El Chapo Jr
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Well he's usually on the bench so he's definitely where he should be
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You were not wrong. Bain also played Guard.
He was a multi-position reserve OL for years before he started in 1983 and 1984, mostly due to injuries.
Actually, Bill Bain was kind of a disappointment for much of his career. Mid-second round draft choice in the mid-'1970s out of USC (would have blocked for All American RB Anthony Davis) and been coached by future Rams' HC John Robinson (probably the Trojans' OC at the time).
Didn't start much and bounced around to a few teams as a reserve-OL. Actually, he joined the Rams under Malavasi and was with them when Robinson came-on in 1983. Back then the Rams' O-Line was loaded with Pro Bowlers, and they usually played an entire season.
When Irv Pankey went-down in Training Camp (I believe) I was concerned that the Rams were in big trouble at Left Tackle ... I was way ... Way ... WAY ... Wrong.
My first Rams/NFL game a 81 at Candlestick, sophomore in High school . The Rams looked huge, way bigger than the 49ers. So the Rams are warming up around the south end zone and our seats were right in the corner, 20 rows back. I seen this HUGE Ram, looked up his number and it was Bill Bain. Before the game the SF Chronicle said something like if he ever hit the ground it would take a crane to get him back up.
Rams lost that game after winning a lot of games in a row at the Stick.
The Rams out gained them on the ground and in the air but lost. Wendle Tyler had a nice spin around TD pass in the end zone in front of us. Ferragamo through a nice ball.
You could tell that the Niners young secondary with Lott and Wright were going to be good. They were.
Rams lost that game after winning a lot of games in a row at the Stick.
The Rams out gained them on the ground and in the air but lost. Wendle Tyler had a nice spin around TD pass in the end zone in front of us. Ferragamo through a nice ball.
You could tell that the Niners young secondary with Lott and Wright were going to be good. They were.
Classic Rams
Hall of Fame
Haden played. Ferragamo was in Montreal that season. But I like the recall otherwise. I saw both games on TV and was pissed because we had dominated them for years up to that point. Whiners came back on a FG by Wersching. Fred Dean was taking down Haden like Donald did to Wussell.
Bain was coached at USC by one of the greatest OL Coaches in history in Hudson Houck. Robinson brought Houck with him and reuniting him with Bain paid immediate dividends.
Yeah, when Houck went to Dallas that was a big loss. I guess that happened when Robinson got fired.
It's funny but I was reading one of the preseason Pro Football magazines the year he was drafted (1975?) and came across his name and it sort of 'stuck'. Then, he ends up with the LA RAMS a few years later when they had so many OL injuries during the 1979 season.
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Just for a few years towards the end of his coachig career. Good Memory.
Houck was with Marty Schottenheimer in San Diego for a few seasons in the early-2000s but was at USC under John Robinson, then joined Robinson with the Rams and was OL-coach for nine years.
Was Dallas' OL-coach for another nine seasons in the '90s and was with them for all three Lombardis.
It was an excellent Pull of a key contributor to some excellent Rams teams in the 1980s by @den-the-coach.
Robinson brought several coaches with him that transitioned amazingly to the NFL. OL Coach Houck, defensive line coach Marv Goux, RB Coach Bruce Snyder & Special Teams Coach Gil Haskell. Snyder went on to become Head Coach at Cal & Arizona State almost leading the Sun Devils to a National Championship before Joe Germaine threw a TD Pass in the 1997 Rose Bowl with 19 seconds left to defeat Snyder & break the heart of his Sun Devils 20-17.
The color commentator for that game was Dick Vermeil and because of that game is the reason Vermeil wanted the Rams to draft Joe Germaine in 1999.
Good stuff for sure. Plus older than myself? At least diving deeper.
The Rams could have used Houck after the Cowboys.I remember him as a bad AZZ on the Chargers sideline wishing he was a Rams coach again.
September 12th, 1966 the first year of George Herbert Allen & yours truly in the crib.
Wow - a better memory than me. Freaking Happy 60th !!
Ugly in the cradle handsome at the table
