There's No Football Cards Like Old School Football Cards

Aloha, everybody,

It's Super Bowl eve, so it's the right time to bust out my humble, but awesome football card collection. 

I don't have many cards, but the ones I do have resonate deeply in the football part of my soul. 

However, some corners in my soul are dark and ironic...

 Sure, I love baseball, but football's past heroes were the ones I grew up watching on Sunday TV and the early years of Monday Night Football..

For several years Super Sunday was a wonderful thing because my favorite team and favorite Purple People Eater - were in the bowl...

Alas, all of those bright Super Bowl afternoons ended in dashed, melancholy nights because of my team's ill-fated quarterback...

 For example, one year, it was Tark's bad luck to run into this QB's team of destiny...

Then teenaged me grew up and transferred allegiance to a new team. Rough and tough, with the added grit of knowing how to win the Super Bowl...

If you're going to have a punter in your collection, make sure he's bad-ass...

 When the Raiders moved to L.A., that sealed the deal for me. 

Back in those days, having the Raiders in my back yard was great for getting in-person autos...

Past players were often available at fanfests...

Here's one for you Chicago readers and bloggers. The other day I was out walking my dog and came upon someone else in the hood who feels big time football love. Check out this custom paint job from a couple of streets over...

Let's close with one more from Johnny U...

  ...and my favorite pep talk ever. Spoiler, it aint about the Gipper...

Aloha!