Fatigue shirts are no longer in fashion. Love beads go out of style. Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers, Charlie Daniels, Marshall Tucker, Wet Willie, and others join ZZ-Top to mark the emergence of Southern Rock as a significant musical genre. Coach Nix and the Eagles continue groundwork to eventually dominate football in region 2-AAA and achieve the best record in NHS history. AAA is the top level of Georgia high school football.
Long hair is the norm for young men.
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels and the Atlanta Rhythm Section all play at a concert in the Macon Coliseum. This year's NHS football team is a model for dominant teams of the future to emulate. This team' s achievements are reached again only years later. America celebrates its bicentennial year. Jimmy Carter is elected President in November.