You can say that and the other stations can fire their guys and fox put Bradshaw up cause I dont think the others could read How was Johnson doing in Miami after getting Shula fired not good one of the biggest playoff losses in history
Soooo much better back then..and the music was sooo good. Great memories from those days. The first 6 yrrs I watched football. My steelers won 4 titles in those 6 yrs. I was blessed. Lol
Not sure why ESPN is being blamed. When NFL Primetime with Berman and TJ started in 1987 it was the first in depth highlight show of each game. As far as pregame shows go the folks at Fox are the one’s who brought less football and more entertainment when they took over the NFC from CBS in ‘94. I missed the NFL Today with Brent, Phyllis, Irv and the Greek.
I love these videos, and the one thing that ALWAYS strikes me is how the players celebrate after a TD. There is often genuine jubilation, but often it's a modest celebration followed by a quick spike or perhaps just flipping the ball to the referee. The one thing you NEVER seem to see is interaction with the crowd, no arms out, no bows, and no choreography. I'm not here to go all old man and dump on every player playing today as some kind of dancing clown. But, it really was a different era. It's just interesting.
Imagine if the Tecmo Super Bowl reboot had virtual studio, a la the vintage NBC Sports set for NFL 78-81, dubbed “Koei Tecmo Sports Studios,” albeit with hosts Bonnie Bernstein and Rachel Riley!
"The jury's still out on Oakland's coach Tom Flores" He's a two time Superbowl winning coach who should be in the hall of fame, Tom Flores did just fine, No jury needed.
If I remember correctly, the 2nd game of the doubleheader advertised at the end of the clip (New England at Denver) had a HUGE snowstorm that covered the field in the 2nd half
@@chuckhohenstein2137 I wonder if NBC would have switched Bills-Jets or Seahawks-Browns to 4pm eastern. That way, instead of switching everyone to Disney at 7:00 Eastern, they would have switched to either game.
Back when you had to wait until halftime to see if your bets were going well. That and maybe calling up Sportsphone and paying 99 cents for the scores.
I called that sportsphone all day lol. I live in Vegas so they had a local sportsphone that was free but it was always busy signal. Just callin and callin to see how your bets are going. Those were the days😀
Ahh, as a lifelong Detroiter and Lions fan, 1-9, as you can see, some things never change...they did parlay that 2-14 record to picking Billy Sims with their 1st pick, started 1980 season 4-0, we were all fired up, and then reality set again...and they faded.
I can stand how they do side stories & then have a big gushfest afterwards nowadays. For the last 20 years, you get another side story & emotional gushing after the story every week on CBS, FOX, & NBC.
NBC was supposed to provide coverage of the '80 Summer Olympics. However, after President Carter's decision to boycott the games in Moscow in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the network did not cover the games. The loss of revenue, combined with the enormous budget of the failed show Supertrain, nearly bankrupted the network.
NBC’s awful prime time lineup in the late 70’s and early 80’s had more to do with the financial troubles. Brandon Tartikoff brought in higher quality (albeit low-rated) shows like Cheers and Hill Street Blues and some con named Cosby which saved the network.
Let's hope they also boycott the Winter Olympics in 2022 in China--China caused COVID--resulting in millions of deaths/trillions in economic losses--Chinese lied/silenced whistleblowers etc etc--their government is completely disgusting
NBC did cover the 80 Summer Olympics but only in 5-10 minute highlights shows that aired after the local news. These highlight shows basically wrapped up each day's events and showed the top athletes from each day. NBC also did this for the Opening & Closing ceremonies. It wasn't until 1988 that NBC covered the Summer Olympics because the IOC decided to go back to ABC for the 1984 Summer Olympics in LA & for the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo that year & the Calgary Games in 1988.
@@thevault6757 ... thanks a million for helping me and others end a 40 year search.... was a in my teens at the time in the 70's and a life long Pittsburgh Steelers fan
This was the day after my wedding to my first wife. A marriage the lasted 26 miserable years. The #1 song that week was Headache Tonight by the Eagles. Very fitting. If I wasn't so happy now I'd sure would like a do-over. LOL
I have to disagree. I been watching football since age 4 and I’m 52 now so almost 50 years I have to say some are better than others . Back then mostly focus on game and less about contracts and off field antic and off season drama . I tend to believe it was that each major sport back theme had time to shine . Sept was strictly pro and college football with baseball WS during the week but weekends was Saturday college and Sunday was three games on tv and Monday night football. After super bowl . NBA and college badkbeball and NHL hockey is some cities . April was basketball tournament and nba playoffs and start of Baseballuntil football pre season. And you had other stuff like golf and tennis and racing and of course very popular back then was boxing especially heavyweight division. Now it’s more of soap opera and crime reports with pro athletes and it’s the coverage is overblow and over saturated. I just want to know who’s playing today and what time
+@@t-squared6406 Missing that kick against K.C. kept them out. Seattle beat for the 4th time in a row 29-24 in a game that was not as close as it sounds.
I attended the Chargers at Bengals game. Ray Griffin 95 yrd interception of Fouts the Bengals highlight. Then maybe the best td reception I ever saw in person. John Jefferson back of end zone td catch one handed. Go look up that catch (not included here) and you will agree with me. Chargers won that game. My Bengals finished 4-12 but would lose to SD again in 1980. Then would smoke SD 40-17 at SD on 11/8/81 then kill them again in the "Freezer Bowl" (which I froze my ass off in attendance) 27-7 to advance to Super Bowl XVI.
Those were some good games between the Chargers and Bengals back then. I remember those acrobatic John Jefferson catches. I damn near broke my back, ribs and everything else trying to emulate him whenever playing football with friends. I remember that catch you're talking about against the Bengals. You gotta love that tune to the Cleve./Seattle highlight. I gotta find that song!!! 😂😂😂😂
And the NBC logo was festooned with the Olympic rings in late 1979 in anticipation of the 1980 Moscow summer games...President Carter ordered the US team to boycott the competition...
aahhh, the days before diva tom brady rules, and diva wide receiver 'cant touch this' rules, that fans today mistakenly attribute to talent of the individuals....
Memories...was 11yrs old. Use to love that music.
yeah,that was great!
You were just a youngster. I was 14 and was almost shaving.
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@@stumarston6812 i was 13 and still 20yrs from shaving
I miss this and the cool Music and NBC themes
When I was a kid, I really enjoyed halftime highlights,great memories!
This is miles better than listening to Terry Bradsaw bumble and stumble his way through his halftime recaps.
You can say that and the other stations can fire their guys and fox put Bradshaw up cause I dont think the others could read How was Johnson doing in Miami after getting Shula fired not good one of the biggest playoff losses in history
Soooo much better back then..and the music was sooo good. Great memories from those days. The first 6 yrrs I watched football. My steelers won 4 titles in those 6 yrs. I was blessed. Lol
Leave Bradshaw alone.
I was a month away from my 18th. birthday. Back then I played,ate, drank and slept football! Love these highlights!
Absolutely wonderful classic memories ⭐️ I’m now 59 and was a Minnesota Vikes fan 🏈
My favorite memory of these days was when Bryant Gumble said that the Bengals and their funny new helmets won that day
Back when we had 4 channels and life was better. Miss gumbel adamle highlights
4? If you count PBS.
So true. Gumbel was the best studio host of all time.
If you mean Fox Television, it wasn't even born yet. Not even in 1979. CBS/ABC/NBC were the big 3... Especially CBS/NBC.
man i really missed the NFL on NBC... ESPN ruined football with it's "stage show antics"... crap.
Amen, I agree. ESPN sucked
ESPN the last 20 years has killed sports with their WWE entertainment type crap !
Not sure why ESPN is being blamed. When NFL Primetime with Berman and TJ started in 1987 it was the first in depth highlight show of each game. As far as pregame shows go the folks at Fox are the one’s who brought less football and more entertainment when they took over the NFC from CBS in ‘94. I missed the NFL Today with Brent, Phyllis, Irv and the Greek.
ESPN ruined MNF as well. Just a horrible production.
@@joegriego3091 yea exactly, they wanted to "add" more to it. man just leave it alone it's a sport not stage show production
I love these videos, and the one thing that ALWAYS strikes me is how the players celebrate after a TD. There is often genuine jubilation, but often it's a modest celebration followed by a quick spike or perhaps just flipping the ball to the referee. The one thing you NEVER seem to see is interaction with the crowd, no arms out, no bows, and no choreography.
I'm not here to go all old man and dump on every player playing today as some kind of dancing clown. But, it really was a different era. It's just interesting.
Different attitude. Really. Most players had to hold a second job. Average salary about $60,000. Three times a teacher then.
Imagine if the Tecmo Super Bowl reboot had virtual studio, a la the vintage NBC Sports set for NFL 78-81, dubbed “Koei Tecmo Sports Studios,” albeit with hosts Bonnie Bernstein and Rachel Riley!
"The jury's still out on Oakland's coach Tom Flores" He's a two time Superbowl winning coach who should be in the hall of fame, Tom Flores did just fine, No jury needed.
@@armageddon2419 You sir!....Are the purveyor of truth!
He was a new coach at the time. 6-4 record. Lighten up!
I compliment you on your 20/20 hindsight
If I remember correctly, the 2nd game of the doubleheader advertised at the end of the clip (New England at Denver) had a HUGE snowstorm that covered the field in the 2nd half
I REMEMBER THAT GAME!!!!
And if I recall because it was such a rout NBC switched everyone to Disney at 7:00 Eastern
@@chuckhohenstein2137 I wonder if NBC would have switched Bills-Jets or Seahawks-Browns to 4pm eastern. That way, instead of switching everyone to Disney at 7:00 Eastern, they would have switched to either game.
Also that game had Robin Williams from Mork and Mindy as part of the Broncos Cheerleading team.
Where oh where could I get the songs to those highlights?????
Those are my sentiments!
This was football growing up as a kid.
Back when you had to wait until halftime to see if your bets were going well. That and maybe calling up Sportsphone and paying 99 cents for the scores.
Matt Pizzano the 10 minute ticket seemed like an eternity especially when you knew Elway had the ball with 2 minutes to play. Lol. Ahhhhh technology.
I called that sportsphone all day lol. I live in Vegas so they had a local sportsphone that was free but it was always busy signal. Just callin and callin to see how your bets are going. Those were the days😀
The best era in Sports.
Ahh, as a lifelong Detroiter and Lions fan, 1-9, as you can see, some things never change...they did parlay that 2-14 record to picking Billy Sims with their 1st pick, started 1980 season 4-0, we were all fired up, and then reality set again...and they faded.
it sucked Billy Sims got injured,he was fun to watch,had he got injured years later,he could have kept playing,unbelievable,what a shame!!
The curse of Bobby Layne
so nice and simple!! no drama or side stories.
Get off my lawn
I can stand how they do side stories & then have a big gushfest afterwards nowadays. For the last 20 years, you get another side story & emotional gushing after the story every week on CBS, FOX, & NBC.
Week 11 occurred on 11-11-79.
Love the Oilers unis
Choice #1: Oakland Raiders at Houston Oilers (Charlie Jones/Len Dawson)
Choice #2: Seattle Seahawks at Cleveland Browns (Merle Harmon/George Kunz)
Choice #3: San Diego Chargers at Cincinnati Bengals (Phil Stone/Paul Maguire)
I'll tell you know I will be posting 2 of those 3 come March 31st. Won't say which ones.
Someone already posted one of those games.
Very good announcers
NBC was supposed to provide coverage of the '80 Summer Olympics. However, after President Carter's decision to boycott the games in Moscow in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the network did not cover the games. The loss of revenue, combined with the enormous budget of the failed show Supertrain, nearly bankrupted the network.
NBC’s awful prime time lineup in the late 70’s and early 80’s had more to do with the financial troubles. Brandon Tartikoff brought in higher quality (albeit low-rated) shows like Cheers and Hill Street Blues and some con named Cosby which saved the network.
Yeah I remember Supertrain
Let's hope they also boycott the Winter Olympics in 2022 in China--China caused COVID--resulting in millions of deaths/trillions in economic losses--Chinese lied/silenced whistleblowers etc etc--their government is completely disgusting
NBC did cover the 80 Summer Olympics but only in 5-10 minute highlights shows that aired after the local news. These highlight shows basically wrapped up each day's events and showed the top athletes from each day. NBC also did this for the Opening & Closing ceremonies. It wasn't until 1988 that NBC covered the Summer Olympics because the IOC decided to go back to ABC for the 1984 Summer Olympics in LA & for the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo that year & the Calgary Games in 1988.
what was supertrsin
love the halftime highlights music... anyone know the title?
The days when football and baseball teams shared a stadium.
"jury still out on Flores" lol. Not for long! Flores belongs in the Hall of Fame!
Two rings
He’s in!
Congrats Tom! His kids went to my high school
10 years before Mike adamle. Hosting the American gladiators
And 29 years before his ill-fated gig with WWE!
Anybody know the music beds used at :30 and 3:15 ????
I am interested too. What song is playing at :30? I have been looking for this song for years. Thanks
Ditto.. been looking as well
NBC at the time seemed of used the same background music. They would often get from 70's fuck and disco groups. If find, will pass along.
3:15 is Wright Brothers Flying Machine - Leatherman's Theme (from the soundtrack of Thank God It's Friday)
@@thevault6757 ... thanks a million for helping me and others end a 40 year search.... was a in my teens at the time in the 70's and a life long Pittsburgh Steelers fan
Back when NFL announcers, commentators and broadcasters called quarters as periods.
Simpler time, better time.
“I got to believe the Steelers can beat an NFL All-Star Team.”
I thought at first the analyst was Mike Florio. Sounds and looks just like him but it was Mike Adamlee.
I was a HUGE Earl Campbell fan.
Better than Fox or CBS today
I’d rather listen to this than Terry Bradshaw doing his bumbling halftime mess on FOX. This is actually coherent, informative, and well thought out.
Nice to see just two guys in the studio. Not five retired players and coaches yakking it up.
Adamle was a recently retired player at that time.
@@classicsports5057 I do remember. But he was more polished and professional than other guys.
@@BrianSmith-wh9bi Howard Cosell "never played the game". He'd look down on Adamle.
That Olympic logo supposed to be when they go to Moscow but yea didn’t happen
This was the day after my wedding to my first wife. A marriage the lasted 26 miserable years. The #1 song that week was Headache Tonight by the Eagles. Very fitting. If I wasn't so happy now I'd sure would like a do-over. LOL
dude....hilarious marriage review
Bryant Gumbel was MY hero growing up.
this was my 13th birthday.
Mr G was fiya.And the Steelers we're on top,what a great childhood
someone find the song at :46
One thing is for sure. Every one cries that their generation of football coverage was better than the next. All football is great in all generations.
I have to disagree. I been watching football since age 4 and I’m 52 now so almost 50 years I have to say some are better than others . Back then mostly focus on game and less about contracts and off field antic and off season drama . I tend to believe it was that each major sport back theme had time to shine . Sept was strictly pro and college football with baseball WS during the week but weekends was Saturday college and Sunday was three games on tv and Monday night football. After super bowl . NBA and college badkbeball and NHL hockey is some cities . April was basketball tournament and nba playoffs and start of Baseballuntil football pre season. And you had other stuff like golf and tennis and racing and of course very popular back then was boxing especially heavyweight division. Now it’s more of soap opera and crime reports with pro athletes and it’s the coverage is overblow and over saturated. I just want to know who’s playing today and what time
This was when they played real football not the crap they play today
totally agree,then when you scored,you really scored,comebacks were way more exciting,everything seemed to be more geniune!!
Back when they still have 2 o clock games for central time zone
Bengals before the stripes 5:08
Awesome!
Raiders losing that tough game to Houston is what kept them out of the playoffs in 79.
No, losing to Seattle at home in Week 16 kept the Raiders out of the playoffs in 79.
they still had a shot the last game against the seahawks,win and they would have been in!
+@@t-squared6406 Missing that kick against K.C. kept them out. Seattle beat for the 4th time in a row 29-24 in a game that was not as close as it sounds.
Monday Night game during week 11 The Eagles beat the Cowboys 31-21 in Texas Stadium. The Eagles only beat them twice in Dallas prior to 1979
The Cowboys were 17-3 vs. The Eagles in the 70's
3:23 I sont think that I have ever seen a Lou Piccone highlight
I bet you're right lol
milart12 -I know right? Funny thing is, I STILL have his Topps football card from 1979. LOL!
@@USMC-bj8hd too funny. I have one as well lol
Lou played his college ball at West Liberty State in W.VA.
I attended the Chargers at Bengals game. Ray Griffin 95 yrd interception of Fouts the Bengals highlight. Then maybe the best td reception I ever saw in person. John Jefferson back of end zone td catch one handed. Go look up that catch (not included here) and you will agree with me. Chargers won that game. My Bengals finished 4-12 but would lose to SD again in 1980. Then would smoke SD 40-17 at SD on 11/8/81 then kill them again in the "Freezer Bowl" (which I froze my ass off in attendance) 27-7 to advance to Super Bowl XVI.
Those were some good games between the Chargers and Bengals back then. I remember those acrobatic John Jefferson catches. I damn near broke my back, ribs and everything else trying to emulate him whenever playing football with friends. I remember that catch you're talking about against the Bengals.
You gotta love that tune to the Cleve./Seattle highlight. I gotta find that song!!! 😂😂😂😂
Matt Harvey....... HARDY
And the NBC logo was festooned with the Olympic rings in late 1979 in anticipation of the 1980 Moscow summer games...President Carter ordered the US team to boycott the competition...
The boycott nearly destroyed NBC.
🏈😀💯
This was the day I was born.
Get off my lawn
Steelers always played well in KC!
My favorite memory was not having a cut like "What's his name" had ahh!
Braid down to my waist. Is that Mike Adam lying 🤣
6 months later I would be born lol
The Steelers were so great they were actually boring. Not exciting like the Raiders at Houston tied up, and who wins the Superbowl that year....boring
You Steelers fans are boring.
Haters gonna hate
Thank you YT
Now i know how i will spend my retirement
Btw refuse to watch current nfl crap
Tatum was such a dirty player.
Back when football was the real deal.🏉🏈
Just realized the steelers have been crushing the nfl for almost 50 years.
Discounting the 40 years before that when they were the league's doormats.
@@AndyBruinewoud The Steelers certainly made amends for that down trodden period didn't they ?
aahhh, the days before diva tom brady rules, and diva wide receiver 'cant touch this' rules, that fans today mistakenly attribute to talent of the individuals....
That Mike fella has the worst hairpiece I ever seen
I think that's his actual hair.
@@LogoMan7777 A lot of hair in the 70s looked like people were wearing a piece.
Back when the Redskins were not racist
And half way decent.
That’s when football was football no cry babies