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Cowher on Ben's show

Post by RemoAZ » Tue May 09, 2023 3:27 am

This is really great. Of course I love Cowher so I'm probably biased. Awesome stories and funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNOkc67 ... annelSeven


Howard Griffith had to resort to chop-blocking him during the 1997 AFC Championship Game. An incredulous Kirkland asked Griffith, “Why do you have to use cheap tactics like chop-blocking?” Griffith replied “Why do you have to be a 300-pound linebacker?”

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Post by 955876 » Tue May 09, 2023 4:39 am

Did they settle the toe controversy?

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Post by Kodiak. » Tue May 09, 2023 4:56 am

"that team....We would have won mult....well, of course you know, you won another one 3 years later"

"but, that team....it was like "wow, just don't screw it up". They were set"


Or something like that. Interesting.
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Post by Ice » Tue May 09, 2023 9:35 am

And what beers did they pour him?
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Post by LakecrestSteeler » Tue May 09, 2023 5:31 pm

RemoAZ wrote:
Tue May 09, 2023 3:27 am
This is really great. Of course I love Cowher so I'm probably biased. Awesome stories and funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNOkc67 ... annelSeven
Pretty good episode.

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Post by bradshaw2ben » Wed May 10, 2023 2:06 pm

Man, listening to Cowher talk about his first coaching staff and the foresight he had about developing an OC from within at all times... the list of names is incredible. Contrast with Tomlin's staff, especially the guys he did not inherit from Cowher.
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Post by gojira5150 » Wed May 10, 2023 2:42 pm

bradshaw2ben wrote:
Wed May 10, 2023 2:06 pm
Man, listening to Cowher talk about his first coaching staff and the foresight he had about developing an OC from within at all times... the list of names is incredible. Contrast with Tomlin's staff, especially the guys he did not inherit from Cowher.
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Post by RemoAZ » Wed May 10, 2023 3:46 pm

Ice wrote:
Tue May 09, 2023 9:35 am
And what beers did they pour him?
They did an IPA and some food. He also gave him a beer he keeps on tap at the start and Cowher gave Ben crap for giving him a smaller glass so later he gave him a huge mug. There were a lot of laughs and good stories. Cowher is great. Really miss him on the sidelines. You can't fake the love, pride and intensity he displayed 24/7.
Howard Griffith had to resort to chop-blocking him during the 1997 AFC Championship Game. An incredulous Kirkland asked Griffith, “Why do you have to use cheap tactics like chop-blocking?” Griffith replied “Why do you have to be a 300-pound linebacker?”

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Post by LakecrestSteeler » Wed May 10, 2023 4:57 pm

I couldn’t make it through the Shazier episode…started getting cringy in my humble opinion. Maybe the episode got better.

I have liked just about every episode otherwise.

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Post by thiefery » Wed May 10, 2023 5:32 pm

RemoAZ wrote:
Wed May 10, 2023 3:46 pm
Ice wrote:
Tue May 09, 2023 9:35 am
And what beers did they pour him?
They did an IPA and some food. He also gave him a beer he keeps on tap at the start and Cowher gave Ben crap for giving him a smaller glass so later he gave him a huge mug. There were a lot of laughs and good stories. Cowher is great. Really miss him on the sidelines. You can't fake the love, pride and intensity he displayed 24/7.
Liked how he went in and gave his side of the story of the 2004 Draft.. I remember that day posting with other fans on the stillers forums.. we expected Phillip Rivers to drop towards us not Ben since we all ranked Ben ahead of Rivers. When Rivers was the one picked for the Eli Swap.. we were all nervous cause we knew how much Cowher liked Shawn Andrews and that RB from Oregon St..

later in the week posters were saying Cowher got veto'd and Ben was going to be the pick... Which I will always believe because as you can tell in the pod.. Bill was really frustrated by the way Ben played.. the way he played went against almost everything Bill wanted in a QB

Kudos for Bill to know when to hang it up, I do think the game passed him by.. Now if we can get Tomlin to go elsewhere...

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Post by Ice » Wed May 10, 2023 5:41 pm

See, I was pleased when Rivers got picked before us, because even if he could be steered away from obese linemen, I figured for sure he would have opted for the NCSt kid given a QB choice. And hey, the Bills ended up with JP Lose Man out of that draft, so there's your gamble that didn't pay off.
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Post by Obviously » Wed May 10, 2023 6:06 pm

955876 wrote:
Tue May 09, 2023 4:39 am
Did they settle the toe controversy?
It didn't come up, but when they mentioned the 2004 AFCCG (twice), Ben automatically said "asterisk." :lol:

After watching this episode, I watched the Tomlin episode. I actually enjoyed both episodes very much, and I am a huge critic of both.
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