Cowboys Nostalgia Thread

ravidubey said:
What's interesting though looking carefully is Butch lets go of the football in the process of standing back up.

On the ground, on his back, in the endzone he possesses the football and it never touches the ground. I mean, that's a touchdown by every definition, right?

You land on your back, you should not be expected to make a football move afterwards. You are down.
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Common sense says possession while crossing the goal line equals a touchdown. In the Goodell/Blandino era they went stupid with that crap about football move, etc. I think it just gives DB's reason to open up on these guys in that situation to knock the ball loose. Frankly I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet unless I missed it.

That said, I don't think that was a catch back then, much less now.
 
Irving Cowboy said:
Common sense says possession while crossing the goal line equals a touchdown. In the Goodell/Blandino era they went stupid with that crap about football move, etc. I think it just gives DB's reason to open up on these guys in that situation to knock the ball loose. Frankly I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet unless I missed it.

That said, I don't think that was a catch back then, much less now.
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College is one foot. In the 80s and 90s, kinda considered getting a second foot to be the football move that solidified a catch.

~15 years ago when they started going with this actual ‘football move’ term and what constitutes it, that’s when things got fucked up. It got super fucked when they introduced the different rules for ‘going to/surviving the ground’
 
data said:
College is one foot. In the 80s and 90s, kinda considered getting a second foot to be the football move that solidified a catch.

~15 years ago when they started going with this actual ‘football move’ term and what constitutes it, that’s when things got fucked up. It got super fucked when they introduced the different rules for ‘going to/surviving the ground’
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I think that the catch thing started being a deal in the late 1970s where you would see it pop up and change moments in games.

I think it was the Luv Ya Blue Oilers where Mike Renfro had a TD that could have derailed the Steelers and of course, the rest is history.
 
boozeman said:
I think that the catch thing started being a deal in the late 1970s where you would see it pop up and change moments in games.

I think it was the Luv Ya Blue Oilers where Mike Renfro had a TD that could have derailed the Steelers and of course, the rest is history.
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Shit, I remember that. That pissed me off so much.


 
Several instances this past season I saw the Dez Bryant surviving the ground verbiage return.

That goes against the latest explanation that I could find from several seasons back. This is how I understand the rules now.

 
Irving Cowboy said:
Common sense says possession while crossing the goal line equals a touchdown. In the Goodell/Blandino era they went stupid with that crap about football move, etc. I think it just gives DB's reason to open up on these guys in that situation to knock the ball loose. Frankly I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet unless I missed it.

That said, I don't think that was a catch back then, much less now.
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He’s on his back
With possession
In the endzone
Ball not touching the ground
Landing Impact not knocking the ball loose

In the process of standing up again he loses the ball.

When you are on your back it’s not a two toes in and a football move type situation. You are already done.

Michael Gallup a few years back landed with his just his ass touching inbounds before other parts of him landed out of bounds. Had he suddenly bounced up and lost the football rising to his feet it wouldn’t have mattered
 
boozeman said:
I think that the catch thing started being a deal in the late 1970s where you would see it pop up and change moments in games.

I think it was the Luv Ya Blue Oilers where Mike Renfro had a TD that could have derailed the Steelers and of course, the rest is history.
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That play wasn't a catch/football move type of controversy. It was a simple did-he-have-two-feet-inbounds question that was easily answered by the replay.
Renfro catch
 
NFL Network is doing a countdown of all the old NFL Films recap shows and they're on the Cowboys-Colts one now.

Anyone who doesn't love those original blue uniforms is crazy. They never should've changed those.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
NFL Network is doing a countdown of all the old NFL Films recap shows and they're on the Cowboys-Colts one now.

Anyone who doesn't love those original blue uniforms is crazy. They never should've changed those.
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They looked so good, but we almost always lost in those.

I am very very surprised Jones is ignoring this untapped revenue stream.

If I were to ever buy a Cowboys jersey in the future, it would be that royal blue.
 
boozeman said:
If I were to ever buy a Cowboys jersey in the future, it would be that royal blue.
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Hell yeah.

Plus the pants are darker than the usual silver ones they wore with the whites... At least I think so. Maybe it's just this old film or something.

Another note, I've heard this called the Blunder Bowl and all but I don't think I've ever watched the whole extended highlight show like this. I guess I forgot Unitas got hurt and Earl Morrall came in and won the game for them.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
Another note, I've heard this called the Blunder Bowl and all but I don't think I've ever watched the whole extended highlight show like this. I guess I forgot Unitas got hurt and Earl Morrall came in and won the game for them.
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God damn. You poor undereducated slob.

You should have seen this shit as a child, for one.

And it was never called the "Blunder Bowl". It was the "Blooper Bowl".

I will say this. The NFL Films capsules of these games are sheer cinematic art.

They made dull games into sources of drama.

Earlier, they had SB IV on and that seemed cool. But the real game was kind of boring.
 
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boozeman said:
God damn. You poor undereducated slob.

You should have seen this shit as a child, for one.

And it was never called the "Blunder Bowl". It was the "Blooper Bowl".
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