1973 UCLA vs USC 

@@ProjectBadass360 Yes corporate media and flat out greed from lots of major universities have turned college football into something I'm not interested in following anymore. The final straw with me was the breakup of the Pac 12.

As the son of a late former Div 1 player I could not agree more. CF was a big deal in our household in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Media saturation has created a homogenized, frankly boring, version of the game we once knew. I can't stand to watch it anymore. I'm approaching 20 years now of ignoring it completely. Just one example: does EVERY home team have to take the field in a cloud of dry ice for the TV camera? The very act of taking the field is dramatic w/o the stage props. And just look at this video: The ABC guys are SURPRISED when the teams take the field. Except for the pre-game introductions (which are understatedly presented), the TV camera was there as an OBSERVER back then, not as an active participant the festivities, unlike nowadays. There was also something very special about local traditions and neighborhood rivalries that the ESPN-ization of the game has killed over the past 35 years or so. Notice also how practically every school has some sort of "hand sign" nowadays? Before media saturation began in the late 80s, there was the "Hook 'em Horns" and no others, or very few others, as I recall. Homogenization driven by The Network Suits s*cks.

Money is truly the root of all evil. I have done well for myself and need for nothing. However, "more" money has never appealed to me. I just can't imagine being 70 years old with more money than I can spend and yet wanting more.

Yes it's terrible. I used to love it and eagerly await the next season and now I really don't care anymore. I've no interest or personal connection to the players nor them to me, there's no connection...I might as well be watching a video game

The transfer portal is a joke...

You can say that again. College football is NOT the same without him!

He was tops.

He wasn't nearly as good a player as his dad was, who won the Heisman Trophy at Michigan.

ya' think?

Pac 8 and Big 10 had that stupid rule where only the conference champ plays in a bowl. UCLA was definitely deserving of a bowl game in 72-74.

@@jamesthomas7405 Yep. Sadly, Michigan was caught in that dilemma too and nothing changed until 1975.

Back then all the major bowl games were played on New Years Day, I think there were 5-6 games. That's why only the conference champ went to a bowl game.

@@chevyguy6961No, only the PAC 10 and Big Ten only allowed one team to play in a bowl, due to an agreement they made in 1946 with the Rose Bowl when that bowl switched to the PAC 10-Big Ten matchup.

UCLA center Randy Cross would move on to San Fran and get 3 Super Bowls himself.

@@peterwhite507 Absolutely!

I was smitten and I'm a dude. Lol.

@@jamesfields2916 No kidding! I imagine ol' Norm did pretty well with the coeds.....

@@yeildo1492 Just pulled up his biography. Pretty solid guy. One year on the Bears and then a college coach at UCLA,Iowa State(OC) and Arizona. HC and athletic director at Fillmore HS for 24 years.

@@jamesfields2916 Nice to hear. Thanks for the info.

Norm Anderson finally got to let his hair grow after playing for Anaheim High.

His Dad was a good player too …Harmon

ya' think dinozzo?

And very limited bowl games. The teams had to be top dog and not be allowed to play a bowl game with a 6-5 record.

@@muffs55mercury61 Yep. When being 'bowl bound' meant something.

The one where the Stanford trombone player made the highlight reel?

Famous! Go Bears!

@@patschiltz-nq5yi loaded? Jimmy Jones?😊😊

So hard to keep the drive the year after winning a championship. Still a lot of stars in 1973, but loses included Charles Young, Pete Adams, and John Grant. They did tie Oklahoma 7-7 in Norman, and that's no small feat.

I did notice that. Do you know why this was done?

@@dcaa62817 In the 60s and 70s, they would shift the field all the way to the closed end and install end zone bleachers in front of the peristyle in an effort to reduce seating capacity. They would remove the bleachers for the annual USC-UCLA game and leave them out every two years when Notre Dame came to town the following week. They were also removed for Super Bowl I. But it wasn't until the early 70s that the field would be shifted over when the bleachers were taken out. In the 60s, the field was left in place at the closed end.

Thanksgiving weekend.

@@tommyparkerparker ABC tried something radically new that weekend. They called it a Thanksgiving weekend football jubilee, or something close to it. At least two games apiece on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It's the norm today, but back then, it was football overload for many.

...Seattle Seahawk, Buffalo Bill and Oklahoma Outlaw of USFL. My college roommate and buddy for over 50 years...

Yah 💯 I'm tellin Ya & a few of em were like goin Bald as well, like it was their last year in the NFL & gonna retire at the end of the season.

Most of them were in their early 30's. Back then, it was difficult to make it into the NFL. So guys stayed in college for 20 years.

Good eye. And isn't that Eric Bana siting next to Keith Jackson.

No that was Lee Grosscup former quarterback.

James McAlister, went on to play for the Eagles and the Pats.

​@@wildforthecats661 isn't the Baltimore Ravens Chris McAllister his son?

@@davidgoldin2577 Correct.

Apparently they werent better, they lost and didnt even go to a bowl.

@@richarddean6735 there were no bowls for pac 8 schools besides the Rose Bowl in 1973!

@@mikeyposs3132 lol, of which the Bruins did not make it to.

❤️ usc& ucla fight song

Ahhhh Yah 💯 as a Bruin Grad, '84-'88 & round II '97-'01(After the Army) I of course a Die Hard Alum Bruin 4 Life Fan, this was a tough loss for the Bruins, even though I was in 3rd Grade, I remember my dad & uncle were watching this game with my cousins that were older,(Mark & Diane, who are Trojan Alums) The Ohio St. Buckeyes went on to beat the Trojans in the 60th Rose Bowl 42-21🏈🏈👏👏

That was a seniors introduction, not starting line up, Jackson mentions shortly after.

@@richarddean6735 - ya, I missed Keith's part. That does make sense since this was the last game of the year.