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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Fatty FatBastard, Nov 28, 2010.

  1. v3.0

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    I blame Bob Lanier for not blackmailing Bud for the Oilers' name and tradition in exchange for letting him out of the Astrodome lease early. Because if I remember correctly, the Oilers were let out of the their lease one year early. Maybe someone can clarify that.
     
  2. pacman0590

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    this thread has made me realize that the Curse of Tony Boselli is outside of time.
     
  3. AroundTheWorld

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    To quote from the Bruce Lee thread:

     
  4. Lynus302

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    Is there some rule against retiring a number? If McNair wants to retire #34, for example, and wants to have the name of a private citizen such as Earl Campbell's name up there with it, is there an actual rule preventing this?
     
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    Yes. It's called the #34 rule and it means I will take a bullet before it is worn in TN or TX or US or anywhere. Matter of fact, all you'd have to do to kill me is wear that number!
     
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    The point being, what's stopping McNair? I was griping about this in another thread, but he's said several times how he wanted a clean slate with the Texans, which to me was and is foolish. I wonder about those old Oilers out there wondering why they can't/won't/don't get any official recognition from Houston's NFL team. I feel badly for them and I also think it would behoove both McNair and the Texans to create and recognize that link from our football past, rather than trying to pretend that the Oilers never existed.
     

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