What if you'd already survived the wreck?
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Buddy, it's our time. Saddle up and get ready to join hands with everyone on CP as we skip blithely into nirvana.
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Yeah, I know. But for possible scenarios I don’t even want to bring up the “because Chiefs” factor is still in play. Just as early as the last game the team played last year... it is going to be a concern until it isn’t. I 99% believe that curse is not only going to be broken, but broken this season. Hell, I’m 98% positive we run the table and go 19-0 (-1% because Chiefs and -1% because starters sit at 15-0). So I really am positive, I just know better than to be sure.
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I'm one year younger than you and have most all the same memories... The 71 Christmas game we were at my Grandparents house and couldn't open presents till after the game, listened to it on the radio.. The Derrick Thomas called safety against the Raiders was something I'll never forget... I have a VHS copy of the OT home playoff game against the Steelers.. Tim Barnett caught the ball right in front of the wife and I and we will always have the memory cause we are on the replay right in the front row in the endzone where he caught it...
Also at the playoff game where the defense made the Raiders Todd Marinovich cry on the bench.. Good times...
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Most memorable moments for me were the first Super Bowl against the Packers and our Super Bowl win over the Vikings, but the 71 Christmas game probably holds the most special place in my memories. I had just returned home from Viet Nam and the whole family was gathered at my brother's house where we all watched the game.
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My God, even the Chiefs spit on soldiers returning from Vietnam.
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:-) Hey, my mom's roast turkey and dressing, potatoes and gravy, and home made cherry pie had me in too good of a mood to let a Chief's loss ruin the moment.
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I don’t doubt it. You just survived a war and are home with family for Christmas. A football game isn’t really that important in that moment.

I’ve always struggled remembering what years my dad’s tour was, but I know he has mentioned that game more than once in relation to it and I’m thinking he was in Nam at the time. I could be misremembering and he had just gotten home as well. He was in ‘69-‘70 or ‘70-‘71 I just don’t remember even though I have asked him for clarification on it before. It involves numbers and numbers and I have never gotten along. But whatever it was my old man relates that game to his time in the war as well.
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Same here. I became a Chiefs fan at 9 years old when the Chiefs won Super Bowl IV.
It's been one crazy ride to say the least. Here's to a Super Bowl win in year 50!!
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Holy shit, you're old.

Something that hit me last week that should have hit me 10 years ago: I almost certainly have fewer years left than I've lived already.

I thought, "wow, that's depressing" and immediately got back on my ps4.
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Same for me. I remember watching the Superbowl we won when I was 9 and instantly became a fan.

Let's celebrate at the end of this season in Miami brother!!!
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Great list. I am about 10 years younger so it all kicks in around Okoye.

I was on my honeymoon at the Raiders game on SNF where we almost literally killed Jeff George. If only I had know that would be the highlight of the marriage.

I can remember exactly where I was when I watched most of your list.
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Nice list. You got a hell of a memory man.
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That’s awesome. Thanks for taking the time to write that up
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Nice memories, Oct 12, 2003 Chiefs comeback victory in Green Bay.
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