Our finest hour. Well, finest 2 hours and 20 minutes. It was a bitterly cold day in Chicago, and a transformer at the Sears Tower blew out, losing the feed for one of the UHF stations that was carrying the game. But my friend Joe in Schaumburg had ESPN (kind of rare in those days), and we were able to watch it. A great end to a great season. Fullback Lou Wicks, playing in his final game, earned MVP honors. Should be a fun watch.
I was not following the program regularly back then but I stumbled accross the broadcast while visiting my in-laws in Central Ohio. I was fortunate to discover that it was on that day and to see the entire game. I did not really start following the program again until the Joe Novak years and when the radio broadcasts becam available on the internet. I have not missed hearing or seeing a game in several years now and I try to get to a couple of games in person each year.
thanx for link: great fun to watch what has never been available to me previously.
I too recall having original transmission frozen out and being oh so pissed.
Kinda surprised the quality of the broadcast from the dark ages of technology was not all that bad.
The very next year during summer I attended after saving $ for the 84 Olypmics in LA so was too broke to also attend the game in person having two little ones under age 8.
Was the game played at Fresno State stadium which is more in Northern Calif, right?
Where in Calif is Fullerton in relationship to bowl site?
I fast forwarded many parts of the video & likely missed answers to my Qs.
A shame that Titan football had such a short run ending in 1992.
(This post was last modified: 02-25-2011 12:02 PM by cyberdawg.)
(02-25-2011 12:01 PM)cyberdawg Wrote: thanx for link: great fun to watch what has never been available to me previously.
I too recall having original transmission frozen out and being oh so pissed.
Kinda surprised the quality of the broadcast from the dark ages of technology was not all that bad.
The very next year during summer I attended after saving $ for the 84 Olypmics in LA so was too broke to also attend the game in person having two little ones under age 8.
Was the game played at Fresno State stadium which is more in Northern Calif, right?
Where in Calif is Fullerton in relationship to bowl site?
I fast forwarded many parts of the video & likely missed answers to my Qs.
A shame that Titan football had such a short run ending in 1992.
Fullerton is in Orange County in Southern California.
I watched the game at my sister's house because she had cable and ESPN, which was not the norm in 1983. It was those watching on channel 50 which telecast the game locally that were impacted by the transmitter freezing.
I learned the following from internet search after my above post # 8.
MAC schools won four (including NIU vs Fullerton) and lost seven of the California Bowls played in Fresno State's Bulldog Stadium.
Three other winners were Toledo, BGSU and................................ EMU. How about THAT!
Losers were CMU, WMU, BSU, UT*, MiamiO and BGSU 2x.
* UT lost the game but was awarded the W when UNLV players were later ruled ineligible to play in previous games played.
Game was moved and became the Las Vegas Bowl in 1992. Same game was also often referred to as California Raisin Bowl some years.
(This post was last modified: 02-25-2011 01:35 PM by cyberdawg.)
(02-25-2011 01:23 PM)cyberdawg Wrote: I learned the following from internet search after my above post # 8.
MAC schools won four (including NIU vs Fullerton) and lost seven of the California Bowls played in Fresno State's Bulldog Stadium.
Three other winners were Toledo, BGSU and................................ EMU. How about THAT!
Losers were CMU, WMU, BSU, UT*, MiamiO and BGSU 2x.
* UT lost the game but was awarded the W when UNLV players were later ruled ineligible to play in previous games played.
Game was moved and became the Las Vegas Bowl in 1992. Same game was also often referred to as California Raisin Bowl some years.
I was at the game and if you did not know, the Fullerton QB, is marcu Allen's brother
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The 1983 California Bowl in its Entirety
