TuscanyTile2 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 =============================================== Better in the 1980s: -Vicious hitting was legal. I totally understand why this has been outlawed (horrific for a player's health) but, from a fan's perspective, it was incredible. -The running game meant more. Fans always like passing (I always did too - especially Dan Fouts' Chargers) but I think the game has gone too far. Now the game feels too "arena league" to me. -Stadiums had more character. Think RFK stadium with the fans on top of the players and the place going nuts. I also think of how crappy veterans stadium in Philly was. The field was kinda ripped up and the turf looked painful to land on. -Fewer teams. I could live without the Jaguars/Panthers etc. I knew the divisions better too. -Way better announcers. Vin Scully, Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen, Pat Summerall, John Madden, Tom Brookshier, Charlie Jones, Marv Albert, Don Criqui, Howard Cosell. -Way better pre-game shows. Brent Musberger, Irv Cross, Jimmy the Greek, Phyllis George. =============================================== Better Nowadays: -Way better cheerleaders nowadays. -HD TV plus way more angles of plays. -Having a Sunday night game. I would've loved a Sunday night football game back in the 80s. =============================================== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Cocaine and horse roids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 FOX wasn't involved in the NFL back in the 1980's. I'll count that as a victory for the 1980's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbatesman Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Everything was better the way it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Segregation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Better in the 80s: Basketball, cars, anything that DeNiro or Pacino made, and books. Better now: Beer, weed, football, audio speakers, and television shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 This is what the 49ers cheerleaders used to look like: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Better in the 80s: Basketball, cars, anything that DeNiro or Pacino made, and books. Better now: Beer, weed, football, audio speakers, and television shows. Cars basically sucked from 1972 until well into the 90's. I know you love Kitt, but c'mon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Cars basically sucked from 1972 until well into the 90's. I know you love Kitt, but c'mon. THERE IS NOTHING SUCKY ABOUT DOC BROWN'S DELOREAN, PAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 Houston Oilers Cheerleaders in the 80's: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Patriot Killa Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 What's his name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetscrazey Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 The NFL has not been immune to the Walmart-ization of America. In 1990 Bill Parcells won a Super Bowl playing a "3 yards and a cloud of dust" offense with Hostetler, and they beat the Bills, the best passing offense in football. Now it's become all about quarterbacks. We basically have 7-on-7 games now with no kickoffs. A team like the 1990 Giants could NEVER win today. Oh, and cocaine. Apparently that was all the rage back then. Maybe that's partly why defenses were more vicious? LT we know for sure was on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Terror Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I did not know T0m Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Mostro Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 The 60's, man. AFL was outasite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papz187 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 The NFL has not been immune to the Walmart-ization of America. In 1990 Bill Parcells won a Super Bowl playing a "3 yards and a cloud of dust" offense with Hostetler, and they beat the Bills, the best passing offense in football. Now it's become all about quarterbacks. We basically have 7-on-7 games now with no kickoffs. A team like the 1990 Giants could NEVER win today. Oh, and cocaine. Apparently that was all the rage back then. Maybe that's partly why defenses were more vicious? LT we know for sure was on it. I'll agree. Personally I enjoy the physical, defensive teams with running games that will out hit and out work you. We came close in 09 and 10 with this style (which is a minor miracle) but it would be a major miracle to win that way WITHOUT a franchise QB now. In my opinion it's changed for the worse. Less teams have a chance at winning it all as you need that top 7-8 QB to win it all. Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 BIG ASS TV'S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Troll Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Not sure how the stadiums in the 80's "had more character" when most of them were cookie cutter, multi-purpose stadiums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaJet Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 The NFL sucks ass now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetscrazey Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Not sure how the stadiums in the 80's "had more character" when most of them were cookie cutter, multi-purpose stadiums. I think it was the fans who had more character. Has to do with the economics of football in the 80s vs today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxgreen Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I am thinking of Versace Suits and Cabbage Patch Kids and Duran Duran and Key-tars ....... I miss none of those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoeword Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 80's much better because: 1. players stayed on the same team for a long time, and you got to grow with and love the players on your team; today we root for laundry 2. silly self promotional celebrations were rare (Billy White Shoes Johnson, Gastineau),so it was a novelty when it happened. Today, it's embarrassing. 3. Monday night football with Cosell, Gifford, Meredith just made the game seem important, and when your team was on, it was awesome to be in the spotlight. 4. Wesley Walker and John Riggins (more 70's than 80's?) 5. You got to see a huddle instead of a commercial 6. Ray Scotts voice doing a playoff game: "This is Bruce Taylor".....and then letting you watch the play and hear the crowd. It was so dramatic. Him and Summeral were low key, but the effect was much better than the chatterboxes you have today. 80's was worse because: 1. Didn't get to see all the Jet games on TV, and had to wait for Sports Extra on Channel 5 with Bill Mazer later that night to see a few highlights. On the upside, you had Marty Glickman calling it on the radio: "Out of the huddle come the Jets; Namath barks the signals....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadetree Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 As a HS linebacker in the 80s, I wouldn't be caught dead without my kickass neck roll.. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashmouth Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 As a HS linebacker in the 80s, I wouldn't be caught dead without my kickass neck roll.. Haha they almost always made a player look just a bit more intimidating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Rex Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 -The running game meant more. Fans always like passing (I always did too - especially Dan Fouts' Chargers) but I think the game has gone too far. Now the game feels too "arena league" to me. I totally agree on that. The rules really don't ALLOW you to play defense anymore. Calls like defensive holding and pass interference are too arbitrary and seem to be called when the refs decide the game needs to be 'evened up' which makes me suspicious as hell. The league is driven by QB's and lawyers who write the rulebook so that ANY call can be interpreted as the right call. I am not as avid a fan of the NFL as I once was and I think a lot of fans feel that way BECAUSE of the ways the officials call games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgb Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 As a HS linebacker in the 80s, I wouldn't be caught dead without my kickass neck roll.. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 This is what the 49ers cheerleaders used to look like: Id buy that for a dollar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 Id buy that for a dollar! You'd get back change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 The Boz is the all time king of the neck roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prime21 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I would prefer that the defense wouldn't be handcuffed with silly rules and the QB not have a red shirt on for the officials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgb Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 The Boz is the all time king of the neck roll. haha yeah i have to give you that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergenjets Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Bring back the bump and run. Let the WR's and CB's dual more and stop with the bias toward the WR in calling interference. Back in the day, a big play was something a receiver had to earn. I like the two point conversion and being able to overturn most bad calls. Hate the way stadiums are sensory overload with 101 distractions encouraging fans not to watch the game. $16 for a Jets/Dolphin game at the Orange Bowl, even it meant sitting with the crack smokers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peebag Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I walked 12 miles to school. In the snow. both ways. without shoes. and no coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I walked 12 miles to school. In the snow. both ways. without shoes. and no coat. Uphill. Both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Cocaine on gameday b1ches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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