24 Hour Football Network coming this fall

[Houdini]

I’m not sure if anyone posted about this a few months ago, but The Football Network is a cable channel set to launch this fall with football programming 24 hours a day. It will also be producing a movie based on Joe Ziemba's book, When Football was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL.”

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2003/02/02-07-03tdc/02-07-03dsports-06.asp



I stumbled on this by accident. I was actually looking for a story I once seen on NFL films where they were interviewing Pat Summerall and some other former Cardinal players from years ago. One former player was saying that the team needed a Quarterback so the team drafted one in the first round. When they got to training camp, the players couldn’t figure out why this QB couldn’t throw worth a lick. According to the former player, the team drafted the QB based on how his picture looked. I guess player evaluations for the draft have improved a tad since the old days. I wanted to find out who that QB was, but I couldn’t find anything.

 

[DesertPuma]

ZG:

I'd bet you almost anything someone on this board would know who that QB is. Seems to me I have heard that story once before.

 

[Houdini]

Originally posted by DesertPuma
ZG:

I'd bet you almost anything someone on this board would know who that QB is. Seems to me I have heard that story once before.

You probably heard it from me on another message board It's a true story though, as I seen it a couple of times on NFL Films. I like some of those old NFL stories. Art Donovan of the Colts is my favorite NFL story teller.

 

[JHall]

King Hill?

Also sounds like Tony Sacca.

 

[jf-08]

Originally posted by Houdini
I stumbled on this by accident. I was actually looking for a story I once seen on NFL films where they were interviewing Pat Summerall and some other former Cardinal players from years ago. One former player was saying that the team needed a Quarterback so the team drafted one in the first round. When they got to training camp, the players couldn’t figure out why this QB couldn’t throw worth a lick. According to the former player, the team drafted the QB based on how his picture looked. I guess player evaluations for the draft have improved a tad since the old days. I wanted to find out who that QB was, but I couldn’t find anything.

It was the second round.

And the QB was Jake Plummer.

 

[Krangodnzr]

Re: Re: 24 Hour Football Network coming this fall

Originally posted by jkf296
It was the second round.

And the QB was Jake Plummer.

That is the funniest thing I've heard this early morn (7:30 A.M.)

 

[JeffGollin]

King Hill? Also sounds like Tony Sacca.
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