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Damn. 55. Too young. RIP. 

He always seemed the picture of good health, too.

2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Tough day for the ravens with jaylon Ferguson dying as well

I just saw that prior to opening this thread, wth is going on?  Ferguson was just 26.

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I was in school with Goose.  Some of our teams were so damned talented but, we never put it together.  It was a strange time at Pitt. Too many of the guys from those teams have died; Ironhead, Goose, Fralic, Tony Brown, Lorenzo Freeman, and others.  
 

I didn’t know him well but, did have occasion over the years to have contact with him. The funniest was when he was with the Colts and I wrote a story on him and their PR people had him call me back via the operator and it was a machine operator and Goose didn’t realize it and he started swearing at the operator to get off the phone.

He was a character, and a half.

Rest in peace, Big Man.

Damn that sucks, far too young.  I guess he is driving Tony Soprano around heaven in his black escalade

Tony told some great stories when he went on the Howard Stern show about 10 years ago. Such a personality.

18 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Goose?  That sucks.  Everybody liked him.

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OMG, Surly is just the best! 😂

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I met him on a USAF trip of mine back in 2019 and partied with him for 2 days straight in Vegas.  He would go up to the hottest women in the bar, flash his SB ring, and bring them over to the table for us.  Just last weekend I was partying with a buddy and we got into a drunken conversation about who the most famous person we have in our phone.  When I told him the ONLY famous person I had in my phone was Goose, he told me we should call him.  I decided against it considering it was 3am and Goose would probably have no idea who I was.  Should have fucking done it anyways.  RIP to a good man.

16 minutes ago, Assman said:

I met him on a USAF trip of mine back in 2019 and partied with him for 2 days straight in Vegas.  He would go up to the hottest women in the bar, flash his SB ring, and bring them over to the table for us.  Just last weekend I was partying with a buddy and we got into a drunken conversation about who the most famous person we have in our phone.  When I told him the ONLY famous person I had in my phone was Goose, he told me we should call him.  I decided against it considering it was 3am and Goose would probably have no idea who I was.  Should have fucking done it anyways.  RIP to a good man.

Of course Goose would have known who you were

 

 

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He was the teammate every fucking good team needed. He liked to have a good time while somewhat keeping it under control. He backed it up and was an incredible guy in the locker room. The type of guy to haze you yet you like it. I loved watching him on Hard Knocks and honestly thought he was 55 then. 

Excerpt from the Stern interview I referenced:

As such, NFL retirees can never return to their sport like many other professional players often do–most succumb to injury: “When I retired, that helmet went on the shelf and I’ve never put it on again. It’s so finite. It’s done.” Goose said he was now 45 years-old, and, given both his father’s early passing (at 47) and a laundry list of football injuries, every day is a gift: “If I die tomorrow, I tell my wife, just put a smile on my face, put a little Sinatra on…”

RIP. Always liked that dude.

And an actor in the 25th Hour.

4 hours ago, Assman said:

I met him on a USAF trip of mine back in 2019 and partied with him for 2 days straight in Vegas.  He would go up to the hottest women in the bar, flash his SB ring, and bring them over to the table for us.  Just last weekend I was partying with a buddy and we got into a drunken conversation about who the most famous person we have in our phone.  When I told him the ONLY famous person I had in my phone was Goose, he told me we should call him.  I decided against it considering it was 3am and Goose would probably have no idea who I was.  Should have fucking done it anyways.  RIP to a good man.

On literally all of that...

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2 hours ago, RexWilson said:

Excerpt from the Stern interview I referenced:

As such, NFL retirees can never return to their sport like many other professional players often do–most succumb to injury: “When I retired, that helmet went on the shelf and I’ve never put it on again. It’s so finite. It’s done.” Goose said he was now 45 years-old, and, given both his father’s early passing (at 47) and a laundry list of football injuries, every day is a gift: “If I die tomorrow, I tell my wife, just put a smile on my face, put a little Sinatra on…”

Stay hard Goose

 

I first remember Tony SIragusa as being part of the Pittsburgh team that lost to UT in the 1987 Bluebonnet Bowl.  RIP Goose! :(

His Stern interview mentioned above was awesome.  Lots of cool stories about his time as a player at Pitt and NFL.

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8 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

You kids need to watch ‘Bullies of Baltimore’ 30 for30 on ESPN+. Goose fucking slays some lines a month before his death. 

Just watched that last night. Him talking about how pissed he was at Phil Simms was hilarious. 

Goose was one of a kind…. The good kind. RIP young man.

12 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

You kids need to watch ‘Bullies of Baltimore’ 30 for30 on ESPN+. Goose fucking slays some lines a month before his death. 

Love new (to me, I havent seen it listed) 30 for 30s.  Gracias.

I think almost every hit in that thing would be illegal today. 

3 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

No mention of the Goose on The Sooranos?! Be better surly. Be better. 

He had like one scene. So did Lou Savarese. 

1 hour ago, Da Fino said:

He had like one scene. So did Lou Savarese. 

Used to play softball against Savarese and some other guidos several years in early 00s in Bellaire.  His team name was The Sopranos.  Guess that’s why. Had no idea he was on the show. 

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