In case you haven't noticed, on some subjects, I can't help myself to go rambling in posts, when its about something, that is/was an event in my life..........then my Posts become Novels........
I've not got several teams I follow now in these years, with the primary Team I root for is the Packers....I see in Aaron Rodgers, what I first saw in Joe Montana, .........in many ways.......!
I can clearly recall the very 1st Super Bowls, as well as every Super bowl. As a kid in Luzianna, with no Saints, I was the only Packer Fan in that entire state ( or so it felt), while everyone else was a blatant Homer Cowboy Fan. That much hardened me moreso to my Packers.....
Altho' more instrumental in re-sparking my NFL interests, was the advent coming of Cool Joe Montana. I often drove to Frisco to see those great 49'rs teams, rather than watch the L.A. Rams or Raiders.....
I like basically any good game, whoever is playing. I enjoy the Giants, with Manning to Beckham, IMO, the greatest QB to WR tandem in both leagues.
Basically I enjoy your Ravens, more for their hellacious Defenses over the last decade.....I mean lets face it, when a Team with a Mediocre Dilfer as QB, still wins a SB, that speaks volumes.....
More than the NFL, I enjoy NCAA FB even moreso, Roll Tide Roll. Been a Nic Saban fan since he was in Toledo, (where a young Urban Meyer called Nics wife, asking to interview with Nick for a Coaching Position at Toledo, which Meyer never got)......on to M.ST. LSU, was glorious since I was living in Luzianna, when the Bayou Bengals won the 1st BCS. I didn't like his move to Miami as a NFL coach, and I do believe he's restored the "glory of Bama" back to its fans, which they've not seen the likes of since Bear Bryant passed. Nick has returned BAMA to those Hounds-tooth Cap days........
I enjoy several College Teams tho', and enjoyed watching USC win those Natl. Titles. But in the end, when Pete Carroll was ready to be formally called on the NCAA Violations Committee, He took the 1st Sunday Night plane trip to Seattle, inked a Contract, just the night before the Hammer fell on USC and Carroll's knowledge of illegal recruiting pay, gifts, et al. 1 reason I despise the Seahawks or whatever Team the Fraud is coaching.
Besides, UCLA is my Alma Mater, and I like what Jim Mora Jr. is doing with His team, ranked in the Top 10, yet Jim hasn't been able to stay in the top 10, not yet, but I do think he has the skill set to be a great College Coach, moreso than his days in SF and Atlanta........
my all time favorite games ever played, were the 66 Ice Bowl when the Pack beat Dallas to go to the 1st SB.
Followed by several other games, like Dwight Clarks catch in the end zone to eliminate Dallas, and send Cool Joe to his 1st SB.
PS: 1st autograph I ever got was of Johnny Unitas in 1963, at a game at Soldier Field. My Dad and I took a train to Chicago, to see 1 of 2 games in which Unitas was stunned and beaten both times, that year....who ever forgets the 1st autograph they ever got???????