Today's Tidbit... The Origins of the Draw Play
Michigan enjoys a long history of deceiving its opponents. For example, when he submitted the play below for the 1939 version of Grantland Rice's Cities Service Football Guide, Fritz Crisler was Michigan's coach. Crisler begins his play description by saying:
Deception has always played a big part in football.
See? What did I tell you?
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