'Nator Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 I think Neal Anderson is one of the most overlooked great players of that era. He came after Walter, who came after Gale, and he was overlooked, under appreciated and forgotten. When Payton retired there was no backsliding at the running back position that I remember. They probably got better seeing as how Payton wasn't young Payton anymore. Anderson was a great running back. Yeah he only had about 4 great years though and then fell off hard. But he had major speed, with power and moves and fantastic hands. When split wide he looked just like a WR and caught the ball just like a WR. Not like a "RB w good hands". He retired at 29. There used to be a really great 10 minute highlight reel on youtube of him but I can't find it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Yeah he only had a few great years. Pretty sure he sat behind Payton early though even though he was a first round pick. They wasted him because he was better than Payton at that point. He didn't start until his 2nd or 3rd year after Walter retired. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtenn Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Does anyone remember the baseball card game "Strat"? This was pre fantasy. This was the shit. You were a serious baseball geek if you did this and i did it all day long with whoever would play with me. Yes, I had Stratomatic, as well! As a 13-14 year old, I believe I went through the entire (162 games) 1987 season of the St. Louis Cardinals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Nator Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 His 2nd year he split carries w Payton. He was better than Walter by then but his rookie year, the year prior Payton was still great. 1333 yards. I mean that's more yards single season than Anderson's career single season high and it was in his 12th year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitansGuru Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Does anyone remember the baseball card game "Strat"? This was pre fantasy. This was the shit. You were a serious baseball geek if you did this and i did it all day long with whoever would play with me. May not be your cup of tea, but OOTP Baseball is awesome if you were a fan of strat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 ESPN has been trending downwards for years. Sportscenter is almost unwatchable these days. I remember when they actually showed highlights of every pro sports game that was played on a daily basis. Now we get 15 minutes of highlights and the rest is filled with terrible analysts yelling at each other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 May not be your cup of tea, but OOTP Baseball is awesome if you were a fan of strat. Of course what they have today! Cool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 NFL network is just as bad if not worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 CTF, I'm exactly in the same boat. I still follow the Titans and NFL but nothing like the obsessive manner I did when I was much younger. As we've talked about before, I literally counted down the days until "The Oiler News" arrived in the mail and I poured over every page. I recorded all the games and watched Sportcenter for every piece of NFL news possible in the off season. Waiting for the preseason was like being in Guantanamo Bay getting tortured. Now..... I haven't watched sportscenter in years, I'll watch NFLN occasionally if nothing else is on. Since I carry mail and am outside 6-7 hours a day I listen to podcasts all day and find myself much more interested in news and investment stuff. What's amazing is in the information age you can literally find out anything and everything. You can find out details on every player, coach and scheme imaginable. You can spend 10 mins and learn 1000 times more info than possible back in the 80s. I still consider myself a Titans fan junkie measured against the casual fan but nothing like I was. Also if I had to choose between an NFL podcast vs financial news the NFL might lose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 Over the years cable news has been more "info-tainment" than anything else. I use to watch CNN regularly but after years of losing viewers to Fox News and MSNBC they've turned to more and more soft stories and entertainment style programming. They still have some quality programs (Fareed Zakaria) and more substantive political coverage, but it's too hard to watch casually without the lame grabby stories trying to catch average viewers. But yes, Sports Center stinks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 CTF, I'm exactly in the same boat. I still follow the Titans and NFL but nothing like the obsessive manner I did when I was much younger. As we've talked about before, I literally counted down the days until "The Oiler News" arrived in the mail and I poured over every page. I recorded all the games and watched Sportcenter for every piece of NFL news possible in the off season. Waiting for the preseason was like being in Guantanamo Bay getting tortured. Now..... I haven't watched sportscenter in years, I'll watch NFLN occasionally if nothing else is on. Since I carry mail and am outside 6-7 hours a day I listen to podcasts all day and find myself much more interested in news and investment stuff. What's amazing is in the information age you can literally find out anything and everything. You can find out details on every player, coach and scheme imaginable. You can spend 10 mins and learn 1000 times more info than possible back in the 80s. I still consider myself a Titans fan junkie measured against the casual fan but nothing like I was. Also if I had to choose between an NFL podcast vs financial news the NFL might lose. I wonder if the amount of content we have now has something to do with it. Liek if we still had to wait for Oiler Report, which would never come, to get some "news" (it was really just a promo paper/fanzine), maybe we wouldn't feel so different. Chocolate cake is great, but if you have it every day all day you're gonna not like chocolate cake so much. My Dad used to travel for business. Once in a blue moon he would transfer through the Houston airport. He would always pick me up the Chronicle and there would 2-3 articles in there on the Oilers and I would hang on to that paper like it was the shroud of Turin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 I wonder if the amount of content we have now has something to do with it. I think your original post explained why, getting older priorities change. When the Titans lose a game now I literally forget about it instantly where it used to ruin my whole week. I'm sure the fact the team has sucked for years now and they seem to be in a hopeless cycle of mediocrity also hurts the interest. But I really don't think that's really it either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Earl Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 Lots of reasons. Once upon a time you were young with no wife of kids. Sports was a great way to spend time alone and with others. Then as you get older you realize there are other interesting things out there like finance, world news, politics, business, etc. Then many of us marry and have kids, which should cause a reshaping of priorities. Lastly as we hit the 40s our physical ability and energy are going south, so that we no longer play most of the sports we used to play. When I'm at the gym I'll sometimes watch sportscenter when doing cardio. Other than that, I never watch it at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenjami Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 It's not just you, it's me too. 10 years ago I had a bunch of regular shows I watched, saw just about every movie that came out, and watched a ton of sports games and sports news. I remember when NFLN started up and I thought it was a dream come true. I hardly watch TV at all anymore. I can honestly say at least 75% of my TV and movie watching a year is NFL football. I will watch the NBA conference finals and finals (sometimes). I will watch some March Madness. That's about it outside of football. I don't even care about most of the regular news anymore either. It's all the same crap over and over again. There was a beached whale today. Someone robbed a 7-11. Someone else saved a cat stuck in a tree. At some point, you realize you've pretty much seen everything TV can offer. Funny shows aren't that funny anymore. The news is pretty much the same stories over and over with different characters. Priorities definitely change and you start to realize what is more important to accomplish in the time you have left. For me, sitting on the couch is essentially meaningless and quite frankly boring at this point in my life and I realize I get much more satisfaction from working on my house or doing work to make money so that I can travel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 I was done with TV until some of the series started coming out like Breaking bad and Game of Thrones Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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