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Thick Six or Thicc Six? The Birth of Girth TDs
The Sickos Committee posted a video yesterday from a high school game showing a fabulous interception return by an exceptionally large defensive…
Nov 8
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Blocking Pads: Ain’t That A Kick In The Ribs
Since football players began padding up in the 1890s, the game has had a love-hate relationship with pads.
Nov 7
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Today’s Tidbit... A History Of Blocking Below The Waist
Since people first set down football rules on paper, some traditionalists have opposed proposed new rules by arguing that you could not play the game…
Nov 6
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Early Incomplete Pass Penalties
Pigskin Dispatch’s Darin Hayes and I discuss early incomplete pass penalties, which were far different than those of today.
Nov 4
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1,000 Words: The Mount Hermon-Deerfield Fire
This article concerns a picture that is worth 1,000 words —the exact number of words in this story, including the title and image captions.
Nov 3
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October 2025
Today’s Tidbit... Before Uniforms Were Uniform
Earlier this year, I wrote that teams once wore uniforms that were not always uniform, and went on to discuss and show images of teams with the…
Oct 29
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Pop Warner and the Bizarro World of Early Forward Passing
Dickinson College is not a place you’d think of as a source of information on football history.
Oct 28
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... When Football Came To Pass
Pigskin Dispatch’s Darin Hayes and I discuss my new book, When Football Came To Pass. We have a good time discussing several stories from the book…
Oct 28
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Today’s Tidbit... Lighting A Fire Under Your Team
We often describe football teams as fired up, sometimes as burned out, but we use those terms analogously, not literally.
Oct 26
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Women’s Panties, a 4th String QB, and the 1939 Rose Bowl
Few teams play the entire regular season without being scored on, but the 1939 Duke Blue Devils were such a team.
Oct 23
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Gridiron Greats Podcast: When Football Came To Pass
Gridiron Greats magazine publisher Bob Swick and his partner in crime, Joe Squires, and I discussed my newest book, When Football Came To Pass. Bob and…
Oct 23
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Today’s Tidbit... The Oliphant in the Room
Many football plays depend on misdirection or change of direction, and so does this story.
Oct 21
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