Mack Herron
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Did anyone here watch him that season? That's absurd for the time period.
Naaah! Before the Pats were formed I was a Gents fan! Frederickson Shofner et al. Then Parilli n the Pats came on the scene.! RIP BabeA boyhood hero of mine.
I was so sick of hearing about YA Title and the freaking Giants......and then, along came this team, right in Boston, called the Patriots.
It wasn't long until the Sweet Kentucky babe found his way to this team and proceeded to really light it up for a few years....Colclough, Gino, Jim Nance....who knew it would take 42 years for glory!
Naaah! Before the Pats were formed I was a Gents fan! Frederickson Shofner et al. Then Parilli n the Pats came on the scene.! RIP Babe
Naaah! Before the Pats were formed I was a Gents fan! Frederickson Shofner et al. Then Parilli n the Pats came on the scene.! RIP Babe
After Mike Holovak replaced Lou Saban the Patriots had a nice stretch of very good teams for about five or six years. Babe Parilli was certainly one of the key parts for those teams, including the one with him, Jim Nance, Nick Buoniconti and others leading the way that nearly made it to the first super bowl. Unfortunately they never quite made it to the top, and then everything fell apart quickly when too many key players got old and/or injured at the same time.
Oakland trades Parilli to Patriots
Regarding SB III with the Jets, if I recall Namath got hurt fairly badly and had to go to the sideline, which resulted in Parilli seeing some unexpected playing time. I think it only lasted a couple of plays, but he still got his ring.
RIP
Naaah! Before the Pats were formed I was a Gents fan! Frederickson Shofner et al. Then Parilli n the Pats came on the scene.! RIP Babe
Only 12 posts for the Babe.
Is there that few of us old farts left?
A boyhood hero of mine.
I was so sick of hearing about YA Title and the freaking Giants......and then, along came this team, right in Boston, called the Patriots.
It wasn't long until the Sweet Kentucky babe found his way to this team and proceeded to really light it up for a few years....Colclough, Gino, Jim Nance....who knew it would take 42 years for glory!
Loved the mid-60s Pats led by Parilli. He was a pro, very competent QB. Jim Nance was a great RB, the D had stars, Holovak was a real good coach.I think we are indeed dropping in numbers...! I remember the Babe well, he was a damn good QB and gave the Pats legitimacy at the position immediately after they acquired him. I loved the way he dropped back to pass - you could tell he KNEW what he was doing. I think he instilled a lot of confidence in those mid 60's Patriot teams. RIP Babe Parilli, you were a very good one.
We had our own Curse of the Babe down in Miami for - only 20 years...I was an 11year old Pats fan then, but was very hard to catch the Pats on TV in the early years. I probably went to as many games as I saw on TV. But Babe was one good reason to watch.
Was really cool when the Pats finally got most games televised,believe it was around that time or a few years later.
Yeah Parillis 31 tds were probably equivalent to 50+ now. Dbs could maul receivers pretty much at will, ol couldn't extend their arms to block,QBs had no protection. Was a different game- in some ways,better,some ways worse.
People like to incorrectly state that our recent success this century has shaped our attitudes and perspectives about pro football.Most football fans in New England were Giants fans up thru 1960. A lot of local fans stuck with the Giants for a few years after that before switching to the Pats.
They were the closest thing to a home team and they had some really good teams. But always lost to the Packers in the end. They were my intro to football as a young kid. But I was a complete Patriots convert by 1961 and I grew to really dislike the Giants.
The Patriots certainly rule the entire northeast- nygiants are now mere after thoughts.