CBS NFL Today Open and Bump 1989

[domirules28]

cbs should go back to this theme for the nfl today and the bumpers between games...i like james brown, and company, but the current theme needs to go...

[noehsdad1]

Saints killed the cowboys that day!

[skinsman3]

Remember the pre game was only 30 mins???

[vitoduval]

01:37 No that is not Tony Romo

[vitoduval]

Before Jimmy Johnson threw Herschel Walker under the bus

[MrEbrewton]

Deion Sanders made his pro debut that day for the Falcons against the Rams and returned a punt for a TD, but the Falcons still lost. Man, Aikman, Barry and Deion all debuted on the same day

[troydawg47]

you are loooking live!!!!! old school baby.



[tapehead004]

Man I hate pre game shows now...Cant watch them at all

[paulsonj72]

This comes from opening day of the 1989 season. 

[netpropheting]

Not a stupid question at all. Perfectly legit. Brent would probably do all right as a pre-game host since the play by play details dont come into play. Plus, he has a very likeable personality.

[bakerandbaker1]

Yeah. If I could invite any two people out to dinner, I would probably invite Brent and, as a Sox fan, NESN Red Sox color commentator and former Red Sox second baseman Jerry Remy.

[Mcnzlea]

The Super Bowl will always be a made-for-regular-TV event because of ratings. Why ESPN has most of the college bowl games now is beyond me. But I've got a feeling the next major sporting event we'll need cable for is the World Series. It's no longer the feel-good, must-see spectacle it once was. The CW's worst shows draw bigger audiences than the Fall Classic.

[bakerandbaker1]

What's worse: a Red Sox-Yankees game on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball gets lower ratings than an MMA event...on pay-per-view. People would actually watch pugilism for a fee than watch the MLB on national television for free. Ick. As for the Bowl games: they're only on cable because the truth is they would draw lower ratings on network tv due to the simple fact that most sports fans, myself included, hate the BCS. I'm not ashamed to admit it; I want a playoff!

[Mcnzlea]

...confusing, isn't it, compared to 1989? At least the Super Bowl will be seen on terrestrial television at least for the forseeable future.

[bakerandbaker1]

@Mcnzlea, I hope so. I hope the NFL isn't stupid enough to air the Super Bowl on cable, even if it is an ESPN on ABC production. Mike Tirico calling a super bowl-yuck!

[Mcnzlea]

Eric Dickerson needed 85 for 10,000 career rushing yards, and the 49ers were happy to oblige, giving him 106 for 10,021 all-time in preparation for a return visit to Anaheim and his old team, the Rams, the very next week. The Colts pulled off a 30-24 upset over the Super Bowl champs. They didn't need Peyton Manning on this day, and at age 13 he would have been too young to play even high school football.

[Mcnzlea]

The more things change: today those defending Super Bowl champion 49ers would be opening the season on a Thursday night at home on national prime-time TV. The more things stay the same: CBS still presents the U.S. Open Men's Final on the first regular season Sunday.

[bakerandbaker1]

And the Niners game would be a special thursday presentation of SNF on NBC. Also, the SNF rights have since been acquired by NBC from ESPN (who received the rights to MNF from sister network ABC), meaning NBC regains pro football rights nine years after losing AFC rights to CBS who had lost NFC rights to FOX five years before that.

[m1sterhockey]

I remember hearing Brent Musburger say that he got many calls from bookies saying that those pictures better be live as if it was snowing or raining hard they would change the spread based on the pictures. I used to get my little tape player and record every opening of the nfl today and the beginning of the Vikings Games.

[199019852007]

best 11 million spent on troy aikman

[netpropheting]

Bretn Musburger is without question the worst sports announcer of all time. He knew absolutely nothing about any of the sports he covered; if you listen to his words, he says.................just that, nothing. He couldnt describe a play, he knew nothing about the pulling guard in football or a pick and roll in basketball. Thank goodness he is no longer around!

On the other hand, Irv Cross was excellent.

[bakerandbaker1]

@netpropheting: firts off, if you're going to criticize Musburger, at least spell his name right; it's "Brent", not "Bretn". Secondly, elaborate: what exactly do you mean when he says "nothing" as you claim he does?

[netpropheting]

@bakerandbaker1 Sorry for the typo, didnt realize mistakes weren't allowed here. I did give a couple of examples if you read my post. If you listen to Brent's words, he never described a play. Was it a "pick and roll", was the defense playing zone or man-to-man, did someone set up a screen - he simply didnt know those terms or what they looked like. He just blarred the guy's name using some abstract superlative, such as, "J.B.. nets one from downtown". Sounds good but....

[drbayoms]

Maybe it's just me, but I do not think that Aikman guy is going to pan out.

[radioaffliction]

Love it!

You are Looking Live!!!!!

[JEEminn3000]

man i missed when brent and his famous " you are lookin live" catch phrase in the 80's

[leanaway]

the Colts/49ers game had 2 hall of famers..........

[Ladiespetmansthreat]

Geez colts could have use Peyton Manning Back then

[pr1978]

I'll take Brent Musburger and Irv Cross over Joe Buck and Troy Aikman any day.

[leanaway]

@pr1978 what a/b Jim Nantz and Phil Simms?

[Jean0987654321]

You are looking live

BRING BACK MUSBURGER ;P

[jfliguy]

Don't you all get the nostalgia looking at this. I mean look at this, this is what I was raised on when it came to pre-game. Not the BS it is now

[txdemon666]

@jfliguy So true man, so true.

[ProduceMan117]

@jfliguy HaHa! You mean you don't like Terry Bradshaw acting like a clown or Shannon Sharpe yelling over everyone else? I agree with you 100 percent. Football Night in America is the closest to doing it right, but yes, this video takes me back to my childhood-- when watching the pregame show was an absolute MUST. And it makes me long for the days when NFL Primetime on ESPN was what it used to be, too. Those were the days.

[jfliguy]

@ProduceMan117 Bruh that is a few of the things. I can not stand the fact that everyweek they profile Tom Brady Peyton Manning, and other star players. Ride the Colts balls, and now poor Drew Brees is going to be the list of players who they ride. I used to love Pam Oliver, but shit how many times she gonna spends wiht people with the Cowboys and the Eagles. Back then on Primetime and the other pre-games, all of the teams were equal. Now it is just... terble.

[mjwatts1983]

This was the start of the Cowboys 1-15 year. Ugh.

[PCCphoenix]

@mjwatts1983 Unfortunately, yes. This was also the first of three shutouts of the Cowboys, who had their worst year since their inception in 1960. The other two shutouts were 27-0 at home against the Eagles and 15-0 in New York against the Giants.

[mjwatts1983]

The NFL Network named both the 89 and 60 Cowboys to the 10 Worst Teams List. Norm Hitzkis from The Ticket said the 1960 Cowboys were so bad, it they forfeited every game they'd be 6-6.

No surprise, #1 was the expansion Bucs.

[crawford371]

@mjwatts1983 actually they revised the episode and named the 2008 Lions as the worst ever.

[untexan]

I still can't believe they got rid of the classic NFL Today music for this slap bass and baritone sax disaster of a song.

[VINOCORLEONE24]

irv cross lol!

[2nd2nun1]

Jim Everett: mad fail.

[DinkCincinnati]

"Chris" Everett...haha

[tonyrocco55]

To PJSkins26 - Yeah, a ONE-SEASON epic fail - - - followed by 3 Super Bowl wins in 4 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cbaldwinjr]

Actually followed by a 7-9 season

[BHoz77]

I remember Barry Sanders making his Lions debut on this day as well against the Cardinals. He ran for 17 yards on his first carry and right away, I knew he was going to be something special.

Even then, The Lions still weren't very good, but he at least made the team fun to watch.

[acesoverkings22]

Man i forgot how seroius pregame used to be now you put on fox and you have bradshaw strahan and howie long acting like fucking idiots

[bmasters1981]

Absolutely agreed. Want more? Check out that "NFL Today" edition from the last week of the '84 season, posted in 5 parts. Search under "NFL Today 1984." It's got Brent, Irv, and Jimmy "The Greek." They were light-years above who we have today.

[PJSkins26]

89 Cowboys = Epic Fail.

[pr1978]

89 49ers = Back to Back World Champs!

[08WSChamps]

thts crazy no1 would know how great the Cowboys and the "Rookie" Troy Aikman would be throughout the enitre 90s (I hate the cowboys, being an eagles fan but will admit they were a great franchise). And boy do i miss Joe Montana he was oe of my top 5 QB's of all time, along with many other football fans. The 9ers havent been te same w/out Joe and Young.

[text97]

wtf?

[gibbsred07]

Brent Musburger was the best NFL pregame anchor ever. I always liked and respected Irv Cross...a very classy gentleman.

[darkhorse219]

The Rams offense revolves around the right arm of Chris, I mean, Jim Everett.

[dgendvil]

Also, they still didn't haveJimmy the Greek because he was fired because the racism comments that he made on of the shows couple of years earlier. He would die in 1996.

[yoda9999]

i think jimmy the greek made the comments at some dinner party or something; howard cosell if i recall made his comments on air during a MNF game

[mrmonty86]

THE SAINTS BEAT THE COWBOYS 28-0

[dgendvil]

That seemed like a great upset, but the Cowboys went to become the team of the 1990's in the NFL. Since 1996-97, they haven't been great, but still the Cowboys.

[JDorman3rd]

How long has CBS aired the U.S. Open Men's Final after their reigonal coverage.

[byrd56]

About 31 out of the last 35 years or so. [There was that stretch between 1994-97 when CBS didn't have any NFL games.]

[bcw024]

Dick Butkis?

[dpinzow]

Phil Simms was the quarterback not getting paid enough and he held out until August...Doug Williams was afraid he would not get paid at all (Mark Rypien took his job in preseason)

[cfoster81]

IIRC, also Doug Williams' season in '89 was cut short due to season ending back injury, which forced him into retirement.

[leftyJR3]

haha whenever he was talking about jim everett and said the "strong right arm of jim everett", i thought he said "strong WHITE arm"

[twfownerman]

oh man 1989 cowboys wish i could 4get bout that season

[NYGiants869007]

This was the best pregame show. cbs back in the 80s. now it sucks

[ericcollins81]

hell yeah

[PeerlessPaavo]

This was Sept. 10, 1989. I attended the Saints-Cowboys game. Rough go for future HoFer Troy Aikman in his regular-season NFL debut - New Orleans won 28-0. I seem to recall No. 8 spending much of the afternoon running for his life.

[THESECMAN]

Ugh...Fulton County stadium.The place was a empty mess.

[SFFOOL76]

lol, it was horrible to look at tv, never went there

[McCainis4me]

This opening sucked. But the one the next year sucked worse.

[mrkingofkings]

The 49ers vs. Colts was on KPIX channel 5 @ 9:30am pt in San Francisco because Oakland plays on MSNBC on KRON 4 later @ 1:00pm pt and We won 30-24 @ RCA Dome and go on the road to the Playoffs, San Fran #1.

[mrkingofkings]

Sorry, I mean 49ers @ Colts was on KPIX-TV channel 5 in San Francisco because they show 49ers games in the bay area and My dad watched it and San Fran won against Colts in RCA Dome and continued on their road to the Super Bowl.

[neoprankster]

Who is the announcer from 0:03 to 0:22?

[shelton962]

The great NY DJ Rosko - I knew him - was a very nice man - died of cancer a few years ago

[mediadude08]

The announcer who announced the program lineup at the start of the clip is William Mercer.

[palmercomm]

Never heard of him.

Was he the guy who also did the "coming up on CBS Sports" bumper?

[mediadude08]

This would be Brent Musburger's last season as host of the NFL Today, as he was dismissed by CBS Sports in April 1990. Greg Gumbel would take his place the next season. Irv Cross would be eventually demoted to the position of game analyst and be replaced by Terry Bradshaw. Dick Butkus and Will McDonough didn't return for '90 either.

[oak71]

Whatever happened to Irv Cross?

[bmasters1981]

I think that he works for a Minneapolis station now (KMSP Fox 9, IIRC) and is also CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota, according to Wikipedia.

[LDD86]

ahh, the good ol' days...

...when the dallas cowgirls sucked

[palmercomm]

What's that chirping?

[eyeontv]

Editing glitch, nothing intentional

[outgoing37]

Nice to see the oldies but goodies..:}

[jerseyfla]

Yes, because there is an NFL Today open from the 1988 NFC Championship and it had the 1983 era "computer robot" open. The next year CBS would use the short lived Super Bowl XXIV theme for both NFL Today and game coverage.

[Market42Fan]

CBS should definitely have kept this NFL Today open post-Super Bowl XXIV. I'd imagine back then this would have made the 1983 robot look ancient by comparison.

[palmercomm]

Remember, if it isn't CBS StereoSound, somebody else makes it.

[JimmySand9]

I've been seeing that saying around YouTube, where did that come from?

[palmercomm]

"Home Improvement" reference.

[mdumas43073]

They should've borrowed a page from their Columbia Records subsidiary and called it "360 Sound".