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Wow! Doing some research before starting the 81 season in film (whatever is available). Team was 9-2 that year.

Played a crazy schedule starting with UF. First game I can watch. The schedule this year is crazy. Notre Dame, Vatech, FSU, Penn State, Miss St, Vanderbilt, Texas, Houston, and lowly East Carolina.

That would be insane today.

Does anybody have a list or names of 1980 recruits? I compared the rosters and on the 1981 official roster they only list 10 freshmen.

Willie Broughton
Ken Calhoun
Dallas Cameron
Rick Cochran
Robin Graham
Tony Griffin
Ron Harris
Greg Jones
Alvin Ward
Dave Ditthardt
 
Some guy on YouTube has highlight films of almost every team in the 80s. I'll have to look up what his name is, but I think he starts at 80 or 81.
 
Felonious Monk said:
Now think of the 25" tube TV you were watching it on.
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Brains said:
The TV intro to Wide Right II (1992) is incredible.
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How about the 2000 fsu game at the OB- Shockey’s coming out party!
I remember I’d taped it- rewatched and after Miami pulled ahead- the OB was rocking like crazy—

CBS televised and Vern Lundquist (one of the greats) with Danielson called that game

Post shockey TD- Vern going to commercial says (paraphrasing) “Miami takes the lead with 1:39 left— come right back- I think you will”
 
Orig.CaneSawMassacre said:
Wow! Doing some research before starting the 81 season in film (whatever is available). Team was 9-2 that year.

Played a crazy schedule starting with UF. First game I can watch. The schedule this year is crazy. Notre Dame, Vatech, FSU, Penn State, Miss St, Vanderbilt, Texas, Houston, and lowly East Carolina.

That would be insane today.

Does anybody have a list or names of 1980 recruits? I compared the rosters and on the 1981 official roster they only list 10 freshmen.

Willie Broughton
Ken Calhoun
Dallas Cameron
Rick Cochran
Robin Graham
Tony Griffin
Ron Harris
Greg Jones
Alvin Ward
Dave Ditthardt
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That was the first great team we had for the 80's, with a top rate schedule
 
Hobokane said:
How about the 2000 fsu game at the OB- Shockey’s coming out party!
I remember I’d taped it- rewatched and after Miami pulled ahead- the OB was rocking like crazy—

CBS televised and Vern Lundquist (one of the greats) with Danielson called that game

Post shockey TD- Vern going to commercial says (paraphrasing) “Miami takes the lead with 1:39 left— come right back- I think you will”
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For sure. Sometimes I remember the game like it was a week ago. Other times, it feels as distant as the years show.

Your username is hilarious, but I do not want to make light of the vagabond lifestyle.
 
Brains said:
Hobokane said:
How about the 2000 fsu game at the OB- Shockey’s coming out party!
I remember I’d taped it- rewatched and after Miami pulled ahead- the OB was rocking like crazy—

CBS televised and Vern Lundquist (one of the greats) with Danielson called that game

Post shockey TD- Vern going to commercial says (paraphrasing) “Miami takes the lead with 1:39 left— come right back- I think you will”
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For sure. Sometimes I remember the game like it was a week ago. Other times, it feels as distant as the years show.

Your username is hilarious, but I do not want to make light of the vagabond lifestyle.
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That’s my board name dating back to the days of grassy.com
I lived in Hoboken and worked in the city…. Was too lazy to change it
Probably not as funny now?
 
AtlAtty said:
BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati said:
When you watch the Hail Flutie game (Nov 1984, day after Thanksgiving), turn it off after Mel Bratton scores with about a minute left.
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I’ve never rewatched certain games, and never will

Hail Flutie
1988 at ND
2002 championship game
1994 against UW which ended the 58 game home win streak
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Bro that 2002 game STILL gets me all these years later. Just the thought of it turns my stomach.
88 ND is also gross. 88 Michigan tho…
86 (87) Fiesta Bowl is also on the list.
 
Hobokane said:
Hope you’re on the mend!

I can still get a lot of games— and ones worth watching via YouTube from my frosh year 1985 and beyond.

Some things you’ll see & hear, which you wouldn’t today:

* All players wore ginormous shoulder pads and some wore neck rolls (remember those?)

* our wideouts under Jimmy played in a 3 pt stance across the field- like the old flanker position in NFL from the 60s

* vast majority of snaps came with the QB under center

* the broadcast graphics will make you laugh out loud

* the Orange Bowl- big games like OU with the Boz, and the pay back game against ND in 89 are the loudest I’ve ever been to life- but it comes through over the telecast

* “bye bye Bosworth” we hate to see you go” clearly audible during OU game in the mid 4th Q- student section started it and the entire stadium joined

* same for 1989 ND game we were up late and all you could hear was “f-you Brent” and it was clearly audible— he even popped his head out of the TV booth and waved while we were trolling him!

*Another crowd chant when we dominated a big opponent was the “nah nah nah nanah- hey hey hey- good bye”

* incessant PA on the field from the yamma yamma man- could hear all his normal cheers “skit skat let’s go to the rat” and “it’s great be a Miami hurricane” Among others

* tons of student section TV shots from sideline after scoring plays or coming into and out of commercial breaks (you just get crowd general shots these days with few student section cameos

*gang tackling was savage and a staple in every game- defenses were ferocious

* the weapons on both sides of the ball- they rotated RBs like we do today- receivers weren’t all prolific but we had a bunch of them and they all caught passes…

* the depth and play of back ups was sick

-Enjoy
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You forgot "run it up JJ, run it up" my favorite chant to yell.
 
Hobokane said:
How about the 2000 fsu game at the OB- Shockey’s coming out party!
I remember I’d taped it- rewatched and after Miami pulled ahead- the OB was rocking like crazy—

CBS televised and Vern Lundquist (one of the greats) with Danielson called that game

Post shockey TD- Vern going to commercial says (paraphrasing) “Miami takes the lead with 1:39 left— come right back- I think you will”
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Thinking it was Lundquist and Todd Blackledge
 
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