1964

[BudDawgII]

The Aces are going to recognize --their undefeated-National Championship team tomorrow at the Aces/Miami of Ohio afternoon game. wow hard to believe its been nearly fifty years.
Just wondering if any of you Old Fockers on here remember that year/era when stadiums were full and the atmosphere was like dynamite with a lit fuse! If so, please share what u remember about either or both teams and what it was like!
I remember the atmosphere from a childs eye as if it was a championship prize fight! Smoke filled top of Roberts stadium, loud crowds, smell of popcorn and teams that busted their butts the entire game. Fans including myself brought fog horns to blow and cow bells to ring.
Wow---now that was entertainment value at its best!
Hard to believe those guys I worshipped as a kid are now 70-72 yrs old!
They played before sell out crowds when they played ISU, Butler, SIU, Valpo, Ball State, KY Wesleyan etc but I will be surprised if the Ford Center has 5, 000 fans there tomorrow.

 

[BankShot]

They should've booked a geriatric scrimmage game w/ ISU:geezer:...Butch Wade & boyz. Wade wasn't too far behind Humes in PPG that season (32 to 28?) They knew where the ROCK was supposed to go back then, didn't they!

Aces must realize that the fan base from '64 is slowly dying off, so they're milking it for all they can! Ya, 5k in Roberts stadium "back in the dayz" would've been an INSULT.

 

[blueblazer]

The Aces are going to recognize --their undefeated-National Championship team tomorrow at the Aces/Miami of Ohio afternoon game. wow hard to believe its been nearly fifty years.
Just wondering if any of you Old Fockers on here remember that year/era when stadiums were full and the atmosphere was like dynamite with a lit fuse! If so, please share what u remember about either or both teams and what it was like!
I remember the atmosphere from a childs eye as if it was a championship prize fight! Smoke filled top of Roberts stadium, loud crowds, smell of popcorn and teams that busted their butts the entire game. Fans including myself brought fog horns to blow and cow bells to ring.
Wow---now that was entertainment value at its best!
Hard to believe those guys I worshipped as a kid are now 70-72 yrs old!
They played before sell out crowds when they played ISU, Butler, SIU, Valpo, Ball State, KY Wesleyan etc but I will be surprised if the Ford Center has 5, 000 fans there tomorrow.

I sure do, just a youngster in Northern Indiana but found them on radio, listen to them regularly and then started listening to State later.

 

[BankShot]

BudDawgII, I hope that you're gonna bring that RED sweater out the closet for this one! Doubt if the "pup" SSOM would understand WHY, thinking that you're just another IU "invader!":lol:

With all due respect, SSOM's entry into life was two (2) decades after the '64 NCAA undefeated Aces season.

This outa help other "Syc Pride Pups:"

http://books.google.com/books?id=g4...EwAw#v=onepage&q=Evansville Aces 1964&f=false

 

[BudDawgII]

BudDawgII, I hope that you're gonna bring that RED sweater out the closet for this one! Doubt if SSOM would understand WHY, thinking that you're just another IU "invader!":lol:

We had about ten inches of snow and the roads are a mess but think the dawg will saddle up and head on down. Not sure what the Ford Center dress code is for this game. I think its one of five home games where the Aces are going to wear the jerseys with sleeves like they did back in your day!:smile:
Hope your current mayor has a different philosophy on snow removal than the one did back in the day you terrorized the Haute! lol

 

[BankShot]

We had about ten inches of snow and the roads are a mess but think the dawg will saddle up and head on down. Not sure what the Ford Center dress code is for this game. I think its one of five home games where the Aces are going to wear the jerseys with sleeves like they did back in your day!:smile:
Hope your current mayor has a different philosophy on snow removal than the one did back in the day you terrorized the Haute! lol

You must be referencing the ol' Locust St. tax man/political "theologian", Leeland Larrison? I actually thought the 5' of snow piled in the middle of Wabash Ave during that nationally-recognized statement added a unique "architecture" to the TH landscape, much like ISU's STATESMAN TOWERS.

1st-hand words from the Abraham Lincoln-like statesman, that say a lot about the 'Haute in the 60's-70's:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...dOYpafUoPHMuT0Naf4sv4Qw&bvm=bv.57752919,d.aWM