I miss the bowl games being on the networks. All are on ESPN now. CBS had Lindsey Nelson and Gary Bender, ABC had Keith jackson and Al Michaels and NBC had Charlie Jones and Don Criqui. Mizlou had all the non big 4 games. Great days.

@remmymafia3889

2 жыл бұрын

Growing up in Las Vegas, (b 1955) i loved the bowls. They grew every year, but through the 60's and most of the 70's, here was the following etched in stone (almost). On New Years Day at 11at PST, was the Cotton Bowl on CBS, and at the same time, on ABC, was the Sugar Bowl. Then, at 2p it was the Rose Bowl, and at 5p the Orange. Two major bowls being played at the same time, really stood out, and they tweaked it in the early 70's, and started playing the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Eve. NYE '73, had no.1 Alabama and no. 2 Notre Dame going at it, and Notre Dame won at the end, as Dave Casper's fellow tight end for Notre Dame, caught the key pass late.

@randquadrozzi5850

Жыл бұрын

Lindsey was always a fun listen I grew up listening to him on WOR new york were he worked for the Mets for a long time

@clintonrobinson184

Жыл бұрын

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Man, the hitting is ridiculous! Real old school football.

@theabileneranchertar7882

6 ай бұрын

It's all about agility now. Smashmouth is long gone in history. It's sad. Idc about tricks...I wanna see a guy knock the shit out of someone without getting a personal foul.

# 46 Wes Hopkins was at safety for SMU. Known as 1 of the best walk-ons to ever play at SMU. He went on to play 10 seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles and making the Pro Bowl. A good career with over 30 interceptions. Wes passed away in 2018 at 57 years old. May the Good Lord rest his soul. Rest In Peace Wes ✊🏾♥️

I remember watching this game and it was cold, rainy and the field was so slippery that day. I lived in Texas all my life so we would watch the Cotton Bowl even if the Longhorns were not playing, always enjoyed listening to Lindsey Nelson call the game. This was a hard fought game and the weather was why it was 0-0 for nearly 3 quarters, I thought Pitt played kinda dirty at times but SMU prevailed anyway. Marino was throwing too hard on some passes and Dickerson looked like he would break one at anytime. I always thought it was wrong for the NCAA to give SMU the death penalty when many other teams did the same thing.

I miss those old triple option QBs. When they had it going it was poetry!

@WISHBONEL7

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@soniaandrusz1465

2 жыл бұрын

No doubt.. Couldn’t have said it better. The option run well is absolute poetry..

I was at this game with my good friend Bob Sharp. Marino had 5-6 dropped passes that were right on target. Horrible weather, glad to get the SMU win.

@bobbywise2313

Ай бұрын

I watched in on TV but I believe it was in the 30's with light drizzle that day. This was good weather for the Pony Express.

Great SMU team- moved to Dallas from Nevada in Oct. '82, was able to see first hand this SMU team. Marino is on this Pitt team- good matchup.

I was there and it certainly didn't feel like 39 degrees....it was cold man!

@bryanburnap4537

7 ай бұрын

I bet it was super cold

I forgot just how tough James and Dickerson was. As a Tandem, there was no better in the SWC.

@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536

7 ай бұрын

The nation

Craig James, Lance McIlhenny, and Eric Dickerson were just beasts running that offense. Although, prone to fumbles.

@WISHBONEL7

3 жыл бұрын

I can watch that style of football all day long .

@kurtgreaser988

10 ай бұрын

And payoffs.

@BabyBudders

5 ай бұрын

@@kurtgreaser988jus like everybody else was

You know what you don’t see much at football games anymore (or anywhere else for that matter)? Mass balloon releases.

From Fitchburg Massachusetts. RIP to Todd Becker. He was a sophomore back up linebacker for Pitt who weeks before this game fell to his death at a on campus party. He was obviously drunk and so the story goes he was apparently banned from a certain dorm and when the campus cops showed up he thought he could get out from a window. Unfortunately he underestimated the drop and tragically died from the fall. I even read that a couple people were literally reaching out their hand to help but Todd refused the assistance and it ended in his death :(

The hitting in this game was unreal...you don't see hitting like this at any level today.

NFL 1st round picks in this game. Dickerson and Dupard with SMU, Marino and Jimbo Covert Pitt. I remember watching this game. For a 7-3 game I was on the edge of my seat. All of Texas was in a deep freeze that New Years day. We where hoping for a outside chance that SMU would be picked Number One in final polls.

@mwright_boomer

2 жыл бұрын

Was it a strength of schedule issue?

@David-Chiefsfan

2 жыл бұрын

Bill Maas, also was a first round pick for the Chiefs and he and Marino were brother in law's

@MeIn321

2 ай бұрын

You forgot Fralic

I feel bad for that Marino kid. But as good as he is, he'll probably win a few championships at the NFL level.

@garthornspike3648

2 жыл бұрын

Zero.

Great football game reminiscent of the old school defensive games of past eras. On paper I deem Pitt to have been the better of the two teams, albeit only by a thin hair. Dan Marino had to be upset with his receivers for dropping more than a few critical passes he put right on their respective numbers. SMU, however, played great a game and won. The SMU defense was truly formidable and stifled a great Pitt offense. With this victory, I believe SMU should have won the 1982 national championship. At the very least they should have shared a split national championship with Penn State.

SMU should’ve played Georgia, but in those days they had their conference bowl tie-ins, Sugar and Cotton, and couldn’t meet. Most people thought Penn State would’ve beaten SMU, but who knows?

@roybaker6902

2 жыл бұрын

SMU should have been National Champion. Polls got it wrong again, big surprise,

@tjwittenback3066

Жыл бұрын

@@roybaker6902 SMU is the true National Champion.

@bobbywise2313

Ай бұрын

That Penn State team was great. I bet a friend of mine a dollar that Penn State would beat Georgia. I was just 15 so that was pretty much all I could afford.

Pitt should go back to those sweet uniforms

This undefeated SMU team should have been National Champions this season instead of one loss Penn State.

What a hard hitting game that was...lot of popping going on🔥

@gynandroidhead

11 ай бұрын

Considering the audio technology for the time and it being that loud it certainly was.

Not scoring on that first drive was huge for Pitt. Ten points may have all that was needed to win but SMU’s defense made a great play penetrating to force the fumble. Pitt had trouble in its first loss that season scoring from close versus Notre Dame and led to field goals instead of crucial touchdowns.

Thank you. My first college game, still have the program. Back before the Cotton bowl got put on steroids.

When was the last time you saw a 7-3 game other than this? Always nice to hear Lindsay Nelson announce a game, the voice of college football. Back then, announcers were more nuanced and matter of fact, every play did NOT require a hysterical response.

Been watching a lot of older games lately and they sure didn't protect the ball very good

What’s funny I found my old ticket stub for the 73 Sugar Bowl between Alabama and Notre Dame. It was the biggest game of the century at the time. Lol. My tickets cost 7 dollars!!!

SMU...the best team money can buy :)

@douglasdixon524

2 жыл бұрын

They eventually became the first school to get the "death penalty" handed to them by the NCAA, I think in 1988.

Thank you!

It was VERY cold that day in Dallas, luckily our tickets were under the overhang of the upper deck so it wasn't too bad.

@remmymafia3889

2 жыл бұрын

Incredible coincidence Mike, I attended the Cotton Bowl the next year, and the kickoff temp was almost the same. A brutal weather system occupied the area for what seemed like a month. The city was almost paralyzed I remember- black ice on the road etc. Undefeated Texas had a golden opportunity to win the National Championship that game, as powerhouse no.1 Nebraska was later upset in the Orange Bowl. Georgia didn't have Herschel, and had their usual stud defense, but a mediocre offense, while Texas had a middle of the road offense, and a good defense. Low scoring game- Georgia drove late to win 10-7 I think. Remember seeing Walker in a full length fur coat, when I was entering the stadium.

@floridapmi

2 жыл бұрын

@@remmymafia3889 Yes what that one too, it was nice weather that day. Georgia won on a muffed punt by Texas late in the 4th and Georgia scored on a bootleg causing us Longhorns to lose a National Championship after Nebraska losing to Miami later that night.

@remmymafia3889

2 жыл бұрын

@@floridapmi yes it was clear and windless, but still high 30's. As I said, the weather was brutal leading up to that game.

@floridapmi

2 жыл бұрын

@@remmymafia3889 I don’t mind the cold as long as the sun is out. The next year was as bad as the SMU game but my brother and I didn’t have cover that one. In the upper deck with all the B.C. fans.

Pitt was playing dirty....lot of high tackles and after the whistle play. That head tackle clothesline on Dickerson would have had me on someones ass.

@jesseleblanc1199

3 жыл бұрын

Would you rather get tackled high r have a career ending knee injury just wondering

@jesseleblanc1199

3 жыл бұрын

Wow the best players money could buy on smurfs and the officials still had to lend a hand with home cooking

@che1925

3 жыл бұрын

Jesse LeBlanc so you saying that head hunting and horse collaring, and targeting, and then cutting knees is the only way to tackle?

@jesseleblanc1199

3 жыл бұрын

No I'm saying some times you do what it takes and yes they had flags on the plays dont be a puss I guess it's to late

@jesseleblanc1199

3 жыл бұрын

Football wasn't always played like powder puffs go watch women's league they have less on and bring the wood

Just watched this again, I forgot Bill Fratic and Bill Maas of Pitt where 1st round picks, and Russell Carter with SMU was a 1st round pick.

@aapm74

4 жыл бұрын

Jimbo Covert #75, and Tim Lewis #26 for Pitt, were also 1st round picks. Chris Doleman was a sophomore backup, and he's in the NFL Hall of Fame. This team was ridiculously loaded with talent.

Which pixel is the ball?

Foge managed to win with Sherrill's players for a couple years then nothing

most of the Cotton Bowl games were cold

This was the type of game where you are sore for weeks after

This was before SMU was sentenced to death.

@Official_Kings_Versus

2 жыл бұрын

On February 25th, 1987 to be exact

Bill Fralic, Jimbo Covert, and many more

James would beat Marino again in 85 AFC championship game.

Hmm, that sure looked like a touchdown at 4:43, but I'm sure it didn't affect the outcome of the game.

I think I noticed is helmets weren’t popping off like they do nowadays. It’s amazing if you actually strap them on correctly. They stay on.

Pitt had 2 trips inside the 10 yard line and scored 0! If he didnt shank that 27 yard FG , pitt is running on 3rd and goal and Marino doesn't throw a int?

we lost but our talent was way better and the conditions favored Pitt for that time of year, cold and wet, that pittsburgh winter weather, i was a big dickerson fan but a huge Pitt fan, i was 20yrs old in 83 first hershel waker in the 82 sugar bowl then dickerson in 83 both times Pitt's defense stepped up.

Lindsey Nelson's second to last Cotton Bowl call.

SMU was “The U” before there was “The U.”

3 great players in Craig James, Eric Dickerson and Dan Marino and yet only 10 points. Stout defense or great defensive game planning or bad weather clearly.

@geoffa87

5 жыл бұрын

I mean, McIllhenny clearly had no ability to pitch on the option.

Ah yes, Al Winglikowski two personal fouls in the first half

Yo, you got the 91-92 and 93-94 Orange bowl and every one from 86 to present except the 92-93 FSU Nebraska game the year before fsu won 1st championship

@steelbuck6777

5 жыл бұрын

Working on NFL games atm, but i'll try to do that one when I have a chance. Likely a couple months though

@CoreyT127

5 жыл бұрын

@@steelbuck6777 good looking! It's on there plus Hal a dozen other fsu games . Including cotton bowl vs A&M which is nowhere on YT.

@CoreyT127

5 жыл бұрын

Nebraska Kansas 1993 is another awesome game nowhere on YT?

Hard nosed football.

Pity the fool that bet the over on this game! 😂

Smu would've been co-national champs with this win, but they couldn't put Arkansas away in the season finale and tied them to finish 10-0-1 and fall to #4 from #2 and 11-0 Penn st jumped them and they instead played #1 Georgia in the sugar bowl. But it would've been Georgia SMU if they didn't choke the Arkansas game away

@tjwittenback3066

5 жыл бұрын

Georgia would have come to the Cotton Bowl.

@nordythenorthman

4 жыл бұрын

SMU's schedule was not that tough. Not blowing out Pittsburgh is what did them in.

@krisschedler3947

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know if SMU choked away the Arkansas game, but yeah, they clearly did not play up to their standards... I think SMU made the right call in going for one point conversion to tie the game. What people forget is that extra point to tie was, if memory serves me, with around 5 or 6 minutes left in the game, so it was not like they had the decision on last play of the game. Their main goal was to get to Cotton Bowl and a tie gets them in.. but what people forget is that SMU made a quick defensive stand and had the ball in plenty of time to operate a 2 minute drill to win the game with a FG.. but the 2 minute drill was terribly managed by Coach Collins and poorly executed by players too... the drive stalled, and I believe SMU missed a 50 something yard FG to win the game, or maybe they stalled out of FG range, I honestly don't remember.

@mickeylynch8982

4 жыл бұрын

All wrong. SMU as SWC Champs went to the Cotton Bowl. Georgia as SEC Champs went to the Sugar Bowl. 1 loss Penn St beat 1 loss Pitt in last game. Since Ga. was #1, Penn St. went to play them and SMU got stuck with 2 loss Pitt. Ponies needed a great showing to have a chance. The real team that was robbed was Nebraska. Got hosed on 2 calls at Penn St for their only loss and won OB to finish #3 @ 12-1.

@BamaRewind

4 жыл бұрын

Penn State wasn't 11-0, they were 10-1 with a lopsided loss.

Pitt's receivers were awful that day, so many dropped passes from Dan Marino.

I really hated this turf at the Cotton Bowl, any time there was even a hint of inclamate weather the game turned into the Ice Capades. Horrible turf. A lot of Cotten Bowls were ruined by this stuff.

Southern Dickerson University

An 8-team playoff would've been epic. #1 Georgia (11-0) v #8 Texas (9-2) #4 SMU (10-0-1) v #5 UCLA (9-1-1) #2 Penn State (10-1) v #7 Clemson (9-1-1) #3 Nebraska (11-1) v #6 Pitt (9-2)

Fix your TV dude

@steelbuck6777

3 жыл бұрын

I did not record this or many others. I downloaded them.

Marino tanking to get picked by a good team.

@jesseleblanc1199

3 жыл бұрын

That's the dumbest thing I've heard as marino's numbers were as good as any ones the reason he wasn't picked earlier is some folks thought he had a drug issue

@jesseleblanc1199

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't see anyone looking for Tom Brady in any round so what does that say about NFL GM's not a lot when ur 199 overall

@Sephiroth766

3 жыл бұрын

@@jesseleblanc1199 Marino had more INT's than TD's in 1982. The reason he was still thought of highly was because of his previous season. The drug issues did add to it but many felt he wasn't as good as people thought.

@jesseleblanc1199

3 жыл бұрын

When you have an arm like his you will throw where others wouldn't ever think about Bradshaw and Favre had a few pics to not a problem

@douglasdixon524

2 жыл бұрын

Did you watch? I saw dropped pass after pass by Pitt's receivers.

Fazio killed Pitt

Extremely disappointing season for Pitt.

Too many lose balls by the Ponys on the opening drive.

Pitt was such a disappointment. Letting go of Jackie Sherrill a huge mistake. The program has never recovered

@noahbonner5853

11 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t say Pitt let go of Sherrill. He was offered a massive contract by Texas A&M for the day’s standards and Pitt couldn’t match it. But your point stands, we were never the same after he left. Too bad they didn’t hire Jimmy Johnson, who was a defensive coordinator under Sherrill at Pitt.

SMU misses paying kids

@bleeding4721

3 жыл бұрын

You don't think Pitt and every one else was paying too. Lol

@johnwaffleh2p70

2 жыл бұрын

@@bleeding4721 Pitt never paid anyone. We’ve always done things the right way quite bashing my Alma Mater.

@MarkLewis-dz8pp

4 ай бұрын

@@johnwaffleh2p70 How did you graduate? It's quit not "quite" you dumb ass. I was at the game and your team got smoked.

Was

I remember when you could watch bowl games for free now you got to carry ESPN and the same for NFL games it's b******* and get off my lawn!

SWC football was soooo bad.

The game seems so much physical than today's game..