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Watched the 1973 Sugar Bowl and noticed...
Posted on 12/16/19 at 10:03 am
Posted on 12/16/19 at 10:03 am
..a few subtle differences between then and now. 1st, folks smoking on the sideline. 2nd, a commentator mentions one of the ND players that got knocked out and took a little longer to come too. 3rd, obviously no headsets, but it's weird how noticeable it was. Bear Bryant, Ara Parseghian, and Howard Cosell, DiNardo, Croom. Great game
1979 Sugar Bowls coming on next.
1979 Sugar Bowls coming on next.
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 10:05 am to go_tigres
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1979 Sugar Bowls coming on next.
How many pots you plan on smoking today?
Posted on 12/16/19 at 10:05 am to go_tigres
I always notice the difference in penalties when I watch those old games.
Posted on 12/16/19 at 10:05 am to go_tigres
I’m curious what the percentages of races in the stands were?
Posted on 12/16/19 at 10:09 am to go_tigres
I can go back only 20 years and find out who different a catch was defined. It seemed like once you got both hands on the ball, it was possessed. You didn’t have to make football moves and all that bullshite. If you made a catch and got leveled, a loose ball was a fumble.
Posted on 12/16/19 at 10:56 am to go_tigres
How many people in the stands where wearing jerseys.
Posted on 12/16/19 at 10:58 am to Fat and Happy
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I’m curious what the percentages of races in the stands were?
What the frick does this have to do with anything?
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:04 am to go_tigres
Did you notice they played real football? Hard hits and the QB was considered a football player too? You could actually hit a QB.
Did you notice the coaches dressed like gentleman in a coat and tie? Johnny Majors and Gene Stallings were perhaps the last two to dress this way.
Did you notice the coaches dressed like gentleman in a coat and tie? Johnny Majors and Gene Stallings were perhaps the last two to dress this way.
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:10 am to go_tigres
quote:this went on until early 90s...
1st, folks smoking on the sideline.
did you notice how many blocks below the waist that would be illegal now(outside the free blocking zone)
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:11 am to Crazy Diamond
quote:a looong time ago, boxing was the number one sport boxing didn't change... .football is... football is not as stupid as boxing was.
Did you notice they played real football? Hard hits and the QB
also - players now much bigger, much much faster - collisions much more violent
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:13 am to choupiquesushi
Horse racing was super popular too way back when
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:16 am to go_tigres
I always notice how much quicker the ball was snapped once they got up to the line of scrimmage. There weren't a lot of pre-snap reads or play changes.
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:20 am to go_tigres
what channel is this on?
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:24 am to DomincDecoco
ESPN U
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:25 am to TexasTiger08
..and the pass game was much more throw it up and pray.
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:29 am to Fat and Happy
I don't know about the stands, but the difference in racial makeup of the teams change drastically from the '73 Sugar Bowl and the '79 Sugar Bowl. The '73 Bama team had just a hand full of black guys, the '79 team is closer to 50/50.
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:34 am to go_tigres
Did you notice that Alabama had one player who would run to the huddle, give them the play and then run back to the sideline. The sidelines were a circus. Fans were everywhere and kept getting in the way. 
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:36 am to go_tigres
OT a bit, but there is a classic pic somewhere of Barry Switzer smoking during a home game in the 70s.
The field at OU used to have a huge crown/slope too. Almost comical how steep it was but that was the drainage solution back then.
The field at OU used to have a huge crown/slope too. Almost comical how steep it was but that was the drainage solution back then.
This post was edited on 12/16/19 at 11:37 am
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:37 am to go_tigres
First Sugar Bowl I went to with my Dad. It's was on New Years eve
Posted on 12/16/19 at 11:38 am to Crazy Diamond
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Did you notice the coaches dressed like gentleman in a coat and tie? Johnny Majors and Gene Stallings were perhaps the last two to dress this way.
For me, Tom Landry will always be the pinnacle of this.
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