Man, I must be really old and senile because I sure don’t remember not watching that game live. Grew up in Springdale, either watched the games there or at cousins outside of NewKen. Surely that had to be considered Pittsburgh viewing area back then.
It actually sucks that it will ruin the festivities, I feel bad for him and his family, RIP Franco. And for all of you making jokes about this guy dying, and at the same time thinking inside your head that you are somehow better than "enabler Nitters" you obviously aren't, cracking jokes about a guy dying, and for some of you, and me included, Franco was the author of a lot of the iconic sports moments of our childhoods, and I was never going to hate him because he didn't hate his college coach.
A guy dies and you want to make a joke out of it? You're NOT AT ALL BETTER than any "Enabler Nitter"
Yup, I remember being at a tailgate party before a Steelers game and he was just walking by, we all kind of blurted out "Franco" and he actually stopped and talked to us for a few minutes, it was very cool. I saw him multiple times walking through the parking lot before games, like an average schmuck, not showing up in a limo and entering through the VIP entrance, although I'm sure he probably sat up in some luxury box with The Rooneys or something.
The blackout was at least 50 miles from 3 rivers no way did you watch that in mew ken
lighten up, you sound like a baby. plus, you are always the one telling us how you shouldnt hold these pro athletes up and shouldnt care about what happens to them off the field.
He likely doesn’t think we should hold them up because they’re no different than our next door neighbor, and I wouldn’t take shots at my neighbor if he passed. Just the way I see it.
I don't care what happens to them off the field, like I didn't care that Franco supported JoePa, just saying, when a guy dies, is not the time I'm going to sh!t on him.
There was a neighborhood guy, lived near me, I won't go into why, but this guy caused my daughter problems, then he died at age 22, ODed, he was a major A-Hole, even when he died, I didn't celebrate, although I had reason to. And someone "enabling JoePa", is not a reason to rip on a guy who just died.
it's a very small amount of disgruntled pitt fans. 99.999% of the city is in mourning today.. I just heard Ron cook in tears on the radio.. i wont be surprised if they announce a "Franco Harris" day here soon..
Trust me, I'm not in tears, I didn't even know the guy really, just kind of a respect for the recently deceased. And you can hate that he didn't turn on his former coach if you want, or that maybe he tried to personally profit at the expense of the Pens (I'd do that stuff too most likely), but he wasn't Hitler or Pol Pot. And it does kind of suck that his death ruins the mood around the big game where he was to be honored. Didn't Myron die just a short time after he was honored? I think I was at the game where they honored Myron? 2005 vs. the Ravens I believe?
maybe he heard about how cold it was gonna be on saturday night and didnt want to deal with that windchill.
never understood that knock on him. running out of bounds. such a stupid insult. he is 2nd leading rusher in post season history and when he retired, was i think 3rd in career rushing yards..
what a stupid ass idea by the nfl. i get the "not sold out so black out games" back in the day and even that was short sighted. But why in the world were the sold out playoff games blacked out?
An all too poignant reminder to us all that in the game of life no matter how many yards you rush for or how many TDs you score we will all eventually run out of bounds in the end...
Steelers Hall-of-Famer Franco Harris dead at 72
Pittsburgh Steelers Hall-of-Famer Franco Harris has died at the age of 72, just days before the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception.www.wtae.com
If the TV blackout rule was the same as it is nowadays, then why in the world were people getting hotels in Youngstown to watch the game? Why wouldn't you just buy a ticket and go in-person?
blackout rules not the same today...guessing the assumption was that the game was going to be a sellout in the 72 hours prior to the game (small amount of tickets available) and it was not but was by kickoff (no tickets to buy as you suggest) thus the exodus to non blackout areas...
You probably watched it on WTAJ out of Johnstown like many in the PGH area (like my parents in Indiana. PA). Only a very small number of households couldn't see it. Many saw it from stations just outside the blackout zone.
WTAJ is a CBS station out of Altoona...The game would have been on WJAC which was the NBC affiliate in Johnstown....
The 72 hour rule didn’t start until 1973, up until then home games were blacked out no matter what. Washington having their home games blacked out in 1972 got everyone in DC talking about the NFL’s anti-trust exemption, that’s why the league changed the rule.
Gotcha, I can't believe I got that as close as I did given the 20-plus years since I grew up watching those stations.
You didn’t. I grew up near johnstown and it was not on. Amazing how the influence of other factors can convince people they saw it.
WTAJ id Altoona and would not have carried it. WJAC did not carry it as the Johnstown NBC affiliate.
