I was born in the 1960s, did not see any of 60s action, but have a couple of comments:
1. My favorite memory watching football with my dad was when we were sitting in the living room yelling at the TV all game while losing to Alabama in the 1982 CB. We could FEEL the disgust coming from Robert Brewer as he called timeout and went to the sidelines. WE ALL truly genuinely knew 'bama was coming with the blitz and back then teams did not change calls after a timeout. Then the best call of the decade happened, with the QB draw. I believe this is in the top three calls of the 80s and 90s decades, up there with the 90+ yard pass by Major against OU and the Ricky run for the Heisman.
I propose a new category, near legend. Brewer is near legend. If he doesn't call TO that call never happens. I remember only one game Brewer lost, a game against SMU, when SMU had that lucky pass that bounced off our DB and into a receiver's hands, resulting in about a 70 yard TD pass. I think Jitter Fields was on the field for that play and the infamous 1984 CB. Ponies were lucky, lucky that game.
2. Two QBs who could have completely changed the game, had the chemistry been there with wide receivers
a. Rick McIvor. Rick had the strongest arm in Texas history. I saw him in person against the Ags one year in Austin. We were losing, Rick drops back, throws about a 60 yard pass in the air it hits the WR in the chest and falls to the ground. We lost the game. Rick had only one game when he somehow got lucky and put it all together, against Aggy in the 1983 game. Plenty of drops whenever Rick played. Did players not practice enough in the 80s?
b. Simms. I remember one of those Holiday Bowl losses to Oregon or whomever, when Simms is throwing bullets to receivers in the end zone and they were dropping all of them. The excuse given was the receivers were freshmen. Obviously it improved to some extent, but all most people remember is the game against Colorado, the interception that knocked Cedric Benson and Mike Williams out of the game. I believe there was a fundamental difference that does not exist in today's game. It seems like QBs and WRs are much better at being on the same page, compared to then. I think with the coaching of today, a Simms type player develops much better and wins more games.