swany65 » Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:13 pm
Grew up in New Jersey and in the early 70's Eagles sucked so they were always blacked out on tv . The late game always was the Raiders on NBC. I love the Raiders so much moved to LA once I got old enough just so I could see them play. Oddly enough never saw them play in Oakland but that stadium is still my favorite of all time. As a kid I'd sketch the stadium on a piece of paper and draw little tiny circles depicting fans to fill in the stadium...it took hours!swany65 » Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:25 pm
I would love to see the broadcast of the Sea of Hands game on NBC. I heard even NBC doesn't have that game on tape. Rumor has it someone in Mexico recorded the game and it's the only known copy.HITMAN wrote Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:41 am:Not many companies were recording games like today so year it will be difficult to find footage, the NFL has them, but won't reproduce them unless they feel it will make them money!
commode » Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:42 pm
most nfl/afl coverage was wiped by the networks, the process didn't fall out of favor until the mid 1970s.getovahit » Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:52 pm
Yeah you cant get full game. Some people sell a version put together later that is just the radio play by for parts that they are missing footage. Its pretty good actually. Even with just play by play for large parts you can tell how amazing it would be to see it live. All those great games lost forever. Makes me sad almost to realize that future historians or fans cant watch that game in its entirety to figure out who did what with their own eyes.swany65 wrote Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:25 pm:I would love to see the broadcast of the Sea of Hands game on NBC. I heard even NBC doesn't have that game on tape. Rumor has it someone in Mexico recorded the game and it's the only known copy.
getovahit » Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:56 pm
A travesty. It drives me almost crazy that to save some pocket change they erased recordings of classic football games. All these games should be in the HOF and available online for us all to watch. The afl once again got screwed.commode wrote Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:42 pm:most nfl/afl coverage was wiped by the networks, the process didn't fall out of favor until the mid 1970s.
swany65 » Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:04 pm
Exactly. I worked at KNBC in the late 80's early 90's and the sports department would record every NFL game. It would take 3 and sometimes even 4 tapes for each game. We would save those tapes for 1 week but needed them for the next weeks games to record on. So I would take them to a magnetic erase machine and run them through twice because the magnets weren't strong enough. We would then write on the tape cassette it was erased. After 10 passes we were supposed to throw out the tapes .getovahit » Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:09 pm
Dont get rid of it! How much footage do you have? or just that Bo footage. I used to buy or trade old vhs tapes of old games with guys who had somehow put some 70s games on them. Some are available on youtube but some are not. Its crazy to me no one thought perhaps we should record and keep some of this stuff for prosperity.swany65 wrote Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:04 pm:Exactly. I worked at KNBC in the late 80's early 90's and the sports department would record every NFL game. It would take 3 and sometimes even 4 tapes for each game. We would save those tapes for 1 week but needed them for the next weeks games to record on. So I would take them to a magnetic erase machine and run them through twice because the magnets weren't strong enough. We would then write on the tape cassette it was erased. After 10 passes we were supposed to throw out the tapes .
I still have some great footage of Bo Jackson from the knbc field cameras on videotape. Only problem is the technology is so old there are very few machines in existence to playback the tape.
Devilspawn » Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:30 pm
My story started in the mid 60s in New York City, before I was born. My dad became a Raider fan when he first saw the silver and black on color TV, particularly the silver numbers. He had only seen the Raiders on black and white TV before then. I don't remember the year he became a fan but I'm guessing it was 1966 or 1967. He always told me the story on how he had a $20 bet on the Raiders vs. the Jets, and how he had to chase his friend for weeks to get his $20 back when he found out the Raiders won. Of course we all know that as the Heidi Game.Hawaiian Raider » Wed Dec 06, 2017 11:51 pm
Awesome, Spawn. ^English_Raider » Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:40 am
I started watching the Raiders after visiting family in Santa Barbara in 1991. My uncle gave me an LA Raiders hat and told me the greatest person I've never heard of is a chap called Marcus Allen.Attyla » Thu Dec 07, 2017 3:39 am
Michael Caine says hello....just kidding, Collin Firth says helloEnglish_Raider wrote Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:40 am:I started watching the Raiders after visiting family in Santa Barbara in 1991. My uncle gave me an LA Raiders hat and told me the greatest person I've never heard of is a chap called Marcus Allen.
Wore that Raiders cap for years thinking I was the coolest motherfucker in England.
Been watching them ever since.
Willmark » Thu Dec 07, 2017 3:52 am
1980.ELCAraiderfan » Thu Dec 07, 2017 1:17 pm
January 14, 1968, go to my Grandpa's house to watch Super Bowl II as a 8 y.o. kid, my Grandfather and my Dad had been going to niners games in 50's and my grandfather became a Oakland Raiders season ticket holder from Day 1 in 1960.ELCAraiderfan » Thu Dec 07, 2017 1:22 pm
Yep, I was there, Big Ben Davidson was my first, favorite Raider! Was such an awesome time to be there and be witness to all that great football! A helluva lot of fun and heart attack moments in those years!! especially in the House of Thrills!getovahit wrote Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:11 am:Is there anyone on this board who was there for this? Anyone a fan of the raiders here who remembers the 1967 Raiders?
chucker » Thu Dec 07, 2017 1:23 pm
I wasn't an NFL fan at all until 1980 when I jumped on the bandwagon and we won the SB...... nothing wrong with jumping on the bandwagon as long as you never jump off even if it becomes a broken down disappointment for a decade or more.