The Tyler Rose! I got to take a picture with him and he autographed it for me back in the mid 80’s. He was my idol when he played for the Houston Oilers. Earl, Stabler, and Billy “White Shoes” Johnson were something to see. Add Bum Phillips with his cowboy hat and personality pacing the sidelines to top it off. I don’t know how many times we’d take an old shirt, cut it down so it tear easy, and recreate the Earl Campbell run with the tear away jersey in the neighborhood. I still have some old Oiler memorabilia from that time stored away somewhere. I was hooked and it’s 90% because of EC.

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“I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give ‘em any proof.”

Bum Phillips


"I didnt mean to kill nobody, I just meant to shoot him once in the head and two times in the chest. Him dying was between he and the Lord."
Legendary bluesman R.L. Burnside