The great narrator, Pat Summerall keep us all on the edge of our seats with his great intros. Job well done Pat. Rest in Peace. The NFL is not the same without you.
This hands down my fav nfl intro music. CBS 86-89. Summerals best work was on the NFC championship game broadcast between these 2 teams. Used to b on RU-vid but can't find it anymore
Every old man says the same thing. Years from now somebody gonna be like 'Grandson, back in 2023 nobody, I mean nobody, called a better game like Jim Nantz.'
George Vreeland Hill Absolutely correct!!! I loved all of the CBS openings in the late 70's until the late 80's. CBS BRING BACK ANY OF THEM. THAT's WHAT US FANS WANT!!!
I used to go to New York Football Giants games during this era and I used to look up in the booth at the stadium to get a glimpse of Pat and John doing the broadcast,, Such great memories
These were the greatest of times. I loved growing up in the 80's. No stress or worries, violence was rare, playing football Saturday and Sunday morning before running in my house with my friends to watch NFL while my mom cooked dinner for us all. I wanna go back
With Pat Summerall’s deep serious voice and John Madden’s sense of humor and extensive knowledge on the game, there’s never been and never will be a better broadcasting duo
i happen to enjoy nantz and romo if i listen at all -- but no contemporary pairing can rise to this level, partly because the game itself is that different and partly because the culture doesn't produce people like that anymore (nor the music! lol) -- the only other pair in contention for 'best' in nfl broadcast history is Pat and Tom... individually speaking there are still others, but as a pairing Pat with Tom and Pat with John were in a separate galaxy
@@jerrykasprack1471I remember this game as well. This game pretty much cemented Lawrence Taylor as the NFL MVP that season. And you are right, the game wasn’t really that close. Jay Shroeder was beat down badly this game by LT, throwing 6 picks.
That intro takes me back to my teenage years!! The skins led by owner Jack Kent Cooke, Bobby Bethard, Joe Gibbs, Richie Petitbon and the crew!! These were the real skins baby!!
Loved these intros from back in the day... Im from London, england and was always watching games and was a massive skins fan. These bring back good memories. Thanks for uploading mrb. :)
@steven Don’t forget the Bears, they were a heavyweight team in the 80s too. Pretty much ruled the NFC Central but my Vikings always gave them a good game. They always had Ditka’s number it seemed like.
Wow. Killer theme music for football, especially playoff football. Used to get so psyched when Giants had a big game and Summerall would get started with his narration. Note to networks: somebody bring that score back. Then change the rules back so it can be NFL and not CFL again!
Two words....PAT AND JOHN. They will always (IMO) be the standard bearers for calling a football game on TV. No frills, no corny jokes, no egos. IT WAS ABOUT THE GAME. Joe Buck WISHES he could be as great as Pat was.
If the Giants were playing somebody decent they always did the Giants game. If the Giants were playing a scrub somebody else did their game and Pat & John would do the late game which usually involved either the 49ers or Cowboys.
Par Summerall was absolutely correct about the tickets. I grew up in the DC area through the 80's and trying to get a ticket to a Skins game at R.F.K. (or even tickets to a Georgetown Men's Basketball game at the Capial Centre in Landover) was virtually impossible cause at the time they were in the middle of a streak of consecutive seasons where all home games were sold out starting in 1968, which no Washington home game was ever blacked out on local TV (WRC-4, WTOP/WDVM/WUSA-9 or WJLA-7) and the wait list was years long
A time when teams stayed put in cities, the coaches got 3-5 yrs to show whether they were good and rosters were built through the draft and veterans were long tenured. Different times!
Raymie Humbert I am sure they would block all branding of the NBC, ABC, and ESPN logos during those telecasts. The UK must really be protective of their identity.
@canarinhoamazon The last outstanding Bears team was the 1987 team---especially during the first half of the season before the 49ers smoked them. The strike also tore them apart, particularly due to Ditka not backing his players. Unforgiveable comment to make against your players.
@canarinhoamazon Oh really? 1990 Divisional Playoffs: Giants 31, Bears 3. Bears sucked in 1989. The NFC was down in 1988, and they got their assess kicked by Frisco. Ditka was as dumb as a doorknob. They won because of Buddy's coaching acumen on the defensive side more than anything else. After he left things changed. If it wasn't for the fog in that famous Fog Bowl game in January of 1989 against the Eagles, they would have lost to Buddy's team, who were more talented than the Bears that year.
Good spot. This was a UK broadcast so they may just have wanted to give the impression it was homemade. But even today they tend to blur out logos and station identifiers on foreign broadcasts. It may be a legal requirement or simply considered best practice
@williamgraynard and I wouldn't say the eagles would have beaten them in the fog bowl they weren't doing that great before the fog set in to say they would have won and not like the bears had an advantage in that game of playing in the fog.
optimus can't agree the nfc east didn't fare well against the really good bear teams of the 80s outside of the redskins in those two playoff years. Bears pretty much owned the east during that time period. 1990 isn't exactly one of the bears better years as they didn't have many guys left from the best teams of the 80s. In 1988 Frisco lost the regular season meeting and Dent didn't play in the title game which was a big loss for the bears.
@ultraback29 The Bears had no comp on the NFC Central. They wouldn't have been anywhere near as successful long term with that fine crew that they had if they played in the NFC East going up against superior coaches week in and week out (Parcells & Belichick; Joe Gibbs; Landry and later Jimmy Johnson; and of course ex-Bear DC and fan-favorite Buddy Ryan).
