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Same. Tough as they came. The head trauma took a toll. RIP Mick.Damn it! Don’t remember him as a Husker. But loved him as a Viking
One of the all time greats.Hell of a career. 81.
Your statement may seem odd to some people. How can somebody have been a fan of both the Vikes and Bears they ask? I was the same way. Back when I was a kid you only got one or two games per weekend on TV. One week it was Nitcscke. The next it was Butkus. Then it was Tarkington. You had Tagge playing for the Pack (I wasn't a kid anymore when Tagge played). When you didn't get to watch one team every Sunday your allegiances as a kid varied from week to week and year to year. I was a big Bears fan when they had Sweetness. Vikings fan when they had Foreman.WOW, One of the greats not only in Nebraska history but NFL too..
Being a Viking and Bears fan remember watching him with the Vikes..
Never missed a game in his 17 year Hall of fame career at Center. That's incredible.Damn it! Don’t remember him as a Husker. But loved him as a Viking
Living in Omaha remember watching the Bears with Sayers most Sunday’s..I had a Aunt and Uncle that owned a bar in Minneapolis and they had season tickets and would buy be merchandise and autograph football of the 1969/1970 Super Bowl team..Your statement may seem odd to some people. How can somebody have been a fan of both the Vikes and Bears they ask? I was the same way. Back when I was a kid you only got one or two games per weekend on TV. One week it was Nitcscke. The next it was Butkus. Then it was Tarkington. You had Tagge playing for the Pack (I wasn't a kid anymore when Tagge played). When you didn't get to watch one team every Sunday your allegiances as a kid varied from week to week and year to year. I was a big Bears fan when they had Sweetness. Vikings fan when they had Foreman.
Oh yeah. How could I forget Sayers? Amazing back!Living in Omaha remember watching the Bears with Sayers most Sunday’s..I had a Aunt and Uncle that owned a bar in Minneapolis and they had season tickets and would buy be merchandise and autograph football of the 1969/1970 Super Bowl team..
That’s how I’ve been a fan of both through out my life..
Not to make this a generational toughness thing again.....But I'm gonna. LOL...Boomers and Gen Xers are some bad MFers compared to the soy latte skinny jean millennials and Gen Z soft as a baby ducks ass poofters today.Never missed a game in his 17 year Hall of fame career at Center. That's incredible.
And he did that in an era where guys could head slap O linemen with hands that were taped up like casts.... Good Lord those guys played in those old helmets with the nylon webs as the only cushions. Getting hit in the head was painful in those damned things. I remember all too well. We didn't get the foam lining until I was in high school then they upgraded it to where you could inflate little pockets in the foam my senior year.Not to make this a generational toughness thing again.....But I'm gonna. LOL...Boomers and Gen Xers are some bad MFers compared to the soy latte skinny jean millennials and Gen Z soft as a baby ducks ass poofters today.
But the generation who created the Boomers. The GI generation aka the greatest generation I think we can all agree were the baddest boys on the planet. The boys like my grandpa who landed on Omaha beach to kill some Nazi's. Respect to the greatest generation of all time.Not to make this a generational toughness thing again.....But I'm gonna. LOL...Boomers and Gen Xers are some bad MFers compared to the soy latte skinny jean millennials and Gen Z soft as a baby ducks ass poofters today.
Watch any game from the 60's to 80's. All those hits would get you fined and kicked out of the NFL today. Steel Curtain Steelers of the 70's. Purple People eaters Vikings. Monsters of the Midway 80's Bears. Doomsday Dallas 70's. Ray Nitschke from my Packers killer D. Vince Lombardi could kick dudes asses today. And he's been dead for years.LOLAnd he did that in an era where guys could head slap O linemen with hands that were taped up like casts.... Good Lord those guys played in those old helmets with the nylon webs as the only cushions. Getting hit in the head was painful in those damned things. I remember all too well. We didn't get the foam lining until I was in high school then they upgraded it to where you could inflate little pockets in the foam my senior year.
Watch any game from the 60's to 80's. All those hits today would get you fined and kicked out of the NFL today. Steel Curtain Steelers of the 70's. Purple People eaters Vikings. Monsters of the Midway 80's Bears. Doomsday Dallas 70's. Ray Nitschke from my Packers killer D. Vince Lombardi could kick dudes asses today. And he's been dead for years.LOL
I know. When I see a tough as nails millennial, I am impressed as hell. It's so rareNot to make this a generational toughness thing again.....But I'm gonna. LOL...Boomers and Gen Xers are some bad MFers compared to the soy latte skinny jean millennials and Gen Z soft as a baby ducks ass poofters today.
I thought I read the year he was inducted that he never missed a practice, either.Never missed a game in his 17 year Hall of fame career at Center. That's incredible.
Tough SOBI thought I read the year he was inducted that he never missed a practice, either.
He could have played in the league on offensive line or as a linebacker.I thought I read the year he was inducted that he never missed a practice, either.
I was 7 when he left Lincoln. So I probably was still trying to figure out how to pee without sitting. But I was a big Viking fan in the Tarkington, Kapp era. And you couldn’t be a Viking fan without knowing Tingelhoff. Once I found out he was a Husker. i was even more of a Viking fan.Never missed a game in his 17 year Hall of fame career at Center. That's incredible.
Didn’t know that, but it makes sense.Same. Tough as they came. The head trauma took a toll. RIP Mick.