Johnnyhornedfrog
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Replays tonight on the NFL Channel if you get it.
The original Ice Bowl
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Pappy Frog
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Beats SMU vs. Fresno St. How did
they get a day all to themselves? :blink:
they get a day all to themselves? :blink:
PurplFrawg
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The Pack is Back
QuilterFrawg
CDR USN (Ret)
You are a slow healer - that game was in 1967!
I've never seen it - I'm going to watch some of it.
Big Frog II
Active Member
I hate Green Bay.
QuilterFrawg
CDR USN (Ret)
It's like football on ice skates :biggrin:
purplepreacher
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Can't hate a team that Tommy Joe Crutcher of Mckinney played for.
PurplFrawg
Administrator
I saw Tommy Joe play in a preseason game in the Yale Bowl. Giants vs Jets.
VA Froggie
Active Member
Jethro Pugh would like to have his toes back he lost to frost bite. That game had to be miserable.
LazyToadCA
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This
Limp Lizard
Full Member
I talked to Pettis Norman about that game. He said it was miserable. Said you couldn't even think, it was so cold.
Remember watching that game at a friend's house...we couldn't believe how it played out.
Remember watching that game at a friend's house...we couldn't believe how it played out.
RaiderFrog
Member
Just think, history would have changed if instant replay was in place back then. I'm old enough to barely remember seeing the game on TV when I was much younger :wacko:
Frog DJ
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It's been well-documented that Landry and Lombardi were the DC and OC of the Giants back in the '50s, and were life-long friends, but bitter professional rivals. They even carpooled together while coaching in New York.
The Packers reportedly spent $80,000 on massive heating coils buried under the playing surface of Lambeau Field, but the coils either malfunctioned, or were intentionally turned off by the Packers to help foster the icy conditions they considered an advantage to their rushing-based offense.
The temperature was -15, but the wind chill was more like -50. According to one source an elderly fan died in the stands, due to exposure. When the head official blew his whistle to signal the opening kickoff, his whistle supposedly froze to his lips. The flesh was ripped off as he tried to dislodge it, and the blood instantly froze to his upper lip. Officials used verbal commands and hand signals for the remainder of the game. Frank Gifford was a color analyst on the broadcast and at one point quipped, "I'm going to take a bite out of my coffee."
The word is terribly overused and misused in today's lexicon, but the Ice Bowl was truly "epic."
Go Frogs!
The Packers reportedly spent $80,000 on massive heating coils buried under the playing surface of Lambeau Field, but the coils either malfunctioned, or were intentionally turned off by the Packers to help foster the icy conditions they considered an advantage to their rushing-based offense.
The temperature was -15, but the wind chill was more like -50. According to one source an elderly fan died in the stands, due to exposure. When the head official blew his whistle to signal the opening kickoff, his whistle supposedly froze to his lips. The flesh was ripped off as he tried to dislodge it, and the blood instantly froze to his upper lip. Officials used verbal commands and hand signals for the remainder of the game. Frank Gifford was a color analyst on the broadcast and at one point quipped, "I'm going to take a bite out of my coffee."
The word is terribly overused and misused in today's lexicon, but the Ice Bowl was truly "epic."
Go Frogs!
Johnnyhornedfrog
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I wonder how many who played in the game ended up in the NFL Hall of Fame.
