Today's Tidbit... Factoid Feast VI

As discussed in Factoid Feast I, II, III, IV, and V, my searches through football history sometimes lead to topics too important to ignore but too minor to Tidbit. Such nuggets are factoids, three of which I share today.

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This Story Bugs Me

We play football regardless of the weather. Neither snow nor rain will stay our mighty ball carriers from the swift completion of their end arounds. Of course, we do not play when there's lightning, hurricanes, or sometimes when it's hot.

However, at least one game was canceled due to insects. Back in nineteen and thirty-eight, the Rochester Junior College team in Minnesota had a game scheduled with the reserves of Luther College of Iowa.

I don't know what happened weather-wise in Southern Minnesota that year, but it must have been wet. As August became September, the area had hordes of mosquitoes—worse than normal.

Rochester's football team tried practicing the day before the Luther College game but was forced back inside by mosquitos. Rather than wait until the next day to cancel the game, Rochester canceled it on Friday due to the mosquito infestation.

The story shows that football often comes down to the little things.

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