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Jon Crowley's avatar

Tim’s dry humor and witty writing is at full throttle here…

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Football Archaeology's avatar

One needs to find humor in football's ugly side.

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Purple & Proud's avatar

This is one of those rare times when I feel fortunate to be color blind.

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Football Archaeology's avatar

How do you know you are Purple and Proud?

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Purple & Proud's avatar

Friends have told me so.

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Football Archaeology's avatar

Thanks. I have it on order. Did not realize until recently that it includes early forward pass info. I'll have to seen how his views and mine align. :)

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Dylan Jensen's avatar

Thanks for the content! If you haven’t read “The Perfect Pass” by S.C. Gwynne, give it a look. Great insight to the history of the forward pass.

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James L. Gilbert's avatar

Thanks for alluding to the fields that were probably brown from dormant grass or dirt. I know that UNC would paint its grass green during the football season in the 1980s after it had gone dormant.

I do think the Livingstone College Blue Bears' field is beautiful, but I'm biased. I just hope they don't have a problem with water fowl. "Chem Grass" was invented in the Research Triangle Park (situated between UNC, Duke, and NCSU) in North Carolina, but I don't know if that's common knowledge 'round here.

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