For all of you crybabies

[crazylegs777]

Ty to all who have helped with the massive flooding near me in East Tennessee!!!! There is a school who lost their football field,field house & a bunch of other things. They have had football games cancelled. So in order to get all their games in & try to make the playoffs 11th,15th,18th,21st & 25th they have games & here many of you cry about the old sat,wed,sat games lol.

 

[crazylegs777]

Back in the day looking at old newspapers it was wild. A CPS team could play on a Saturday & back when only a few made the playoffs would play a Prep Bowl playoff game on a Tuesday win & play Saturday win then play again Tuesday or Wednesday win then again that Saturday. I guess they tried to shoehorn everybody in they could. 5 games in 14 or 15 days. That killed Lane Tech in 87 who was the only CPS team to make the state playoffs due to the strike. They ended up losing some key players & barely lost to Mt.Carmel in round 1 & they had the talent to win it all

 

[Kevin JCHS 81]

Ty to all who have helped with the massive flooding near me in East Tennessee!!!! There is a school who lost their football field,field house & a bunch of other things. They have had football games cancelled. So in order to get all their games in & try to make the playoffs 11th,15th,18th,21st & 25th they have games & here many of you cry about the old sat,wed,sat games lol.

As a fan and a player I absolutely loved the Fri, Wed, Sat (or) Sat, Wed, Sat games. It's got to be a little hard on coaches though.

 

[crusader_of_90]

As a fan and a player I absolutely loved the Fri, Wed, Sat (or) Sat, Wed, Sat games. It's got to be a little hard on coaches though.

Back when they'd trade tapes at truck stops midway.

 

[Cross Bones]

Can't believe they put face masks and plastic on helmets now. Back in the good ol days before we were babies there was no face mask penalty and the hats were leather. But that was before we were soft.

 

[McEvergreen]

Back when coach would tape us up before practice and games and give us smelling salt when we got the snot knocked out of us. Good times!

 

[crusader_of_90]

Got my hands taped like a boxer to play linebacker. Screw interceptions - I was there to stunt, cause chaos and make tackles.

 

[MS4EVER]

I’m happy the game is safer but I miss neck rolls, cowboy collars, crack backs and even a late hit every once in a while. The sound of the game is so different!

 

[johnndoe]

Looking back to my time in the mid to late '60s in hindsight, the lack of water on the practice field and frequency of the amped-up "nutcracker drill" were Neanderthal, but standards of the era.

 

[eireog]

Looking back to my time in the mid to late '60s in hindsight, the lack of water on the practice field and frequency of the amped-up "nutcracker drill" were Neanderthal, but standards of the era.

That went on well into the 70’s and 80’s.

 

[crusader_of_90]

We were told water makes us weak and barely got any early in my career that spanned 1987-90. In 1988, a high school kid died with an internal temp of 110 or something crazy and the flip was switched. We got lots of water after that and I had it so engrained in my head I wrongly felt we were not as tough as guys in the past.

And yeah, I have smelled those capsules - and Lord Almighty - they wake you up!!!! Your head swivels so fast that whiplash might occur!!!!!

Bull in the ring, Hamburgers (OK Drill) and live on the line most days.

We practices as freshman tacking the hanging weenie at first then it was humans going forward after we learned some technique.

 

[johnndoe]

We were told water makes us weak and barely got any early in my career that spanned 1987-90. In 1988, a high school kid died with an internal temp of 110 or something crazy and the flip was switched. We got lots of water after that and I had it so engrained in my head I wrongly felt we were not as tough as guys in the past.

And yeah, I have smelled those capsules - and Lord Almighty - they wake you up!!!! Your head swivels so fast that whiplash might occur!!!!!

Bull in the ring, Hamburgers (OK Drill) and live on the line most days.

We practices as freshman tacking the hanging weenie at first then it was humans going forward after we learned some technique.

Oh, yeah, I had forgotten about "bull in the ring." That was among the most brutal due to the running start and consecutive reps. Also, the alternate names to "nutcracker" drill like, "Oklahoma" and "hamburger."

 

[AmbroseBlack]

 

[SiuCubFan8]

That went on well into the 70’s and 80’s.

into late 90's

 

[mc140]

into late 90's

Yeah I remember playing youth ball in early 90s and we were told water breaks are for the weak.

 

[McEvergreen]

We were told water makes us weak and barely got any early in my career that spanned 1987-90. In 1988, a high school kid died with an internal temp of 110 or something crazy and the flip was switched. We got lots of water after that and I had it so engrained in my head I wrongly felt we were not as tough as guys in the past.

And yeah, I have smelled those capsules - and Lord Almighty - they wake you up!!!! Your head swivels so fast that whiplash might occur!!!!!

Bull in the ring, Hamburgers (OK Drill) and live on the line most days.

We practices as freshman tacking the hanging weenie at first then it was humans going forward after we learned some technique.

Yes! No water lol. I remember frosh year a kid bought a 16oz Pepsi after practice and downed it. He dropped the bottle and passed out 😂

Tardy group had to run 3 laps on the cinder track with the green weenie on their shoulder.

Loved the first day of contact. We always ended it with Bull in the Ring!

 

[johnndoe]

The "first day of contact" could actually be the "first day of practice." This, until full pads were delayed for 3 days after the preseason started.

 

[SiuCubFan8]

Thinking back, how ridiculous was the "no water" thing...

 

[mc140]

Thinking back, how ridiculous was the "no water" thing...

It was really dumb but at same time are bodies were more conditioned to being outside all the time and we ate less processed foods.

 

[SiuCubFan8]

It was really dumb but at same time are bodies were more conditioned to being outside all the time and we ate less processed foods.

and we drank from the hose!

 

[McEvergreen]

and nobody gave two squirts about some heat index!

 

[mc140]

and we drank from the hose!

I spent four years of high school drinking water that came straight from the fire hydrant.

 

[4Afan]

I spent four years of high school drinking water that came straight from the fire hydrant.

We had a hose connected to a galvanized pipe with holes drilled in it.

 

[crusader_of_90]

We had something we called the bike rack - hose connected so some contraception that had six or so spickets with handle valves. Water was sitting underground 200 yards from the main, so it was always hot water. No way they'd let us run that to get cold - too much time and it would get muddy.

 

[epicbret]

Just saying, this thread seems like crying about things changing far more than anyone has cried about anything the OP claims.

Old Man Screams at Clouds vibes

 

[epicbret]

I agree things change, but "many of you" is complete fiction, no need to make things up. You can just say "here are things I loved about football in the past"

 

[redmen85]

Mid to late 70’s and early 80’s
Water helmets and suspension helmets
Salt tablets

 

[RoaminCatholic]

We were told water makes us weak and barely got any early in my career that spanned 1987-90. In 1988, a high school kid died with an internal temp of 110 or something crazy and the flip was switched. We got lots of water after that and I had it so engrained in my head I wrongly felt we were not as tough as guys in the past.

And yeah, I have smelled those capsules - and Lord Almighty - they wake you up!!!! Your head swivels so fast that whiplash might occur!!!!!

Bull in the ring, Hamburgers (OK Drill) and live on the line most days.

We practices as freshman tacking the hanging weenie at first then it was humans going forward after we learned some technique.

2007 graduate, we did "Okie's" (OK DRill) during two-a-days, found out the Frosh/Sophs who really wanted to be there with that drill. So that one stuck around quite a while.

 

[crusader_of_90]

2007 graduate, we did "Okie's" (OK DRill) during two-a-days, found out the Frosh/Sophs who really wanted to be there with that drill. So that one stuck around quite a while.

That drill makes many basketball players!

 

[McEvergreen]

Courage Drill. Coach would select two players to step out and then throw a football down the field. Whoever brought it back to him was the winner. The loser ran a lap with the green weenie. No rules. Just do what you gotta do to bring the ball back!

 

[crusader_of_90]

In grade school basketball, we had something called Kill Drill. Get your shot up and in, however you have to, even if it means putting your man down to do so.

Then again, that coach (HE WSA A GREAT COACH) ended up in a Central American prison for playing hide the pickle with a young girl, which is the same reason he left the country.

Terrific coach and organizer, but a horrible human.

 

[kpjasion]

Our coach used to use a broom stick for o-line practice. Fire out and stay low beneath the broomstick. And if you hit the broomstick with your back or butt, then you got hit with the broomstick. And we thought nothing of it. Definitely different times.

 

[crusader_of_90]

We had chutes - but Boss Abegg, the O-Line Coach - had his switch from the willow tree. Back of the calves ...