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Message: [QUOTE="Orangeyes, post: 29618, member: 34"] For all of us, the real minority here, who grew up in a different time and place in SU sports history, our means of following the team we love has changed dramatically. Back then we didn't have the Internet, radio talk shows, coaches shows on both TV & radio or ESPN. [IMG]http://blog.syracuse.com/divots/2009/06/medium_120203_Burdick1.JPG[/IMG] We waited patiently for the morning Post Standard, the evening Herald Journal or the Sunday Herald American for tidbits and articles from [URL='http://www.syracusehalloffame.com/pages/inductees/1996/arnie_burdick.html']Arnie Burdick[/URL] and [URL='http://www.syracusehalloffame.com/pages/inductees/1994/bill_reddy.html']Bill Reddy[/URL]. On Monday Arnie used to talk to the Old Scout. It was a character he made up and together they would analyze the previous game and comment on next weeks opponent. [URL='http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/the-heritage-2011/146-the-heritage-2011/1836-old-school-arnie-burdick-the-tournaments-91-year-old-godfather']Here's an update[/URL] on what Arnie is up to these days. Then there were the great cartoons on Sunday's, for example there would be a three picture series of Floyd Little with dots showing his path to the goal line illustrating the blocks along the way. We didn't have At their request, this network is being blocked from this site. or Rivals for recruiting information, we had Tom Leo of the paper who would start putting up his graphs in January with occasional updates until signing day. We would eagerly watch the Friday night, black & white national highlight shows to hear a mention of Syracuse. I remember the thrill I felt when I heard our city's name mentioned on a national broadcast. There were the All American teams that were announced on either the Ed Sullivan or Bob Hope shows. Bob used to make a short quip on each honoree. (Here is a clip of [URL='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3p7c3mpCHQ']1982[/URL] & [URL='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WydftYRVZto&feature=related']1984[/URL] AP AA team, there is one of 1961 but couldn't find it) I remember getting the goose bumps and feeling so proud when Ernie Davis was introduced. Wow, I just got the goose bumps again. Right now the SUMB is playing on my screen getting me fired up for Saturday's contest with our most hated opponent. There are about seven windows open with football information I will be putting up for you in a moment or two. Never could I have imagined the wall-to-wall coverage of SU that we all have now. It's such a drug. PS If you ever get a chance, either subscribe to the Syracuse News Paper Archives or visit the main library and look at the old sports pages for SU articles. It's a real trip, well worth the taking. PPS While looking for an old highlight reel I came upon this gem [URL='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyt22Ag-XqQ']Here is case point number one on why we hate Notre Dame[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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