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Currently Reading:      | Marlin Briscoe replaced starting quarterback Steve Tensi in the second half and guided the Broncos to a 27-20 win over Cincinnati. The following is not a summary of historical events,but rather the results of my computer football replay of the 1968 AFL season using Second and Ten football. In reality on October 6,[...] Just as the 1968 baseball season was nearly derailed by the assassination of Martin Luther King,Jr.,and then by the assassination of Robert Kennedy,and nearly again by the turmoil of the Democratic National Convention,my replay has plodded along. Just like that season,that year,that seemed as if it would never end. [...] Cleveland Browns coach Blanton Collier announced Frank Ryan (above) will be replaced as the team's starting quarterback against the Steelers this week. Ryan frequently had defensive linemen draped on him this season as he has been sacked 17 times in the first 3 games. Frank Ryan,who quarterbacked the Browns to a championship four [...] Syracuse's Larry Csonka is tackled by the Packer defense in the 1968 Chicago Charities College All-Star Game. In 1934,one year after creating baseball’s All Star Game,Arch Ward,sports editor for the Chicago Tribune,looked for a football equivalent of the All Star Game. The NFL was is its fledgling years and in [...] I’ve mentioned before that one of the benefits of this replay project is the discovering of new music. My 1966 replay introduced me to the Beach Boys’Pet Sounds in its entirety;1967 introduced me to Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow and Moby Grape. No new discoveries to report for 1968 as of yet. I am [...] |  | |||
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