MizzouHawkGal
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The first one I watched was 1978 and I have missed several others throughout the years.
I'm 54 years young now.We must be around he same age. That was my first one too and have seen them all since.
I lived my first 23 years in Illinois and am a Seahawks fan because i hated the bears and picked the most random ‘other’ team i could find at 12 years old.I am age 77. I have seen everything since I first became a Bears fan during their 1963 championship season.
That seems weird. Why did you hate the Bears at age 12?I lived my first 23 years in Illinois and am a Seahawks fan because i hated the bears and picked the most random ‘other’ team i could find at 12 years old.
I hated them well before that, only chose my team at 12. Their colors, the city of Chicago, the Super Bowl shuffle, just an over arching feeling from the start that ‘they’ were not for me.That seems weird. Why did you hate the Bears at age 12?
I probably have but can't be sure. I am 60. Will be 61 in April. My father watched when I was a kid and so I was probably there in the late 60s, watching those games with him. I have memories back to age 3 and remember watching football on a black and white set with my dad in our apartment. I remember him letting me taste his beer. I remember it was Balentine. I remember saying "the bubbles tickle my nose". But I have no specific memories of those particular games and I'm sure I didn't know it was the Superbowl, as I was just 3 or 4 and my dad wouldn't have taken the time to explain.Well, at this point, the youngest anyone can be and remember at least a little about watching every super bowl is likely at least 60.
The guy I remember most from football and boxing is Howard Cosell. Also, how he played himself in the Woody Allen film "Bananas" and on episodes of the TV sitcom "The Odd Couple". That distinctive New York voice and delivery. His quasi-intellectual style at times and how he also loved to ham it up.I got to the point where I couldn't stand Curt Gowdy. He was way over exposed, did all of NBC's major sports, ie AFL football, MLB's Game of the Week, the World Series, NCAA Men's BB tourney, etc. To make matters worse, my dad, with just the one TV in the house, used to watch Gowdy in "The American Sportsman".
Howard was an idiot, not a true football person. As you indicated, he was originally a boxing announcer. He had no business being a color man on a football broadcast. One time, a running back caught a pass about 15 or so yards downfield, and Howard exclaimed "That's the way to beat that zone, split it right down the middle!", to which Alex Karras replied, "That wasn't a zone, Howard," to which Frank Gifford said, "That's why the linebacker was covering him." Nothing but silence from Howard.The guy I remember most from football and boxing is Howard Cosell. Also, how he played himself in the Woody Allen film "Bananas" and on episodes of the TV sitcom "The Odd Couple". That distinctive New York voice and delivery. His quasi-intellectual style at times and how he also loved to ham it up.
I can’t remember missing one since 1981.I'm curious if anyone has watched every Super Bowl. I watched the first 11, then went away to college and missed a few. As an adult, I've missed a handful. Has anyone seen every game?
That's funny. I was a child when he was broadcasting so stuff like that was way over my head. I remember his distinctive style, which was very New York. I grew up in New York so it felt familiar, even though, looking back, he dripped with arrogance at times. I imagine it must have rubbed people in other parts of the country the wrong way, unless they just dismissed him as a sort of clown. Someone with his manners and speaking style would never get air time today. The media was once New York centric but is now distinctly middle American. Way less colorful in my opinion but also less offensive.Howard was an idiot, not a true football person. As you indicated, he was originally a boxing announcer. He had no business being a color man on a football broadcast. One time, a running back caught a pass about 15 or so yards downfield, and Howard exclaimed "That's the way to beat that zone, split it right down the middle!", to which Alex Karras replied, "That wasn't a zone, Howard," to which Frank Gifford said, "That's why the linebacker was covering him." Nothing but silence from Howard.
A bar in Denver once ran a promotion where they acquired an old TV set for MNF and put it in the middle of the bar, after which they'd raffle off a brick. Who ever won the raffle had one instruction: Wait until Howard Cosell said something stupid then he could throw the brick through the TV.
But the all-time worst color man hands down was Dennis Miller.
It's cool that there was space for a guy like that in the booth back then. I guess as the networks experimented to develop a formula, the Cosell role was deleted. Wish there was more experimentation now. I've enjoyed the Manning casts when it's just the brothers commenting. When they invite others, the conversations veer too far from the game and I find myself going back to the main broadcast.Howard was a Lawyer originally, Frank and Dandy Don were the Football guys, Howard was originally like a liaison Journalist influence fan to give levity, represent fans as well as story's. Never was expected to be an x and o's person or know what it was like to actually be on the field.
The three man booth was originated on MNF, if you listened to games back then they sounded more radio news type, and with air time and screen time they had to have fill as well, Howard was great at that.It's cool that there was space for a guy like that in the booth back then. I guess as the networks experimented to develop a formula, the Cosell role was deleted. Wish there was more experimentation now. I've enjoyed the Manning casts when it's just the brothers commenting. When they invite others, the conversations veer too far from the game and I find myself going back to the main broadcast.
My guess is most fans prefer the expert analysis of those who know the game well over perspectives of other sports fans, no matter how erudite or well educated.