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...
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Let's close with one more from Johnny U...
...and my favorite pep talk ever. Spoiler, it aint about the Gipper...
Aloha!
