alan page has always been known for saying the usual statements. at the same time though, he sounds like an absolute champ because what he says is real and spot on.
ill take 1981 football over todays game ill take jr ewing and dallas over netflix ill take billy squier over any of todays "musicians " ill take everything from 1981 over anything happening in todays world
Alan Page was let go by the Vikings because of his slimming down below 220 due to his avid off season marathon running. Page was the first NFL player to complete a marathon. During the off-season, Page attended law school and earned his juris doctorate (JD). Page went on to eventually serve as an associate justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
TIME magazine did a story on previous Super Bowl games in 1990 . They asked Alan Page to wear his Minnesota sweater #88 for a photoshoot. He refused as he felt it sent the wrong message to young boys that sports was the way to succeed instead of doing well in school.
That's very interesting that the players talk about playing with pain. Now that the long term effects are known, I wonder if some of the players would've retired sooner if they could see the long term effects of the injuries they sustained. Especially the concussions. I respect those players because they didn't make a lot of money, but they played their hearts out because they loved the game.
TAX COW FARTS Lamentable-women and children beware-as your scatological references may be I share your view that Gumbel never belonged on TV. His arrogant sandpaper personality matched his behind the scenes feuds with co-workers on the Today Show.
I'm a Baltimore boy who missed the Colts by eleven and a half years. Therefore they're the Indianapolis Colts to me, and Baltimore to me is Ravens Country. Not only that, but because my parents both grew up in the Washington, D.C. suburbs before moving together to the Baltimore area, I wasn't even raised as a Ravens fan. My team has always been and will continue to be the Washington Redskins.
True. It made it like baseball with parks having different dimensions and angles. Today we have the Mallification of stadiums. Magnificent in structure at the cost of dirt, weather, and unpredictability.
Being up in New England at the time, we got to watch the game vs. the Colts. It was a really small crowd like Axthelm said. And the Patriots lost. So they got the #1 pick that they squandered on Kenneth Sims. But the Colts had #2 and #4 in the draft. Their #2 pick was some stiff named Johnnie Cooks. (They also drafted the very 'unlucky' Art Schliester at #4). Jim McMahon was the best early pick at #5...
Oh, dear god!! Terry Bradshaw got DESTROYED!! Was that a powerbomb by dude on the Browns?? Unreal. And now, you can't even make contact with the QB's chest area. Terry was geeking like fish on the beach. WOW.
In 81 the good teams were the 49ers, Bengals,Cowboys,Dolphins, Chargers. I believe this was Joe Gibbs first year as the Redskins coach,following this season the Bears would hire Mike Ditka as head coach the Raiders would move to LA and Dick Vermeil would resign as the Eagles head coach.
I've got a good guess here, WTCN preempted any other NBC SPORTS programming besides football at the time for their own local programming because at 24:04, you see the NBC SPORTSWORLD promo come on, then it's immediately covered over a PSA for a Channel 11 food drive. Am I right?
it's fascinating to watch any NFL from the 80's. the way it played out. the drama. fan interest was at an all time high. the league new it had a hot product and cashed in with lucrative tv deals. the players union wanted in on the financial windfall and went on strike at least twice and in the end player salaries escalated.
Pete Axthelm died in 1991 at the age of 47. I couldn't believe it when I found out. I always thought he was in his 50s. He looked and sounded about 20 years older than he was. I'm not sure if that is a good thing.
I was 8 or 9 & I can remember this Pre Game.. Alan Page HOF Football player Supreme Court.! Not bad What did U do With UR Life.? & Is it Me or was Football & Pre Game better back then.. Branty Gumbel and Bob Costas I think Greatness Legendary
2:05 the "Stupor Bowl" in 1981? Flash forward to the present, when such a game would be referred to as a "Tank Bowl" over on UrinatingTree's channel...
+Chris Kreager Believe it or not, Denver still had a chance of winning the AFC West even after losing to the Bears. San Diego played Oakland on Monday Night, and a Charger loss would have left them 9-7 to Denver's 10-6. But even though the Raiders were "unbeatable" on Monday Night at the time, the Chargers dominated and won and the Broncos stayed home. That weekend really sucked for me. In addition to being a Broncos fan, I lived in the Detroit area and was a Lions fan. The Lions had overcome a slow start and injury to starting QB Gary Danielson and were 8-7 going into the last game of the season. They had a winner take all home game against Tampa Bay, but despite being 7-0 at home that year and the Silverdome filled with 80,000 fans, the Lions lost 20-17. There were 2 big plays that did in the Lions: an 80+ yard TD pass from Doug Williams to Kevin House in the first half and a 4th quarter fumble by Lions QB Eric Hipple that TB returned for a TD.
+JBSptfn Yep, on a last second FG with 12 men on the field, but no penalty was called. The day after the Detroit-Dallas game, the Detroit Free Press had a front page picture of the Lions in field goal formation with numbered arrows pointing at each player. Kicker Eddie Murray was number 12.
wowww...I remember those "Kickoff" segments with the legendary Bob Sheppard and Eli Wallach...and yes, sorry Nitschke, Nobis, and even LT....but Butkus was and still IS the greatest linebacker in NFL history
@@robertpaige4505 🤣🤣🤣--GOOD ONE!!! Go to Linebackers Roundtable on UA-cam. Great conversation with Willie Lanier, Harry Carson, Mike Singletary, Lawrence Taylor, and Ray Lewis.
Oh, yeah, I forgot: back in '81, filmed man-on-the-street interview clips had to be filmed and processed at least a day before, rather than almost instantly like today ("l'll put $50 on them tomorrow...") How times have changed!
Was at Shea for Jets vs GB with a playoff berth at stake that day- place was rocking as the Sack Exchange harassed Lynn Dickey and crushed the Pack 28-3 to go to the postseason for the 1st time since 1969
hate to see head injury,but then again it was football and it was played by real men,not the image hungry clowns you suffer with today,always loved the game,collage or pro,after 1999 it just became unbearable,best game i saw in the last 15 years was 10 kids no adults for about an hour in an empty field,they were just playing the game and it was great.
Better than today? At least in today’s pregame shows they actually talk about what might happen in that day’s games. This show spent zero time covering the games. They could have taped most of the show in advance.
The Patriots would end up with the #1 overall pick and took Texas DE Kenneth Sims. The Colts would pick #2 and took Mississippi State LB Johnnie Cooks. Neither made a Pro Bowl. It was all for nothing.
Half hour pre game shows with only one host was a lot better than an hour pregame show today with 5 or 6 football know it alls sitting there running their mouth.
@@mjbvideo I stopped watching pre game shows around the same time as well, Just show me the game, And even that's not what it used to be. Thanks for posting this, Great classic NFL material.
The Baltimore Colts beat the New England Patriots in the first game 29-28. Then they lost fourteen consecutive games to come into this one 1-14 against the 2-13 Patriots. So of course the Colts won 23-21 to finish 2-14 and get the #2 overall pick in the 1982 draft with the Pats going 2-14 to pick #1.
Sundays in the fall in the 70s and 80s were magic
Especially during the 1980s when Madden & Summerall were doing NFC games on CBS
Great broadcast, I use to watch it every Sunday, really brings back fond memories
My opinion, Steve Bartkowski was a very underrated QB.. and I miss the vintage, red Falcons jerseys..
I know! Those uniforms were awesome!
Steve Bartkowski was a great quarterback
not good in playoffs
beat eagles then lost to cowboys 2x and vikings
@@philiptucci2458 not great but good
Back before we had 10 talking heads sitting in the studio yanking on each other's dummy.
Definitely. Miss the good ol days
Keep posting these pre games Mike.This is so good….brings me back. Gumbel was great in this role. It was just a great era.
Gumbel was fantastic
Wasn't until years later that I found out the pre-game intro music was by the band Chicago. Back in the 70s & 80s NFL was packaged beautifully.
1000 times better than todays game and broadcasts
Pete Axthelm was a great NFL analyst. He died young in 1991 at age 47. He had a bad liver.
He looked much older.
He had a horrible drinking problem. It's sad. Another young and talented guy gone too soon
The 80s uniforms were so COOL
Christmas 1981. When Christmas was real, fun, and meaningful.
a beautiful time indeed !! ..I was 18 on this day growing up in the beautiful east bay California.
I got an Atari this Xmas
I was 12 and life was awesome
That set looked like ass but yeah... real fun. Yup.
Exactly
Lol no it wasn't boomer
This was the ONLY way to see NFL highlights b4 social media. They were so exciting & a chance to see teams on the other side of the country 🏈🏈🏈🏈
I would give anything if NBC would use this intro just once next year and CBS the old NFL today intro from this era as well. Great music!!!
I agree, I am sick of the Fox NFL theme that sounds like a tired stampede of horses.
I’d love to see NBC carry AFC games & CBS carry the NFC games once again.
@@VolumedMusicMan As well as Joe Buck’s boring play by play.
@@PhilWorley Joe Buck: Nepotism, cronyism, and White Privilege all rolled into one.
alan page has always been known for saying the usual statements. at the same time though, he sounds like an absolute champ because what he says is real and spot on.
I wish we could go back to 1981 and the entire 80s decade and stay.
Yes really good era
ill take 1981 football over todays game ill take jr ewing and dallas over netflix ill take billy squier over any of todays "musicians " ill take everything from 1981 over anything happening in todays world
@@bb-gc2txwhat about not having internet?lol
@@AmirKhan-yv8jm lived first half my life without internet i would be fine just like most gen x ers we could adapt very easily to having no internet
I miss the 80 s less violence racism
Alan Page was let go by the Vikings because of his slimming down below 220 due to his avid off season marathon running. Page was the first NFL player to complete a marathon. During the off-season, Page attended law school and earned his juris doctorate (JD). Page went on to eventually serve as an associate justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
TIME magazine did a story on previous Super Bowl games in 1990 . They asked Alan Page to wear his Minnesota sweater #88 for a photoshoot. He refused as he felt it sent the wrong message to young boys that sports was the way to succeed instead of doing well in school.
this is when pre game shows only came on for a half hour usually around 12:30
There was also a separate 3:30 pregame show for markets only getting one game late at 4:00 ET
I can't even watch football anymore. These older games and shows had an innocence and realism to them.
The best days of the NFL, the best days of America in my lifetime.
That's very interesting that the players talk about playing with pain. Now that the long term effects are known, I wonder if some of the players would've retired sooner if they could see the long term effects of the injuries they sustained. Especially the concussions. I respect those players because they didn't make a lot of money, but they played their hearts out because they loved the game.
The greatest Pete Axthelm.
Just 17,073 attended that Colts-Patriots game that was won by the Colts. Not that it mattered; the Mayflower trucks were barely two years out.
Clasic NBC theme music!!
GREAT, GREAT TIMES !! ( I was 18 on this now classic day ! )
10:54 -Now THESE were great times!!! Miss playing Atari at Sears or JC Penney.
If this theme doesn’t give you chills I don’t know what to tell ya.
15 days later, Gumbel started his first day as the permanent male anchor on The Today Show.
And, against Joe Piscopo’s wishes, it would be Len Berman taking Bryant’s place on the NFL pregame show.
TAX COW FARTS Lamentable-women and children beware-as your scatological references may be I share your view that Gumbel never belonged on TV. His arrogant sandpaper personality matched his behind the scenes feuds with co-workers on the Today Show.
He was a Russian major and with Cold War going on, very effective particularly with producer Steve Friedman who was his producer at KNBC.
@@johnnyballenatl Piscopo was funnier when he wasn't on steroids. Only 165 lbs.
I enjoyed those NFL pregame show on NBC
I'm a Baltimore boy who missed the Colts by eleven and a half years. Therefore they're the Indianapolis Colts to me, and Baltimore to me is Ravens Country. Not only that, but because my parents both grew up in the Washington, D.C. suburbs before moving together to the Baltimore area, I wasn't even raised as a Ravens fan. My team has always been and will continue to be the Washington Redskins.
I'm a Redskins fan myself and I live in Frederick. HTTR!
I don't like Bryant Gumbel's later work, but then he was very good doing the NFL.
good classics right here
That first song is so early 80's rock. I dig it.
The song is Alive Again by Chicago if you are interested....and yes, it's kicks some ass.
@@stoytrivia1126 Thanks!
@@stoytrivia1126 Thanks!
I wish the Vikes went back outdoors. Being indoors weakens teams playing on the road in the cold outdoors.
That's why they were in 4 Super Bowls in 7 years
True. It made it like baseball with parks having different dimensions and angles. Today we have the Mallification of stadiums. Magnificent in structure at the cost of dirt, weather, and unpredictability.
The Vikings played outdoors for two seasons at tcf stadium at the University of Minnesota campus
@@tarheelking2515Not a nice place to play truth be told.
the next day i was born dec 21 1981
Love the Atari commercial at the end . Nowadays they use an iPhone or iPad
George Hahn and a white family. No political correctness running amok like today....
Being up in New England at the time, we got to watch the game vs. the Colts. It was a really small crowd like Axthelm said. And the Patriots lost. So they got the #1 pick that they squandered on Kenneth Sims. But the Colts had #2 and #4 in the draft. Their #2 pick was some stiff named Johnnie Cooks. (They also drafted the very 'unlucky' Art Schliester at #4). Jim McMahon was the best early pick at #5...
I'd like to say thank goodness Marcus Allen didn't get messed up...Then I remembered, he had to deal with Al Davis. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🙄🙄🙄
Stupor Bowl awesome unis though
Is that studio host Greg Gumbel’s brother?
@David T Younger brother (Greg born in 1946, Bryant in 1948).
Greg became the studio first with CBS NFL Today before going to NBC in 1994 the same job his brother had
Oh, dear god!! Terry Bradshaw got DESTROYED!! Was that a powerbomb by dude on the Browns?? Unreal. And now, you can't even make contact with the QB's chest area. Terry was geeking like fish on the beach. WOW.
That was one of the all-time assholes and cheap-shot artists, Joe (Turkey) Jones.
I wasn't even born yet . . . . . .I love the internet. It always makes me feel younger than I really am!
In 81 the good teams were the 49ers, Bengals,Cowboys,Dolphins, Chargers. I believe this was Joe Gibbs first year as the Redskins coach,following this season the Bears would hire Mike Ditka as head coach the Raiders would move to LA and Dick Vermeil would resign as the Eagles head coach.
this was really only time you could see highlights from around the league .
Memories I was 8 years old 81 NFL season God is good god bears 2024 August 19
Colts-Patriots "playing for a draft pick". (LOL) Boy, those were the days!
Beatles01able the stupor bowl
+Beatles01able boy I was glad the next season was on strike
+Beatles01able And teams like the Cowboys, the Raiders, the 49ers and the Chargers were so dominating back in that era.
Exactly. Again: those WERE the days!
Back when the Colts played their home games at 2pm, because Memorial Stadium was near a lot of Churches.
I've got a good guess here, WTCN preempted any other NBC SPORTS programming besides football at the time for their own local programming because at 24:04, you see the NBC SPORTSWORLD promo come on, then it's immediately covered over a PSA for a Channel 11 food drive. Am I right?
it's fascinating to watch any NFL from the 80's. the way it played out. the drama. fan interest was at an all time high. the league new it had a hot product and cashed in with lucrative tv deals. the players union wanted in on the financial windfall and went on strike at least twice and in the end player salaries escalated.
can u believe Pete Axthelm was only 37 years old here !!!
he looks so much older doesn't he ?
Pete Axthelm died in 1991 at the age of 47. I couldn't believe it when I found out. I always thought he was in his 50s. He looked and sounded about 20 years older than he was. I'm not sure if that is a good thing.
He was 37 in this clip?!
Patriots were 2-14. Ah, the good ol'days....
12:47 Terry Bradshaw just went to SUPLEX CITY.
What is the rock music played while Bryant Gumble is talking for the first minute of this video?
M Bez Alive Again by Chicago
@@andyaydlett7002 A couple of years earlier CBS used that same music on their NBA coverage
sure beats the disco from the year before
@@paulsonj72 Good ear!
can you please upload pete axthelm 'waxes poeitc' the bengals and oilers game in '84
In the Old Spice commercial that was the father of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Matthew Perry!
I was 8 or 9 & I can remember this Pre Game.. Alan Page HOF Football player Supreme Court.! Not bad What did U do With UR Life.? & Is it Me or was Football & Pre Game better back then.. Branty Gumbel and Bob Costas I think Greatness Legendary
Your so right James McAllister. I understand now that is all football ever was. That is why I don,t watch it anymore. This is now 2018.
His son Chris used to play for the Ravens. Very good in the secondary, but underrated too.
RIP James Mcalister ❤
Bryant Gumbel still looks the same now as he did back then
Hi Mike. Love this post! Do you have the whole game (Den-CHI) that goes with this? Thank you - Mark
Sorry - I don't have that game. In my market it showed the Chiefs - Vikings game.
49er's would be the champions
It's funny that I remember New England losing to the Colts. Colts lost 14 in a row, haven't won since opening day where they beat New England also.
2:05 the "Stupor Bowl" in 1981? Flash forward to the present, when such a game would be referred to as a "Tank Bowl" over on UrinatingTree's channel...
This Week On NBC Daytime
Was Chuck Woolery's Final Week
Of Wheel Of Fortune
Cool PBR commercial
If Denver had beaten Chicago... man, the Chargers miss the playoffs, no Epic in Miami, and who knows what team plays Cincy in the Freezer Bowl?
+Chris Kreager Believe it or not, Denver still had a chance of winning the AFC West even after losing to the Bears. San Diego played Oakland on Monday Night, and a Charger loss would have left them 9-7 to Denver's 10-6. But even though the Raiders were "unbeatable" on Monday Night at the time, the Chargers dominated and won and the Broncos stayed home.
That weekend really sucked for me. In addition to being a Broncos fan, I lived in the Detroit area and was a Lions fan. The Lions had overcome a slow start and injury to starting QB Gary Danielson and were 8-7 going into the last game of the season. They had a winner take all home game against Tampa Bay, but despite being 7-0 at home that year and the Silverdome filled with 80,000 fans, the Lions lost 20-17. There were 2 big plays that did in the Lions: an 80+ yard TD pass from Doug Williams to Kevin House in the first half and a 4th quarter fumble by Lions QB Eric Hipple that TB returned for a TD.
+JBSptfn Yep, on a last second FG with 12 men on the field, but no penalty was called. The day after the Detroit-Dallas game, the Detroit Free Press had a front page picture of the Lions in field goal formation with numbered arrows pointing at each player. Kicker Eddie Murray was number 12.
If Denver wins and Cincinnati loses in Week 16, Miami clinches the #1 seed and no Freezer Bowl unless Denver beats Miami.
@JBSptfn I'm sure the Lions, 7-1 at home in '81, give full credit to the "12th Man" for that Cowboys win. You KNOW what I mean...😏😏😏😉😉😉
Bryant’s last year was his best year.
Tom Brady was 4 years old. :)
so was charles woodson
Do anyone know was the name of song in the opening of this video?
What helps with pain are the fistfuls of painkillers and the injections that they have before games.
wowww...I remember those "Kickoff" segments with the legendary Bob Sheppard and Eli Wallach...and yes, sorry Nitschke, Nobis, and even LT....but Butkus was and still IS the greatest linebacker in NFL history
You misspelled "Singletary."
wgaf
Wallach did a great job.
@@robertpaige4505 🤣🤣🤣--GOOD ONE!!! Go to Linebackers Roundtable on UA-cam. Great conversation with Willie Lanier, Harry Carson, Mike Singletary, Lawrence Taylor, and Ray Lewis.
blue stratos was good Cologne!!
Oh, yeah, I forgot: back in '81, filmed man-on-the-street interview clips had to be filmed and processed at least a day before, rather than almost instantly like today ("l'll put $50 on them tomorrow...") How times have changed!
A SUPER TANK BOWL discussed at the top of the broadcast.
The Patriots/Baltimore Colts game that Bryant called the "Stupor Bowl"?
@@bmasters1981 Yup.
Republic Airlines Wow !!!! Man the good old days Breakfast on an airplane !!! Now you have to pay for pretzels!!!
Was at Shea for Jets vs GB with a playoff berth at stake that day- place was rocking as the Sack Exchange harassed Lynn Dickey and crushed the Pack 28-3 to go to the postseason for the 1st time since 1969
The player,s today dont have to play with pain, the way they did back then, they just step out of bounds
This was the season that the 49ers would've won their first Superbowl defeating the Bengals in January of 1982.
That guy won 50 bux on the Colts :)
Miss those NFL day's hard hitting da bears
Did anybody notice that map moved the Bengals to Kentucky ?
Back when the Pats and Colts were super Weak
Ikr lol!
I wonder if there were as many "true" patriots fans back then as there are now
Nope
Nope!
No.
beer commercials arent like they used to be
hate to see head injury,but then again it was football and it was played by real men,not the image hungry clowns you suffer with today,always loved the game,collage or pro,after 1999 it just became unbearable,best game i saw in the last 15 years was 10 kids no adults for about an hour in an empty field,they were just playing the game and it was great.
I miss the Purple People Eaters.
Man i wish they still talked shit like this
Gumbel has the personality of sandpaper.
@Thomas Lane His brother is also a liberal Democrat activist.
Wow the Atari commercial
My 8th birthday
I have a hunch that Patriots may rebound some day ... just maybe
Bryant gumbell. The brother of Greg gumbell
Better than today? At least in today’s pregame shows they actually talk about what might happen in that day’s games. This show spent zero time covering the games. They could have taped most of the show in advance.
Features were better
@ 2:02 good reason to go for sub 10,000 fans because this is the #stuporbowl
So nice and simple. No drama , politics and liberals bad behavior.
The Patriots would end up with the #1 overall pick and took Texas DE Kenneth Sims. The Colts would pick #2 and took Mississippi State LB Johnnie Cooks. Neither made a Pro Bowl. It was all for nothing.
Johnnie Cooks played well with he Giants. Coaching had a lot to do with t.
The Patriots stole Andre Tippett in the second round, if memory serves correctly. Tippett did better than make the Pro Bowl: He's in the Hall of Fame.
@@ramball72 It's easy when your playing alongside Lawrence Taylor
"No. Way. Joe."
Bryant Gumbel!
The Broncos would promptly get destroyed by the Bears, ending their playoff hopes
Dam amazing graphics on asteroids
It was awesome
Football is played to make money....NOT to win the game...and there are toooo many football shows...before and after the game is played......
If you faded Pete Axthelm, you went 3-0.
Half hour pre game shows with only one host was a lot better than an hour pregame show today with 5 or 6 football know it alls sitting there running their mouth.
I couldn't agree more. I stopped watching the pregame shows in the 90's because of the idiotic banter between all the goofballs.
@@mjbvideo I stopped watching pre game shows around the same time as well, Just show me the game, And even that's not what it used to be. Thanks for posting this, Great classic NFL material.
I am ALIVE AGAIN!!!
sad music
The Baltimore Colts beat the New England Patriots in the first game 29-28. Then they lost fourteen consecutive games to come into this one 1-14 against the 2-13 Patriots. So of course the Colts won 23-21 to finish 2-14 and get the #2 overall pick in the 1982 draft with the Pats going 2-14 to pick #1.
and the Baltimore Colts select with the 2nd pick in the '82 NFL draft....quarterback...ART SCHLICHTER...Ohio State...hahahahahhahahaha
Then 20 years later, the two franchises would be the winningest teams of the 2000s. Life goes in cycles lol
Will Drucker Thus proving that any draft is a gamble. :)
@@willdrucker4291 Johnie Cooks was the 2nd pick in the draft. Schlichter had 3:2 odds he would be chosen before him
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