nfl question for the la football fans

[Charles]

Originally Posted by pbergen

btw, were rams games blacked out even in the '70s and '80s, when the team was consistently successful (but could never quite go all the way)? they won the nfc west almost every season in the '70s, and made their only super bowl as an la franchise in '79. i know the coliseum is enormous, but i'm shocked that a team that successful would have trouble filling seats. and what about the games in anaheim in the '80s, when they were in the playoffs more often than not? i know the rams never won a super bowl during that period, but you could argue that they were one of the 4 or 5 most successful teams from the early '70s through the late '80s.

Gosh, does this post strike a nerve. Yes, extremely frustrating. The Rams had one of the best records every year in the 1970s and every gahd dahm year they would lose to either minnesota or dallas with tarkington or staubuach. so frustrating. And I can't ever remember a Rams game on TV from the coliseum. I think it held 93000 for a while (then down to 80K I think). It held even more (like over 100K) in the 1950s I think before they put in individual seats. Prior to that (like since the Olympics in 1932) the seats were just benches like the Rose Bowl was into the 1980s if I remember correctly.

The Mammoth Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1968)

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics34/00051889.jpg


Los Angeles Rams at the Coliseum, 1954
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics37/00053326.jpg

1963
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics37/00038306.jpg

Dodgers playing at the Coliseum
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics42/00055847.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics28/00048975.jpg


Check out the lady walking up the aisle. Did she just come from church or something? At the Coliseum????

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics34/00051913.jpg




In January 1944, the Army and Navy had a "wargame" kind of thing in the Coliseum
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics49/00044052.jpg
Dodger Stadium under construction, 1961 (photo thrown in for fun)
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics42/00055822.jpg

Note the benches I was referring to above - no individual seats, 1939
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics33/00066189.jpg


1930
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics04/00011678.jpg

What a cool shot (Pavlo Nurmi)
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics28/00048832.jpg

[pbergen]

Originally Posted by Charles

Gosh, does this post strike a nerve. Yes, extremely frustrating. The Rams had one of the best records every year in the 1970s and every gahd dahm year they would lose to either minnesota or dallas with tarkington or staubuach. so frustrating. And I can't ever remember a Rams game on TV from the coliseum. I think it held 93000 for a while (then down to 80K I think). It held even more (like over 100K) in the 1950s I think before they put in individual seats. Prior to that (like since the Olympics in 1932) the seats were just benches like the Rose Bowl was into the 1980s if I remember correctly.

wow, great pics! i always love seeing shots of la from back in the day.

support or no support, and blackouts or otherwise, la definitely had a great pro football tradition.

if the two ny teams can build their own (joint) stadium on their own, i don't see why an la-based group can't do the same (or renovate the coliseum to modern nfl standards). such a shame.

[Charles]

".....Rosenbloom has reluctantly concluded that the only way to expedite a sale is to make the Rams available to any party, near or far. And that includes Los Angeles...."

from

Bernie Miklasz | St. Louis Rams soon will be put up for sale

Why Rams may leave St. Louis | Truth&Rumors | FanNation

[Mike121]

Count me among those that prefer that the NFL stay away from Orange County and Los Angeles. For some reason, So Cal gets treated like some pawn in a chess match, and not a legitmate fan town.

I haven't seen a football game since the Rams left, and that's fine by me.

[Lumerian Feast]

Originally Posted by Charles

A couple of thoughts; so many people in LA are transplants from other cities and countries. The sports passion in LA is nothing compared to Buffalo, Green Bay, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, etc. A lot of people in LA are in "like" with their teams not in "love" with them like native towns.

This is very true. I live out here, but I'm from Baltimore, and I live and die with the Ravens. When we play Pittsburgh twice a year, it's pretty much a holiday in both cities. The atmosphere at every Ravens home game is absolutely insane -- in the stadium and in the city.

Most of my friends here root for teams in their home towns.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Lumerian Feast

I'm from Baltimore

This is for you:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/findagrave/p...yrobertbio.jpg

[RobE]

I was done with the NFL when the Rams went east (ironic, considering they originally started in Cleveland). So I don't care if the NFL ends up with an L.A. franchise or not, but they had better do it at their own expense and not start demanding that taxpayers subsidize them. That would be a bad joke given the times we're living in right now.

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

Who needs the NFL when we have USC and UCLA.

[Lumerian Feast]

Originally Posted by Charles

This is for you:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/findagrave/p...yrobertbio.jpg

Thanks, but I prefer this one:

http://www.freewebs.com/bmoreravennf...rbowl62-ap.jpg