No maybes about it.
He was the voice of my childhood, in the 90's (and briefly in 00's)
No probablys about it
Him and Bowden going within 6 months is hitting me in the gut, hard.
Same here too
It's funny because part of what choked me up on seeing the news was that my mom, who passed about 5 years ago, absolutely LOATHED the sound of Madden's voice. She wasn't a football fan and just didn't get the appeal, and also came to equate his voice with my dad and I being checked out for 3+ hours every week in front of the TV. It became a running joke, and she'd try to imitate him. In a weird way Madden will always remind me of my mom.
I thought it was interesting that the documentary changed this story a little: the panic attack that led to him swearing off flying happened after he quit the Raiders.
I enjoyed Madden and the Raiders (especially when Plunkett won two Super Bowls with them). But their 1976 SB win should have an asterik next to it.
Eh, it was close. As soon as I saw Sugar Bear Hamilton hit Stabler juuussst after the ball was gone, I thought oh shit. Sure enough, roughing the passer was called. Should they have let it go, like an average foul on a drive to the basket at the end of a basketball game? Sure, but don't give the zebras a chance to call one.
I remember a post-retirement interview where he was lamenting having to learn how to carve a turkey. He probably was working on Thanksgiving every year since he began coaching until retirement.
Just sharing the ratio. He's an idiot who's getting called out for this by basically all of Twitter.
just a different way of saying "do YOUR job"... if your job is loading the wagon don't worry about the other part.
Bill in his opening remarks talked about Madden's large influence on player safety... Bill even mentioned defenseless receivers and protecting the QB explicitly...
“The Madden Game” as the way to reference Madden Football the video game is so on-point for BB.
It was straight Clash version. Might have been meant as an allusion to Peter King's commentary that followed minutes later, but a tenuous link.
Steve MariccuI said they had plans to meet for lunch next week, but did acknowledge he knew Madden had been dealing with some health issues.
That is the exact thought that ran through my mind. Bill in life seems to be as addicted to his scruples that don’t follow what we know of him publicly as he is making game decisions that he won’t ever elaborate on.
my only pet peeve is at least allow us to make a guy that looks like bill if we want
I am pretty sure if they met his price Bill would be fine with being in the video game.
Maybe it has to do with BB not wanting to do things such as dress up in those official coach outfits the apparel companies provide.
