Fast forward through this for four hours to hear Toby's call of the last drive.

[Raysor]

It was fun to hear the call and see the radio crew.

https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/id/f24679fb-2243-498f-af51-65e7defd17c0#bucketId=7621

 

[Tennessee66]

@Plainosooner I grew up listening to radio play-by-play, and still love it. Here is the Toby Rowland / Teddy Lehman call on game highlights. I must have watched it ten times.

 

[Raysor]

So did I. When we moved to Plano in 1964, I was six weeks from becoming a teenager. So I listened to TU sports on KVOO, 50,000 watts in Oklahoma and to OU games on a static filled station in either Durant or Ardmore, depending on the which came in better. It also changed most seasons for OU games. I remember sweating out the win at Lawrence in 1968, which was a great game. 27-23 I believe and Steve Zabel was amazing playing both sides of the ball.

You know, in those days, your college team could be on TV no more than twice a year. In Dallas, it was three times a year, because the OU-Texas game was always broadcast on local tv, somehow. But the RRR we won only once in the 60s, so it was often hard to watch.

We "watched" with the radio broadcast with the descriptions we heard. And when you listened to Lynn Morton in Tulsa, the reliability of the descriptions was not very accurate. But since I was from Tulsa, that's how I listened. And I paid more attention to the Tulsa GH games, Jerry Rhome's senior year, than OU games.

 

[4th & 14]

I got serious goosebumps from Toby’s call of that TD and end of game.

 

[ppchj98]

I got serious goosebumps from Toby’s call of that TD and end of game.

I had the goosebumps before that last TD. I knew it was gonna happen.

 

[Raysor]

I got serious goosebumps from Toby’s call of that TD and end of game.

I teared up twice today, reliving it one the radio crew broadcast on ESPN +, and reliving it again on the one posted here, and on the official OU site.

https://soonersports.com/showcase/embed.aspx?Archive=10405&autoplay=false

 

[Tennessee66]

So did I. When we moved to Plano in 1964, I was six weeks from becoming a teenager. So I listened to TU sports on KVOO, 50,000 watts in Oklahoma and to OU games on a static filled station in either Durant or Ardmore, depending on the which came in better. It also changed most seasons for OU games. I remember sweating out the win at Lawrence in 1968, which was a great game. 27-23 I believe and Steve Zabel was amazing playing both sides of the ball.

You know, in those days, your college team could be on TV no more than twice a year. In Dallas, it was three times a year, because the OU-Texas game was always broadcast on local tv, somehow. But the RRR we won only once in the 60s, so it was often hard to watch.

We "watched" with the radio broadcast with the descriptions we heard. And when you listened to Lynn Morton in Tulsa, the reliability of the descriptions was not very accurate. But since I was from Tulsa, that's how I listened. And I paid more attention to the Tulsa GH games, Jerry Rhome's senior year, than OU games.

Post game information was so limited too. There was no internet, no message boards, no sports sites, no sports-talk radio stations. When OU played, you had the OU radio post game show. That was it. Starved for information, you had to wait until Sunday morning to read about it in the Sunday Oklahoman. There would be 2 or 3 articles I’d read over and over.

On Sunday night, I’d faithfully watch the OU Playback Show on TV, highlighting the plays and comments from the head coach. That is it. No YouTube, no Twitter, no ESPN. Just a one hour Sunday night local TV show. Didn’t have VCR’s yet, so you had to watch it live or not watch it at all.

In OKC, we had an early morning ‘Monday Morning Quarterback’ radio show on KTOK. That was Al Eschbach’s start in radio, and the start of what became sports talk radio in Oklahoma. That was about 1980.

The only other information was when I got to work, I'd talk with the guys about the game.

Then in 1984, the SCOTUS ruled in favor of OU in “NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma”. That changed college football forever. The CFB world can thank OU and UGA . I know that you know all of this @Plainosooner. I'll be 66. Your memories go back further than mine.

Now we have a glut of games and news sources available on the internet, TV and radio. One of the best new ones is the selloutcrowd.com site. This is great for OU info. You can read game analysis just minutes after the final play. The KREF app on my phone is excellent too. Great OU coverage all day long. We are spoiled now. We can read and watch videos to our heart’s desire... "....then go mow the lawn" as John Brooks used to say.

 

[Rob Lewis_rivals]

Following OU football while living in Houston in the late 1950's was, for me, having to read about games in Sunday papers and attending the 1958 and 1959 OU-Texas games.
In New Jersey from 1960-67, my grandparents in Oklahoma sent me the sports pages from the Sunday Oklahoman after every game, and I attended the 1961 OU-Army game in Yankee Stadium and the 1964 OU-Maryland (at Maryland).
Then I attended OU in the fall of 1968 until after the 1970 season.
Living in Houston from 1969-1986, I had radio coverage and the Barry Switzer playback shows plus the 2-3 games on TV..... and I attended the 1971 and 1975 OU-Texas games, the 1971 Kansas game. the 1972 Oregon game, the 1974 Baylor game, the 1975 OSU game in Stillwater and the 1980 Stanford game.
I have seen most OU games starting sometime around the early 1990's. Now I see them all even living in Gettysburg.
Saturday's win over Texas was an iconic win and a much needed win for OU. Never enjoyed a win as much as this one....especially after watching McConaughey and Sarkisian playing tonsil hockey on the field before the game.

 

[Raysor]

But the greatest thing sites like this have done for us as fans, is provide us with great recruiting info. I used to crave it. About all we could get in Plano, was three things. Texas Football Magazine in the pre season, which was often about favorint the local colleges. And then on signing day, you might get a tiny bit of info on the radio that evening.

Then the next day, there was minimal, but treasured coverage in the two Dallas newspapers. When I first saw Rivals site in 1999, it was like heaven. And then whatever site James Hale was part of had some stuff too. That may have been a precursor to this one. And this industry has grown like crazy, because fans love it. Having daily info about OUr team, from staff and other posters is great. Love having ya'll to share this passion with.