Anyone watching this? A football Life with Jim Kiik, Mercury and Csonka! JK and MM take a trip to Alaska to see the bruiser. It's on NFLN right now.

I just got the coolest Csonka Jersey and a old Logo hat........

Hopefully we can add to their greatness soon.

GO DOLPHINS!!!!

Yeah a great story and backfield

And here I thought this post was about Kim Kardashian breaking the internet.....

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> And here I thought this post was about Kim
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LOL, that picture caused quite a stir. Of course, you know her agent dreamed it up after a conversation about how she was not getting any publicity lately.

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> you know her agent dreamed it up after a
> conversation about how she was not getting any
> publicity lately.

I'd make a comment but JC seems to be closing threads like he gets paid for it.......

GO DOLPHINS!!!!

Ha, ha. Naw, it was getting ridiculous to the point that we weren't discussing the Dolphins but were discussing dolphin.

Pretty funny that Csonka put an Alligator in Shulas locker....and then Hollywood copied it on North Dallas Forty.

Or...

In 1973 Shula told the team in a meeting..."Ok, now we have to go out and do the exact same thing AGAIN....

Csonka replied: Ok but who's gonna break Griese's leg?

Didn't make Shula too happy. LOL

I watched that last week.

It was enjoyable.

Kiick looked the worse to wear of all of them. Csonka and Morris were laughing and seemed more alive.

I think Morris would have been an amazing back if not sharing his carries, very exciting back to watch.

What characters they each are.

Agreed, Morris is my favorite back of all time. He had a unique running style. He could hover in one place pumping his legs like sprinting in place until the defender committed and then shoot in the other direction. Just before the 73 SB, in a pre-game segment there was a clip contrasting the running styles of Csonka and Morris.
Csonka's runs were to rock guitar music and Morris' runs were to banjo music. Great clip. Can't find it on youtube.

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The Clown Show Continues



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I grew up with the 1970s Miami Dolphins. They were my boyhood heroes. My father's favorite Dolphin was Larry Csonka.


I enjoyed The Perfect Backfield immensely. They were indeed perfect on the field, and very complimentary talents. But they weren't "perfect" off it. Kiick had a major issue with not starting, and just couldn't accept Shula's decision (which proved to be right one).

I believe that if Kiick and Csonka hadn't left with Warfield to the WFL, that the Dolphins would have won 1 or 2 more Super Bowls. I interviewed Kiick once and asked him if he regretted leaving. He seemed quite uncomfortable digging it back up again. But he gave me the impression of a wiser man now, one who would have done it differently in hindsight.



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i think he would still do it the same. The show said they quadrupled their salarly.

Who woudnt for that much money?

We are not talking today instead of 5 million, they were getting like 53,000 a year.

But a house was worth 15 thousand dollars ...


Today a house is worth 19 mill.


Also the price of gas was 19 cents a galon


today the price of gas is almost 4 bucks a galon.

regardless of what prices were we are talking 4 times

my poing on salary is you can buy whatever you need on 5 million a year, kinda hard on 55000

i don think 50000 back then is the same as 5 million today.

Quote: i don think 50000 back then is the same as 5 million today.



About same thing.

show the link for proof!

JoeFootball Wrote:
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> Anyone watching this? A football Life with Jim
> Kiik, Mercury and Csonka! JK and MM take a trip to
> Alaska to see the bruiser. It's on NFLN right now.

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Yeah. Recorded it when it first aired and watched it last night.

Interesting, and quite a bit of humor. Boy, Kiick has lost it. He looks like he is 80 years old.

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> you know her agent dreamed it up after a
> conversation about how she was not getting any
> publicity lately.

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Amazing how a family with nothing to offer nor has any talent can fascinate today's society.

I was surprised to see how Jim Kiick aged. Czonka has aged well and so has Mercury. Years ago I read a book entitled "Always On The Run." It was about those three backs and the antics they had with Shula. It may still be available somewhere.

I think Jim has some health issues going on. He looked much worse then the other 2. Some people are ok with getting old, the other two seemed to be living life to the fullest.

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The damaging results of that one day are this, in order of importance.

1) The loss of the lives of Ronald Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson
2) The ruin of the life of what was prior thereto, one of the beloved, before then, figures in American life and football
and
3) the notoriety of what that brought and the hiring of Attorney Robert Kardashian and thus his daughters.

I saw a promo for the show but missed it.

my cable is not showing it 'on demand' .

I hope they re-run it and I catch it; I'd really like to see it.

Same I work 12 he days Mon through Fri. Do not have a lot of time to watch TV. I'll try to catch it because I was not alive back in the glory days and wish I could have seen the greatness.