I'm another 'die hard' from the greater Toronto area..........Oakville, Ontario to be more precise. Anyhoot, I can credit one person for the influence of my being a big fin fan and that is Mr. Marino. For one, I looooooooooooooove football. We ALL know that the talent level in football overwhelmingly rests in the NFL, and I don't care what CFL fans say to contest it. So when it comes to football, what position is always looked at, criticized, broken down, game films etc, etc ? Obviously the QB. What does the QB do? Calls the plays,checks down and ultimately delivers the ball. Well, nobody, and I do mean NOBODY delivered that ball with more consistency, pop, and pinpoint precision as a pure passer (and pure passer is ultimately what defines the QB and not all that Flutie Flake crap that the little tick flea did up here and in that huge trailor park we've come to know as Barfallo!) better or even as good as Marino. Still a die hard. Aqua n' orange continue to flow in these veins. I attended the game in Pro Player for Marino's retirement ceremony during halftime of the Ravens vs Fins. My wife and I (and now my newborn lil' girl who is already wearing Miami colors) try our damnest to make it down to South Florida at least once every year or two years to soak in the sun and salt air and watch the Fins at Pro Player soak their dirt covered cleats in some poor Barfallonian buttheads mouth on the fifty yard line! Thanks Dan, not just for the memories you left us with, but for also the ones that await us!!
