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The 1932 Colgate-Brown Thanksgiving Game for the Rose Bowl
The story a few days ago, Today's Tidbit... 100 Years of Football: 1931-1935, mentioned the 1932 Colgate team that was the end cap of a remarkable…
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Timothy P. Brown
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Football in the Year of Two Thanksgivings
Football and Thanksgiving have been linked since Harvard and Yale played on Thanksgiving in 1876. A few years later, the Intercollegiate Football…
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Timothy P. Brown
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Cal State Los Angeles Football, 1964 National Champions (Part III)
Part I of this story described Cal State Los Angeles and the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in 1964. It also covered CSLA's first…
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Cal State Los Angeles Football, 1964 National Champions (Part II)
Yesterday's story described Cal State Los Angeles and the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in 1964. It also covered CSLA's first three…
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Timothy P. Brown
Cal State Los Angeles Football, 1964 National Champions (Part I)
If I told you that California State at Los Angeles won the national championship in 1964, you might assume I was referring to UCLA, but I wasn't. UCLA…
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Timothy P. Brown
Football's 20 Greatest Influencers Per Walter Camp
We've all seen lists of the greatest players or top coaches in football history, and almost all suffer from recency bias. The greatest player lists have…
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Timothy P. Brown
College Football's First Prime Time Game
College football games televised in prime time used to mean something, but it's just not that big of a deal anymore. Sure, playing in the featured game…
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Timothy P. Brown
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