walked by and i told him i was a west coaster and how long i was a fan. He let me and my buddy in and gave me a football and said go throw the ball around and i will do another sweep of the stadium. He let us run pass patterns throwing to each other for over an hour fully lit stadium and there was only turee of us. Me, Buddy , and the coolest security dude ever!!