40 years ago Sep 29th 1980

After a 2-14 record in 1979 the Lions drafted with the first pick of the1980 draft Billy Sims. On this day 41 years ago the Lions were 4-0. In 1980 did you ever imagine 41 years later you would be on a Wirelees Laptop signed into a Detroit Lions Fan Forum? You also would be on-line gambling, smoking pot, and drinking micro-beer all legally.

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What the hell is a “forum?”

It’s the part of the arm that the hand is connected to, man

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And the porn…let’s not forget the endless porn.

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Forum… the only forum in the 80’s was the Penthouse forum.

I mean, I was alive in 1980, but the only thing I was downloading was into a diaper.

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dog baby GIF

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Showtime was just getting started at The Forum

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“Another One Bites the Dust”… I remember it like yesterday. And you know what a lousy day yesterday was.

I wasn’t watching hoops yet, nut until about 87. Daaaamn was that laker team good. Amazing that those Celtic teams could hang with them at all, given the difference in athleticism. Crazy. Pistons sort of fell in the middle, but we had Rodman. Him, team rebounding on offense, along with Chuck Daley’s grind it out style, really helped to slow the down. Just take 'em to the torture chambers.

I had just got out of the Air Force in April of 1980, bought a brand new 25" RCA console TV, w/a remote control thingie, just to watch Lions football. The only games I was able to watch for four years were basically Thanksgiving Day games…I’ll never forget the opening game that year against the Rams. Billy went off, 150 yards, a couple of receptions, and three TDs. Dam, it looked awesome on that state of the art boob tube.

For added context… later that season I broke that remote thingie and it cost $80 to replace it!

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