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Today's Tidbit: The University of Mexico Football and International Play
Cinco de Mayo is more widely celebrated in the U.S. than in Mexico, so it seems like a good day to discuss the history of football at the University of…
May 5
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Today's Tidbit... More Absorblo Pads
I've written about Absorblo in the past since it was a miracle of science padding developed in the mid-1950s at a Cornell research lab through funding…
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Today's Tidbit... Glory Days and the 1955 Champion Catalog
There was a time in the not-too-distant past when cotton T-shirts were the standard attire football players wore under their pads and during their…
Apr 30
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Today's Tidbit... Penalty Signals of Yore
Since it first blessed us with its arrival, football has been in a constant state of change. Among its evolving elements are the rules about legal and…
Apr 26
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Today's Tidbit... Will Tethered Footballs Make A Comeback?
Fred Gehrke, a former NFL player and coach, is best known for designing the horns for the Los Angeles Rams helmets in 1948, the first logo to appear on…
Apr 23
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Today's Tidbit... Two Items in Spalding's 1905 Catalog
Paging through the 1905-06 Spalding's Fall and Winter catalog led to two items being deemed worthy of discussion. One involved a piece that covered the…
Apr 20
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Today's Tidbit... 1895 Wellesley College Women's Football
Almost every fan of football history knows the game transitioned from rugby while being played by men at elite Eastern colleges. Less well-known was…
Apr 19
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Today's Tidbit... 1895 Wellesley College Women's Football
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Today's Tidbit... Game-Used Sweaters and All The Presidents' Sons
If you wrote a book report on Grover Cleveland while in the 5th grade, you may recall that Cleveland is the only U.S. President to serve nonconsecutive…
Apr 17
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Today's Tidbit... Football Jerseys and the Wizard of Odd
The uniforms of the 1930s had stripes in every direction and every color of the rainbow. Most were added for decorative purposes, while others were…
Apr 14
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Today's Tidbit... Stanford Propelled By Airplane Drill
Football is a physical and inherently dangerous sport, so coaches have long sought ways to train their athletes and prepare them for the rigors of the…
Apr 12
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Today's Tidbit... The Horween Brothers and the NFL
The best parts of some stories are the links to seemingly unrelated stories that make perfect sense once you understand how the connections came about…
Apr 10
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Today's Tidbit... Penalizing Incomplete Passes
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and so is ugly. For modern football fans, few plays are as exciting as a Hail Mary pass, tossed far downfield in…
Apr 6
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