Since this is a college football thread, I will add that I remember those days. Major's first season was '77 and in '78 I started selling programs outside the stadium in Tuscaloosa as a teenager. Once the game started we could get in the stadium for free to watch the games.
I'm convinced Major was the reason the NCAA outlawed tear-away jerseys. Seemed like every game he played in, Major would start with a full jersey but by the end of the game after he had run the ball so much, all that's left of it would hang in tatters from his shoulder pads. He was hard to tackle and usually ended off showing his flat stomach to all the world when he broke into the open, arms pumping and legs churning.
And it was all so long ago that his daughter attended UA and was on the women's gymnastics team a few years ago. So between the Tiffins and the Ogilves and their like, I'm old enough to be seeing the next generation.
And the beat goes on.
Bama Ed