SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 It sucked. I thank God everyday for Sunday Ticket and the net. Before these two I got to see maybe 2-3 games per year and catch an article here and there about my beloved team. Memorabilia was impossible to come by also. I once found one of thos little trolls several years ago that had a redskins jersey on. I freaked out! I actually was able to get a Redskins something! I also had a banner and a Mark Rypien Super Bowl headlines figure. A Theisman jersey a Skins T-shirt and that was it. I'll also be forever grateful to ebay for providing me enough memorabilia, vintage and new, to fill a room! I'm astonished at the Redskins stuff I have now compared to what was available to me 10 years ago. Thanks to these two inventions the team I love that used to be almost 1,000 miles away and more of a legend than a real thing is just a click away on the puter and on my TV every week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted August 18, 2003 Author Share Posted August 18, 2003 I guess I should've asked the question. I wanted to hear from other out of the area fans and how they lived w/o games and memorabilia being a click away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyeG Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Exactly,it blew big time. Although I don't have direct tv there are alot more options out there now than a few years back. This place being # 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Well, in that case..................IT SUCKed Not to say it hasn't gotten better. :smoke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted August 18, 2003 Author Share Posted August 18, 2003 Yes! finding this place was awesome. Even though I don't post a ton I'm here everyday reading. Very imformative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted August 18, 2003 Author Share Posted August 18, 2003 Sunday Ticket has got to be the best invention ever. Unfortunately there's people like me that would pay almost any price to see my team so the NFL and DirecTv does what they want with the price including a huge hike in the price this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 If not for this place and Buddha's chat room, I would friggin die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SkinsHokie Fan Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Last fall I went nuts while studying abroad and trying to follow the game on ESPN gamecast and on this board. I knew of Pat Ramsey's game against the Titans because of a line that said "Ramsey pass for 8 yards" and Darryl Gardner's recovery against the Rams because of "Fumble- recovered by Redskins" It was HORRIBLE. At least this board, when it wasn't slow because of the Swiss ISDN lines kept me in the game some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted August 18, 2003 Author Share Posted August 18, 2003 Imagine trying to follow the 1991 Super Bowl team by watching the 10 minute ticker on NBC. That was life for me that season. That and halftime highlight show was the extent of my following the Skins. I did get to see them play Dallas and Philly on Monday night and vs the Oilers on a Sunday. The loss against Dallas also so I saw them just 4 times during the regular season in 1991. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmootDawg21 Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 I was born in Virginia - and lived there until 1988. For the first 18 years of my life I lived and breathed and experienced Washington Redskins football. Then in 88, I moved to MS. Suddenly, all I had was the Saints. The few times that the Redskins would have a late afternoon game that was a national broadcast - the Saints would play the Rams or some other team on the West Coast - so they would also have a late afternoon game. Guess which one came on here... On Wednesdays, the sports section would list the television schedule for the upcoming weekend. A couple of times, if the 'Skins were hosting an AFC team, they were scheduled to be on locally. Then come game time, it was a different game. You could not afford to get your hopes up. Then came DirecTV and Sunday Ticket. When I first got DirecTV, they were not as careful about local channel rules, so I was able to get East/West feeds of the big four channels. The East Coast feed of ABC was out of Washington, DC. I got local news, sports, and best of all - ALL PRESEASON games - plus Renee Knott (excuse the misspelling) and his coaches show (with Norv) - which came on right before Monday Night Football. I paid an arm and a leg for the DirecTV hardware, but watching the 'Skins every Sunday was incredible. A year or two later, the ABC channel was switched to a New York feed, and then DirecTV had to cut off the network feeds after my local affiliates contested my ability to receive ABC, CBS, and NBC. (thanks local affiliates). Now I read this messageboard, the Washington Post, the Times, you name it - I got 'Skins overload. The Redskins are on EVERY Sunday now (and Sunday Ticket has doubled in price since I first subscribed). My DirecTiVo records all the 'Skins games. I also got tickets to see Tampa @ Washinton this year. It will be my first trip to the Fed. I've seen many a game at RFK, so I am really looking forward to seeing the new stadium. Thanks for keeping us GC fans in the loop during preseason. This site is a godsend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy-the-Greek Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 It did suck. I had to go to the public library almost every saturday and Sunday morning to read about my skins. I am thankful that they play in Washington DC market though. Most bigger libraries used to get the Sunday times. I just wish they had more sports mags back then. When I take my daughter to the library today I marvel at all the info now. I just wish we had all this info at our fingertips during the Gibbs era. But I guess if they did I would have a closet full of stuff my wife would be trying to get rid of. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted August 18, 2003 Author Share Posted August 18, 2003 My wife is cool about all my memorabilia and letting me get Sunday Ticket. I can't complain. I don't know if I could go back to the old way of doing things like waiting for the 10 minute ticker on NBC and watching the halftime show to see highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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