OT: Let's go living in the past

[Jaydumo20]

Since the rest of the blue bloods like to talk about the past more than the present I thought it would be a good time to talk about some bball phenomenon that had their day.
Do you have any memories of commercials/products/ trends in pro/college ball that present a snapshot in time?
In a past thread I recall @McLovin bringing this up:

Remember how friggin popular this campaign was?
I was a youngster, granted, but it seemed like, for at least 2 years, LJ was one of the top 5 most popular athletes in sports.

Please make an old man happy and cast your memories to the yard.

 

[Huskybass]

Practice. We talkin' bout practice.

 

[Jaydumo20]

I also remember waiting in great anticipation for these to arrive: I'm not sure if they do it anymore but it was huge

 

[Improviser]

Not really glamorous or dynamic, but a narrative piece of how basketball was played in the 1950's with the 2 hand set shot.

2 hand set shot youtube - Google Search

 

[storrsroars]

Still one of my top 10 all time favorite ads.

 

[phillionaire]

I think about the big shorts at least once a week

 

[Dove]

 

[87Xfer]

I thought this was going to be the old commercial with the guitar kid.

 

[temery]

Since the rest of the blue bloods like to talk about the past more than the present I thought it would be a good time to talk about some bball phenomenon that had their day.
Do you have any memories of commercials/products/ trends in pro/college ball that present a snapshot in time?
In a past thread I recall @McLovin bringing this up:
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Remember how friggin popular this campaign was?
I was a youngster, granted, but it seemed like, for at least 2 years, LJ was one of the top 5 most popular athletes in sports.

Please make an old man happy and cast your memories to the yard.

Senhor's curtain call. Keep looking, you'll see it.

 

[Dove]

I thought this was going to be the old commercial with the guitar kid.

Need!!

 

[temery]

I think about the big shorts at least once a week

That is a clown show, but still better than my 1970s tennis shorts.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I think about the big shorts at least once a week

This is our Roman Empire.

 

[phillionaire]

This is our Roman Empire.

we truly used to be a proper country

 

[Jaydumo20]

Senhor's curtain call. Keep looking, you'll see it.

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Haaa! It's like the Billy Ripken error card!

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I was a sophomore when this gem game out. 2005ish.

 

[Samoo]

I thought this would be a thread about Jethro Tull,



I'm old...

 

[Frank06830]

Somebody please help me out…how can I update this NIKE zip up?

 

[Jaydumo20]

I thought this would be a thread about Jethro Tull,



I'm old...

No you're not, I knew what I was doing with that thread title.

 

[SockCymbal]

2 classic commercials.

 

[Jaydumo20]

2 classic commercials.

That converse commercial. Brought me straight back. I had a pair of pistons Cons. They were and still are awesome

 

[superjohn]

2 classic commercials.

The Like Mike commercial is the GOAT commercial.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Since the rest of the blue bloods like to talk about the past more than the present I thought it would be a good time to talk about some bball phenomenon that had their day.
Do you have any memories of commercials/products/ trends in pro/college ball that present a snapshot in time?
In a past thread I recall @McLovin bringing this up:
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Remember how friggin popular this campaign was?
I was a youngster, granted, but it seemed like, for at least 2 years, LJ was one of the top 5 most popular athletes in sports.

Please make an old man happy and cast your memories to the yard.

LJ was on a path for a great career until he wrecked his back. His time at UNLV and first few years at Charlotte he was unstoppable. He was just so explosive and strong and he played the game at his speed. His shoulders were massive.

 

[cwh20]

So here are a few blasts from the past.

The Boneyard’s Fire Hydrant Fridays.

Going on The Boneyard while at work. At least in my company you could, then couldn’t, and then could access it again. You had to try every so often if it wasn’t working. I would guess that it kept getting banned for being a non-work site per policy but that some higher-up in the company UConn fan would get it reinstated to be accessible again. And back and forth.

Funniest Boneyard story to me from the past. WashingtonHusky (soon to renamed Dogfather) was coming to CT to find a home. A yarder offered him a place to stay while doing that. Well, his wife that very night starts telling him about how unsafe the internet can be as she’s heard stories about how scammers get gullible people to give them money and worse. We better be careful! So, now he’s dreading telling her he’s invited someone to stay with them a couple of days. Well, who is he? A guy on the’yard. And you’ve met him already? No. What’s his name? WashingtonHusky. You don’t know his real name? I know his first name. He seems like a good guy who just needs somewhere to stay. Too funny.

Along those same lines UConn played Washington in the 1998 Sweet Sixteen. If you’re of age there is no way you don’t remember Freeman playing his heart out to exhaustion and the, “Hamilton!…HAMILTON!!!” call.
You could see tell the Washington fans on the Boneyard before that game (There was a lot more interaction with other team’s visiting fans in those days) were totally puzzled by WashingtonHusky’s opinions and loyalties. Of course he was a UConn fan living in WA and not a west coast Husky fan.
I miss those fan interactions.

Covid masks for basketball coaches. They all pulled them down to talk (really scream and shout) after which they’d pull them back up (most of them anyway) to cover their mouths and noses again. So futile.

And the Boneyard Classic (BYC)!

 

[Ricker]

I don't miss North Carolina 4 corners 'offense' and the pre-shot clock games of keep away like our Rhody(?) game with Malin/Mullin(?)

I wonder if any player stats are way skewed by having no shots to rebound or assist on in entire games.

 

[Mr. French]

The MJ Jordan 12 commercial where they’re playing in slo mo and you get snippets of the sneaker, then MJ dunks to end it… an all timer.



Also, lil Penny.