Phyllis George Has Passed Away

[ThunderDan]

OK, I need an answer to my question.

Did CBS NFC midwest games in the 70s start at 1 PM local time?

Speak up!

I always remember 12 noon and 3pm games.

Badgers use to kick off at 1pm.

[pbmax]

I always remember 12 noon and 3pm games.

Badgers use to kick off at 1pm.

1 PM was prefect for students. And now people wonder where they are.

[ThunderDan]

1 PM was prefect for students. And now people wonder where they are.

How about treat them like adults and don't bring them in row by row? We got a punch card and got to sit anywhere in the student section.

[red]

1984 you damn millennial.

I’m gen x, I was just too young to remember any announcers

I always remember noon games. I remember having to go to church with the grandparents (cause they always forced us to go). Then racing home for kickoff

[Harlan Huckleby]

I should remember her but I don't, not even the faintest buzz of familiarity.

[pbmax]

Well, wikipedia says there WAS a 2 PM Eastern start somewhere. And that it ended in 1981.

By this time, the program began the complex process of producing three separate live pre-game, halftime and postgame programs for 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. (through 1981) and 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) games. Also for the first time, signature musical pieces are produced for NFL coverage. The show's signature theme was "Horizontal Hold," a piece by Jan Stoeckart (recorded under his pseudonym of Jack Trombey). The NFL Today was among the recipients of the Sports Emmy Awards in its inaugural event in 1979.

[pbmax]

dp

[George Cumby]

I saw that. Quite sad. "You are looking live" by Brent and then off to Jimmy the Greek, Irv Cross and Phyllis were my every sunday. RIP.

Those were the days.

[Patler]

I should remember her but I don't, not even the faintest buzz of familiarity.

I'm surprised that you don't. I remember her well. It was a big deal when she got the job, former Miss America, or whatever. She actually was OK at her job. One of the first women in national sports broadcasting.