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Football Archaeology's avatar

Great story, Bud, and it is good to know that you have changed history, at least as far as SMU's records of it are concerned.

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Dick Friedman's avatar

Rockne was only one of the members of the stable of Christy Walsh, who syndicated to newspapers not only top athletes and coaches but also celebrities of all kinds. Walsh was kind of an early version of the Hollywood packager and was almost as famous as his clients. Another thing that was interesting was the way Rockne, like many famous coaches in those times, felt free to skip his own team's game! Can you imagine Nick Saban missing a Crimson Tide game to take in Florida-Georgia? Finally...you gotta admit that Barbasol really gave the Rock an exceedingly clean all-over shave!

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