There has been global media on the Maroons the last fortnight. Look at the article from the Irish Times.
Most of the articles don't paint Pottsville in positive light.
If the Cardinals pull out today, give our championship back.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
The Greatest Cardinal of them All?
REMEMBERING PAT TILLMAN
In a professional sportsworld filled with vanity, Pat Tillman gave up millions and elisted in US Army Rangers back in 2004. Hopefully, the NFL will remember him this weekend. April will mark 5 years since Tillman was KIA in a "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan.
Pat, we will never forget.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Paybacks are Bitch
UP YOURS BIDWELL!!!!!
Great article by Pat Lester in the Allentown Morning Call. Does an owner really deserve a championship after charging draftpicks for hats on draft day????
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Maroons will deliver the title to the AFC
Maybe or maybe not, remember wide right in the Giants victory over Buffalo?
Corky Blake writes about the Curse.
Corky Blake writes about the Curse.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Keep the Curse Alive!!!
By: STEVE LIENERT
It's safe to say the good folks in Pottsville, Pa. will be rooting hard for the Eagles when they face the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday.
Not because they have a particular fondness for the Eagles, but because they have particular disdain for the Cardinals.
In 1925, the Cardinals were awarded an NFL Championship they may or may not have earned.
What is clear is that title originally belonged to the Pottsville Maroons and the people of Pottsville feel the Cardinals and, more specifically, the Bidwill family stole their championship.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and Pottsville Mayor John Reiley campaign for the title to be returned. The Cardinals have been cursed ever since.
The Maroons, who already had one of the most successful semi-pro teams in the country, joined the NFL that year and took the league by storm. The Frankford Yellow Jackets, who later became the Eagles, finished with a decent 13-7 record that season, but it included a 49-0 loss to Pottsville.
The Maroons, however, went 10-2 with seven shutouts and outscored opponents by a 270-45 margin. Late in the season, according to the Eagles Encyclopedia, the Maroons traveled to Chicago's Comiskey Park to play the Cardinals for what was considered to be the 1925 NFL Championship Game. The Maroons went on to defeat the Cardinals 21-7.
After that, though, the Maroons scheduled a game against a former Notre Dame all-star team, including the legendary Four Horsemen, to be played in Philadelphia. The only problem was that the NFL said the Maroons couldn't play in the city because it was Yellow Jackets' territory and, perhaps more importantly, the Yellow Jackets had a home game scheduled the same day.
Then NFL Commissioner Joe Carr warned the Maroons in writing not to play in Philadelphia, but the Maroons did anyway, defeating the college all stars 9-7 in front of their former coach, Knute Rockne.
Considering that college football was regarded as a better brand of football at the time, it was widely regarded that the win helped legitimize the NFL. However, Carr was not amused. He canceled the Maroons' last game of the season, suspended the club and returned the franchise to the league. Pottsville had its franchise returned in 1926, but the Cardinals, who allegedly played its last home game against a team that was so bad it used high school players during the game, were awarded the 1925 title because it had two more wins than the Maroons.
According to a story published last February in the Super Bowl XLII preview edition of ESPN the Magazine, then Cardinals owner Chris O'Brien called the championship "bogus" and never accepted it. Seven years later, though, the Bidwill family bought the team and decided they wanted the 1925 title to call their own. Until then, the Maroons were recognized as the champs.
Just like that, Pottsville's only claim to NFL fame was gone and the townspeople put a hex on the franchise. As recently as 2003, at the NFL owners meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Governor Ed Rendell tried to have the title returned to the Maroons in time for Pottsville's bicentennial celebration in 2006.
Even President George W. Bush chimed in on the subject. According to the article in ESPN the Magazine, Bush sent a handwritten note to ESPN calling the Maroons' case "illuminating." However, the owners, on the behest of current Cardinals owner Bill Bidwill, shot down the request by a 30-2 vote. The only two votes in favor of awarding the Maroons the title were by Steelers owner Dan Rooney and Eagles Chairman/CEO Jeffrey Lurie.
Arizona fans have bought into the curse put on them by Pottsvillians. They have discussed raising money to send a replica trophy to be given to the city. But until the 1925 NFL Championship is returned to Pottsville, the Curse of the Maroons will haunt the Cardinals.
It may not mean anything, but the Eagles will be happy to take any help they can get.
It's safe to say the good folks in Pottsville, Pa. will be rooting hard for the Eagles when they face the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday.
Not because they have a particular fondness for the Eagles, but because they have particular disdain for the Cardinals.
In 1925, the Cardinals were awarded an NFL Championship they may or may not have earned.
What is clear is that title originally belonged to the Pottsville Maroons and the people of Pottsville feel the Cardinals and, more specifically, the Bidwill family stole their championship.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and Pottsville Mayor John Reiley campaign for the title to be returned. The Cardinals have been cursed ever since.
The Maroons, who already had one of the most successful semi-pro teams in the country, joined the NFL that year and took the league by storm. The Frankford Yellow Jackets, who later became the Eagles, finished with a decent 13-7 record that season, but it included a 49-0 loss to Pottsville.
The Maroons, however, went 10-2 with seven shutouts and outscored opponents by a 270-45 margin. Late in the season, according to the Eagles Encyclopedia, the Maroons traveled to Chicago's Comiskey Park to play the Cardinals for what was considered to be the 1925 NFL Championship Game. The Maroons went on to defeat the Cardinals 21-7.
After that, though, the Maroons scheduled a game against a former Notre Dame all-star team, including the legendary Four Horsemen, to be played in Philadelphia. The only problem was that the NFL said the Maroons couldn't play in the city because it was Yellow Jackets' territory and, perhaps more importantly, the Yellow Jackets had a home game scheduled the same day.
Then NFL Commissioner Joe Carr warned the Maroons in writing not to play in Philadelphia, but the Maroons did anyway, defeating the college all stars 9-7 in front of their former coach, Knute Rockne.
Considering that college football was regarded as a better brand of football at the time, it was widely regarded that the win helped legitimize the NFL. However, Carr was not amused. He canceled the Maroons' last game of the season, suspended the club and returned the franchise to the league. Pottsville had its franchise returned in 1926, but the Cardinals, who allegedly played its last home game against a team that was so bad it used high school players during the game, were awarded the 1925 title because it had two more wins than the Maroons.
According to a story published last February in the Super Bowl XLII preview edition of ESPN the Magazine, then Cardinals owner Chris O'Brien called the championship "bogus" and never accepted it. Seven years later, though, the Bidwill family bought the team and decided they wanted the 1925 title to call their own. Until then, the Maroons were recognized as the champs.
Just like that, Pottsville's only claim to NFL fame was gone and the townspeople put a hex on the franchise. As recently as 2003, at the NFL owners meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Governor Ed Rendell tried to have the title returned to the Maroons in time for Pottsville's bicentennial celebration in 2006.
Even President George W. Bush chimed in on the subject. According to the article in ESPN the Magazine, Bush sent a handwritten note to ESPN calling the Maroons' case "illuminating." However, the owners, on the behest of current Cardinals owner Bill Bidwill, shot down the request by a 30-2 vote. The only two votes in favor of awarding the Maroons the title were by Steelers owner Dan Rooney and Eagles Chairman/CEO Jeffrey Lurie.
Arizona fans have bought into the curse put on them by Pottsvillians. They have discussed raising money to send a replica trophy to be given to the city. But until the 1925 NFL Championship is returned to Pottsville, the Curse of the Maroons will haunt the Cardinals.
It may not mean anything, but the Eagles will be happy to take any help they can get.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Eagles advance to NFC Title Game!!!!!
TAKE THAT!!!!!
It wasn't Chuck Bednarik laying out Frank Gifford for 18 months in 1960, but it was good enough for me as the Eagles advanced to next weeks NFC title game against the Arizona Cardinals.
These are the same Cardinals owned by the same chump Bidwell family since 1932. Remember them? They claimed the 1925 title even though the lost it on the field to the Pottsville Maroons. Time for the curse of the Maroons to rear it's head next Sunday at 3:00 pm.
Final Thoughts on the Bowl Season
Once again 66 universities, the press, some coaches and a computer decided Florida is the best team in the country. David Jones of the Patriot-News outlines it best.
As I see it, the current economy will have to affect the ever expanding bowl line up. The Big Ten with two teams in BCS games and teams in 5 other bowl games shared over 40 million dollars. With that type of change floating around and conference that went 1-6 in the postseason, don't look for a playoff anytime soon.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Happy 83rd Anniversary Maroons!!!!
Pottsville defeated the Chicago Cardinal on December 6th, 1925. The score was 21-7. Again, Happy Anniversary to Maroon fans everywhere.
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