McNabb March Expected To Draw National Spotlight Again
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It was never intended to be what it turned out to be. At least not the way it was originally mapped out. No, the “Dirty 30,” a busload of vociferous, somewhat inebriated Eagles’ fans, was put together on NFL draft day 1999 to show their support for the newest Eagle.
Instead, it became emblematic of the way Philadelphia sports fans behave when they rained down boos that mid-April afternoon at Madison Square Garden on Donovan McNabb, taken by the Eagles with the second-overall selection, behind top choice Tim Couch, chosen by Cleveland.
It’s an episode that’s always stuck with McNabb, as well as 610 WIP radio’s popular morning drivetime host Angelo Cataldi and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, then mayor of Philadelphia who publicly threw his vocal support behind the Eagles taking Texas tailback Ricky Williams with the second selection.
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