Matriculation Madness

Matriculation Madness

or: the Return of Martyball

 

Well, didn't see that one coming. What many felt was going to be the offensive shootout of the year  turns out to be a dazzling display of defense instead. Two of the most prolific QBs in the game combine... COMBINE... for a total QBR of 55.8, 3 interceptions and a grand total of zero, as in ZERO, TDs.

 

Even more important than the win is the fact that the most ridiculous, cheap and ugly trophy in all of football, if not the world, is back on KC's side of the street. Woo Hoo!

 

Happy Trails

Smitty

4 Comments so far

JRN's picture

My brother and I met Lamar Hunt once at an event here in KC. Lovely gentleman. I can't imagine meeting Jerry Jones on his best day and him being better than Mr. Hunt. Enjoy the trophy! A great win, but a slog of a game to watch. The Chiefs scored 19 points on 13 drives! WTH? Happy for you and your win, Smitty.
Smitty's picture

Cool! As one who grew up in the days of Willie "Contact" Lanier, Fred "the Hammer" Williamson and "Don't F*** With" Buck Buchanan, I love watching a solid defensive performance. Something we haven't seen a lot of since Dick Vermeil flushed our defense down the drain.
JRN's picture

Lots of Chiefs luminaries were at that event. We got to meet and chat with Lenny D for a while. He was a crack-up. When I moved to KC in the early 80s the Chiefs STUNK. Awful football, and Arrowhead was empty. Marty brought in Derrick Thomas, Neil Smith, Dan Saleaumua, Dale Carter, and James Hasty. That team only scored 30+ points twice a year, but they only allowed 26+ twice a year. Martyball made every game tight and tense, and all 60 minutes counted! I love that The Hammer jumped to pop culture cinema. Would loved to have seen him play.
Smitty's picture

Color me jealous. 70s-80s were the Chiefs darkest hours. That you could become a fan during that time is pretty amazing. Being a fan in the glory days of the AFL was easy. By all accounts Lamar was a great guy but could be suicidally loyal and loathe to let people go. Former GM Jack Steadman had to fire himself, because Lamar wouldn't, paving the way for the reign of King Carl and Martyball.

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