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When Defenses Lose Their Point (One-Point Safeties)
There's a string of social media posts working their way around the site previously known as Twitter concerning the oddest opponents various college…
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Today's Tidbit... Will Tethered Footballs Make A Comeback?
Fred Gehrke, a former NFL player and coach, is best known for designing the horns for the Los Angeles Rams helmets in 1948, the first logo to appear on…
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The History of Huddling
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the development of huddling, how the game functioned before it arrived in the 1920s, and how its…
Apr 23
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Today's Tidbit... Two Items in Spalding's 1905 Catalog
Paging through the 1905-06 Spalding's Fall and Winter catalog led to two items being deemed worthy of discussion. One involved a piece that covered the…
Apr 20
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Today's Tidbit... 1895 Wellesley College Women's Football
Almost every fan of football history knows the game transitioned from rugby while being played by men at elite Eastern colleges. Less well-known was…
Apr 19
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Today's Tidbit... Game-Used Sweaters and All The Presidents' Sons
If you wrote a book report on Grover Cleveland while in the 5th grade, you may recall that Cleveland is the only U.S. President to serve nonconsecutive…
Apr 17
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Today's Tidbit... Game-Used Sweaters and All The Presidents' Sons
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Before Intentional Grounding
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the development of intentional grounding during the early history of forward passing. Watch the…
Apr 16
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Today's Tidbit... Football Jerseys and the Wizard of Odd
The uniforms of the 1930s had stripes in every direction and every color of the rainbow. Most were added for decorative purposes, while others were…
Apr 14
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Today's Tidbit... Stanford Propelled By Airplane Drill
Football is a physical and inherently dangerous sport, so coaches have long sought ways to train their athletes and prepare them for the rigors of the…
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Today's Tidbit... The Horween Brothers and the NFL
The best parts of some stories are the links to seemingly unrelated stories that make perfect sense once you understand how the connections came about…
Apr 10
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Absorblo and Exterior Helmet Padding
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the development and use of Absorblo, a plastic padding introduced by MacGregor in the 1950s that…
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Today's Tidbit... Penalizing Incomplete Passes
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and so is ugly. For modern football fans, few plays are as exciting as a Hail Mary pass, tossed far downfield in…
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