Old football game (watch before youtube yanks it)

[Guiness]

Monday night football 1974.....who do they interview at halftime - "The Greatest"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBE-7p8K6Ko

Merlin Olsen...wow, just wow.

[woodbuck27]

That link shows how much the game has changed since then, and it's pretty crazy to look at it. Check out some of the offensive lines for the team leaders from the box scores. You don't realize how much the pendulum has swung towards the offense until you look at something like this.

Terry Bradshaw 11/24, 97 yds, 1 TD
Ken Anderson 7/17, 77 yds, 0 TD
Bob Avellini 2/12, 25 yds, 0 TD

Walter Payton 17 rush, 50 yds, 0 TD
Tony Dorsett 15 rush, 49 yds, 0 TD
John Riggins 11 rush, 43 yds, 0 TD
Terdell Middleton 12 rush, 30 yds, 0 TD

The Bronco ones were particularly interesting...because they won this game!!!
Craig Morton 6/11, 54 yds, 1 TD
Jack Dolbin 2 rec, 21 yds, 0 TD
Jon Keyworth 8 rush, 23 yds, 0 TD

Number of 300 yard passing games: 0
sub 200 yard passing games: 219(!!!)
Number of 100 yard rushers: 4

NFL football ... Offense !? Was the air very thin !?

[bobblehead]

Yea, bunch of familiar stuff like Jimmy the Greek. Young Irv Cross.


edit:

LOL, straight ahead kicker Rick Danmirt - who was the last straight ahead kicker?


Rashad beats CB Herm Edwards.....

Not going to read the whole thread to see if anyone answered, but I believe the last straight on kicker was Mark Mosely of the Redskins.

[woodbuck27]

The late 70s were fucking GOLDEN! Maybe not for the Packers....but I was having the time of my life. I would never have been caught dead driving a Pinto....not when I owned a 65 Galaxy 500.

A 65 Galaxy 500:





1965 Galaxie 500XL

A classical and nice car Freak Out ...Check this " 1965 Ford " out:



1965 Ford Galaxie XL 428 Nascar Prototype

In my view....GORGEOUS !

A chore to keep really clean looking yet, a classical car in "BLACK" can be outstanding to the eyes.

[woodbuck27]

The late 70s were fucking GOLDEN! Maybe not for the Packers....but I was having the time of my life. I would never have been caught dead driving a Pinto....not when I owned a 65 Galaxy 500.

In 1974 I moved back to Saint John, New Brunswick from Burlington, Ontario... to pursue a career doing practical work in "the Canadian Nuclear Power" industry.

I had been employed in engineering and design at Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. in Mississauga, Ont. I drove this car back home to Saint John, NB:



1964 Pontiac Parisienne custom sport...

I loved this car and it served me very well for five years. What a beauty she was to/for me.

[pbmax]

I admit. My irrational hate of Franco was in part fueled by his uncanny resemblance to Gabe Kaplen.

How can you hate Gabe Kaplan? Was it the complete mining of Groucho Marx for a schtick? (liked him anyway)

I collected beer cans as well and had a lot of Iron City. I did not collect the Steelers cans, part protest, but also they were also hard to come by in Western PA at that time. I hold no grudges over your collection.

If you have a Lambert jersey or Terrible Towel though, there's going to be trouble.

[Pugger]

Graduated HS in 78 baby!

<--- Graduated from St. Joe's Academy in 73. You're just a kid.

[pbmax]

I was a follow on to the gamma radiation comment. In the 2003 re-imagining of the Hulk, some writer in his infinite wisdom decided add gene splicing with a sea cucumber to the Hulk's makeup. I kid you not.

I am going to presume sea cucumbers have some kind of fantastical property that the Hulk was in desparate need of.

[pbmax]

I always liked him. Tough son of a bitch.

I get all the Steelers hate here because I can't stand them clowns over the last 30 years but those 70's Steelers teams were something to watch. I say that despite the fact they beat my team in the Super Bowl. The steel curtain was something to see. LC Greenwood reminded me a little bit of Carl Eller.

He was also responsible for one of the best back and forth Miller Lite commercials with Bert Jones.

[Guiness]

I am going to presume sea cucumbers have some kind of fantastical property that the Hulk was in desparate need of.

I think their contribution was the colour green.

[Guiness]

[B]

In my view....GORGEOUS !

A chore to keep really clean looking yet, a classical car in "BLACK" can be outstanding to the eyes.

I know I'm likely to get persecuted for this, but I think those cars look like upside down rowboats. You could flip them over and take them out to sea! Never a fan of that look, but hey, I know I'm far from the majority with that.

[woodbuck27]

<--- Graduated from St. Joe's Academy in 73. You're just a kid.

Your just about or have entered your 60's.

The 60's are super years in my experience. Life has never seemed so nice as in retirement. Every day a holiday except for things that must be taken care of:

Precious.

[woodbuck27]

I know I'm likely to get persecuted for this, but I think those cars look like upside down rowboats. You could flip them over and take them out to sea! Never a fan of that look, but hey, I know I'm far from the majority with that.

Beauty and Ugly are all in "the eye of the beholder".

Some see beauty in terms of what many perceive as imperfection.

Your "upside boat description" of the mid 60's Pontiac and Ford is interesting and I'm going to look for that.

One of the cars that Mae and I are now driving is again in what I consider the classic styling for an auto. Maybe I'm repeating a mistake LOL. I actually consider one of our cars ... one of the most beautiful car models I've ever seen in terms of that "Classic Clean Sporty" look.

Am I so wrong?

Wait...saved by ... "the eye of the beholder".





The four door grocery getter.

[Guiness]

He was also responsible for one of the best back and forth Miller Lite commercials with Bert Jones.

You guys really went in for the whole Lite beer thing, eh? The opening segment in the original video Rastak posted was a lite beer commercial. There were a couple more in the Packer game. No wonder the jokes about american beer and sex in a canoe abound. The craft beer revolution has done a bit to change that, but the overall perception is still there. When I was in Germany last year, using the word 'beer' and 'American' in the same sentence elicited giggles from grown men.

[Guiness]

Beauty and Ugly are all in "the eye of the beholder".

Some see beauty in terms of what many perceive as imperfection.

Your "upside boat description" of the mid 60's Pontiac and Ford is interesting and I'm going to look for that.

One of the cars that Mae and I are now driving is again in what I consider the classic styling for an auto. Maybe I'm repeating a mistake LOL. I actually consider one of our cars ... one of the most beautiful car models I've ever seen in terms of that "Classic Clean Sporty" look.

Am I so wrong?

Wait...saved by ... "the eye of the beholder".

That a Cadillac CTS? Nice car, and the Northstar engine was a marvel. Probably saved the Cadillac brand that was badly on the ropes at the time and was subsisting pretty much entirely on nostalgia purchases at the time.

Another Ford that was just plain awful was the '76 Thunderbird

Look at the ridiculous hood on that thing, you wouldn't even have to flip it over to go to sea, it was a fricken bow rider! I spent a lot of time being shuttled to hockey games in one of these, and it wasn't just a dog, it was a dog with fleas
It 'featured' a 460 cu in engine, that I think generated about 1hp per 3 cubic inches! Gas mileage was ridiculous, I remember my friend's father calculating it, and it was sub 10mpg