Had dinner last Friday beside..

olb31 · July 13, 2011 10:59AM

Tom Flores, Darryl Lamonica and Cliff Branch.

Dboneesq · July 13, 2011 11:07AM

Unless ya have pictures ... ya didn't! LOL

cpamike · July 13, 2011 11:34AM

I had wild wings with Doug, but I don't have pictures either.

Dboneesq · July 13, 2011 11:45AM

<< I had wild wings with Doug, but I don't have pictures either.

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Then it DIDN'T happen Mike! And Eric wasn't there either!

goraiders · July 13, 2011 11:50AM

<< Tom Flores, Darryl Lamonica and Cliff Branch.

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A little more info would be nice,love to hear some old school Raider stories

cpamike · July 13, 2011 11:52AM

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<< I had wild wings with Doug, but I don't have pictures either.

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Then it DIDN'T happen Mike! And Eric wasn't there either! >>

Who's Eric??? I need pictures.

TNP777 · July 13, 2011 11:59AM

back in '97 or so I flew from Dallas to Fresno next to Lamonica and didn't even know it until after we had landed. My boss at the time was an ex-AFL player (Bob Scarpitto) and they greeted each other while we were waiting for our luggage.

Ironmanfan · July 13, 2011 12:10PM

<< back in '97 or so I flew from Dallas to Fresno next to Lamonica and didn't even know it until after we had landed. My boss at the time was an ex-AFL player (Bob Scarpitto) and they greeted each other while we were waiting for our luggage. >>

Wasn't Scarpitto the player who held for Tom Dempsey's record breaking kick with N.O. in the early 1970's (sorry for temporarily de-railing thread)?

IMF

Dboneesq · July 13, 2011 12:17PM

<< Wasn't Scarpitto the player who held for Tom Dempsey's record breaking kick with N.O. in the early 1970's (sorry for temporarily de-railing thread)?IMF >>

Name was close ... see below:

According to Dempsey, "When I lined up to kick my record-setting 63 yard field goal in 1970, we had the ball in the closed-in area of Tulane Stadium. The winds in that stadium sometimes would swirl and push balls wide to the left or wide to the right. The stadium was shaped like a big horseshoe, open at one end of the stadium and closed at the other. When it got windy, it was difficult to judge what was going to happen to the ball once it was kicked. But I got a good snap and a good hold, and I knew I had hit it well enough to go the distance. Considering that stadium, though, the question of whether the ball would stay straight was in the back of my mind. My snapper was Jackie Burkett and my holder was Joe Scarpati. It's important to have a good holder. Everything was perfect for me that day: I got a perfect snap, I got a perfect hold, and I got a lot of protection. No one ever accomplishes anything alone in football. We all like to think that we can, but that's just not true. It's always been a team game, always will be. So everything went well, and everyone else did their job. The last thing was for me to try to do mine. I thought I kicked it pretty well- I thought it had a chance. I was hoping the winds wouldn't swirl and drive the ball off-course. It seemed like it took forever to get there. I just kept watching it, wondering if it had enough distance. Finally, the referees raised their hands that it was good."

Goot · July 13, 2011 12:20PM

I ate breakfast next to Derek Jeter a few weeks ago when he was rehabbing in Tampa. Kind of awkward because everyone knows who he is, he knows everyone knows who he is, but theres that whole "privacy" thing. Nobody bothered him so I did the same.

lahmejoon · July 13, 2011 12:35PM

<< back in '97 or so I flew from Dallas to Fresno next to Lamonica and didn't even know it until after we had landed. My boss at the time was an ex-AFL player (Bob Scarpitto) and they greeted each other while we were waiting for our luggage. >>

You actually had to fly to Fresno?!