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Amy picked up Cars on Tuesday and noticed that a new DVD was out - Broncos: The Complete History AND that Shannon Sharpe would be signing copies tonight at 6 pm. That was odd because of all the Broncos, Sharpe normally doesn’t do autographs.

But we went and he was there and we stayed in line. Here’s Coop in line.

As we are standing in line, the “info” starts coming back. He’s not signing anything but the DVD you had to buy at the store. A guy three people back from me had a seat from Mile High Stadium with like 30 signatures on it. The guy in front of me had a Super Bowl XXXII football he wanted Shannon to sign, he was a fireman. He bought 5 balls a few years ago and set out on a mission - get the principle players that brought the first Super Bowl trophy to Denver to sign them. He’s got Rod Smith, John Elway, Eddie McCaffrey, and Terrell Davis. He lacks Sharpe.

It’s not surprising. Those other 4 guys - if you stumble upon them in Denver almost always great with fans. This guy ran into Elway in his restaurant and John signed the ball for him.

Sharpe was always quick with the one-liners - not so quick with the pen. Rumor is he’s waiting for the Hall of Fame.

My favorite Sharpe quotes:

After winning Super Bowl XXXII - “I’d like to thank the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts for making that dumb trade back in ‘83 and giving us Mr. Elway.”

During press day Super Bowl XXXIII - “”I won’t talk about someone’s mother. I won’t talk about their girlfriend or their wife. But if you have a deformity, I would talk about that.”

“I’ve pretty much been in Atlanta my whole life, and I never liked the Falcons. What was there to like about them? They lost all the time. If you had a pair of cleats on and you were in Fulton County (Stadium), they’d put you in the ballgame, they were so bad. For $20, you could sit in the luxury box with the owner.”

“Coach, I’m really convinced with all of the talk is going on that I can get at least two or three personal fouls in the game because people won’t be able to keep their poise.” He did. He got three personal fouls from the Chiefs on a Monday night game.

Anyway, we get up there and I honestly think he could still play. Shook his hand, thanked him for being a great Bronco, Cooper shook his hand. He smiled at us, posed for a pic with the camera phone and signed the DVD.

We had a blast! Fun night. Now off to watch my 2 DVD version of heaven.