John Madden Passes at 85

[boozeman]

Figured something was up when they did the Christmas special.

RIP

 

[jsmith6919]

Just saw this on twitter. A lot of my favorite football watching moments are from his broadcasts. RIP to a legend.

 

[Sheik]

He was larger than life. A true icon. RIP.

 

[Cotton]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...

An icon is gone. There will never be another. Damn, this one hurts. RIP

 

[Foobio]

Football hasn‘t been as good without Summerall and Madden.

 

[jsmith6919]

 

[Smitty]

I saw a picture of him from a couple years back and he looked absolutely awful. I mean, it’s a terrible thing but he lived a full and long life.

Football was never the same after he left. RIP.

 

[jsmith6919]

 

[jsmith6919]

 

[Cotton]

I'm gonna really miss that dude.

 

[jsmith6919]

I'm gonna really miss that dude.

Best there ever was

 

[Cotton]

Perfect.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Jesus. RIP.

I was at Madden's HOF induction (I went because of Aikman). Madden's speech was for my money the best ever and still is.

Obviously the best announcer and a great coach as well.

In a lot of ways helped shape what football is today.

RIP.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I'll always remember he used to pronounce Doug Cosbie as "Cause-by" for some reason. That always amused me.

 

[Rev]

Dwelling on the sweat stains and actually even circling them killed me.

 

[jsmith6919]

Sitting here trying to remember all the drinking game rules we had for a Madden broadcast game back in the day

 

[Genghis Khan]

I love that he's talking about that stuff in the middle of a close game between two good teams. Nowadays these conversations are time fillers only.

Football / sports take itself way too seriously nowadays.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Madden loved Nate Newton.

 

[Cotton]

I love that he's talking about that stuff in the middle of a close game between two good teams. Nowadays these conversations are time fillers only.

Football / sports take itself way too seriously nowadays.

We lost a giant today.

 

[jsmith6919]