RickLM30

Charlie, Thanks for sharing the pics. It is really amazing to see all the old teams arrayed like that. You should be very proud of your collection. It must have taken years and great effort to amass such a collection. Really great!

It's the Packers for me - cuz they're tyhe Packers and I like the green and gold! 😊 Eagles would be my second choice, if they were the old Kelly Green with the arm and shoulder stripes of the '60s. Just don't much care for Mrs. Lurie's Midnight Green uniforms.

NIce. I especially like the background in the last pic!

AAAAHHHH! I can't believe my Packers lost! I really enjoyed watching your season, especially seeing the old figures and players. I would have liked it better if the Packers had won! 😊

Yeah, once in awhile. As long as it doesn't make it look like I'm cursing by throwing extra letters in there, I'm ok with it... 😊

Wow! Fantastic!

Yup, you are right. He had no help. The Oilers listed him as a running back and they had a couple guys listed as fullbacks, but they hardly ever were actually on the field. Also, they did run from the :run and shoot". Also agree with Long Island EFL, if Campbell had some help in the backfield he would probably have been even better and lasted longer.

I like the names you already picked, but my vote goes to the planets! I also agree that Pluto is a planet and a dog (see Mickey Mouse for you youngsters)! 😊

I agree, Riggins was in the same boat. A lot of the backs in the sets these days are in the same boat, but the league throws more than they did back even in Riggins' day.

I use dice to determine the offensive set and whether pass or run, depending on down and distance. I have a stack of 3x5 cards with diagrammed running plays, another stack with pass plays (each pass play has a designated primary and secondary receiver), and another with "gadget plays" (screens, draws, end arounds, reverses, etc.). I also use dice to determine the defensive set, blitzes, and secondary coverages depending on down and distance. As No Dave says there are lots of ideas here in the forum. The trick is to pick and choose to figure out what works for you and have fun!

One other thing to consider in Campbell's favor was that when he played he was the back. There was no halfback in the backfield with him. Everyone knew he was going to get the ball. Brown had Green or Kelly and Taylor had Hornung with them, so they didn't have the defense keying on just them. That made Earl's job a little harder! 😊

Yeah, I had forgotten that Brown was a world class Lacrosse player at Syracuse. Problem was, back then, there was no money in playing Lacrosse (not that there is now). 😊 Glad he decided on football!

I was fortunate to see all those guys, since i'm so old! 😊 You are right, Brown was more of a fullback who ran like a halfback. He ran over people and around them, but the Browns also had a couple of pretty good halfbacks in Ernie Green and Leroy Kelly, who complemented Brown pretty well. Campbell was more of a run you over guy, which, as you said, accounted for him getting beat up. The two of them in the same backfield would have been illegal!

Nice!

I'd take Brown over Campbell. Both really great, hard runners, but Brown played one more year(9) than Campbell(8) and was at the top of his game when he quit. Earl was pretty much done when he quit because of the beatings he took with the Oilers. I'd also include Jim Taylor on this list - 9 great years with the Packers before going to the Saints. All three of these guys were GREAT fullbacks when the league had fullbacks and halfbacks. Just my opinion.

Nice. Starr's Packers against Joe Willie's Jets. Should be epic! Go Pack!

Rats. Mus have been a later version than the '60 Packers if they beat the Eagles! 😊 Lombardi's Packers never lost another playoff game. Go Packers!

Paul, were you secretly recording one of my solitaire games? I'll have to be more careful about my trash talking! 😊

I agree with both Mccaber and Paul. I only play solitaire, so I usually don't run into the problems Paul mentions in point number 3! 😊

Ooof! My two favorite teams in the NFC championship game. Should be a good one. Really nice to see the old players once again on both teams! Especially nice to see the Eagles in Kelly green again. Really don't care much for Mrs. Lurie's Midnight green.

My 4x2 field already has one field cover on it. If I put another one over it, will it degrade performance - too much weight on the board?

Thanks for providing the link and the FAT8 rules. Giving me more to think about as continue my electric football coaching career! 😊

I agree with you about the NFL and concussions. They've been really slow coming around. No Dave's post really was a good one. It really worked for me. I started out with rookie bases and a multi-stop system way back in the 60s, so I never really felt the need to have TTC bases. I bought a few to test them out, but as I said earlier, they seemed too clunky and I was able to angle my players at each stop, so the TTC's weren't really something I wanted to use. I realize I am pretty much a minority in that viewpoint and that's ok. That's what's great about this game, you can decide for yourself what works for you. Wow, I'm so old I remember when Dungeons and Dragons first came out - but enough of that. Yeah, I try to minimize dice rolls as much as possible, but there are a few areas where I couldn't figure out a better way of doing things. I never really thought about weighting the players at all, let alone based on position. It sounds like a good idea. I'll have to experiment with that.

Yup, I saw those levels too and decided I didn't need anything that big or expensive! 😊 The one I got was around $15 and works fine. I'm a little surprised Tudor didn't just make bigger chains like the original ones from the old games, but I guess maybe they didn't have access to the molds or copyrights. Too bad, as they worked fine, but the laser level also works fine. Yeah, I get it, and no you're not coming off angry or offended.. I'm just an old white guy, so I try to stay out of these political arenas entirely. I just wish, if they were going to change the name, that they had something picked already. I guess, since they are also changing the uniforms, I'll have to consider repainting my Washington team in 10 years when I start my new season! 😊

I hadn't thought about buying teams and switching out nicer looking ones for my beat up ones. Guess I'm not too bright! I've just always tried to 'touch up' or repair the players that got worn or broken, with various levels of success. Sometime I just had to give up the ghost on some of them, and would buy unpainted figures and paint them myself, again, with mixed results. Fortunately, I've been able to preserve my teams pretty well, with only three or four actually getting broken beyond repair. I'm not sure any of my 'touch ups' and paint jobs would pass muster with a lot of the talented painters I've seen here in the forum, but I can tell which team they are supposed to be on, at least. 😊 I agree, it is a great hobby and it's really neat to see all the different approaches out their involving the hobby and to discuss different ideas and approaches for the hobby in general. BTW, don't take too much time off, I enjoy seeing the old guys on your teams and the vintage teams themselves and exchanging ideas with you.