Bear Bryant had gone seven straight years without a bowl win. A swan songin’ Ara Parseghian make it eight. Roll, Bama, Roll has all you need to know about it. (Except the part about Elvis joining the Tide cheerleaders for a day. That’s him down there at the bottom, right?) Here are some highlights called…
“The Comeback”… arguably the greatest game in USC history, Nov. 30, 1974. The Trojans were down 24-0 heading into halftime. Or they would have been had Pat Haden not hit Anthony Davis for a 7-yard TD. The route was on. Davis returned the opening kick of the second half for a 102-yard touchdown. Haden finished…
October 10, 1970. The Irish plowed through Army 51-10 in Notre Dame Stadium. Awesome cover.
The cover features a sailor serenading a leprechaun with a sea shanty or something, which the leprechaun looks like he’s enjoying… appropriately as it’d turn out: The Irish shutout Navy 6-0 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. There’s a Naval Aviators ad on the back cover and a Lucky Strike roster centerfold, our first on the…
Sept. 30, 1978 at Notre Dame Stadium. The Irish pulled it out 10-6, their fourth in a row over the Boilermakers. Joe Montana’s on the cover. The two-page 7Up ad inside is kind of odd—the whole “un” prefix as a slogan would seem to only work if you’re trying to sell what follows as something…