00:00Texas is a football state and Houston is a football city.
00:04They had a team that was legendary.
00:07One man was behind it.
00:09It was Bum Phillips.
00:11He was a great coach. More importantly, he was a great person.
00:14He inspired players.
00:15I don't think there was any coach that was more love than Bum Phillips.
00:19It's like playing for your dad, you know, a nice dad.
00:23In the 1970s, Houston, Texas was a boomtown,
00:27but still lacked one crucial element, a winning football team.
00:32The Oilers had come up with a brand-new headcoat that nobody ever heard of,
00:37Bum Phillips.
00:38Just a nickname, not a description.
00:42He believed it was okay for a coach to love his players.
00:45They worked hard, but at the end of the day, they had a blast.
00:48And I think great coaches respect players,
00:51and they reciprocate with effort on every single play.
00:55They were dominating, and the fans, the city, everybody was behind it.
01:00It became fashionable to wear cowboy boots and cowboy hats in New York.
01:05That was Bum and Love Ya Blue.
01:09Bum used to say, the road to the Super Bowl goes through Pittsburgh.
01:13The two teams became bitter rivals.
01:16Bum galvanized the city.
01:19We're gonna kick the son of the in.
01:21And that's when sport is at its best.
01:26Under Bum's leadership, the Oilers were transformed.
01:29And so was their city.
01:33Bum's success really helped propel the NFL forward.
01:37He made a difference on the field and off the field.
01:40It was the personality that gave me my motivation to be in the NFL.
01:45This town will always be part of me.
01:48This town will always be part of me.
01:48Yes, sir.
01:55On the field, THIGHTS
01:59You
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