Congrats, OJ!

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

12 years ago today, Orenthal James Simpson was acquitted by a jury of his peers in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

Anyone have an update on his search for the real killer?

[SunMo]

[phattymatty]

I'm just glad it's finally Rocktober!!

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

There was a regular-season game nicknamed for Simpson; it was the "O.J. Bowl", between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers, because it was thought the loser would get the first crack at drafting him. The Eagles won that game 12-0 (on 4 field goals by Sam Baker); but it turned out that neither of those teams drafted him.

Simpson was drafted by the AFL's Buffalo Bills, who got first pick in the 1969 draft after finishing 1-12-1 in 1968.

Wow, I did not know that!  GET O.J.!

[Wingspan]

That's the snowball/santa game.

[phattymatty]

That's the snowball/santa game.

I've never heard of this santa story.  do they ever talk about it on tv?

[Wingspan]

Nope.

[ice grillin you]

nicole simpson loved the snow

[Sgt PSN]

There was a regular-season game nicknamed for Simpson; it was the "O.J. Bowl", between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers, because it was thought the loser would get the first crack at drafting him. The Eagles won that game 12-0 (on 4 field goals by Sam Baker); but it turned out that neither of those teams drafted him.

Simpson was drafted by the AFL's Buffalo Bills, who got first pick in the 1969 draft after finishing 1-12-1 in 1968.

Wow, I did not know that!  GET O.J.!

They brought that up in the segment about the Eagles on the Top 10 worst teams show they did on NFL network.  Basically talked about how fans started getting excited towards the end of the season because the Eagles were basically a lock to get the first pick and draft OJ.  Then they went on a mini winning streak at the end of the year and blew it.  I didn't mention it in that thread though because I'm pretty sure it's mostly common knowledge among Eagles fans. 

Of course, it makes no matter to me that the Eagles didn't draft him.  I wasn't around when it happened and I never would have seen him play first hand so it's not like I'd have all these great memories of him with the Eagles.  Plus, given the way his life has been for the last 12 years, I'd rather not have him associated with the team anyway. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I think it goes without saying that the events of his life would have been much different if he'd played in Philly instead of Buffalo.  Would he have turned out any better a person?  Probably not... but he wouldn't specifically have killed those people at that time.

He probably would have killed someone much sooner... and maybe not been able to afford the fancy attorneys to get himself acquitted.

[rjs246]

He would have been a bust if Philly had drafted him.

[ice grillin you]

yeah i was gonna say he would have killed the eagles

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

What if these events led to him being beloved in Philadelphia, moving up the coaching ranks in college and then the pros, and coming back "home" to coach the Eagles to a Super Bowl win?

I'd be ok with that alternate route of the universe, as long as he still pit-stopped to play Nordberg in "Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad".  Never-ending hilarity!  Remember at the end when Leslie Nielsen pushed him down a flight of stairs at the ballpark in a wheelchair?!?  LAUGHS!

[Rome]

The bitch had it coming and so did the little manwhore she was farging.

[ice grillin you]

im not glad they died but after listening to denise simpson and fred goldman whine for the last 12 years ive found myself becoming happy that oj got away with it

those two are easily top 5 most annoying people ever