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Anakim : 11/18/2022 11:14 pm
To piggyback off of BB56's thread...



Joe Theismann
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37 years ago today my leg was broken against the Giants. It was a night that changed my life.
Anakim  
steve in ky : 11/19/2022 12:14 am : link
Not to derail the thread but I am curious about something if you don’t mind me asking? In your profile you say you have been Giants fan since 2001, and list Lawrence Taylor as one of your favorite players, but he retired in 1993. How can someone you didn’t watch play be one of your favorites? Is there some other connection?

RE: Anakim  
Fat Wally : 11/19/2022 12:17 am : link
In comment 15912548 steve in ky said:
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Not to derail the thread but I am curious about something if you don’t mind me asking? In your profile you say you have been Giants fan since 2001, and list Lawrence Taylor as one of your favorite players, but he retired in 1993. How can someone you didn’t watch play be one of your favorites? Is there some other connection?


Not sure why this matters..Thats the date that anakim registered on bbi. Its not a date we set on our profile...dont be an ass..
RE: Anakim  
Anakim : 11/19/2022 12:25 am : link
In comment 15912548 steve in ky said:
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Not to derail the thread but I am curious about something if you don’t mind me asking? In your profile you say you have been Giants fan since 2001, and list Lawrence Taylor as one of your favorite players, but he retired in 1993. How can someone you didn’t watch play be one of your favorites? Is there some other connection?


Fair question. I like watching old football just because I want to know everything about my beloved Football Giants and I just love the way LT and how he impacted the games in our favor, as well as his general impact on the game. But yes, I didn’t become a diehard, rabid fan until I was 11 in 2001.

Plus, I have his jersey. Haha
RE: Anakim  
bouchy24 : 11/19/2022 12:26 am : link
In comment 15912548 steve in ky said:
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Not to derail the thread but I am curious about something if you don’t mind me asking? In your profile you say you have been Giants fan since 2001, and list Lawrence Taylor as one of your favorite players, but he retired in 1993. How can someone you didn’t watch play be one of your favorites? Is there some other connection?


Why does it matter who his favorite player is? Is there an unwritten rule that you had to of watched a certain player in order for him/her to be your favorite player?

More importantly, why do you care?
RE: RE: Anakim  
steve in ky : 11/19/2022 12:26 am : link
In comment 15912552 Fat Wally said:
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In comment 15912548 steve in ky said:


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Not to derail the thread but I am curious about something if you don’t mind me asking? In your profile you say you have been Giants fan since 2001, and list Lawrence Taylor as one of your favorite players, but he retired in 1993. How can someone you didn’t watch play be one of your favorites? Is there some other connection?




Not sure why this matters..Thats the date that anakim registered on bbi. Its not a date we set on our profile...dont be an ass..


No he listed the date he became a fan as 2001, he registered in 2009.

But anyway it doesn’t matter but I was curious if he may have another connection that was interesting. Why does it bother you I asked about info he puts in his public profile, it’s not like I found out something personal and posted it.
RE: RE: Anakim  
steve in ky : 11/19/2022 12:27 am : link
In comment 15912556 Anakim said:
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In comment 15912548 steve in ky said:


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Not to derail the thread but I am curious about something if you don’t mind me asking? In your profile you say you have been Giants fan since 2001, and list Lawrence Taylor as one of your favorite players, but he retired in 1993. How can someone you didn’t watch play be one of your favorites? Is there some other connection?




Fair question. I like watching old football just because I want to know everything about my beloved Football Giants and I just love the way LT and how he impacted the games in our favor, as well as his general impact on the game. But yes, I didn’t become a diehard, rabid fan until I was 11 in 2001.

Plus, I have his jersey. Haha


Ok, that’s cool, I was hoping for maybe he used to be neighbors to my uncle or something haha
remember it like it was yesterday  
Producer : 11/19/2022 12:46 am : link
I was in college and one of my roommates was a Redskins fan and he was feeling great about his team. And me and another guy were in his face all week leading up to the game. I think LT had recently done that interview where he said, "I kill quarterbacks on Sundays, so what?"

And then LT just about did kill Joe Theismann. We were watching it together, and while I felt kind of weird and awful for a player writhing on the field, I had to hold back smirking at my friend, I mean, he was really upset.
I saw LT in an interview say he has never watched  
steve in ky : 11/19/2022 12:52 am : link
a replay of it. It really shook him up just even discussing it. I can still picture him frantically waving for medical to come in to help.
RE: Anakim  
Route 9 : 11/19/2022 4:35 am : link
In comment 15912548 steve in ky said:
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Not to derail the thread but I am curious about something if you don’t mind me asking? In your profile you say you have been Giants fan since 2001, and list Lawrence Taylor as one of your favorite players, but he retired in 1993. How can someone you didn’t watch play be one of your favorites? Is there some other connection?


I was born in the early 80s and have watched nearly every single Giants game from that time on YouTube. That's my favorite era of football.
......  
Route 9 : 11/19/2022 4:37 am : link
At 3 a.m. I'll even watch 49ers vs Bears games from the 80s lol
remember that game like  
Allen in CNJ : 11/19/2022 5:20 am : link
it was yesterday... I was in 3rd grade, doing HW in the kitchen while the game was on and one of my friends was over... Remember my friend's dads reaction to the injury as I did not see it live!
I saw it when it happened  
BobOnLI : 11/19/2022 7:29 am : link
I never wanted to see it again. Most unsettling football play ever.
I was a junior in college  
johnnyb : 11/19/2022 7:46 am : link
watching the game in a campus bar. ABC showed the replay over and over again and the groans in the bar were louder and louder.
...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 11/19/2022 7:58 am : link
I saw that play once. Once was enough.
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exiled : 11/19/2022 8:15 am : link
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I saw that play once. Once was enough.

Same
Worst part of that was how his leg bent and snapped.....  
Simms11 : 11/19/2022 9:37 am : link
and then they had to show it over and over again. I was ready to throw up!
My brothers and I watched it in a local bar…  
kevken60 : 11/19/2022 9:55 am : link
Only one bar in town had a large screen TV, making it a popular place for MNF.
As the play happened, the bar crowd was, as usual, loud and raucous. Until the closeup replay was shown, then the whole joint went church-silent.
I was maybe 12, in the kitchen doing my homework  
mfsd : 11/19/2022 9:58 am : link
While my Dad watched the game in the living room. I’ll always remember him shouting “come see this - Joe Theisman’s career just ended”
That was a rough one  
D HOS : 11/19/2022 11:08 am : link
I watched that with my Dad. LT immediately waving for medical staff... After that, I don't really watch injuries on replay any more.
I was 25,  
NDMedics : 11/19/2022 11:19 am : link
watching the game at a bar called the "Last Stop" on 207th and Broadway. The whole bar freaked out at the sight of it.
RE: Worst part of that was how his leg bent and snapped.....  
Johnny5 : 11/19/2022 11:20 am : link
In comment 15912672 Simms11 said:
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and then they had to show it over and over again. I was ready to throw up!

Yeah it was awful. And it was so crazy how they just kept replaying it over and over. And I also remember LT being really shook up about it.
Elvis died before I was born  
RicFlair : 11/19/2022 11:27 am : link
Yet he’s still one of my favorites artists.
the 3 most gruesome injuries I've seen  
Dave on the UWS : 11/19/2022 11:36 am : link
were Joe's, Richie's and Gates'. They all made my stomach turn.
RE: Elvis died before I was born  
BigBlue565358 : 11/19/2022 11:38 am : link
In comment 15912757 RicFlair said:
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Yet he’s still one of my favorites artists.

Music is different, its not a visual medium. No one says Babe Ruth is their favorite baseball player

What makes someone a favorite player is having actually watched them play. When I was a kid my favorite players were Seaver, Mendenhall/Kotar, Clyde, Giacomin

RE: RE: Elvis died before I was born  
RicFlair : 11/19/2022 11:46 am : link
In comment 15912764 BigBlue565358 said:
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Yet he’s still one of my favorites artists.


Music is different, its not a visual medium. No one says Babe Ruth is their favorite baseball player

What makes someone a favorite player is having actually watched them play. When I was a kid my favorite players were Seaver, Mendenhall/Kotar, Clyde, Giacomin


Maybe other people have different experiences than you. For example, as a kid, my cousin and I would watch the giants among video about the 86 season every weekend. We had plenty of favorite players from that.

It’s no different than having a favorite actor be somebody from another era.
Sorry but it just isn't the same  
BigBlue565358 : 11/19/2022 11:53 am : link
Is Parcells your favorite coach even though you never saw him coach? It just makes no sense. There's a visceral part of seeing them live and living it each day and year

It's okay to have Strahan or Tiki or Eli be your all time favorite players because that's the era you grew up with
RE: Sorry but it just isn't the same  
RicFlair : 11/19/2022 11:58 am : link
In comment 15912772 BigBlue565358 said:
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Is Parcells your favorite coach even though you never saw him coach? It just makes no sense. There's a visceral part of seeing them live and living it each day and year

It's okay to have Strahan or Tiki or Eli be your all time favorite players because that's the era you grew up with



Your way of thinking isn’t the only way of thinking.
You're entitled to do what you want  
BigBlue565358 : 11/19/2022 12:09 pm : link
And the rest of us are entitled to question it
RE: You're entitled to do what you want  
RicFlair : 11/19/2022 12:13 pm : link
In comment 15912788 BigBlue565358 said:
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And the rest of us are entitled to question it




Ok. Have fun telling people who they are allowed to be fans of. I’m not gonna pretend to have that authority.
I said you were entitled to do what you want  
BigBlue565358 : 11/19/2022 12:33 pm : link
Didnt you also constantly defend Toney?
RE: I said you were entitled to do what you want  
RicFlair : 11/19/2022 12:35 pm : link
In comment 15912806 BigBlue565358 said:
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Didnt you also constantly defend Toney?





Lol. Bringing up Toney? Get a grip dude.
RE: You're entitled to do what you want  
mfsd : 11/19/2022 12:39 pm : link
In comment 15912788 BigBlue565358 said:
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And the rest of us are entitled to question it


Can you please take this stupid fucking point you’re trying to argue somewhere else and stop ruining the thread?
NDMedics  
budman88 : 11/19/2022 1:12 pm : link
The Last Stop was the end of the line for the “A” train. Were you a regular in that bar? That was in my old neighborhood!
I did not see it live  
Spiciest Memelord : 11/19/2022 1:56 pm : link
and I'm glad, I'm as squeamish as LT.
......  
Route 9 : 11/19/2022 2:59 pm : link
You older guys on here are the biggest weirdos. I'd never ridicule someone who was born in 2001 if they told me their favorite player was Michael Jordan.

Also, no, Parcells wasn't coaching the Giants, but he was coaching well after 2001.
I’m sorry I asked the question  
steve in ky : 11/19/2022 3:15 pm : link
I never said there was anything wrong with, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with him being a fan of anyone. I thought is wasn’t very common so I was curious if there was something interesting behind it. I thought maybe he met LT, or his dad was a big fan and there was a connection through that, just something along those lines that might have an interesting back story.

Only on BBI does every little thing become over dramatized
Some of these threads are completely off the wall  
Producer : 11/19/2022 3:43 pm : link
Who cares who likes a player for whatever reason. LT is a Giants icon. Anybody can like him.
RE: I’m sorry I asked the question  
Route 9 : 11/19/2022 4:43 pm : link
In comment 15912907 steve in ky said:
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I never said there was anything wrong with, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with him being a fan of anyone. I thought is wasn’t very common so I was curious if there was something interesting behind it. I thought maybe he met LT, or his dad was a big fan and there was a connection through that, just something along those lines that might have an interesting back story.

Only on BBI does every little thing become over dramatized


Not you. Other guy.
RE: ......  
djm : 11/19/2022 5:39 pm : link
In comment 15912581 Route 9 said:
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At 3 a.m. I'll even watch 49ers vs Bears games from the 80s lol


You ain’t alone. It’s a good and healthy obsession in my view. No one usually gets hurt. We just need a reward again.
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