Legends of the Fall
Sunday, October 11, 2009
I miss these old NFL films
I remember the old NFL films they’d play at halftime back in the 70s. Narrated by “The Voice of God”, John Facenda and with a soundtrack so good it even earned its own box set, there was nothing to get you juiced on Sunday morning than seeing one of these.
I think it was Super Bowl VII on January 14, 1973, I recorded the whole pregame show on a little cassette deck which did a recap of the previous 6 Super Bowl games, it’s a set I’d like to buy today if I could find it.
That booming voice, military-like music, and the slow motion pads crashing, mud flying, snow and rain falling; it was God’s own game back then. He controlled it all before domed stadiums and Astroturf (not the political kind) isolated players from the elements.
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