Just saw this up on youtube. Thought someone here might enjoy it. The whole game's there but it's in 8 parts. Here's the first.
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August 8, 2012, 5:59 pm
Gale Sayers extremely upset about the Saints bounty scandal.
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Worth it just for the opening music!
I'm nine again!
I'm nine again!
Ray Scott ruled. Knew when to let the game speak for itself. Have his autograph. The players are soooooooo small. Short and thin - and white too. County stadium had to be one of the worst places to play in the NFL by the time we stopped playing there. Still - one chance to see a game, few replays, no rewind, but must see TV with no second chance.
On Sayers's first carry Nitschke stones him in the hole.
You know it's bad when you spend a couple hours watching a PRESEASON game in b/w from 1969. Just ask this guy.
You know it's bad when you spend a couple hours watching a PRESEASON game in b/w from 1969. Just ask this guy.
That is quite cool. I was born July 16th, 1969 so I was probably a month old or so when that game was played (maybe less than a month old).
I think even then, I sort of got the impression the Bears still sucked.
I think even then, I sort of got the impression the Bears still sucked.
That game was played on Aug. 16th... 1 month.
quote:Originally posted by fightphoe93:
That is quite cool. I was born July 16th, 1969 so I was probably a month old or so when that game was played (maybe less than a month old).
I think even then, I sort of got the impression the Bears still sucked.
No joke. i think that was the worst season in Bears history. They went 1-13 and then lost a coin flip for the 1st draft pick to Pittsburgh who then drafted Terry Bradshaw. Arguably not the worst team ever because a couple of early 70's teams were possibly worse even though their records were better. The dark ages of team history until they drafted Payton in '75.
quote:Originally posted by DH13:
Nice "tieclip" mics!
Man, I bet the young people who produce and direct football broadcasts today would about die from laughter watching old clips like this! I didn't realize how "raw" TV could still look in 1969. Limited camera angles and replays, minimal graphics, and when was the last time a network broadcast 8+ minutes of pre-game stuff.
But there's still something to be said for the simplicity of it. No dancing robots/sound effects, 'mini-commercials' constantly playing at the bottom of the screen, and other network hype. Not to mention constant droning and/or ball-washing by the "color analysist". Or extreme close-ups of a player/coach/owner before and after each and every play...where does it stop?
It was also a nice refresher of not seeing players getting in each others' face, and celebrations after each and every play. I'm not naive enough to think that trash-talking didn't exist, but I'd guess it was mostly confined to the LOS and sidelines.
Odd to play a division rival in the preseason. I suspect it was because of the easy travel.
Packers-v-Bears was the MW Shrine game at MKE Cty Stadium for as long as I can remember.
Yep, Packers-Bears was an annual pre-season tradition until 1984, when Ditka and Gregg almost came to fisticuffs on the shared County Stadium sidelines. That was the end of that.
This is the second-oldest circulating full Packers telecast, after the 1961 championship game. The 8/16/69 is the first Packers game I remember watching and really paying attention to, so I'm glad to have a copy.
This is the second-oldest circulating full Packers telecast, after the 1961 championship game. The 8/16/69 is the first Packers game I remember watching and really paying attention to, so I'm glad to have a copy.
I would pay money to hear the unbridled post-game analysis by Doug Buffone or Ed O'Bradovich from that era.
On a side note, a few states away at the same time of that game, there were many persons partaking in mind altering drugs and free love at the famous (or infamous) Woodstock festival in New York. If anyone claims they were both at Woodstock AND at the Packers/Bears pre-season game, I think they're probably lying.
In theory they could have gone to both, but I still would bet they were lying.
On a side note, a few states away at the same time of that game, there were many persons partaking in mind altering drugs and free love at the famous (or infamous) Woodstock festival in New York. If anyone claims they were both at Woodstock AND at the Packers/Bears pre-season game, I think they're probably lying.
In theory they could have gone to both, but I still would bet they were lying.
If you planned it right, you could have murdered Sharon Tate, caught Elvis at the International in Vegas, and made the opening day at Woodstock all in four days -- and still gotten back in time for the Packer game Saturday night. Probably could have even seen a Twins-Yankees matinee in NYC before driving up to Bethel.
Every time I see a documentary or show about the Summer of Love in '69, I think about how Lombardi was actively campaigning and speaking against the youth movement and the decay of morals...
Talk about a juxtaposition, those were some wild times in the US of A
Talk about a juxtaposition, those were some wild times in the US of A
Six million Thanks for sharing this video!
How refreshing is it, to hear Ray Scott?
This is beautiful--the Music and all of it. (Still looking for the CBS intro to the 1967 season). We used to tape Bart Starr's signal calling with a little reel-to-reel recorder we got for Christmas in 1967. Nice work!
How refreshing is it, to hear Ray Scott?
This is beautiful--the Music and all of it. (Still looking for the CBS intro to the 1967 season). We used to tape Bart Starr's signal calling with a little reel-to-reel recorder we got for Christmas in 1967. Nice work!
I was born in 75, so anytime I can watch some Old School videos, is AWESOME!!!!!! Thanks for the post.
quote:Originally posted by CitizenDan:
If you planned it right, you could have murdered Sharon Tate, caught Elvis at the International in Vegas, and made the opening day at Woodstock all in four days -- and still gotten back in time for the Packer game Saturday night. Probably could have even seen a Twins-Yankees matinee in NYC before driving up to Bethel.
Also, just a few weeks after Armstrong stepped on the moon for the first time. Quite a summer.
