MFIC: Dan Fouts

Dan Fouts: the original MFIC.

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[kim5tivo]

tippy toein like a motherf@#ker! lol

[superdrum3]

"Is that what u wanted, a touchdown?" MFIC, indeed!! lol

[militantx0660]

tippy toeing like a mutha.... LOL!!!!

[ih8suvz]

If only they had a defense.

[toonsis]

I was never a Fouts fan, until I read Jaw's book

[uhmfar]

@SDChargersForever

I was at that game. The Chargers were just "off" offensively the entire game. Except for their two scoring drives they just weren't hitting on all cylinders. After the game the entire crowd was absolutely stunned, and to this day it is the worst loss in Chargers' history. They were easily the best team in the league in '79; they beat the two SB teams 35-7 (the worst loss the Steel Curtain ever had) and 40-16 (they just toyed with the rams). I'll never forget it.

[quincee33]

@vatosharpei this is awesome! "you're out" .....i'm sure they had some good times, he and winslow and charlie joiner.

[vatosharpei]

@kim5tivo

Two legends pissed at each other, making each other great in the final result.

[SDChargersForever]

@Jelperman I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. The Oilers own coaching staff admitted to what they had done. Again: Oilers' coaches admitted that they knew the Chargers' offensive plays before each snap. I don't know how anybody could not think that's a HUGE advantage. And your attempt to downplay the loss of Houston's 3 most critical offensive players seems a bit deluded. Everybody except you knows it was a huge upset (Google it), but you're certainly entitled to your opinion.

[Jelperman]

@SDChargersForever Two of the picks were balls that hit the receiver in the hands and bounced off. A third was a desperation throw and a fourth was batted at the line of scrimmage. Now how does spying help with these plays? Did the Oilers know JJ and Bob Klein were going to bobble the passes? Did they know where a deflected ball would ricochet? Because unless they did know these things, their spying didn't mean diddly poo, as Jim Mora would say.

[Jelperman]

@SDChargersForever (ctd) Most importantly, the Oilers were a major match-up problem for the Chargers. The Oilers were great at power running even without Earl Campbell. Pastorini wasn't exactly irreplaceable and Oilers didn't throw much, anyway. The Chargers defense had a hard time against power running teams (which is why they lost to the Raiders the following season in the conference championship).

[Jelperman]

@SDChargersForever

Lots of people might think it was some great upset at the time, but in retrospect it really wasn't. The Oilers were a game away from the SB the year before, had just won a playoff game against Denver (a team that had split games with the Chargers -and only narrowly lost the second one). The team had playoff experience on the road (trouncing an outstanding Pats team in N.E. the year before) and the Chargers were playoff virgins. See my next post...