I was born a poor black child……..
Wait wait wrong story!
In Idaho growing up we only had the normal 4 TV channels to watch. Not that we were ever inside to watch them.
Besides that there were no major Sporting franchises within a day’s drive.
The only thing we had close was The Wonderful World of Sports on Sunday.
Somewhere sometime I got an NFL poster that I put on my wall. It showed each team’s helmet and which division and conference they were in.
My Dad was never a big TV watcher so we didn’t have “Football time” at the house
I’m sure I watched some football in my younger years? And the Fins dominating the NFL at the time makes me think that they were the ones I heard about the most.
If you haven’t figured it out yet I will argue with a tree! And when I was younger I was way worse than I am now. So I argued for the Fins through the Steeler / Dallas / Bronco era’s. 
Not really being a Football fan it went on that way for years. I learned more about the fins, even started to get up on the roof to turn the antenna when the games were on.
Then it happened! The greatest NFL game ever played!
The Epic in Miami is the name given to a National Football League AFC divisional playoff game between the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins that took place on January 2, 1982 in the Miami Orange Bowl.
I had never had my attention riveted to anything like that game did! After the game was over I looked up into a dark house! I hadn’t moved from that spot since halftime.
And I was hooked! Everything Dolphins, all the time.
They even taught me life’s lesson on betting with more money than you had! (F’n Redskins)
Well that’s my sad tale of devotion
Wyoming85
Finsmob Unleashed 
1st. back then we had to get up from couch to change channels. what memories. rabbit ears, then home satallelights then cable , rotaryphones and mobile phones. whats next?
Great piece WY
I was surprised to hear you were born a poor black child…lol
WYOMING; Really nice effort on your part. The San Diego-Miami playoff game (the FIRST ONE) still hurts too much to talk about it. The following year, Miami clobbered the Chargers in a “Dream Rematch” that turned out to be a mismatch. But it really didn’t make up for the pain of losing the prior year.
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BACK from business/pleasure trip to the Palm Beach/Broward area. Got to see Florida Atlantic beat Ohio State 7-0 in the 2nd game of a 3-game weekend series of Division One baseball at FAU Stadium. Owls won 2 of the 3 games and are now 6-1 with a Wednesday Night game VS the Florida Gators next on the schedule. A win over Florida will put FAU in the Top 25 ranked teams in the national polls.
dream on.
I’ll remind you of that on Thursday.
“..and all day around the house, we sang the blues.”
Great story Wyoming. These are becoming one of my favorite things here. 🙂
from home satellites dishes to pay per view events, from self parking vehicles to self driven vehicles. What’s next? “All the science I don’t understand” by some famous rock artist
LOL@ the guy on his roof fixing the antenna
wow they used to have antenna’s that could be controlled from inside. Remember the aluminum foil added to the rabbit ears.
Those were funny
On top of the TV….lol
I was watching the video the other day
every time the camera shot fans I felt like I was watching Caddyshack
It was really loud int he Orange Bowl. Somewhere in that video it talks about how hard it was to beat the Dolphins under Shula at the Orange Bowl
Can you imagine that being said about our team now?
Particularly the “under Shula at the Orange Bowl” part.
Yep!
IT’S A FACT that after the “hook and lateral” play ending the first half, the players could NOT HEAR SHULA in the Dolphins’ halftime locker due to the unbelievable crowd frenzy which carried on through halftime! –SHULA had to put all his messages on a blackboard!!!!!
UF vs FAU only one game or 3 game series?
I’m with Herd – I love the Fan Origins!
Thanks Wyo! Appreciate you sharing that with us. Great stuff to read.
Today is DB day att he Combine
A lot of people think the Dolphins will take a Cb inthe 1st round
Maybe a DB will really set himself apart today
I’d be shocked if we take a CB 1st RD. It’s a pretty deep draft with the CB’s, and I’m not sure that one stands head and shoulders over any of the others. We can wait until 2nd or even 3rd RD.
I think there will be good CBs available later in the draft
but we can get the top propsect if we want him
I don’t really think one stands out above the rest either
but I don’t know how FO feels
i think they take a OL or DE/OLB in first. A OL will give a boost to the WR’s longer timing routes instead of 3 yard passes.
so far the top 40 time is 4.37
2 guys got that time: Ronald Darby and Justin Cox
Chris Hackett just ran a 4.83
yuk
Darby hits like a truck too and showed great speed. He’s a corner I like opposite Grimes.
Clayton Geathers from UCF making a great showing for himself. Big Safety with good speed and was third in the bench press among DB’s with 22.
He has the fastest time today 4.32
Chris Hackett ran a 4.83. Not going to help him any. I know 40 times aren’t the end-all, but that’s not good.
I didn’t see Holliman run, I wonder if he’s medically unable to.
They skipped him
and Ifo too
So I don;t think either is particpating
Medical clearance?
Probably Mike E
(Piggy Shrugs)
That sucks – I wanted to see Holliman, and Ekpre-Olomu run
Love the fan origins. Really interesting to see how people who didn’t grow up in South Florida have a connection to the team.
Jacoby Glenn ran slower than I would have expected. He was 4.5 something and I anticipated a 4.4 something for him. Still he’s young and raw with great “hawk” abilities.
I like Jalen Collins, and I’m looking forward to seeing Kevin Johnson and Kevin White run.
Senquez Golson is the guy they say compares to Brent Grimes. Could we have Brent Grimes squared?
I love Grimes but give me a bigger CB on the other side. Darby to me would be ideal. But really I hope it’s our own Taylor who owns the spot.
I hear that.
I see Adrian Amos is going to jump up draft boards at the FS spot. He’s going to be a good pro
Senquez Golson, outside Jalen Collins, is my favorite CB in this draft. The value for where he is projected and what we are getting with that pick matches up beautifully. Im not concerned with CB height, as long as they can technique wise compensate. Lots of CB i this league show you height isnt as important as skill and Golson has that. Revis is like 5’10-5’11, so he isnt a big dude. Grimes, Haden, etc. Tehre are lots of smalled CB’s. Safety i think is where ya need dudes with some size, both for tackling purposes and for covering TE i deeper zones. As long as we have a pair of sizable safeties, im good.
@AbramsonPBP: TE Charles Clay expected to re-sign with #Dolphins, despite #Bills interest (and an update on Jared Odrick) http://t.co/U88UIgp8z1
Vernon Davis selling his house?– Espn
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I was mentoning a little while back that SF is likely to purge some contracts, and i think Vernon is one of the more likely to either be asked to renegotiate or be cut. Id be watching this one pretty close because if he hits the market id be ok if we got him as an incase we cant re-sign Clay. Hearing reports that Bills may throw some big dollars Clay’s way, so we might not also lose him, he may wind up on a rival team 😦
Lol and then DBolt shoots that down lol, well i hop they are right.
Same here👍
@nfldraftscout: 12’3″ broad jump for @MoveTheSticks guy Byron Jones. That may be a record.
That’s just incredible
I wonder if I could do that with 2 jumps, lol
Line him up at DE in Pass rush situations and he jumps to the QB at the snap…LOL
Same on FG attempts, let him sky over the center and block kicks
Stay Clay
Hard worker who developed into a starter coming through the ranks with Ryan. Keep this great teammate who has great chemistry with the QB
Absolutely, loosing him, no matter who replaces him, is a bit of a regression and we don’t need that.
Pay Clay
White is going to be gone by time we pick not, with almost 100% certainty. Parker i think still has a good chance to be there, especially if the interviews go well with DGB. DGB may be the second guy off the board. Almost 6’6 and running a 4.4…. thats going to have people saying Randy Moss in the war rooms. Parker is still feel is best fit for us, and i still think he is superior talent to Strong. It is good to know though, those matched up pretty closely in the skills tests making Strong a potential fallback if somehow White, Cooper, DGB, and Parker are all gone. I have a feeling if they are though we probably look at McKinney for the spot.
Really disappointed in Funchess’ performance, but still think he is the better hybrid TE/WR in the class. That 40 time doesn’t reflect his perceived speed on the field and i dont know if he makes up for it with good separation skills or if that was just a bad day for him running the 40. Maybe its like we were saying a couple days ago, when the pads are on, what would your 40 time be then. A lot of these other guys would lose a little on their 40’s,maybe he doesn’t. I dont know but even though im disappointed in that, i would take him still, just a good bit deeper in the draft. Waller as pointed out by others may be a better value towards the bottom half of the draft and provide same TE/WR capabilities.
I find Strong and Cooper on even footing. Both need to be coached up on their routes. I like Zsteongs physical attributes a little better, but I wouldn’t complain about either player.
The record for the broad jump was 11’7″
according to NFL.com
I guess that is a record
12 freaking feet!!!!
Is Vic BeasTley going to be a Vernon Gohlson or can he play?
He was very impressive yesterday and I have no problem with taking a real good DE at 14.
Josh Shaw
Sources Tell Us
“I know about the issues he had this year, but I did plenty of background work on Shaw and I had no problem giving him a passing character grade when I turned in my report.” — NFC North area scout
http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/josh-shaw?id=2552259
Thanks for the story Wy good stuff.
The Olympic record for the broad jump is 12’2″…. he just broke that. Amazing.
Holy crap
That is crazy
WTF
son of a son of a shula says:
February 23, 2015 at 10:51 am
Is Vic BeasTley going to be a Vernon Gohlson or can he play?
He was very impressive yesterday and I have no problem with taking a real good DE at 14.
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Beasley will be better off and a more natural fit for a team, as a 3-4 OLB. He doesnt have the size really for 4-3 DE. If you wanted a guy who could play 4-3 DE, and shift to OLB more fluidly, you should look at Fowler Jr. He wont be there when we pick but if your looking for a stud DE thats te guy id go with.
Oh yeah Fowler has been my favorite player in the draft it sucks that we won’t have a shot at him. Beasley although lacking some size seems to have made up for it in sheer power. He might be fine in either scheme especially in a lot of hybrid D formations.
Yeah but he will get wore down and manhandled a bit at the NFL level without putting on some weight. He adds another 15lbs of muscle to go with his power and he wins most leverage games.
Wyo, good stuff. It’s interesting to read how those of us not from Florida became fans. I was even interested in my own story. LOL
From looks of their interview patters, i think their primary focus for 1st pick is going to be WR, fallback is ILB, third fallback, DT. At least at this point, before FA they seem to be gearing up this way. Im sure if some other prospect that just stands out to them flops in their lap, they take it regardless of position, but i thin they are at least looking this direction from interviews they have been doing both EW, SB, and Combine. I think thats a pretty decent strategy too, as long as they take care of OL via FA.
Lol, damn, Charlie at Walterfootball has us taking a CB in 1st and second round lol. Really!? Then a WR and its Montgomery, who has been getting slammed by scouts for inconstant play and performances at combine.
son of a son of a shula says:
February 23, 2015 at 10:38 am
I wonder if I could do that with 2 jumps, lol
lol @ son
it would take me 1 jump. 1 jump and my back gives out my knees collapse i will fall on my ass then roll around in pain and 12′ later i will be there. but it is just one jump
Trae Waynes just posted a 4.35 40
He is the top CB in the draft
He’s a good corner prospect, will probably become a very good NFL player.
Kevin White (CB) 4.64
Marcus Peters 4.54
DJoun Smith 4.46
Peters is a difficult locker room name, IMO
The GM that drafts Peters will be funny when he has his press conference.
I like Peters, we all like Peters.
Peters can penetrate and play deep really well…
Peters really stood out to us…
We like the way Peters squirts out the back side
Peters likes to play in the box…
We get it….It’s starting to get a little weird. 😉
…great play by the receiver he blew Peters away with that move…
last one sorry Herd
Check out the broad jump in this vine
Peters and Johnson double team Bush
What did the TE Fuzzy Clamhole from Hawaii run?
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I won’t say anything about a certain guy “playing hard”.
I still can’t get over Byron Jones. It looked like he wasn’t even trying. Kid has serious hops, with a 44.5″ vertical, besides his amazing broad jump.
Lot of contact by a Peters on that play
He’s gonna get arrested!
This morning Deion really admonished Amerson (Wash) saying he had to grow up, that it was a job, etc. Wasn’t Amerson one of Deion’s guys he trained prior to the draft?
well there is a shock. Peters come out and a woman is bitching
She kinda left me holding Peters in my hand…ain’t that Mike’s job
He came out early!
Silly Tim says:
February 23, 2015 at 12:39 pm
What did the TE Fuzzy Clamhole from Hawaii run?
who cares, the scouts were more impressed with the trail he left behind
Thanks everyone
Only one comment on The Jerk reference?
Should have waited until after the combine!
Sorry man I only remember the part at the end where he says all I need is this chair and then this and then that…
Oddly enough, I debated on starting my story exactly the same way.
wyoming
if we commented on it then next thing you know al shaprton is rallying against FU and there will be protesters outside with signs saying ‘the black man is going to FU’
‘with Peters standing tall the black man is going to FU’
There I fixed it
son of a son of a shula says:
February 23, 2015 at 1:43 pm
‘with Peters standing tall the black man is going to FU’
There I fixed it
nothing like stealing someone else joke. lol
I know I could never come up with anything of my own other wise, thank you
lol @ son.
Wyo, i giggled at the Jerk reference. I didn’t know we had to do a report on it. LOL
I thought maybe I had shot too low for my intended audience! 😉
Have been looking over several team blogs and rumor sites and if any of these have a bead on their team in the least we could see as many as 4 teams interested in WR drafting before us. Almost all of them have Strong ranked 5th of the top 5. Parker, a lot of mocksters, and team fanboys think goes to Vikings, citing they are realy to move on past Cordarrell and Parker is familiar to Bridgewater, who apparently the Vikings are in love with. I really hope they are wrong, but ill have to admit it does make a lot of sense. Ill make sure i have a hankie near by to mop up the “we didnt get Devante tears”
He’s shooting at these cans! He must hate cans! OMG there are cans in there too!
did someone mention Cordarrell? Cue it 5, 4, 3, 2, ……
Lol, not likely he pretty much said he has no plays posting here ….
this is pretty good
I Love it. Unicorns!! ROFLMAO!!! TRANNY!!!!!!!!!!
rock
i liked the womens chart too. matches my advice i give to my son and nephew. ‘there is no such thing as an ugly rich man’
“I think next week I’ll be able to send more money as I may have extra work. My friend Patty has promised me a blow job. Your loving son, Navin.”
Chris Conley UGA had a pretty nice showing at combine and might be a decent later round WR prospect. 6’3 213, 4.41 40….pretty nice numbers there. He would be a project guy but probably same vein as guy like Waller and Cam Worthy, both of whom im liking for later rounds as well.
Wyo
I totally got the reference, I think the Jerk is a great movie, I just didn’t mention it. The first time I saw the movie, I laughed a lot, but I definitely laughed the hardest at the bath scene when he’s trying to read the note. That just killed me.
Rock – Even if he won’t post here, I’m sure he’s ready and willing to trade our 2nd our 3rd RD picks to the Vikes to get CP. lol
Lol, i swear there is some definitely some serious love M13 has for his man crushes.
When can teams start bringing invites in? Starts right after combine ends doesn’t it?
why am i not surprised the Hand likes the Jerk
To be honest, id probably take CP in trade for maybe a 5-6th round pick, but no way im giving up much more. Too risky especially given the depth of talent at WR this year.
Also no way they take that for a former 1st round pick.
4.53 from Tartt, not too shabby for a SS.
Good one FFR
“Oh I’m picking out a thermos for you, not an ordinary thermos for you”
It’s strange when everyone stops blogging simultaneously.
It’s because we’re all up to something. lol
Well Peter is probably up to something. LOL
we were all looking up the Thermos reference Tim…..
The Jerk
I know, I just didn’t remember that line.
I think I finally got it were everyone will not like it!
14: R1P14 DT DANNY SHELTON WASHINGTON
47: R2P15 G A.J. CANN SOUTH CAROLINA
78: R3P14 S JAQUISKI TARTT SAMFORD
111: R4P15 CB ERIC ROWE UTAH
142: R5P14 WR TONY LIPPETT MICHIGAN STATE
175: R6P15 S ADRIAN AMOS PENN STATE
207: R7P15 FB TYLER VARGA YALE
🙂
I hate it. Try again. LOL
Success!
“for all the science I don’t understand” from gps controlled airplanes to unmanned drone planes.
How about a Phone nobody makes calls on!
good one
Omar Kelly ✔ @OmarKelly
“@sethAfisher: how did you learn to evaluate players?”»
20 years of learning from great people & being around great athletes.I haven’t I just talk shit really. I have know idea what makes a good player.There I fixed it for him.
Damn, did not end the strike through properly, but you guys get the idea.
“for all the science I don’t understand” from grasshoppers that are good to the eco system to caterpillars used as war weapons with inserted computer chips controlled remotely.
to close a bold or strike through you end with /> right?? Open with
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close with />
yes Rock close with / >
Ok, time to GTFOOH!
NOGTIH all!
Awesome story Wyoming. Thank you for sharing.
Nogtih Rock
So what do we do now that the combine is over?
You can talk about what Peter can do.
Who is Peter?
TCU employs a turtle system defense that causes hallucinations of speed from their defense😆
Thank you for today’s random thought.
NFL players will wear RFID chips this season to track their movements.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/31/5957277/nfl-players-will-wear-rfid-chips-this-season-to-track-their-movements
interesting article
Bottom line post combine:
Good year for:
WRs
RBs
CBs
DTs
Bad year for:
TEs
S
QBs
Everything else is kind of in the middle.
Ken says:
February 23, 2015 at 5:12 pm
Who is Peter?
*
Whoever is located in Mike E’s palm at that moment.
Out for now. BBL. Peace.
I hope if we take a CB early its Jalen Collins. Tra Waynes despite his 40 time isnt as good a CB as Collins.
LOL @ Dbolt annoying Ken into leaving.
LMAO. I guess I’m the delicate Home
We will know when the rest of your personalities show up and argue with one another or pretend to date one another.
6mil per is what a lot are rumoring Clay will cost, and that’s about what i kind of expected and had budgeted in my mock dolphins off-season. I believe he is worth that.
I believe that he has the potential to earn that type of salary, but IMO he has not earned that yet. He has had one good season; $6 million per is too much for that.
Market is what it is, i can promise you he will make that someplace, maybe not with us, i dunno but if we want to keep him thats what we are looking at cost wise.
i am on the phone with suck ass Intuit support. It is located in the Philippines. My god these people are idiots. But I am laughing cause I just asked this chick on support “what is the name of your box?”
Ask the person on the phone what they would do for 5 dollars US and if it shocks even you, its probably the Philippines.
Can I talk to your Box?
Huh
Please give the phone to your Box!
Lol man fans cant let go…. There were polls for walk, franchise, extend on our different FA’s and in 90% of them people had voted to extend those players. I know you cant replace your whole team, and i think some of them are open for discussion on extending them for sure, but how do you expect to get better as a team extending everyone, including those that will cost a pretty penny to bring mediocrity to the positions. There was only one FA they didnt want to extend and that was TJ Heath lol, and thats probably because they are like, who the hell is TJ Heath.
Oh wait i didnt see the DT3 one, it was almost unanimous to send him packing.
D
i know it is the Philippines cause she said i will F*** you till Macarthur returns and give you back $4.95 in change
Guy at work, while at work, got a call from a person asking him if he wanted to try a backbrace free of charge. Dont know what this promotion was for but apparently he is on a list somewhere for back problems lol. Anyways the woman keeps asking him, “would you like to receive a free back brace or knee brace” and he keeps telling her, “no, i dont have a need for a back brace, its my penis i need help with. do you have a penis brace?” she repeats what she says and he tells her “No mam, i dont need a back brace, the problem with my back is because of my massive penis, i have troble holding it up, and its hurting my back. Do you have a penis brace?” this shit went on for about 15-20 minutes. Later that day the fuckers called back and here we go again. LOL. I usually keep asking questions until i talk them in circles or get them frustrated because they are so off their script they cant answer the questions anymore.
“Adrian Peterson’s agent told a Vikings official that the star running back will never again play for Minnesota during a heated exchange last week at the NFL scouting combine, sources confirmed to ESPN.”
Looks like Vikes may reach for a RB lol.
Think about this in terms of Clay….. really bad TE class, limited TE’s available in FA, especially ones that fit the mold Clay does. I think easily Clay is going to get 6mil. I might agree with ya Brian that he might not deserve 6mil for basically one really good year, but its not what his is worth, but what someone is willing to pay him. Bills have tons of cap space and would easily drop 6mil on him. If we dont pay him somewhere near 6mil per, we will likely lose him, and replacing him with whats out there right now is going to be a really hard thing to do.