The Big Ten Conference Football Championship game is a must-see on many fans of college football's annual watch lists. The tradition of the schools and their football programs are almost as old as the game itself. These title games had to start somewhere, and in this edition we peek back into a post our guest Tim Brown write awhile back on the inaugural Big 10 Championship game titled The Big Ten's First Conference Championship Game (in 1931) .
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Thanks again to Tim Brown and his sharing of his football research both on Football Archaeology and in joining us each Tuesday to discuss another amazing aspect of gridiron history.
Football Archaeology
Timothy Brown's FootballArchaeology.com is a website dedicated to preserving pigskin history. digs into gridiron history to examine how football’s evolution shapes today's game. The site has a variety of articles, history of football word origins, and Daily Tidbits, which have a daily football factoid that shares some quite interesting items and aspects of the gridiron in a short read. They preserve football history in a very unique way Visit the site at Today's Tidbits.
Timothy P Brown
Tim Brown, one of the foremost experts on early college football, is the host and founder of FootballArchaeology.com. Tim's love of the gridiron's past goes beyond just the website. Mr Brown, to date, is the author of three books on football history, appears on various football history podcasts, and has been quoted in articles by The Athletic, The Chicago Tribune, and other publications. He guest authors articles on UniWatch, and his research on the 1920s West Point Cavalry Detachment teams contributed to All American: The Power of Sports, currently on display at the National Archives Museum in Washington, D.C.His books include: Fields of Friendly Strife; How Football Became Football: 150 Years of the Game's Evolution; and Hut! Hut! Hike! A History of Football Terminology, which explores the history of football’s words and expressions and how they became connected to the game.