40 Years Ago Tonight: Earl vs. Miami MNF

[MirrOlure 15274]

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[Domedriver 655]

God’s walk the earth.

[mulletpelini 5225]

How can the game be any safer now when hardly any pads are worn in comparison to then?

EC was the widest football player I think I ever remember watching play football.  I watched this whole game, huge fins fan.  I might get to see them play 4 x a year back then.  I was disappointed in the loss, but was in awe at what I was watching EC do.

[cochamps 1885]

4 minutes ago, mulletpelini said:

How can the game be any safer now when hardly any pads are worn in comparison to then?

EC was the widest football player I think I ever remember watching play football.  I watched this whole game, huge fins fan.  I might get to see them play 4 x a year back then.  I was disappointed in the loss, but was in awe at what I was watching EC do.

It was awesome.  Truly awesome.

[Pato del Muerto 53503]

The equipment is smaller due to advances in materials and technology. 

[Marshall_Lucky 628]

Remember watching that as a 12 year old on a 13” b&w tv in my bedroom. Bum rocking the silk disco shirt and working that chaw of Red Man. MNF was an event back then.

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1 hour ago, MirrOlure said:

 

 

 

Millennials, listen too this video to grasp just how unbelievably bad ESPN has screwed up Monday Nite Football.  Lots of people didn't like Cosell, some didn't like Gifford, but they were a million times better than the abomination that is Tessitore and Witten.

Edited November 21, 2018 by clapclapclap

[S11 16]

Campbell was only a 4.8 guy in the 40 but good luck getting him down on the first hit

[Amos Moses 795]

Man I still love those Oilers uniforms. 

Earl is the GOAT.

[markstanco 12788]

The Oilers ran him in to the ground.

[Deej 77826]

How great is the broadcast without graphics constantly on the screen?

[Rabidhorn 121]

I am from Tyler, I got to watch Mike Renfro grab Earl by the back of the jersey during the high school playoffs, Earl carried him 30 yards to the endzone and gently set him down, it was awesome.

Fuck Bum

Fuck the cheating Steelers.

[Wally Pryor 5410]

10 hours ago, MirrOlure said:

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So damn good.  And Cossell's commentary is simply fantastic. 

[Nueces River Rat 5796]

9 hours ago, clapclapclap said:

Millennials, listen too this video to grasp just how unbelievably bad ESPN has screwed up Monday Nite Football.  Lots of people didn't like Cosell, some didn't like Gifford, but they were a million times better than the abomination that is Tessitore and Witten.

Or anyone since then.   Cosell, Gifford, and Meredith made Monday Night Football must see TV regardless of who was playing.   

Damn this brings back a lot of memories.  Loved the atmosphere  in the Astrodome during that era.....the crappy  turf with the faded yard lines,  columbia blue, and Earl.     Oh and the Bum.  

I'd love to go back in time in De Lorean to see it again.  

[Wally Pryor 5410]

10 hours ago, clapclapclap said:

Millennials, listen too this video to grasp just how unbelievably bad ESPN has screwed up Monday Nite Football.  Lots of people didn't like Cosell, some didn't like Gifford, but they were a million times better than the abomination that is Tessitore and Witten.

Oh, but we didn't get this then:

 

[Hiphopopotamos 21191]

I had forgotten just how awful that astrodome surface was.  

[Monty86 60]

11 hours ago, mulletpelini said:

EC was the widest football player I think I ever remember watching play football.

Seeing TE Mike Barber in that clip brought back memories.  During my sr year in HS I worked at a grocery store in Missouri City, Barber & his wife shopped there all the time.  That fucker's shoulders damn near took up an aisle. csb

Cosell was greatness, fuck the haters.

[SHOOTER12 8886]

There is and was only one....

and there will NEVER be....

another, that comes close to EARL.

Hook'em

[Monty86 60]

Just now, Hiphopopotamos said:

I had forgotten just how awful that astrodome surface was.  

I was in marching band back then, HS playoff games were held in the 'dome - and you're damn right that surface was shitty.  Hard as a rock and there were gaps in the turf where I could swear I saw concrete.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

this was near the crest of MNF as an institution 

I wouldn't watch it today if I were playing in the game

[Wally Pryor 5410]

7 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

I had forgotten just how awful that astrodome surface was.  

The old Vet was one up on the Dome.   Wendell Davis tore both his ACLs on one play there.  They may as well have been playing on asphalt. 

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

10 hours ago, markstanco said:

The Oilers ran him in to the ground.

that's what you did with running backs back then

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

10 hours ago, S11 said:

Campbell was only a 4.8 guy in the 40 

I call bullshit on that

[FloridaHorn 4887]

Damn, I'm getting old.....Cosell, the powder blue unis, and the Tyler Rose. Almost brought a tear to my eye. That was when football was real, and the men that played it were tough as shit.

[BonzoMontreaux 1137]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, op.  

Loved the Hook 'em at the end from Earl.

[MirrOlure 15274]

This right here.....just sprinted 81 yards on his 28th carry, 4th TD....staggering exhausted to the bench with assistance....first thing that pops into his head when he sees the TV camera?

[Guitarman 29]

He's gone! He's gone!

[SimonBolivar 11064]

The Texans ownership need to pay whatever it costs to go back to the Oilers.

[Underdog 29189]

2 hours ago, Monty86 said:

Cosell was greatness, fuck the haters.

Remember seeing news accounts of bars having contests with patrons throwing bricks at TVs with Howard on it.  As mentioned previously, MNF was appointment viewing back then. 

[Dennis Taylor 19355]

Earl's acceleration was unreal. He was a full speed in 3-4 steps

[Telegraph_it 3379]

20 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

The Texans ownership need to pay whatever it costs to go back to the Oilers.

This is correct. 

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

25 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

The Texans ownership need to pay whatever it costs to go back to the Oilers.

no no, see, the TexansTM are focus-group tested, as is the Lone Star Bull LogoTM and the Official ColorsTM of Deep Steel BlueTM, Battle RedTM, and Legally Enforceable Copyright Form WhiteTM

 

Edited November 21, 2018 by SwanderedTalent

[Nueces River Rat 5796]

2 hours ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

I had forgotten just how awful that astrodome surface was.  

Yes if you wanted to get the feel of how it felt to land on turf surfaces back then, just pretend you are tackling someone on a mini golf  or putt-putt course surface.   It was just carpet glued to concrete, no padding or anything of the such compared to today.  

If I recall, DKR's surface back then wasn't too much better.   The artificial turfs of 70's and 80's, in retrospect really sucked.   I hated seeing baseball played on it and I still do even on the new stuff. 

[Shaggy3.0 1695]

“He plays great and congratulates his team.”

 

No showboating. No political faggotry.

 

 

 

And after clinching the game with an 81-yard TD, he just drops the ball like a boss.

 

 

 

GREATEST

OF

ALL

TIME.

 

 

HookEm

 

 

[Irish Wrist Watch 1503]

Late in the game, with the outcome on the line, Campbell hit the sideline on his 80-yd jaunt. Cosell, and just about everyone else went bonkers.

[realgreggym 838]

I was there. What a game and whoever talked about how great the announcers were back then was right. Today, you stick a former jock in the booth. My fondest memories from those days came from the Cotton Bowl when the broadcast started with ...This is Lindsey Nelson and he was wearing    his jacket with 20 different colors.

After the game, I go back to my car and just as I am opening the door, I noticed that both of my back tires had been stolen. Didn't get home till about 4 AM but it was worth it.

 

[the idoit 165]

This right here.....just sprinted 81 yards on his 28th carry, 4th TD....staggering exhausted to the bench with assistance....first thing that pops into his head when he sees the TV camera?

Yep. That and, “hi, mom”, to sweet Anne Campbell.

Geez, I loved Earl. I’d still wear my old “Houston Earlers” jersey if it hadn’t been lost to time all those years ago. What’s cool is that everyone about ~48 and up would know exactly what it meant and nod approval. Hook ‘em, Earl.

[GotThatFire 166]

Wish I was alive to see him play.

[gsoda3 3362]

great video.  thanks for sharing.  all you olds yelling at the clouds makes this thread even better.

[Underdog 29189]

I’ll butcher this story but like the one about an Oilers AC complaining to Bum about Earl not doing a drill where he was to run backwards and Bum tells the AC he doesn’t plan to call any plays for Earl to run backwards.  GD shame they never got to kick in that door. 

[Reese Bennett 3663]

26 minutes ago, Underdog said:

I’ll butcher this story but like the one about an Oilers AC complaining to Bum about Earl not doing a drill where he was to run backwards and Bum tells the AC he doesn’t plan to call any plays for Earl to run backwards.  GD shame they never got to kick in that door. 

Renfro scored.

[Underdog 29189]

Steelers may be the only franchise that honors Referees in their HOF. 

[S11 16]

6 hours ago, SwanderedTalent said:

I call bullshit on that

That’s what I saw reported.  Plausible because:

1- Guys can dramatically alter their 40 time with a better start.   So even if it’s a 4.8 total time he could be cruising like a guy with a 4.5-4.6 time over the final 30 yards if his start was really sloppy

2- He’s a guy that was more of a bruiser than a burner.

Edited November 21, 2018 by S11

[Deej 77826]

2 hours ago, realgreggym said:

Today, you stick a former jock in the booth. 

 

Like Don Meredith?

[realgreggym 838]

41 minutes ago, Deej said:

Like Don Meredith?

I said today.

[Deej 77826]

Just saying things haven't changed. Unfortunately, we'll never see another Howard Cosell. We just get the likes of Joe Tessitore.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11860]

18 hours ago, Marshall_Lucky said:

Remember watching that as a 12 year old on a 13” b&w tv in my bedroom. Bum rocking the silk disco shirt and working that chaw of Red Man. MNF was an event back then.

Same here, same age.  I remember watching that last run with his torn jersey flapping, and was so proud to be a Longhorn fan. 

[Pimphand 6370]

For a good solid 5 year run Earl Campbell was the absolute baddest man walking the face of the Earth.

It's a shame that they ran him into the ground.  I really wish there was a way to go back in time and make the Oilers draft Warren Moon to play quarterback so that they would have been rookies together instead of only getting to play 6 games together when the team was absolute dogshit.

FUCK BUD ADAMS

[Pimphand 6370]

 

[Brisketexan 106899]

Watched that game live in our living room. Got to stay up late, because earl.

Till I graduated high school 10 yrs later, I had the next day’s chronicle photo of Earl on his last touchdown run of the night tacked to my bulletin board.

Got to austin a few years later for school. Bumped into Earl at el arroyo (didn’t realize then I’d see him all around town over the next few years). This man was my hero, I had to say something. “Earl, I just wanted to tell you that you were my first hero, and you never let me down.” Shy and quiet as he was, he still smiled and said thanks.

I’ll go to my deathbed loving Earl Campbell.

And yeah...Cosell was magical. MNF will never top that lineup.