The Good Old Days

So I decided to watch some good St. Louis football today.  Of course, that meant going back a while.  I went to youtube and searched for some 1999 video.  I wanted to watch a game (instead of just highlights) just to get a feel of how good they were again.  I came upon the 4th game of the season against the 49ers.  The Rams had lost 17 straight to them, but we came in 3-0 and they were 3-1.  Talk about two loaded offenses.  The Rams were led by 4 probable Hall of Famers at the skill positions: Kurt Warner, Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, and Marshall Faulk.  The 49ers countered with 3 of their own: Terrell Owens, Jerry Rice, and Steve Young (although Young is out in this game).   It is still amazing to watch the continual precision passing Warner exhibited and the pure speed at every offensive position including the return game.  I still don't remember a team that went from so bad for so long (3-13 the year before plus MANY losing seasons in a row) to so good in one year.  The time from the 2-3 minute mark in the 4th part of the game with Bruce showed the inexplicable change that occurred seemingly overnight.  Man was that a fun watch for me (even though it will make watching the current Rams even more painful)! 

There was one painful thing to see:  Near the end of the game they showed some stuff on "today" vs what was happening the last time the Rams beat the Niners in 1990.  The Dow was all the way up to 10,649.  Unfortunately as I write this over 10 years later it sits at virtually the same place 10,452.  I guess some things never change.............