SMITTY
Pro Bowler
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Post by SMITTY on Jul 3, 2023 13:29:35 GMT -7
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Post by thomas cat on Jul 4, 2023 17:55:27 GMT -7
I don't remember much about him at all. Sadly, this was a time when I lost interest in the Cardinals and even football as a whole. After they moved from St louis ( I live in Illinois ) it was almost impossible to follow them. This was before the internet and unless you subscribed to something like Pro Football Weekly, almost impossible to follow in any real way other than win/loss record. Living in Illinois, the best I got was an occasional tv game or an article in my local paper.....and there were very few of those. It wasn't until the internet that I found my Cardinals again. Anyhow, I am saddened to see his passing. In the Cardinals long history, he did something that few have done. This is taken from this article.... Arizona Cardinals: Top 5 seasons since 1988"#4 - Vince Tobin leads the Cardinals to their first playoff win since 1947 After the first two weeks of the 1998 season, no one thought highly of Vince Tobin’s Arizona Cardinals, as opponents outscored them 71-24, including, you guessed it, a 38-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1.But the Cards went 9-5 the rest of the way. What was truly amazing about this team? Standing at 6-7 and hanging onto their playoff lives by a thread, the Cards pushed through and won three straight nail biters to clinch a playoff berth.They marched into Dallas and pulled off a major upset over their then-division rival, before falling to the 15-1 Minnesota Vikings the following week. Despite the fact this was a mediocre Cardinals team, they proved the only stat that matters by the end of the game is the W."Man, I wished I could have followed that season properly. It was perfect for underdog lovers. As you said. It would also have been my first time to witness a playoff win as well.
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Post by FLCardinalFan on Jul 6, 2023 15:37:48 GMT -7
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