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ucrenegade
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what can i say have liked watching jordan play before he even won the championships.
what can i say have liked watching jordan play before he even won the championships.
who is this "Jordan" guy you speak of??
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ucrenegade
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I don't know the young guys think kobe is better lol what a joke
i've never been a fan of jordan, at all.. but he's damn sure the best basketball player I have ever watched play!!
kobe, who I have never been a fan of either is a really great ballplayer, he just aint mike.. nobody is..
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My favorite Jets memory as a child was the 1984 playoff run. Until the Mudbowl.
Now it's being best friends with my all time favorite Jet and being blessed with going to games with him and meeting some of the greatest players in Jets history. As one of the guys. There is nothing like it in the world...
Now it's being best friends with my all time favorite Jet and being blessed with going to games with him and meeting some of the greatest players in Jets history. As one of the guys. There is nothing like it in the world...
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ucrenegade
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41-0 I thought we had our QB finally, and went and bought a penny jersey then he gets injured a few games later and is never the same.
I think you mean either 85 or 86 in 84 the team was 7-9.. Oh and the Mudbowl was after the strike shortened 1982 season but you were a kid at the time so whats a few years..
January 12, 1969...never forget it. Watching with my dad who adopted me. He kept telling me to sit down!
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It's amazing all these young whippersnappers don't remember one of the greatest Jet moments..
Now just sit here by the fire, hitch up your diapers and I'll fill you in with the details.
1963. After the 1962 season in which Harry Wismer missed the payroll and the Fightin' Titans were taken over by the AFL, the franchise was sold to a partnership of four, Townshend Martin, Phil Lillis, Leon Hess and Sonny Werblin who had been rich buddies and members of the Monmouth Park Jockey Club.
They changed the name of the team to Jets, made a deal with NYC to become the second and inferior lessee at the new stadium in Corona, changed the colors to Kelly Green and White, the logo and the unis.
But in 1963 they signed no players in the draft, kept about 20 former Titans including Grantham and Maynard and went to their new training camp in Peekskill (NYMA) with mostly old guys and scrapheapers.
They lost their opener on the road behind the legendary Dick Wood ( think of him as an even more wooden, less mobile Kenny O Brien). Next up for the home opener the perennial AFL powerhouse Oilers (who the Titans had never got within 3 touchdowns of beating in their 3 years )
The Polo Grounds was filled with the largest crowd in team history, about 23000. Amazingly the new Jets hung in there and were close late when George Blanda lined up for a long Oiler FG attempt that would probably put the game out of reach. Amazingly old reliable came up short and #47 , the great Marshall Starks fielded it at the 3 yard line and broke tavkles,.followed his.blocks and took it 97 yards to the house.
The crowd, expecting nothing went wild (including this young 19 year old).
And the Jets went on to defeat the Oiler juggernaut
OK, kids...end of story. Ready for your milk and cookies now?
Now just sit here by the fire, hitch up your diapers and I'll fill you in with the details.
1963. After the 1962 season in which Harry Wismer missed the payroll and the Fightin' Titans were taken over by the AFL, the franchise was sold to a partnership of four, Townshend Martin, Phil Lillis, Leon Hess and Sonny Werblin who had been rich buddies and members of the Monmouth Park Jockey Club.
They changed the name of the team to Jets, made a deal with NYC to become the second and inferior lessee at the new stadium in Corona, changed the colors to Kelly Green and White, the logo and the unis.
But in 1963 they signed no players in the draft, kept about 20 former Titans including Grantham and Maynard and went to their new training camp in Peekskill (NYMA) with mostly old guys and scrapheapers.
They lost their opener on the road behind the legendary Dick Wood ( think of him as an even more wooden, less mobile Kenny O Brien). Next up for the home opener the perennial AFL powerhouse Oilers (who the Titans had never got within 3 touchdowns of beating in their 3 years )
The Polo Grounds was filled with the largest crowd in team history, about 23000. Amazingly the new Jets hung in there and were close late when George Blanda lined up for a long Oiler FG attempt that would probably put the game out of reach. Amazingly old reliable came up short and #47 , the great Marshall Starks fielded it at the 3 yard line and broke tavkles,.followed his.blocks and took it 97 yards to the house.
The crowd, expecting nothing went wild (including this young 19 year old).
And the Jets went on to defeat the Oiler juggernaut
OK, kids...end of story. Ready for your milk and cookies now?
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sg3
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No prob, sonny.
Here are the full deets
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196309220nyj.htm?mobile=false
I got out of the Navy in 1963 and started college. My dad got me a part time job ushering at Shea Stadium and my love began for the NY Jets. I lived in Brooklyn and made every home game from 1964 on (Ushering). What stuck in my mind was the passes that Otis Taylor used to catch. Long bombs and I wished the Jets would get somebody like him. When Namath came along they finally could complete those bombs to Maynard and Sauer. I've enjoyed the journey including Super Bowl victory.
Must have been an awesome job while in college!
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Best Memory:
Jets beating Packers to win the Division in 2002. I was going to skip the game but my son (7 at the time) insisted we attend. It was a 4 o'clock game. Walking through the parking lot we saw things breaking our way (Pats beat the fins). First time I saw Favre live. As the time winded down, the entire section sat stunned. There was a low mumbling but then a fan said "someone pinch me, is this a dream?" We all were familiar with each other and we were hugging. There was a couple sitting there from Green Bay, sitting quietly and we hugged them too. They were mildly annoyed, but were tolerant. I remember some older guy was near tears.
I remember Pennington running off the field pumping his helmet in the air as he disappeared into the tunnel. I thought the franchise had turned the corner and we had a really bright future.
Worst Memory:
I was at "The Lawnmower game" in 1979.
Jets beating Packers to win the Division in 2002. I was going to skip the game but my son (7 at the time) insisted we attend. It was a 4 o'clock game. Walking through the parking lot we saw things breaking our way (Pats beat the fins). First time I saw Favre live. As the time winded down, the entire section sat stunned. There was a low mumbling but then a fan said "someone pinch me, is this a dream?" We all were familiar with each other and we were hugging. There was a couple sitting there from Green Bay, sitting quietly and we hugged them too. They were mildly annoyed, but were tolerant. I remember some older guy was near tears.
I remember Pennington running off the field pumping his helmet in the air as he disappeared into the tunnel. I thought the franchise had turned the corner and we had a really bright future.
Worst Memory:
I was at "The Lawnmower game" in 1979.
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Jetsfanatic
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I agree 100%
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ucrenegade
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What was the lawnmower game
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December 1979 tragedy. At Halftime, they had a show of remote control planes. Some of the "planes" were in different shapes. One was shaped like a lawnmower. The objects were buzzing around the field. The Lawn mower crashed into the stands injuring 2 guys, one really badly. Awful. One poor guy passed away.