+adamantyr Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 So I was checking out the NFL website today, and what is this, a reference to the TI! "... Worth noting is that the Cowboys are not exactly the NFL's version of the iPad Pro with a mounted virtual pencil. The way Dallas plays defense, runs the football and keeps the passing game mostly simple is more synonymous with the TI-99/4A home computer, which was from the era when "Family Ties" was crushing in the ratings and John Robinson's Rams pants were pulled up to the midriff ..." Full Article here: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001008960/article/nfl-power-rankings-colts-cowboys-roll-into-divisional-round 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 During a local-affiliate Packers broadcast earlier this year (preseason, I think), James Lofton mentioned the Apple //e he owned back in his playing days and how not-computer-savvy he was. I don't recall the context, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 So I was checking out the NFL website today, and what is this, a reference to the TI! "... Worth noting is that the Cowboys are not exactly the NFL's version of the iPad Pro with a mounted virtual pencil. The way Dallas plays defense, runs the football and keeps the passing game mostly simple is more synonymous with the TI-99/4A home computer, which was from the era when "Family Ties" was crushing in the ratings and John Robinson's Rams pants were pulled up to the midriff ..." Full Article here: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001008960/article/nfl-power-rankings-colts-cowboys-roll-into-divisional-round May we safely assume ALL fans of the TEXAS Instruments TI-99/4 are also fans of America’s Team: DALLAS COWBOYS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 May we safely assume ALL fans of the TEXAS Instruments TI-99/4 are also fans of America’s Team: DALLAS COWBOYS? No. I suspect one of two things: these commentators are users and lurk here, or go on Google to look up computers from desired time-frames converse to modern technology to make points in their analogies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 No. I suspect one of two things: these commentators are users and lurk here, or go on Google to look up computers from desired time-frames converse to modern technology to make points in their analogies. Hmmm, maybe he saw my TI-99/4A's trackball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LASooner Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 May we safely assume ALL fans of the TEXAS Instruments TI-99/4 are also fans of America’s Team: DALLAS COWBOYS? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 I suspect one of two things: these commentators are users and lurk here I guarantee you Elliot Harrison does not even know what AtariAge is. ...or go on Google to look up computers from desired time-frames converse to modern technology to make points in their analogies. Possible. Or, he remembers TI computers from back in the day (maybe he had one?) and saw an opening for a Texas-related pun regarding the Cowboys' steady but underwhelming play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+adamantyr Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 May we safely assume ALL fans of the TEXAS Instruments TI-99/4 are also fans of America’s Team: DALLAS COWBOYS? Absolutely not. Seahawks fan here. I can't stand the Cowboys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Broncos fan here.... I also tolerate a few other teams as well... the Cowboys are not one of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Well, since we are sounding off; Red Wings fan, here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 I will continue to lurk as a Cowboys fan... ...waitaminute, dang it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 I almost lost money on the Seahawks this year. At the beginning of the season I bet they would not make it to the playoffs. Hey, after getting rid of some good players I thought it was a good bet. I lost, but figured that since they are good at grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory, I'll use the last Superbowl they were in as an example, I bet that they would lose that last game. I feel good, I broke even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 What sport is this they play? I recognize none of these teams. . .but then, there are no professional sports that I have any kind of interest in, which would explain my extreme lack of knowledge in that area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I hated the Yzerman, Federov, Hasek years.... many many times my beloved Avs were eliminated by that trio of death.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 What sport is this they play? I recognize none of these teams. . .but then, there are no professional sports that I have any kind of interest in, which would explain my extreme lack of knowledge in that area. Hand egg, not to be confused with football 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 What sport is this they play? I recognize none of these teams. . .but then, there are no professional sports that I have any kind of interest in, which would explain my extreme lack of knowledge in that area.Calvinball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Calvinball. CALVINBALL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Calvin is always a useful reference, and Calvinball is a great way to show the insanity that is organized sports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Not gonna lie, I'd watch pro calvinball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Not gonna lie, I'd watch pro calvinball. "And the Cowboys are heading for the endzone, and WAIT A MINUTE! Mcneil has just declared the entire last segment of the field to be LAVA! The Cowboys are trying to hop across it without touching any of the green and... oh no! He fell in! The ball is loose!" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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