What's a general piece of football watching nostalgia that you'll always cherish?

[MarionBarberThe4th]

I read that in Pat Summerall's voice and it was glorious.

Ha I miss Irvin's enormous jersey

 

[skinsscalper]

Ha I miss Irvin's enormous jersey

And Emmitt's ill-fitting long sleeves.

 

[lane]

Pat Summerall calling an NFL game.

Limited Commercials..

You could actually hit the qb and receiver back in the day...in fact it was the most exciting play in the game when a qb or receiver got demolished.

 

[skinsscalper]

Pat Summerall calling an NFL game.

Limited Commercials..

You could actually hit the qb and receiver back in the day...in fact it was the most exciting play in the game when a qb or receiver got demolished.

And we knew what a catch was because it was simple to remember. Two feet, one knee, or a butt cheek. Nothing complicated and everyone knew on the first look.

 

[TheHerd]

John Facenda. And that music.

 

[Bay10]

I loved the intros that Pat Summerall did before the games in the 80's and 90's.

 

[1972COWBOY]

I miss the commercial where the football player gets clobbered. While laying down on the field, his training staff asks him to say his name. He sits up and responds with "I'm Batman!!!!"

 

[DenCWBY]

Well, that one led me to this one, where Madden compares Garrett to Haley, at the 1:25 mark.

I could watch these old early 90's DC films with Summered and Madden all day long.

 

[kramskoi]

John Facenda...embellished with the sounds of Sam Spence...

 

[MWH1967]

This one was pretty good....

 

[Plankton]

The NFL Today open and the crew - Musburger, Cross, Phyllis George and Jimmy The Greek.

Monday Night Football with Frank, Howard and Dandy. Howard's halftime highlights.

Summerall and Brookshier, then Madden.

Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen. Bryant Gumbel doing halftime on NBC.

 

[lane]

John Facenda. And that music.

Speaking of Facenda...how cool is that commercial they have out right now where they took snippets of his nfl films narrations to make it like it was from today?

pretty damn awesome if you ask me.

 

[Biggems]

IBM presents, you make the call......i learned several rules as a kid, that I didn't know.

The helmets smashing into one another along with the MNF intro music, not Hank Jr.

 

[AmericasTeam81]

A lot of great memories in this thread. How could I forget, "you are looking live at the stadium with a hole in the roof." Nobody did intros like Summerall. I mean nobody. Do they even do intros to games anymore??

 

[lurkercowboy]

Howard Cosell with MNF halftime highlights was always fun. Sometimes it was the only video I saw of a Cowboy game.

Loved Merlin Olson and Dick Enberg on NBC and Summerall and Madden on CBS. Brent Musberger and Jimmy the Greek on NFL Today.

There was a different look to the TV coverage too, Back in the day the camera focused in tighter than it does now. Hardly ever saw the safeties. Sometimes not even the wide receivers and corners. The linemen and the offensive backfield filled the screen.

Remember having to look at the first down markers on the sidelines in the days before the yellow line graphic?

My memory may be bad, but I'm the pre-replay days there were fewer bad calls or plays that would be overturned today. The famous bad calls like the Mike Renfro catch stick out but most games didn't have plays like that.

Watching Bradshaw and the Steelers in the early game then Staubach in the late game, then Dolphins and Oilers on Monday night.

Much less football and sports news than today, but somehow it seemed like more. Anyone else feel that way?

 

[lurkercowboy]

IBM presents, you make the call......i learned several rules as a kid, that I didn't know.

The helmets smashing into one another along with the MNF intro music, not Hank Jr.

Loved "you make the call "
Also Alcoa presents fantastic finishes was great

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

I miss your basic screen graphics that showed the time, and the score. Nothing scrolling along the bottom, and no network logo in the corner.

One thing I truly hate is the Fox robot, time to give that thing a rest.

 

[Plankton]

One more thing - the old Miller Lite commercials. Deacon Jones, Dick Butkus, L.C. Greenwood and the crew with the less filling, tastes great debate. And Madden breaking through the screen.

 

[lurkercowboy]

Another thing is that the score and game clock was not always shown. The announcers would say the time remaining sometimes but it wasn't always visible like today.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Dennis Miller