Name Reveal 2.2.22

[JackLord]

Originally Posted by Pervis_Griffith

I was born in 1969. My Dad was a huge Skins fan, and gave me and my brothers two choices growing up. Be a Skins fan, or, don't watch football. It was an easy choice. Growing up in Louisville meant that when the Skins were actually ON TV, they were special days. It also meant ALWAYS getting Dallas games. Which may be why my hate of the Cowboys is as strong as my love of the Redskins.

I vaguely remember the Kilmer-Theisman QB battle as my earliest Skins memory.

But the Joe Gibbs era was when the hook was set in me. What a glorious decade plus 1.

Man ... that was 30 freakin' years ago.

Maybe it's time to call it. Just stick to fantasy football, and hating the Cowboys.

I still remember watching Super Bowl VII with the family. I was crushed that we lost. I remember Sonny rupturing his Achilles. I remember the I like Sonny/I like Billy bumper stickers.

In 2nd grade, our school day included "Centers" which was kind of crafts mixed with regular learning (it was still the Hippie era). We had a sewing center and all of us guys made Redskins pillows shaped like helmets.

Larry Brown, Roy Jefferson, Jerry Smith, Chris Hanburger. The arrival of Theismann and Riggins. The hiring of Joe Gibbs and so on.

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die."

-- Roy Batty