The two earliest memories I have of college football on television are my Dad watching the Texas win over Arkansas in 1969 and then my Dad watching the Rose Bowl with Jim Plunkett.
My Dad was from the midwest and always pulled for the Big 10 teams. I can remember my Dad telling someone at our home to watch the game that Ohio State would overpower Stanford as west coast football wasn't tough enough against the more physical Ohio State game.
The Buckeyes did run for 300 yards, but the talk at the house was Stanford's high flying passing game and the connection between Plunkett and his favorite receiver Randy Vataha.
When I go back and look at the numbers for Plunkett, a senior AA and Heisman winner, they were impressive for then, but would be viewed as poor today.
He threw for 2,715 yards in 11 games, average 14.2 ypc, completed just over 53% of his attempts (threw it ~32 times a game) and had 18 td's and threw 18 interceptions.