Big Turk Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, Livinginthepast said: I have a memory (perhaps a little fuzzy) of watching Buffalo evening news sportscast during the negotiations to get Kelly here after the USFL folded. The story that night was all about how Jim wanted Ralph to pay up if he wanted him in Buffalo. I just remember the Sportscaster implying that Jim was greedy and was disrespecting Buffalo and Don Postles? concurring in disgust. Funny how Jim became the champion of the city during his career and after. I was at the last game that Jim played vs the Jaguars and seeing him carted off was a sad end for a brilliant career. Like most things in life you didn't know what you had until it was gone. 22 years?! Damn! Yup I was there as well at the Jags game...we all thought there was no way this team from Florida was coming into Rich Stadium in the cold and walking out with a victory... Sadly we were wrong...I remember there were a few distinct plays where the stadium got so silent you could have heard a pin drop. Can't remember what order they occurred in but one was the Natrone Means 60+ yard run, his 30 yard TD run and the other was when Kelly was lying on the field, didn't get up and then had to be carted off... I'm not sure anyone was thinking about it being his last game at the time but I think we all knew that an end of a great era was looking us dead in the face... After the game there wasn't any complaining about what happened or many people upset, it was almost like a funeral march oit of Rich Stadium...silent with your heads down trying to piece every thing together in your mind of what just transpired for the previous 3 hours and how we ended up losing to that upstart Jags team... We also knew that Todd Collins was not and never would be the answer at QB. Edited February 1, 2019 by matter2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 I hope you all know I was being sarcastic about having high hopes for Todd Collins ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIZ Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 This just reminded me how old I am getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordio Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 1 hour ago, matter2003 said: Yup I was there as well at the Jags game...we all thought there was no way this team from Florida was coming into Rich Stadium in the cold and walking out with a victory... Sadly we were wrong...I remember there were a few distinct plays where the stadium got so silent you could have heard a pin drop. Can't remember what order they occurred in but one was the Natrone Means 60+ yard run, his 30 yard TD run and the other was when Kelly was lying on the field, didn't get up and then had to be carted off... I'm not sure anyone was thinking about it being his last game at the time but I think we all knew that an end of a great era was looking us dead in the face... After the game there wasn't any complaining about what happened or many people upset, it was almost like a funeral march oit of Rich Stadium...silent with your heads down trying to piece every thing together in your mind of what just transpired for the previous 3 hours and how we ended up losing to that upstart Jags team... We also knew that Todd Collins was not and never would be the answer at QB. It was 52 degrees that day & partly cloudy. I was at the game also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 That was like watching Kung Fu theatre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Gordio said: It was 52 degrees that day & partly cloudy. I was at the game also. Haha, well cold is a relative term I guess...I do remember it being wet, but I can't recall if it actually rained during the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodneykm Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 He will forever be my favorite football player of all time and one of my favorite humans of all time. I've never had the privilege to meet him, but it is on my bucket list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 6 hours ago, Gordio said: It was 52 degrees that day & partly cloudy. I was at the game also. I remember it being unusually warm. Two days before the game it still wasn't a sell out so I bought tickets and drove up with my ex-wife from CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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