Gayle Sayers, Dead at 77
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I got to watch this man play.
R.I.P.
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One of THE best athletes to ever come out of Nebraska
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The 1964 OU/Kansas game was one for the record books. Gayle Sayers went flying down the field on the opening kickoff like Jesus on a go-kart for a 93 yard touchdown. KU 7-0. Oklahoma slogged through the game and Kansas didn't even cross midfield until the 4th quarter. The score was 14-7 when OU decided not to go for it on 4th and one at the Kansas 44-yard line with just over a minute left in the 4th quarter. Oklahoma punted the ball down to the Kansas goal line where Gayle Sayers caught it. And there went the go-kart again; Gale Sayers ran for a long punt return and he was knocked out of bounds at the OU 8-yard line. Kansas ran a couple of plays and they were down to one last snap. The Kansas QB couldn't find a receiver, he scrambled around forever and then ran it in on the last play of the 4th quarter with 00:00 left on the clock. OU 14 Kansas 13. Jack Mitchell (who played his collegiate career as Oklahoma's All-American QB) was the Kansas coach and he said "watch this shit" when they went for 2. They made it and the final score was Kansas 15 Oklahoma 14. Kansas had scored on the first play of the game and the last two plays of the game to win it.
Any of you guys old enough to remember the APBA board games? Gale Sayers was the running back with the most chances to break a long run.
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RIP Mr. Sayers.
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I had a friend growing up, whose dad had an electric football table ‘game’. You would set the pieces up for a play, flip a switch and then half of them would vibrate around randomly and fall down.
It can’t possibly be as old or stupid as that.
Amazing player and amazing man...RIP!
Still have a couple of them in the garage...one at least 45 years old.
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Probably worth a bit on Ebay.
It was just as old but not as stupid as that crazy game that vibrated those guys all over the place.. You rolled dice and then look at a card for a player that would indicate statistically how far they carried the ball, complete/incomplete pass, how many yards, turnoevers, etc. It was very statistical based on previous years performances.
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I honestly didn't know there was another college football game other than bowl bound. There were a lot of stats based NFL games...Paydirt, Statis-Pro, but I was always more of a college fan. Bowl Bound was by Avalon Hill, somebody put it online a few years back, it was interesting, but didn't have the same feel. I can remember running tournaments with my friends, we got the expansion back and ran 32. '83 Nebraska beat '67 USC in the final.
