John Madden has died

He was 85, RIP

 

Damn. RIP

 

Rip

 

I really liked the guy. Loved his commentary on football. He had a good run.

 

Many of us grew up watching him coach the Raiders as they battled the Steelers in the 70s.

 

RIP
Didn’t they just do a special on Him?

 

Christmas Day. I recorded it.

RIP John Madden. You will sorely be missed!

 

RIP

 

RIP

 

I hope John Madden is now in heaven and the first thing God says to him is:

"the ball never hit the ground."

 

Grew up on Madden and Summerall. I miss their relaxed, conversational style. Best regards to Mrs. Madden and the rest of his family.

 

RIP it was a catch John!!

 

He was the best. RIP.
His final broadcast game was the Steeler/Arizona Super Bowl.

 

The football world just lost its greatest icon...
R.I.P

 

Wow. That is sad. I had no idea until I opened this thread.

RIP John Madden

 

It's in the Other Football Talk forum.

My wife told me last night. Sad. He truly was one of a kind.

 

Prayers for his family, and may he rest in peace , He was a great coach , but i found him to be a bit much as a commentator /announcer...

 

Loved listening to Madden. No one comes close. RIP GOAT.

 

I loved how he would say BOOM and BAM when diagraming blocks and pass completions. I also will always remember how he absolutely hated a pass completion "for none yards". RIP Madden and old school football!

 

He was just one of those people who I thought was always going to be around. RIP Big Guy

 

As much as a Rival that he was in the 70's and his whole view of how the Immaculate Reception occurred, as much as a joy that it was to the Steelers and fans, he lived with the opposite of it.

He was never bias or had hatred toward the Steelers with his broadcasting, even though the Immaculate Reception moment and talk would often happen in games he would broadcast with us playing.

But he was a true ambassador to the game of Football and the NFL. I would say anybody under the age of 50 who played any the Madden video games learned a bunch of plays, formations, routes etc. due to how accurate that game was with a playbook even in the very early days of the early and mid 90's and it just grew over the years.

What Arnold Palmer was to the game of golf.

John Madden was to football.

I watched the All Madden documentary it was done extremely well and I'd highly suggest any football fan to watch it.

 

Somewhere up there John Madden is sitting with Pat Sumerall looking down on us while circling every blimp he can find with his telestrator.