The "Modern Era" of football: 1978?

Buck The Frowns

@tour2ma said:

I don't remember any r/w/b footballs...

I've seen old film of white footballs used for night games.

This must be what I remembered, but it is not red white and blue, just white panels with brown leather. Must have combined it with memories of an ABA basketball. Of course I also remember Jiffy peanut butter, which did not exist, but is my brain combining Jif and Skippy......

Tour2ma

lol... a peanut butter mind meld...

I watched very little AFL football as a kid. It was that "inferior", other league.

Had an Uncle tho that loved it. Fall Sunday visits to his house included Curt Gowdy and Al DeRogatis... who I had never heard of.

TexasAg1969

@tour2ma said:

lol... a peanut butter mind meld...

I watched very little AFL football as a kid. It was that "inferior", other league.

Had an Uncle tho that loved it. Fall Sunday visits to his house included Curt Gowdy and Al DeRogatis... who I had never heard of.

Yep, it was still a joke all the way up until Namath to Sauer and 4 defensive interceptions proved otherwise.

The Gipper

@texasag1969 said:

Yep, it was still a joke all the way up until Namath to Sauer and 4 defensive interceptions proved otherwise.

I remember Paul Lowe and Keith Lincoln and Big Cat Ernie Ladd..and a few others from that early Chargers team. And Jack Kemp and Cookie Gilchrist from the Bills. And thinking they were all the shit.

That is why I still have somewhat of a soft spot for those two teams.

That, and the fact that neither has won a title since those AFL days.

Tour2ma

lol... I grew up near the Parmatown Shopping Center on Ridgewood Dr. Behind the shopping center was Day Dr. and on Day Dr. were the studios of WUAB Channel 43 (IIRC), one of the first UHF channels I can remember.

Anyway... Every Saturday WUAB had a wrestling show and one of the strongest rivalries was between Ernie Ladd and Johnny Powers.

@texasag1969 said:
Yep, it was still a joke all the way up until Namath to Sauer and 4 defensive interceptions proved otherwise.

Don't forget Snell... 100+ yards rushing and the Jets only TD.

My Uncle loved the AFL's higher-scoring, air game. And when the league breaks thru in SB III they do it with a ground attack and D... go figure.

Beverly had two of the INTs and didn't sniff the MVP.

mjp28

@tour2ma said:

lol... I grew up near the Parmatown Shopping Center on Ridgewood Dr. Behind the shopping center was Day Dr. and on Day Dr. were the studios of WUAB Channel 43 (IIRC), one of the first UHF channels I can remember.

Anyway... Every Saturday WUAB had a wrestling show and one of the strongest rivalries was between Ernie Ladd and Johnny Powers.

Don't forget Snell... 100+ yards rushing and the Jets only TD.

My Uncle loved the AFL's higher-scoring, air game. And when the league breaks thru in SB III they do it with a ground attack and D... go figure.

Beverly had two of the INTs and didn't sniff the MVP.

And Namath didn't throw a pass in the 4th quarter. They knew how to beat the Colts who embarrassed the BROWNS in the previous game.

nickers

@tour2ma said:

lol... I grew up near the Parmatown Shopping Center on Ridgewood Dr. Behind the shopping center was Day Dr. and on Day Dr. were the studios of WUAB Channel 43 (IIRC), one of the first UHF channels I can remember.

Anyway... Every Saturday WUAB had a wrestling show and one of the strongest rivalries was between Ernie Ladd and Johnny Powers.

Don't forget Snell... 100+ yards rushing and the Jets only TD.

My Uncle loved the AFL's higher-scoring, air game. And when the league breaks thru in SB III they do it with a ground attack and D... go figure.

Beverly had two of the INTs and didn't sniff the MVP.

The other UHF channel was 61 Call letters WKBF

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8nume

Tour2ma

@nickers said:

The other UHF channel was 61 Call letters WKBF

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8nume

Ah... plus the local PBS channel was UHF, too... wasn't it? Channel 25?

Random brain cell alert: Just flashed back to watching the Akron Goodyears, a men's semi-pro, basketball league on Sundays around noon.

Thanks for the link. Open reel tape of TV audio... gotta love it. Once upon a time I had audio of a few Ghoulardi shows that I recorded of an Olsen Electronics open reel.

mjp28

Ah yes, turn blue, the short life of Ghoulardi

mjp28

@mjp28 said:

Ah yes, turn blue, the short life of Ghoulardi

....I just watched it again, priceless small market 1960s TV.

nickers

@tour2ma said:

Ah... plus the local PBS channel was UHF, too... wasn't it? Channel 25?

Random brain cell alert: Just flashed back to watching the Akron Goodyears, a men's semi-pro, basketball league on Sundays around noon.

Thanks for the link. Open reel tape of TV audio... gotta love it. Once upon a time I had audio of a few Ghoulardi shows that I recorded of an Olsen Electronics open reel.

Yup 25 it was.. and I believe there was a 55 for a brief period.