The BIZARRE DRAMA Between CBS and the Dallas Cowboys (1979)

Did you know that an NFL game will typically run three hours? Well, for some inexplicable reason, CBS did not realize this, and in 1979, they paid a pretty hefty price for it. In 1979, CBS decided to air a doubleheader that was so stupid that Dallas Cowboys fans in Wichita Falls, Texas, just outside of Dallas, would be unable to watch their team play against the Minnesota Vikings in the game's entirety. This is the story behind the drama and the controversial scheduling decision on CBS' part
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[@Hodaggium]

The collective IQs of the CBS execs was lower than if you spiked the ball into the ground on every single play.

[@chadwickwhite6107]

So are the Dallas Cowboys

[@j.killgore4061]

@@chadwickwhite6107 ?

[@wynnexed]

Lol

[@aaronsacks470]

@@chadwickwhite6107 and their fans

[@altfactor]

Or spiked Nielsen ratings books into the ground during every commercial break.

[@inwalters]

2:01 - 2:07 apparently Wichita Falls is also a city where time backwards runs

[@DMS-pq8]

Might explain why summers here seem to last so long

[@johnmanier7968]

The irony is that CBS was so fixated on Dallas in that era, it became known as the Cowboys Broadcasting System. They seemed to be the 4 pm game whenever CBS had the doubleheader, even if they were playing a clearly inferior opponent. Pat Summerall seemed to spend most of his time in the Metroplex, and ended up moving there full-time. It’s stunning that CBS got in anybody’s way of watching the Cowboys-especially in North Texas of all places.

[@keithantigiovanni2794]

Terry O Neill from CBS wrote about that basically saying Cowboys were the only national team CBS had that time . Everyone else was regional or not very good ratings wise while AFC was loaded with national teams at the time

[@rog9601]

It was great back then.....

[@darrenbills7401]

America's Team

[@billtooke6642]

Baltimore was the last holdout of the 2 PM ET start times. That Blue Law was dropped by 1983 as a last ditch effort to prevent the Colts from leaving Of course, that didn't happen

[@yakamarezlife]

Yeap damn indy stole our colts like a thef in the night

[@matthewdaley746]

After, three straight Playoff losses, from, 1975-1977, the team moving out of town was pretty much inevitable, period, no doubt.

[@matthewdaley746]

@tony gilbert Eminent Domain, was moronic.

[@pronkb000]

@@matthewdaley746 I don't see what playoff losses really had to do with moving 6 years later. I would think missing the playoffs for 6 straight years would have more to do with moving than making the playoffs and losing. Lots of teams had playoff droughts in the '70s, considering how dominated the decade was by the Steelers, Raiders, Vikings, Cowboys, and Rams. You didn't see the Bears, Lions, Packers, Chargers, Browns, Bengals, Bills, et al moving. The Colts had more success than all of those teams despite their loony-toon owner.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@pronkb000 It was, A, Domino Effect, much, like, when the Oilers blew those Playoff Games, to, the, Broncos, Bills, and, Chiefs, in three straight years, Bud Adams had enough, the revenue he put into the Oilers wasn't seeing results, "Ghost, To, The, Post," was the worst, considering, how, the Raiders, did, everything, but, lose, Bert Jones gets injured, and, even worse, the beginning of the Joe Gibbs era, it all adds up, alas.

[@DMS-pq8]

Wichita Falls native here, Thanks for the well done video

[@pearjam21]

I’m from Wichita Falls, and I remember this. My dad was furious as we watched the Cowboys religiously. I can also confirm we do ride our motorcycles backwards here!

[@garycrites1949]

“Obviously, Wichita Falls does not have an NFL team. They also don’t have any team in the ‘big 4’; they’re way too small for that. But as evidenced at the 2:03 mark of this video, they do have the distinction of being the only town in America where people drive motorcycles and pickup trucks backwards.”

[@jsivco3sivco785]

I remember when televised NFL games would sometimes be over in 2 hours and 45 minutes, more or less. But today, games are LOADED with commercials, so that even a 3-hour game is becoming rare!

[@bobscott2429]

At the beginning of a 1972 NFL Films show, "A Glorious Game," narrator John Facenda says, "On Sunday, the game comes alive.....Pro Football, the game for the ear and the eye.....a two-and-a-half-hour carnival of color, sound, and action."

[@mfdixon1985]

In 2001, I went to a 49ers-Dolphins game in December with a 1:07 pacific start. Normally with November and December games, it was near dark by the time we got to our car and pitch dark by the time we got home (which was about a 60-90 minute drive, depending on traffic). This game was quick enough that it was still light out for most of the drive home. It wouldn't surprise me if you told me that no NFL game since then has been faster. Just looked, it was 2 hours and 36 minutes.

[@johnmanier7968]

Here’s an idea for a future video: In Week 13 1970, CBS had a Saturday national telecast of Dallas at Cleveland-but it couldn’t be aired **in Dallas** because there was a college football game in Arlington Stadium (future home of the Rangers), and the law prohibited airing NFL games within a 75-mile radius of a college game. Worse still, the same thing happened in Week 13 1971, when a Saturday Dolphins at Colts national telecast on NBC was blacked out **in Miami.** Compounding that stupidity, the game was originally scheduled for Miami, with the teams’ Week 10 meeting at Baltimore, until the NFL and the Dolphins were reminded that **the Orange Bowl was already booked for a college game that day.** Perhaps the NFL assumed it could just bulldoze the HBCUs involved in that game into moving it, but they refused, so the sites for the Colts-Dolphins games were flipped. Those teams ended up playing in the AFC Championship at Miami-their 3rd meeting of the season, with zero being televised in Miami.

[@kevingreen2400]

JG9 should do videos on these...I would love to hear the full background and context on

[@Bruce12867]

The NFL finally got wise in 1982 and got rid of the 2:00 ET starts for games (except Baltimore which had to start their home game at no earlier than 2:00 ET because of since-repealed blue laws). However, many Central Time Zone games prior to 1982 were scheduled to kick off at Noon CT to stay within the three hour window of the early games, particularly if that game was being aired in a large portion of the Eastern Time Zone (not sure if this was the case for Cardinals vs. Oilers). When the Colts moved to Indianapolis, that ended any 2:00 ET starts for games. Interestingly enough, the Seahawks at 49ers game in San Francisco that week was permitted to kick off at 2:00 PT because it was only going to be broadcast in select markets in the Pacific Time Zone.

[@matthewdaley746]

Funny story, that, long-delayed, mall amusement park near, The, Meadowlands, happened to be located in the only county in New Jersey, (Bergen), that still has blue laws, so, every Sunday, everything is closed in the mall, except, for, the, amusement park, and, theaters, I saw, The, Karate Kid, back in those days, at, Greenbrier Mall, in, Chesapeake, Virginia, after, Mass, the security gates, were, down on everything, except, the, theaters.

[@johnmanier7968]

NBC was scheduled to air Game 5 of the NLCS on Sunday at 1 pm ET/10 am PT, so scheduling Seattle-SF for 2 pm PT significantly reduced the chances of the baseball game running into the football game. This ended up being a non-issue when Pittsburgh swept Cincinnati in the NLCS in 3 games. It was the only time I recall a Sunday regular season regional game starting at 5 pm ET since the merger.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@johnmanier7968 OT, but, the 1979 Pirates, were, lucky, the Reds dumped, Tony Perez, Pete Rose, and, Sparky Anderson, they fell off of a cliff until the 1990s, the Reds had bad luck in 1981, before, exacting the final revenge in 1990.

[@20thCY]

The fact that NFL Network also did this recently with Ravens vs. Eagles being a 2 hour timeslot 🤦‍♂️

[@effend446]

You think that CBS would have learned that a football game will last at least three-to-four hours long. NBC learned that the hard way in 1968.

[@TimmyTickle]

Actually, in 1968 the average run time for a football game was just under 2 hours 45 minutes (mostly because there were more running plays back then) That Jets-Raiders game just happened to run unusually long for that time

[@jackspickphone6656]

I remember this game. I was 13, living in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. The Vikings are my favorite team, and I watched the halftime show. The Vikings had Fran Tarkenton on the field for a presentation, honoring him. He had retired the preceding spring.

[@TheCollierjr]

Cuyahoga Falls? That is where my dad is from. We liked going to the municipal stadium. I am a Paul Brown and Blanton Collier disciple. I coach High school football.

[@bullinmd]

I grew up in Waco, TX which covered both Dallas and Houston. The only consolation would likely be having a decent TV antenna to reach D/FW stations.

[@chadwickwhite6107]

Waco Texas? How is David Koresh doing these days? Lol

[@matthewdaley746]

Ecstatic you were flexible.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@chadwickwhite6107 He's in Hell, with, his, "Brother-In-Arms," Timothy McVeigh, no matter your opinion, of, the government, and/or, their policies, the actions that, both, of, these men took, were reprehensible, they were, both, murderous terrorists, simple as that.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Used to get every Raiders late game joined in progress as a fan growing up in Fresno. Sometimes, it wouldn't be until early 2nd quarter. It was ridiculous.

[@marcus813]

CBS clearly didn't think this one through. It was as if CBS didn't know that the Wichita Falls DMA was a very Cowboy area. That would be like if NBC pulled a stunt such as this with a Patriots game in, say, Hartford/New Haven.

[@goldosprey]

Think more Providence than New Haven, New Haven is half way.

[@marcus813]

@@goldosprey I avoided mentioning Providence due to the ability to pick up Greater Boston's stations from there because of being much closer to there than Dallas is to Wichita Falls.

[@goldosprey]

@@marcus813 Guess so.

[@mrmoose6619]

They would make sure that the Giants were not playing an AFC team at the same time as the Pats since there is a huge Giants Fandom in Connecticut and to a lesser extent Rhode Island... especially back in the blackout era. Lots of Giants fans went to New Haven back then to watch games.

[@RicoBurghFan]

Your stuff is so well researched and in depth. Very impressive, your content needs to be pushed out to more people. You need at least 100k subscribers for real.

[@mcprblx5689]

Lol CBS always find a way to get into argument with either another team or another broadcasting network.

[@wyattmann8157]

“North Texas? More like south Oklahoma!” - Hank Hill

[@theangrycowb0y]

I am never bored by your content.

[@williambrown3458]

At the 2:00 mark, film ran backwards. LOL!!!

[@CTubeMan]

Tribute to Yoda?

[@bobscott2429]

Maybe it was from their Driver's Ed classes?

[@dragonkingsports]

Wow, you hardly ever see old footage with Cowboys in their dark uniforms.

[@harrymann5523]

Back in 1979 the Colts, Chiefs, Oilers, Bears, and sometimes the Cowboys played at 2pm. Another footnote, that week NBC did not had a 1pm kickoff. They had games at 4pm, and one Seahawks vs 49ers that had a 5pm kickoff.

[@arus64]

I remember this past season my high school had a football game that started at 7:10 and ended at like 8:40 something like that

[@paulanderson6634]

These were the same CBS execs who tape delayed the NBA Finals in those days too. So I'd say this was par for the course for them.

[@altfactor]

Weeknight games of the NBA finals were out on tape delay, but they did air the games live in the two cities whose teams were playing As an example, Games 1, 2, and 5 of the 1971 NBA finals between Boston and Houston (played on weeknights) were shown live in those two cities, but on a 3-1/2 hour delay in the rest of the Eastern and Central time zones, a 4-1/2 hour delay in the Mountain time zone, and a whopping 6-1/2 hour delay on the West Coast (Games 3 and 4 were on Saturday and Sunday afternoons respectively, and did air live across the network. If my memory serves me correct, Game 6 in Houston was shown live throughout the network because of complaints CBS got concerning the delayed telecasts if Games 1, 2, and 5. But even still, CBS insisted on the 10:05 P.M. EDT tip off (9:05 local in Houston) to minimize damage to have it's prime-time ratings, only one hour of prime-time (in the East) would be affected. In 1981, the NBA was nowhere near as popular as it us today. In fact, there was legitimate speculation that when CBS's contract to carry the NBA ended that the league might lose national TV coverage. But then came Bird and Magic, followed by Michael.

[@altfactor]

Typo! I meant the 1981 finals.

[@WaltGekko]

The tape delay of the NBA Finals in 1981 had to do with the fact I believe a year earlier in 1980, Nielsen had changed around the "sweeps" periods due to the growth of the NCAA Tournament causing NBC (which had the NCAA Tournament prior to 1982) to air those more in full and coupled with local pre-emptions for conference and NCAA Tournament games during March (this was long before cable took over a lot of that) led to what had been the "March Sweeps" being abolished and replaced by new "sweeps" period in February and May (the "sweeps" were in March, July and November prior to 1980 I believe, the latter two still exist). The station managers of CBS affiliates in a lot of cities said they would not show NBA playoff games in prime time because they were hurting the ratings for late local news and there was fear of losing viewers to other stations. That was why the only live games on CBS were those that started at 11:30 PM ET (even if it meant in Phoenix and Denver a game started at 9:30 PM local time). The NBA realized this and a year later pushed the start of the season back three weeks so the Finals would occur after the "May Sweeps" ended.

[@WaltGekko]

@@matthewdaley746 That is true, but it was more a by-product of a change in the "sweeps" periods by Nielsen as what had been the "March Sweeps" were moved up to February because of the growth of college basketball (to where network affiliates often pre-empted regular programming for conference and NCAA Tournament games as NBC, which had the tournament prior to 1982 didn't air nearly as many games as is done now). A new "sweeps" period was created in May because otherwise, the next such period was not until July (which is still a "sweeps" month albeit the least important). CBS affiliates were refusing to air NBA playoff games, including the finals in prime time fearing losing viewers to other stations, especially for late local news. That was why that happened and why the NBA in 1981-'82 moved back the regular season three weeks to remedy this.

[@tmntbiche8487]

Shoutout to my hometown. Wasn’t expecting that!

[@Seanpatf66]

Those people in Wichita Falls missed the awesome strategy of Two Minute Tommy Kramer. He spiked the ball to the ground on every play in the 1st Quarter.

[@CTubeMan]

I remember in 1994 My Beloved Seahawks had to start the year playing at Husky Stadium because their normal home, the Kingdome, had tiles fall from the ceiling during the baseball season. One of the Seahawks games that was played in Husky Stadium started at 3 PT since there was a graduation ceremony that was taking place at the Stadium earlier in the day. This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about Super Bowl 8, when the Vikings wanted to switch practice facilities, and the NFL gave them the same treatment CBS gave its Wichita Falls affiliate.

[@leogetz3570]

That's interesting..... so, it looks like they played the Steelers. Imagine having to wait until 6pm in Pittsburgh to watch that game!!

[@pronkb000]

I remember that--I was SO confused at tuning into NFL PrimeTime and seeing Berman give us a halftime score update. Didn't figure out why until decades later.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@pronkb000 There was a Seattle Supersonics Game, possibly, in the Playoffs, that got delayed because of a power failure, they, won, their, only Championship, because the, Celtics chose an aging John Havlicek, over, Paul Silas, but, returned the favor, by, trading, Finals, MVP, Dennis Johnson, back to the Celtics, they, also, traded a draft pick, (that turned out to be Scottie Pippen), for, the disreputable Olden Polynice, thanks to Clay Bennett, nobody remembers those, ill-advised, trades, today, period, what a shame.

[@CTubeMan]

@@matthewdaley746 The Sonics actually traded Dennis Johnson to Phoenix in 1980 for former Celtics Guard Paul Westphal. The Suns then traded DJ to Boston for Rick Robey.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@CTubeMan Whoops, stupid, transaction, nonetheless.

[@mrmoose6619]

5:11 wait... Steelers-Raiders rivalry so ugly that the US Court System had to get involved... and no click on the upper right corner?? Tell me this is a Future JG9 video.

[@mike7050-u2d]

Raider Atkinson sued Steeler Coach Chuck Noll for slander, for calling the Raiders DB a "criminal element", so the case went up through the courts system.

[@JayTemple]

The people who put classic games (in any of the big four, really) on cable channels think you cam play a game in 2 hours.

[@Musicradio77Network]

WCBS-TV (channel 2) in NYC either did aired the Dallas Cowboys game, but not in Wichita Falls. If not, they showed the Giants game instead of the Cowboys.

[@colonelrobertsjr.7882]

Can you do a video on how the Raiders used San Antonio for leverage in Las Vegas?

[@leogetz3570]

The distance was the issue, and still is today. Almost 150 miles as being "just outside" is a bit of a stretch. Some perspective, living in a suburb of Indianapolis, I am about 100 miles from Cincinnati. Let's say the Colts are scheduled on Monday night, or played on the Thursday night prior, or have a bye week, but the Bengals may be playing the Steelers. In Indy, we may not get the Bengals game, even though we are relatively close (closer than Wichita Falls to Dallas). The flip side of this is that the NFL learned from it's mistake about staggered scheduling. Remember, it was just several years before this that home games were blacked out no matter what, even if the game was sold out!! So, it seemed that television was still a bit of a learning curve in the 70's for the league

[@GolfhausYT]

@Chris Smith Also, as the saying goes, "Everything's bigger in Texas." There are plenty of people here who would consider Wichita Falls to be an extended part of the Metroplex.

[@johnflesner8086]

Joining a game in progress and not know what's going on.....? Did CBS not show the score board?

[@wxman5401]

this happened to us in Houston that week as well. Back then there was a massive Cowboys fanbase in Houston as well as the very great fanbase of the Oilers in the Luv Ya Blue era. We Cowboys fans in the Houston market did not see the first half of the game in Bloomington.

[@joerules829]

Wichita Falls is two hours from Dallas. It’s farther than Waco. So “just outside” is a bit of a stretch.

[@matthewdaley746]

Yeah, well, truly, it's over 200 miles from Calgary to Edmonton, but, by Canadian standards, those two cities, are, next-door.

[@marcus813]

That would be like saying that Daytona Beach and Gainesville are just outside Tampa. Each city is at least a 2-hour drive from Tampa.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@marcus813 Possibly, it's actually relative.

[@DMS-pq8]

Two hours now that you can do 80mph Back in the 55 days it was closer to three

[@matthewdaley746]

@@DMS-pq8 Enforcement is what matters.

[@diamonddog13]

How did the ref not see the face mask at 4:50?

[@kevingreen2400]

Did anyone notice that the first Wichita Falls video was backwards?

[@RicoBurghFan]

I had to google blue laws. Was this the 19th century? LMAO 😂

[@CTubeMan]

Also, based on your video card I have to ask, “HOW STUPID WERE THEY?!”

[@ecembrew]

Maybe it's me.... but the Benny Barnes link wasn't on the screen

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

That's odd. Popped up on my monitor. Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2nJdauEj9R1q5o

[@trekfortruth2841]

I pity any of the connected network execs that are still alive for these videos ;-)

[@orbyfan]

Maybe whoever made that decision was confusing Wichita Falls, Texas with Wichita, Kansas.

[@MudRogue]

I am old, I remember Tony Dorsett back at Pitt

[@royveteto4134]

after all the repeated controversies with nbc [heidi, willie wonka, etc] i guess cbs was due to have 1

[@altfactor]

Wichita Falls is probably also Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars, and Dallas Mavericks country as well as Dallas Cowboys country.

[@Ynkno]

What is this ball spiking ground thing?

[@johnmanier7968]

As you note, 1 pm Central Time starts were still a thing in 1979. But they were gradually becoming less of a thing before being eliminated by 1984 (and everywhere except Baltimore by 1982). There wasn’t much of a problem with 1 CT starts if the network showing that game didn’t have the doubleheader. But it sucked when they did, as you not only were shorted on Game 2, but you also got one hour less of football overall. Because of this, 1 pm CT games were increasingly less common on networks with doubleheaders. A great example was Week 14 1977. NBC had the DH, with two critical games that would help decide divisional races-Bengals-Oilers and Patriots-Colts. Both would’ve been 2 ET/1 CT starts in normal circumstances (Denver-Dallas was the anticipated 4 ET featured game but became a surprisingly meaningless Super Bowl preview). Due to the stakes and Baltimore’s blue law, Cincinnati-Houston started at noon CT and NE-Baltimore at 4 ET. That makes it mystifying that Cardinals-Oilers started at 1 CT rather than noon CT. I’m just not sure who’s most responsible for that particular aspect of this fiasco-CBS, the NFL, or even the Oilers (as fans attending the game presumably preferred a 1 pm start to a noon start). CBS had no real choice but to air Washington-Philadelphia (or another noon CT game) in Dallas, because they were contractually required to start airing Cowboys-Vikings at 3 CT no matter what, which probably would’ve meant cutting away from Cardinals-Oilers in the 3rd quarter. But Wichita Falls is a secondary market, so the NFL and CBS took the greedy, stupid route.

[@matthewdaley746]

Money dictates everything, again.

[@jackmessick2869]

I still don't see why CBS caved to the Dallas station but not the Wichita Falls station. "It was too late to change"??? In the end, it sounds like they saw the better game in its entirety. Wonder how the Wash-Phila game that Dallas saw first went?

[@reidcraig3739]

I actually officiated a high school game that finished under 2 hours in Indiana. Game started at 7:30 pm and it was raining with a slick and muddy field. One team ran a spread, while the other ran a wing T offense up the middle each play. The spread only did short pass not more than 5 yards. The wing T team won 34-14 I believe. It also helped that they shortened halftime by 3 minutes due to the marching band not performing.

[@shanetrimble9265]

I'm from Indiana. Do you remember which schools played?

[@reidcraig3739]

@@shanetrimble9265 I think it was North Vermilion and Linton. Vermilion I believe went to state that year and lost to Jack Kaiser who won Mr. Football and is playing at Notre Dame. That mud bowl was there only lost in the regular season.

[@shanetrimble9265]

@@reidcraig3739 Cool. My son played for Owen Valley. Graduated in 2016. I dont think he played those teams in football but he did in baseball and basketball. Those places are really close to me. Kiser is a good ballplayer.

[@reidcraig3739]

@@shanetrimble9265 I’m about year behind him, graduated Pike Central in 2017

[@shanetrimble9265]

@@reidcraig3739 Cool i know that school too.

[@connorjordan3551]

The old blackout rules may have played a part in this. They used to black out games on any TV station within 90 miles of the stadium. So Wichita falls got the benefit of always getting games regardless of the Cowboys ticket sales.

[@royveteto4134]

after seeing this i couldn't help but think ; in markets with 2 teams [ new york and los angeles] do the residents of those markets get to see both teams each sunday

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Yes they do

[@TimmyTickle]

The NFL tends to make sure that the Giants and Jets, or Rams and Chargers, don’t play at the same time unless they’re playing against each other (ditto for the 49ers and Raiders when they shared the Bay Area)

[@mrmoose6619]

Until recently, Giants and Jets were the only games in the doubleheader in NYC market.

[@TheCollierjr]

Minnesota and Dallas did not hate each other. They didn't play as much as the Rams and Vikings. The Redskins and Cowcowboys were the bitterest rivalry followed by Raiders Steelers. Besides, Bud Grant and Tom Landry had much in the way of respect for each other.

[@markellzey1531]

2:01 I didn't know they drove backwards in Wichita Falls.

[@carljacobs1260]

The "Hail Mary" is definitely famous. Heck, it even became an established part of the NFL lexicon. Don't pay any attention to Vikings fans and their whiny nonsense about offensive pass interference.

[@matthewdaley746]

No, pay attention to Drew Pearson admitting on his, AFL, episode that he committed another penalty that wasn't called, I don't remember exactly, but, I suspect that it was offsides.

[@stevenbauer4799]

pearson pushed off of nate wright. plus the ref that should have made the call was hit in the head by a beer bottle a dumb ass vike fan threw.

[@orbyfan]

@@stevenbauer4799 That bottle making a direct hit on Armen Terzian's noggin was a more miraculous completion than the Hail Mary.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@orbyfan yep it was perfect execution.

[@bobscott2429]

@@orbyfan The same Armen Terzian who, in an NFL Films follies show, was the (verbal) target of then-Chiefs Head Coach Marv Levy's wrath when Marv yelled, "Hey, Armen! You over-officious jerk!!"

[@ThePrufessa]

1:35 "more than 40 years later..." You "still" can't figure it out? This would imply that you were alive when this happened. So you've been contemplating this decision for more than 40 years?! Are you even 40 years old?! You sound like you're 15 years old!!!

[@lutherjennings6565]

When the Colts were in Baltimore! They had a Blue Law where they could not start a game until 2PM! It threw off a network who had the Double Header! In 1978 week 3. The Washington Redskins and St Louis Cardinals started their game 1PM Central time and CBS had the Double Header because they joined in the Cowboys Rams game 2nd Qtr! Its happen before!!!

[@altfactor]

Isn't Wichita Falls today considered a "secondary market" for the Dallas Cowboys, meaning that every Sunday afternoon regional telecast of Dallas games must be televised live and in its entirety?

[@DMS-pq8]

Don't know about must but we always get the Cowboys and the Olilers/Texans games shown here

[@markbrian7179]

Stupid people making stupid decisions, and the fans have to pay for those stupid decisions.

[@matthewdaley746]

In other headlines, we've just been told, somehow, water, is, in fact, wet, fascinating.

[@matthewdaley746]

@Chris Smith Crosses fingers rather intensely.

[@MarkAHoltz]

I don't have a list of 1979 television markets, but I'm fairly confident that DFW was a top 10 television market. Having said that, I'll use the 2021 television markets instead. DFW is currently a number 5 television market, while Houston is the number 8 television market. The top 25 television markets make up 50% of the television households. Wichita Falls-Lawton is the #149 television market, which is in the bottom 5% of television household. Green Bay could spike the ball and still have more television households than Wichita Falls. In addition, Wichita Falls is in the western half of the United States which has 20% of the US population. So, yeah, the affiliates are at the mercy of the networks.

[@matthewdaley746]

Speaking of which, you really want to know, how, many U.S. cities have larger populations, than, Houston, three, New York City, Los Angeles, and, Chicago, but, let's be real here, when was the last time you heard about it in a, non-sports, related connotation, that concert disaster, it's a huge city that gets ignored even in its own state, it's truly an anonymous titan.

[@Staceyatkinson4496]

Didn't you do a video about the bears v dallas, can't remember why, it was a good video though, think it was about journalist and the bears

[@TheSonicsean]

True, but IIRC that was in the mid 80s.

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Yep: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6LUiXyhoamWb8U

[@THE-michaelmyers]

I'm not defending CBS. The thing is those rights to the games are sold to the networks under the stipulations of the contracts. It is these NFL contracts that define a "market"! I don't know the specifics of that day, but if that first game was a national game and the Dallas game was not then the CBS affiliate in Witcha Falls might well have had to follow that contract. Again, I am not attempting to defend anybody! Does anybody remember how an NFL game got blacked out in their home market if the game did not sell so many tickets? I do! I suggest that before attacking CBS as stupid to see if you can get the rules about coverage that were part of that contract!

[@nellgwenn]

Not so bad. In the 70's there was an important game between the Steelers and the Raiders. It had playoff implications. And the game was advertised all week long. Watch this game, don't miss this important game. You saw it all week long. It was an early game 11:00AM in Phoenix. Even before the game started there were advertisements before the game started. Needless to say, at 11:00AM the station didn't play a Cowboys game, or any other game. It played some stupid family movie. I'm sure they did that because the station manager was a Cowboys fan, and I guess they weren't playing that day or time. There were calls but I can't remember what the outcome was. And there was a lot of Steeler fans in Phoenix believe it or not. At least Wichita Falls got to see part of the game.

[@salvadorvela8146]

yeah but if the game wasn't on TV you could always catch the radio broadcast.

[@kadeemneal9416]

Can you do some Carolina Panthers history

[@charleswilliamsjr]

Did Wichita falls aired the DALLAS COWBOYS game!

[@wyattmann8157]

2:02 Benjamin Button was from Wichita Falls…

[@diaz5292]

This happens all the time to me, specifically for 2 main reasons. One, I don't own a TV. And two, because I don't watch NFL football games anymore...lol

[@orangelab6846]

Me, too. This channel is all the football I watch. Solid stuff.

[@ianward3647]

hey jaguar gator 9, who's your favorite team

[@okolo22000]

I would (dangerously) assume it’s the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Florida Gators.

[@McConkey_Productions]

The Saints and Bulldogs

[@WiiFan20XX]

Ottawa roughriders

[@McConkey_Productions]

Mike wizowskis Moss

[@ThePrufessa]

The Detroit Lions obviously

[@brianarbenz1329]

What do you expect from a network which hires Jim “The Greek” Snyder?

[@Amber90125]

Spend way too much time of the background turn off

[@kibitznec700]

At least we didnt get to hear that 39.6 crap that has my huevos himchados.

[@danielbowden6330]

Look at how many tackles Paul Krause makes in the secondary against the Cowboys (around the 7 min mark). Like three in a row in the highlights. If he wasn't making interceptions, he was doing this and saving Minnesota's bacon. No wonder he is the hall!

[@matthewdaley746]

Yet, somehow, he only got in on a sympathy vote, after, his wife nearly died, that, never, happened, with, Jim Marshall's wife, you know the rest.

[@danielbowden6330]

@@matthewdaley746 Yeah, that's another one. These halls are so political. A few breaks here or there and the Vikings could have been America's Team.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@danielbowden6330 The Steelers, were, the worst, Lynn Swann, by the numbers alone, absolutely doesn't deserve enshrinement, but, without, him, John Stallworth doesn't get in, Jeff Bostic, and, Joe Jacoby, were, left out, despite, having careers that, were, slightly shorter, than, the combined lengths of, Dwight Stephenson, and, Jimbo Covert, only Russ Grimm represents, "The, Hogs."

[@The22ndDoctor]

You have good vids, but on occasion, you hyperbole is a little over the top. You really can't think of any reason CBS would schedule a Texas based team for viewing in a Texas town?

[@Salvatore1268]

Check out the video of the Cowboys fan that caught fire in the1977 nfc title game

[@gabemorrison9702]

At least the Cowboys fans got to see the important half of the game. But ya CBS is terrible

[@66edoug]

No, if you want to know more about the Raiders-Steelers rivalry in the upper right? 😉 The King of the Hill reference makes up for it.

[@matthewdaley746]

Calling that a rivalry makes about as much sense as calling, Canadiens-Bruins, a rivalry, until Ted Hendricks arrived, they repeatedly found ways to lose to them, and, once, they, were, done, winning, SBs, the Steelers kept losing to Raiders teams that, were, objectively, worse, than, the teams they had beaten.

[@66edoug]

@@matthewdaley746 Rivalries can be one-sided. Red Sox/Yankees for example. From basically the end of World War 1 to the early 21st century, New York dominated but both teams and their fans hated each other.

[@matthewdaley746]

@66edoug Brady-Manning, was another, until he actually held the edge in Playoff, head-to-head, wins, despite, winning, far, fewer, SBs, in total, strange, it was.

[@66edoug]

@@matthewdaley746 Yeah, and it was Brady/ Manning not Patriots/ Colts or Broncos.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@66edoug Captains of fleets, period.

[@diaz5292]

4:52 Obvious Face Mask noncall...lol

[@stevenbauer4799]

So what. nbc cut off jets/raiders afl title game because it ran past 7 pm to put on #kn 'heidi' once upon a time. And back then an nfl game usually would finish in about three hours. Now games run well past 3:20 or more thanks to commercials every other play plus challenges/instant replays-all the s#it nfl put in to drag games on as long as possible so they can maximize commercial time for profit.

[@fromthehaven94]

That is slightly a different issue.

[@rescuecaptainbob8564]

Does no one see the ENTIRE and only real problem here?? A Football game should only take 1hour and 15 minutes!!!! 15 x 4 = 60 plus halftime is 12 minutes........These games should never take 3 hours! So the bottom line here is in one football game we get 1 hour 45 minutes of commercials..........My point is TV is entirely too damn much commercials imagine your favorite movie or tv show taking almost 3 times as long to watch it!!! Now all that said why is that when live at a game its the fastest 3 hours you ever have in your life????

[@markhoezee6292]

It costs $$ to broadcast games. The networks don’t do games just to be nice. They need $$ from ads to help pay for rights. I agree there are way too many and games last way too long,but that’s just the way it is

[@Rockhound6165]

4:40 typical of the time. Blatant facemask, no flag.

[@DMS-pq8]

Back then if the head was still attached to the body it wasn't a penalty