NFL '81 on NBC 12-20-81
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Published 2014-01-11
All Comments (21)
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Sundays in the fall in the 70s and 80s were magic
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My opinion, Steve Bartkowski was a very underrated QB.. and I miss the vintage, red Falcons jerseys..
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Back before we had 10 talking heads sitting in the studio yanking on each other's dummy.
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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.
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Great broadcast, I use to watch it every Sunday, really brings back fond memories
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1000 times better than todays game and broadcasts
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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 🏈🏈🏈🏈
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Pete Axthelm was a great NFL analyst. He died young in 1991 at age 47. He had a bad liver.
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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.
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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!!!
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I wish we could go back to 1981 and the entire 80s decade and stay.
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Christmas 1981. When Christmas was real, fun, and meaningful.
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The 80s uniforms were so COOL
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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.
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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.
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this is when pre game shows only came on for a half hour usually around 12:30
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Clasic NBC theme music!!
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GREAT, GREAT TIMES !! ( I was 18 on this now classic day ! )
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If this theme doesn’t give you chills I don’t know what to tell ya.
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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.
