Russ Grimm On Canton, Hot Dogs, and The Hogs

definitely was a fan of Grimm.. hope Jacoby is next

Grimm is very deserving and finally one of the HOGS is in...Of my early memories of watching the Skins, the most consistent memory was that of the play of the Oline. I just remember how annoucers, game commentators would get so excited about the our Oline play, especially how we run the ball and especially my favorite play the old Counter-Trey...man they would just open holes you could drive a truck through and just dump defenders....HTTR!!!

Congrats to Russ he was a huge part of the Superbowl teams.

Even though I'm too young to remember the glory years, I am very happy for Grimm finally getting his due and I will be watching his induction tonight with my friends. It's a hard thing to get guys from your team in the Hall and we've had 3 inducted in the last 3 years, which is great.

I'm very happy for him and I'm sure the rest of the Hogs are there supporting him because as of now he is the rep for the whole group in the HOF.

Grimm is very deserving and finally one of the HOGS is in...Of my early memories of watching the Skins, the most consistent memory was that of the play of the Oline. I just remember how annoucers, game commentators would get so excited about the our Oline play, especially how we run the ball and especially my favorite play the old Counter-Trey...man they would just open holes you could drive a truck through and just dump defenders....HTTR!!!haha when you said the part about the announcers I was going to reply how often you'd hear "you could drive a truck through that hole"

My wife and I just drove up from NoVA just to see Grimm's induction! Man, he deserves it. Hope a few more of the Hogs make it; there would have no Diesel and no three Lombardis without the Hogs!

'Bout time Russ made it in. Was listening to George Starke yesterday (another Hog for the younger guys) and he made a very good point. He said how could Randy White get in before Russ and Russ would get the best of him every time, yet he has to wait all these years to get into the Hall. He said the same thing about Irvin and Monk.

I think in general the Redskins teams of the 80s just don't get the respect they deserve like the 49ers teams from the same era. My own personal theory is had we beat the Raiders in the Super Bowl, I think the Skins would be considered the undisputed team of the 80s.

'Bout time Russ made it in. Was listening to George Starke yesterday (another Hog for the younger guys) and he made a very good point. He said how could Randy White get in before Russ and Russ would get the best of him every time, yet he has to wait all these years to get into the Hall. He said the same thing about Irvin and Monk.

I think in general the Redskins teams of the 80s just don't get the respect they deserve like the 49ers teams from the same era. My own personal theory is had we beat the Raiders in the Super Bowl, I think the Skins would be considered the undisputed team of the 80s.

I've been arguing that point with 49ers fans for years, if only Joey T. would have kept his peepee in his pants...

I love this from Mike Wise article:

washingtonpost.com (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/07/AR2010080702133.html)

"We're getting ready to ice the game," Joe Theismann remembered that day against Dallas at RFK Stadium, Jan. 22, 1983. "We're linin' up. And Russ and Randy White had been at it all day. I mean this is a war. This is a physical, UFC, battle royal.

"So all of a sudden I get in the huddle and I call '60 Outside.' And Russ looks at me and he says, 'No.' "

Which made Theismann do a double-take.

"I said, 'What do you mean no? Joe [Gibbs] wants to run 60 Outside.'

"He says, 'I want to run '50 Gut' right at Randy [White, the Cowboys' Hall of Fame defensive tackle].'

"Well now I gotta make an executive decision, you know, I'm middle management."

They ran the play Grimm, not Gibbs, wanted. White was run over and the Redskins gained four yards. Theismann looked back toward Joe Gibbs, two weeks before he guided the franchise to their first of three Super Bowls. The coach wanted his play run.

"Joe signals in 60 Outside," Theismann said.

"I step in the huddle. I go, 'Spread right, short motion, 60 Outside.'

"Russ goes: 'Didn't you hear me? No!'

"I said, 'Okay, fine.' We run 50 Gut again."

And White goes to the ground again. First down.

"Next play, I don't even look at the sidelines anymore," Theismann said. "We ran like 11 consecutive 50 Guts. It was just Russ Grimm against Randy White and we were going to absolutely pummel him to the ground. When I think of Russ Grimm and all the memories, this was his moment."

"I always felt the huddle wasn't a democracy," Theismann added, "until that particular time."

Former Redskins tackle George Starke reminisced by telephone Thursday night as he was awaited his storm-delayed flight from Washington to Canton. "Nine of those times we ran it right up Randy's [behind]," he said.

Before every play, Starke recalled, ornery center Jeff Bostic looked at White across the line: "He said, 'Randy, you better dig in, we're coming again right at you,' " Starke said of Bostic. "He had a nasty-ass attitude. I loved Jeff.

"Then after every play, Mark May would kick Randy White in the butt because he didn't like him," Starke recalled. "Randy would punch Russ, who would get angry. Then we'd do it all over again."

Russ you are a class act!! Great speech!! Thanks for the memories.