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Today's Tidbit... A CFL-NFL Penalty Comparison for Victoria Day
It's Victoria Day in Canada tomorrow, a federal holiday and the unofficial start of summer.
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Today's Tidbit... The Innovative Ring Cleat
Football coaches perceived increased injuries in the late 1940s, leading many in the broader football industry to consider why that might be the case.
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Today's Tidbit... Getting Married Bowl Game Morning
It is bad luck to schedule a wedding on a Saturday during football season, largely because some of your best friends may choose to attend the game…
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Today's Tidbit... What Color Is Your Pair of Pants (and Jersey)?
Many of our visual images of 1920s football come from black-and-white photographs from college yearbooks, newspapers, and other periodicals.
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Today's Tidbit... One Foot Inbounds Or Two?
Among the most controversial rulings made by officials during football games concern receivers catching the ball before going out of bounds.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Walter Camp's Arresting Development
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the time Walter Camp was arrested for attempted murder.
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The New Mexico State-El Paso High School Battles
Football fans sometimes argue about colleges that played football in the distant past including in their all-time records victories over high schools…
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A Conversation with Knute Rockne III
Among my favorite aspects of writing Football Archaeology and a few books is that I sometimes hear from descendants of the people I write about.
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Factoid Feast XIV
As discussed in Factoid Feasts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, and XIII my searches through football history sometimes lead to topics…
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Last Heisman Winner Without A Face Mask
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the last Heisman Trophy winner who did not wear a face mask.
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Marietta College's Claim to the First Forward Pass
A handful of schools claim or once claimed to have thrown the first legal forward pass in a regular season game.
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Swede Overesch and the 1916 Atlantic Fleet Playoffs
Many of football's earliest playoff games involved military teams.
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