[rjackson]

.....Man what happened to real football. Back in the day you tackled a guy anyway you could. Ronnie Lott was famous for leaving his feet like a rocket leading with his helmet to punish an opposing player, now you have to be almost grounded to tackle a player with your helmet leading the way. Football has come to such a money game that it is sickening. I used to use my forearm to give someone the blues up around the chin, especially fullbacks who like to chop block, now you hardly ever see someone punish someone with a forearm for risk of getting a penalty.

Clothes lines was a thing of beauty back in the day. Jack Tatum was my man because he brought you down anyway he could. With so many offensive players making the big dough the game is watered down now.

Jimbo I would have loved to catch you from behind and broke you off a lil something. Making an offensive player bleed was my love for the game. Watching a lineman wipe blood from his mouth after I had just blown him up on a play made me get a ---- on. I played against one of the dirtiest lineman in my day his name was Chris Maumalanga. We had one of the best games with each other and still talk about the night we beat his team 40-0. The play I am talking about was an interception return by one of my teammates who now coaches with the Lions Clayton Lopez. Chris had caught me on an earlier play on a cut back run and just killed me, literally knocking me out. After sitting out a series I finally had my chance on this interception return. Once Lopez hit the sideline I was in front of him and saw Chris starting his pursuit. Now Chris is 6'2 370lbs. If you read up on him he got into several altercations with Giant players when he played with them including Mr. Strahan himself, who actually beat dat **********. So on this play it was payback time, as the play developed I peeled back looking for Chris like a heat sinking missile, saw him looking back running at a angle and took off with all my might, leaped in the air and caught Chris, helmet to helmet and buckled him. After about 30 seconds I came too with my whole right side dead from getting a stinger, but Chris had a gash in his lip as thick as a banana peel.

Man the joy of that, what this story tells you is that on that play no penalty for the hit, in which in today’s game would garner a fine or ejection. This was in 89' so now 18yrs later things have changed. Roy Williams would have been a good teammate of LT. So however you have to bring them down do it!!

Just my dimes worth!!!