SPRINGFIELD, OHIO -- It's one of those strange-but-true stories most Bereans and Springfielders under 35 have never heard.

Thirty years ago this week — Oct. 3, 1982 to be exact — CBS's top football announcer, Pat Summerall, kicked off a Sunday afternoon of football, as the camera panned over a full house at Wittenberg:

"We're in the heartland of America: Springfield, Ohio," Summerall said. "This is the stadium: Wittenberg Stadium, the home of the Tigers. It seats 7,000, and today it's just about packed. Good afternoon, and well, we know it's Division III football. They're not as big as the players in the NFL, for sure. They're probably not as talented as they are in the NFL, but they still play with the same amount of intensity, and they still like the game just as much as whatever they play at whatever level. Believe me, after 31 years of every Sunday being associated with the NFL either as a player or broadcaster, it's nice to be on campus."

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