R.I.P. Pat Summerall

[Caliga]

  The straight man to the clown that is John Madden.

[derspiess]

RIP

[Caliga]

I hope he's enjoying a martini or ten in paradise.

[katmai]

Him and the clown were big parts of my childhood football experience.

RIP

[Caliga]

Him and the clown were big parts of my childhood football experience.

Same.

[CountDeMoney]

Him and the clown were big parts of my childhood football experience.

RIP

Another vet of the '58 Championship game gone. 

I preferred NBC coverage over CBS, but you could always tell ol' Pat was blitzed sometime in the middle of the 3rd quarter during those late games. 
Us really, really old people can remember when he worked with Tom Brookshier in the late 70s before Madden. Now that's old.

One of the old straight-away kickers.  The way it should be done, not that faggot soccer-style they do now.

[dps]

Us really, really old people can remember when he worked with Tom Brookshier in the late 70s before Madden. Now that's old.

Yep.  I still tend to think of Brookshier as his sidekick, rather than Madden.

Madden, himself, I still tend to think of as Raider's head coach, not a broadcaster.

[CountDeMoney]

Madden, himself, I still tend to think of as Raider's head coach, not a broadcaster.

Agreed.  He actually scared me as a little kid when they showed him on the sidelines, because he was clinically fucking insane.

[katmai]

You guys are fossils.