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Today's Tidbit... The Football Blues
Brown or sepia-toned football images take us back to the late 1890s and early 1900s.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Marietta's Touchdown Pass of Undetermined Length
Pigskin Dispatch’s Darin Hayes and I cover the story of Marietta College’s long touchdown pass in the last game of the 1906 season versus Ohio.
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Today's Tidbit... The Point of No Return
At several points in football's history, the rulemakers have tried to encourage risk-taking by the offense.
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Wild Card Substitutions and the Small College Rebellion
College football adopted free substitution in 1941 due to concerns about roster sizes as the U.S.
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Stadium Size, Football Droppers, and Deemphasizers: Wichita State
Wichita State has an interesting football history, with two of its better-known moments occurring in 1905 when the school was known as Fairmount…
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Michigan-Ohio State And Their Savage Connection
Depending on who you believe, C.
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May 2025

Factoid Feast XV
As discussed in Factoid Feasts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, and XIV, my searches through football history sometimes lead to…
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The Big Ten's Comings and Goings
Four new teams joined the Big Ten last year, resulting in the conference having 18 members.
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Today's Tidbit... A Heisman Winner Makes The Call
Jay Berwanger was many things.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Carlisle vs. Harvard Law
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a 1910 game between students at Harvard Law School and Carlisle, coached by Pop Warner.
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Today's Tidbit... 1943 Tulsa and Wartime Conditions
Special thanks to Russell Roberts for suggesting the wartime Tulsa teams as a Tidbit topic.
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Today's Tidbit... The Wonderful World of Striped Footballs in 1951
A little over a week ago, I wrote about the ring cleat, a football equipment innovation that did not pan out, after coming across a listing for the…
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