tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post5258641641210926938..comments2024-03-29T00:38:31.950-04:00Comments on The Heath Post: The Freakin' Weekend (1971)GoHeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-5411112996490640322018-01-20T11:08:08.591-05:002018-01-20T11:08:08.591-05:00Great stuff here on Lilly's first clash with r...<a href="https://youtu.be/DEk7Ybg26ww?t=22m13s" rel="nofollow">Great stuff here on Lilly's first clash with rookie Cardinals offensive lineman Dan Dierdorf.</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-9955024003343163082017-11-24T13:25:35.947-05:002017-11-24T13:25:35.947-05:00So, at the end of this St. Louis-San Diego Monday-...So, at the end of this St. Louis-San Diego Monday-night game, the Cardinals tied the game at 20 with about 15 seconds remaining and then went for an onside kick. The Chargers took over at their 46, and then John Hadl hit Gary Garrison to get San Diego into St. Louis territory. Dennis Partee kicked a 45-yard field goal as time expired, 23-20. What a curious decision to go for the onside kick there by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hollway" rel="nofollow">the Cardinals' coach (for one more year), Bob Hollway.</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-13903940872501305712017-11-22T10:26:10.637-05:002017-11-22T10:26:10.637-05:00L.L. NFL Strategy!<a href="https://youtu.be/UTshdtfXs8g?t=17m23s" rel="nofollow">L.L. NFL Strategy!</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-74703830490209962372017-11-22T10:19:51.907-05:002017-11-22T10:19:51.907-05:00Also, not per Howard:
— Minnesota 3, Green Bay 0
...Also, not per Howard:<br /><br />— Minnesota 3, Green Bay 0<br />— New England 38, Buffalo 33<br />— Los Angeles 21, Detroit 13<br />— Dallas 20, Philadelphia 7<br />— Kansas City 13, Cleveland 7<br />— Cincinnati 24, Denver 10<br />— Oakland 41, Houston 21<br /><br />And now we have <a href="https://youtu.be/UTshdtfXs8g?t=11m3s" rel="nofollow">the second half of the Monday-night game, 3-5 Cardinals at 3-5 Chargers. St. Louis leads, 10-3 …</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-50806510732344102017-11-22T10:14:18.418-05:002017-11-22T10:14:18.418-05:00— The Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida, the Dolphins to...<a href="https://youtu.be/UTshdtfXs8g?t=7m1s" rel="nofollow"><i>— The Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida, the Dolphins to go against the Pittsburgh Steelers … Down there, they didn’t want to believe it … ANOTHER Pittsburgh touchdown, 21-3, the Miami cause appearing hopeless, a big upset apparently underway … Bob Griese, out of a night in the hospital, throwing 41 yards to Howard Twilley, and now the Dolhins have begun their comeback … This is four plays later ... Watch Bob Griese, supposedly subpar … WHAT A YOUNG QUARTERBACK GRIESE IS! … This is fourth-quarter action, the first play of the quarter … Griese again … WHO ELSE? … PAUL WARFIELD! … 60-yard touchdown play … Miami bails it out over Pittsburgh, 24-21!<br /><br />— Shea Stadium, record crowd, sixty-three thousand, nine forty-seven, Jets against the Colts, the Jets trying to surprise … Dreams of an upset, such a week ago against Kansas City, BUT NOT! MEANT! TO BE! … Still in the third quarter, the handoff from John Unitas to Tom Matte, the gifted ballplayer who never looks good enough but only does what he has to do. Baltimore leads it, 14 to 7 … It remains at 14 to 13 … We’re still in the fourth quarter … Bob Davis … trying to rescue this contest … looking for his favorite target again, Richard Caster … BRILLIANT CATCH! … JUST INBOUNDS! … The Jets again in field-goal position … The field-goal attempt at the 22 … AGAIN, the kick is BLOCKED—this time by Jerry Logan … Baltimore saves the game, 14 to 13!</i></a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-36584425578862872082017-11-21T16:00:10.307-05:002017-11-21T16:00:10.307-05:00Howard Cosell on Sunday, Nov. 14, 1971/Week 9 acti...<a href="https://youtu.be/UTshdtfXs8g" rel="nofollow">Howard Cosell on Sunday, Nov. 14, 1971/Week 9 action in NFL71:<br /><br /><i>STILL, the Saints wouldn’t give up ... the underdogs striking back, 47 seconds remaining in the game, Edd Hargett subbing for the ailing Arching Manning, … THROWING AND HITTING VIRGIL ROBINSON … TOUCHDOWN! The Saints win the big upset over the 49ers, 26-20.<br /><br />— Seems like a touchdown would NEVER be scored in this game ... but THEN … in the fourth quarter, three minutes and 41 seconds elapsed … watch Number 22, Cyril Pinder … the handoff from Bobby Douglass to Pinder, Pinder bursts up the middle … power and speed in play … nobody is going to touch him, 40 yards, touchdown. The Bears tie it, 15 and 15 … And then this ... the attempt for the point after, Bobby Douglass the wouldbe holder … the bad snap, Bobby dropping back! BACK! … LOOKING FOR SOMEONE, ANYONE TO THROW TO … AND FINDING, in the person of middle linebacker Dick Butkus … an extraordinary play! … The Bears win it, 16 to 15, over the Washington Redskins. WHAT A PLAY!<br /><br />— The Giants, coming back … Tarkenton exercising ball control in the fourth quarter … 34 seconds remaining, on the Atlanta 2-yard line … Tarkenton with the quarterback sneak … BIG GAMBLE! IT WORKED! … Giants win, 21-17!</i></a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-82185200291214384422017-11-19T09:35:56.748-05:002017-11-19T09:35:56.748-05:00I think Tex Maule went to Cleveland in Week 6, to ...<a href="https://www.si.com/vault/1971/11/01/613085/this-polish-joke-is-on-the-browns" rel="nofollow">I think Tex Maule went to Cleveland in Week 6, to see the Browns whip the hapless Broncos and improve to 5-1 in beanied Nick Skorich's first season as head coach. Instead, Denver shut out Cleveland, and it appears Maule went pretty much ahead with the story he might've drafted on the flight to Ohio.</a> Now the Browns have lost three in a row, and they're 4-5. <br /><br />Dolphins-fan November 2017 me knows just how November 1971 Tex Maule feels.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-69336127167534747662017-11-14T21:57:51.092-05:002017-11-14T21:57:51.092-05:00Michigan hosts 6-2 Ohio State on Nov. 20. Alabama ...Michigan hosts 6-2 Ohio State on Nov. 20. Alabama and Auburn play Nov. 27 in Birmingham, but, first, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjRGoiZTzh4" rel="nofollow">the Tigers face a tough trip to 5-5 Georgia this Saturday, Nov. 13</a>. Most everybody seems to be pretty fixated on Nebraska at Oklahoma on Thanksgiving, Nov. 25. Those are the biggest games remaining CFB71 regular-season games.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-73355715785588191082017-11-14T21:46:26.953-05:002017-11-14T21:46:26.953-05:00Ninth place all time in SEC football wins: Vanderb...Ninth place all time in SEC football wins: Vanderbilt. Tenth place: Kentucky. UK beat Vanderbilt last Saturday, Nov. 6, 1971, 14-7. It was the Wildcats’ first SEC win of the year.<br /><br />In other Nov. 6 action, <a href="https://youtu.be/43Cc_gsUZHI" rel="nofollow">Michigan beat Iowa, 63-7.</a> That leaves Alabama, Auburn, Cornell, Georgia, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Penn State and Toledo as the nation's unbeaten big-school teams.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-67359116831573917952017-11-11T12:06:18.048-05:002017-11-11T12:06:18.048-05:00Joe Carnicelli, the writer of the United Press Int...Joe Carnicelli, the writer of the United Press International roundup of Sunday’s games, said Weeb Ewbank, Buddy Ryan and the Jets confused Hank Stram and the Chiefs by moving a defensive back, Gus Holloman, to play as a fourth linebacker and then floating defensive backs W.K. Hicks, John Dockery and Steve Tannen in a deep zone. This messed up the Kansas City blocking and discouraged Otis Taylor and Elmo Wright from trying deep routes. Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-39758499443204020702017-11-11T08:52:14.578-05:002017-11-11T08:52:14.578-05:00OK, that really is it. No word on the Federal Pay ...OK, that really is it. No word on the Federal Pay Board. But that was great. Thanks again, Newton Minnow and ABC.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-41478937803343847282017-11-11T08:45:56.100-05:002017-11-11T08:45:56.100-05:00OK, now we have a screen that reads …
abc
DEF
LAT...<a href="https://youtu.be/KaQMPElFOOU?t=50m23s" rel="nofollow">OK, now we have a screen that reads …<br /><br /><i>abc<br />DEF<br />LATE<br />FEED</i></a><br /><br />And somebody comes on and says, “In 60 seconds from now, we will have the Federal Pay Board’s decision …” And now there’s some typewritten instructions on the screen. So I gather this is some inside communique from the network to the local stations. This is fascinating to someone who really does believe with all of his heart, “Hooray for TV!"Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-54611076713633230242017-11-11T08:38:12.885-05:002017-11-11T08:38:12.885-05:00Oh, sublime!
The powers of YouTube user Newton Mi...Oh, sublime!<br /><br />The powers of YouTube user Newton Minnow are mysterious and wonderful. <a href="https://youtu.be/KaQMPElFOOU?t=46m23s" rel="nofollow">At the end of this video, following the ABC promo for the Helen Hayes/Myrna Loy made-for-TV movie, we have unnarrated footage of Roman Gabriel talking on a telephone on the field while members of the Colts marching band and various police officers, Memorial Stadium workers and probably sports writers are walking around behind him.</a> This is a treasure.<br /><br />OK, there goes Roman. He’s done with his phone call, and, in his big, beautiful “RAMS” poncho, he trots off the field with some handlers. Someone says, “I guess that’s it.” And now we have a black screen.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-70221923118945406712017-11-11T08:31:34.848-05:002017-11-11T08:31:34.848-05:00Do Not Fold, Spindle Or Mutilate is the Movie of t...<i>Do Not Fold, Spindle Or Mutilate</i> is the Movie of the Week Tuesday night 1971 on ABC.<br /><br />Wikipedia: "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Fold,_Spindle_or_Mutilate" rel="nofollow">In its title heading for this telefilm's write-up, Leonard Maltin's TV Movies & Video Guide (1989 edition) inserted a comma between "Spindle" and "or", although no such comma appears in the production's on-screen title.</a>"Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-51900842574333032432017-11-11T08:29:32.790-05:002017-11-11T08:29:32.790-05:00The Rams get a late long-bomb touchdown pass. The ...The Rams get a late long-bomb touchdown pass. The Colt cornerback trailing on the play argues that the receiver was out of bounds, but Cosell says the Colt "is out of bounds for not covering him on the play." The replay shows the Ram failed to get the second foot in bounds, but who cares? I'm with Cosell on this one. We go right to the extra-point try, which is good, and now it's 24-17 late on this Monday night 1971, and I get the payoff of getting to see a meaningful onside-kick try.<br /><br />Baltimore recovers. That's it. Final: 24-17, Baltimore.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-19870125827287039882017-11-11T08:22:24.048-05:002017-11-11T08:22:24.048-05:00Los Angeles faces a fourth-and-10 at its own 42 wi...Los Angeles faces a fourth-and-10 at its own 42 with 2:10 to play and still has all three of its times out. Young Coach Prothro waves his arms for the offense to stay on the field. <br /><br />Meredith: “The coach says it’s time to go for it.”<br /><br />Cosell: “He has no other choice.”<br /><br />Gifford: “I don’t know about that decision."<br /><br />Fred Miller sacks Roman Gabriel, and Baltimore takes over the ball, already in field-goal position. "I like to play the game that way myself,” Giff says, coming back from commercial, “but …” And then he goes into the math of time left on the clock, Rams times out, two-minute warning, etc. But Prothro is a “a master bridge player and a good chess player, and I’m just sitting up there talking.”<br /><br />Cosell sticks to his guns that it was a good decision, arguing that Los Angeles lost to Miami (rah!) last week, faces a tough end-of-the-season schedule and needed to shoot the moon to not fall further behind the 49ers the NFC West. Meredith drifts in to his glass-half-full/glass-half-empty, “Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?” lyrics: “It’s none of our business. We don’t know if it was a good decision or a bad decision—it turned out to be a bad one.”<br /><br />Then Tom Matte breaks free for a couple of good runs, the second for a touchdown, and now all three of our guys can unite in the ecstasy of witnessing to the glory of Tom Matte.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-66202369224423381252017-11-11T08:01:27.841-05:002017-11-11T08:01:27.841-05:00The following regional CFB71 games are also schedu...The following regional CFB71 games are also scheduled to be on ABC this Saturday:<br /><br />— Cornell vs. Dartmouth,<br />— Arkansas vs. Southern Methodist,<br />— Kansas vs. Oaklahoma and<br />— Washington State vs. Oregon State.<br /><br />I cannot believe Tommy Prothro was only 51.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-40117380675434777892017-11-11T07:47:10.678-05:002017-11-11T07:47:10.678-05:00The beginning and end of the story is about Ray Ma...The beginning and end of the story is about Ray May's not wanting to leave his house because of his lack of mobility and his fighting with the NFL to help pay for hip-replacement surgeries.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-48099305721502323742017-11-11T07:42:49.403-05:002017-11-11T07:42:49.403-05:00Again speaking of The Beauty of the Game, Ray May ...Again speaking of The Beauty of the Game, Ray May levels Larry Smith with an absolutely gorgeous and violent tackle in the middle of the field after a pass from Roman Gabriel (God help me, I love it so).<br /><br />Gifford, probably feeling guilty for calling out May when he missed an assignment earlier in the game, now praises May's work with underprivileged children. Here's part of a Mike Klingaman 2013 <i>Baltimore Sun</i> story:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baltimore-sports-blog/bs-sp-catching-up-ray-may-20130926-story.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Following the Colts' 16-13 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V, May took his $15,000 winnings, paid off the mortgage on his parents' house and bought a ranch for underprivileged kids in Kansas. He'd already opened his Pikesville home to several urban teens, for whom he served as guardian, tracking their studies and taking them to Colts games.<br /><br />"They had nothing and they needed a chance," he said. "Once, I found [teammates] Bubba Smith and Roy Jefferson in the house, wrestling with the kids, who were small but raw-bone tough. Bubba [6-7, 265 pounds] kept hollering, 'Get 'em off me! Get 'em off me!'<br /><br />"I'm thankful the players gave of themselves, and that the kids could feel that wholesomeness."<br /><br />His community work earned May the Byron "Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year award in 1971.</i></a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-80490109531184177902017-11-11T07:27:50.730-05:002017-11-11T07:27:50.730-05:00Back and forth goes possession with neither offens...Back and forth goes possession with neither offense doing much, and <a href="https://youtu.be/KaQMPElFOOU?t=13m47s" rel="nofollow">the Rams run Larry Smith off the left side of his line, a Colt punches the ball through out of his grasp, and Ted Hendricks appears to catch it in mid air. "The Mad Stork," who does not appear to be being called "The Mad Stork" yet, races with the find the 20 or so yards for a go-ahead Baltimore touchdown.</a> With 9:03 to play, O'Brien's extra point puts the home team ahead ... 17-10? Somewhere I missed a Baltimore tying field goal. Odd. Either this YouTube series left it out, or 1971 me dozed off on the couch for a segment of the game late Monday night.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-14645297273210978612017-11-09T22:48:34.845-05:002017-11-09T22:48:34.845-05:00Rams coach Tommy Prothro was 51 years old when thi...<a href="https://youtu.be/KaQMPElFOOU?t=8m43s" rel="nofollow">Rams coach Tommy Prothro was 51 years old when this footage was being shot.</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-55800523309768930532017-11-09T22:38:50.542-05:002017-11-09T22:38:50.542-05:00Jim O'Brien flubs a field-goal try as the four...<a href="https://youtu.be/KaQMPElFOOU?t=57s" rel="nofollow">Jim O'Brien flubs a field-goal try as the fourth quarter opens, and the Colts continue to trail the Rams, 10-7.</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-65869468157037439172017-11-09T10:29:31.891-05:002017-11-09T10:29:31.891-05:00No, here’s Howard—to tell us what’s on the agenda ...No, here’s Howard—to tell us what’s on the agenda for this Saturday's 4 p.m. Central episode of <i>ABC’s Wide World of Sports</i>:<br /><br />— Tournament of Thrills Auto Daredevil Championship,<br />— World Wristwrestling Championships and<br />— World Professional Target Diving Championship.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-60710230596838138332017-11-09T10:21:59.783-05:002017-11-09T10:21:59.783-05:00Howard Cosell has not been heard on this broadcast...Howard Cosell has not been heard on this broadcast for some time, and I'm starting to wonder if this is the infamous game where he threw up in the booth not long as the outset of the show.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-55209857999692098012017-11-09T10:18:33.484-05:002017-11-09T10:18:33.484-05:00But then the groans return as, on the next three p...But then the groans return as, on the next three plays, Morrall throws his 14th, 15th and 16th incompletions of 22 attempts so far. "Not one of Earl Morrall's better nights," notes Giff.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.com