Hyperbole and the Game of the Century
Hut! Hut! Hike!, published in November 2022, describes the origins of over 400 football terms. This is article #5, covering additional aspects of football’s terminology. A \"game of the century\" is a huge matchup that football fans nationwide anticipate, watch, and look back upon at levels, unlike your run-of-the-mill big game. While few agree on the criteria for what constitutes a game of the century (GOTC), they have proven popular. — www.footballarchaeology.com
How many times have we heard that a great game in college football was the Game of the Century? Many time in the 20th Century. Tim Brown focuses this Football Archaelogy post to identify these great games.
Credit for Bob Zuppke Image
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of a cropped image of File Robert Zuppke 1922 Illinois
Roy Riegels
Roy \"Wrong Way\" Riegels (April 4, 1908 – March 26, 1993) played for the University of California, Berkeley football team from 1927 to 1929. His wrong-way run in the 1929 Rose Bowl is often cited as the worst blunder in the history of college football. On January 1, 1929, the Golden Bears faced the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, USA. Midway through the second quarter, Riegels, who played center, picked up a fumble by Tech’s Jack \"Stumpy\" Thomason. Ju — americanfootballdatabase.fandom.com
The Cal Bears Player that was really good but who is forever remembered for a costly error he made in the Rose Bowl.
College Football's Memorial Stadiums, Part I
Arkansas coach Sam Pittman ended a recent press conference by suggesting that Razorback fans should fill Arkansas’ War Memorial Stadium for Saturday’s game with Western Carolina, arguing for them to show respect for the service members who gave their lives for their country and for whom the Razorbacks’ stadium is named. Given his argument, reviewing the 17 FBS stadiums dedicated as memorials to the nation’s war dead seemed appropriate. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Timothy P Brown of Football Archaeology examines the history of the memorial Stadiums of College Football
Alternating Sets Of Downs
A Tidbit published a few days ago described how American football transitioned between 1906 and 1912 from requiring teams to gain five yards in three downs to ten yards in four downs. Some prominent coaches argued that teams should gain eight or fifteen yards in four downs, but they adopted the four downs to gain ten yards approach, which remains the rule today. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Timothy P Brown takes Football Archaeology into the thought of one innovative coach to alternate the number of downs teams would have and even eliminate the game clock.
The Jump Pass
The legend says that Bronco Nagurski threw the first jump pass in the 1932 NFL Championship game when he had the ball in his backfield, began running forward, and suddenly jumped straight up and threw the ball to a teammate a bit downfield. The Bears’ opponents, the Portsmouth Spartans, protested the play, arguing that Nagurski had thrown the pass from within five yards of the line of scrimmage, which was illegal then. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Timothy P. Brown gives an in-depth history behind one of the gridiron's most legendary throws, the Jump Pass
Who Invented The Hidden Ball Trick, And When?
It is often claimed that Pop Warner’s Carlisle Indians executed the first hidden ball trick against Harvard in 1903, but that claim is wrong several times over. During the 1903 game, the last game played on Harvard’s Soldiers’ Field with the nearly-finished Harvard Stadium looming in the background, Carlisle came close to upsetting the Crimson, as the Bostonians won 12-11. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Timothy P. Brown was the question Who Invented The Hidden Ball Trick, And When? and then answers it in the Football Archaeology.
Football Done Right
Former NFL general manager and three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi takes readers on the ultimate journey through the NFL’s history to present ... — www.runningpress.com
Football history and the professional game's most important people from the perspective of a man who was a part of some of the greatest teams in history. Michael Lombardi is a former NFL executive and strategist that helped the San Francisco 49ers under Bill Walsh and the New England Patriots under Bill Belichick hoist the Lombardi Trophy. Micahel also worked in the Cleveland Browns organization (old and new) and with the Oakland Raiders under Al Davis.
Mr. Lombardi shares his list of the top coaches and players with in-depth reasons for their rankings, along with some personal stories and a bit of pop culture mixed in.
The sidesaddle Quarterback and Tennessee Formation
Football’s early quarterbacks aligned directly behind the center or slightly offset to receive the snap as the ball rolled or bounced back after the center snapped the ball with his foot. Since the player receiving the snap -typically the quarterback- could not run with the ball, he quickly tossed or handed it to a teammate. — www.footballarchaeology.com
The old Sidesaddle Quarterback and Tennessee Formation are dusted off and examined along with their originator and usage by Timothy P Brown.
Two-Day Football Games
Football does not do weather cancellations. As they say, neither rain, nor snow, nor gloom of night stays these mighty ballcarriers from the swift completion of their appointed runs. However, football games are delayed occasionally due to scheduling conflicts, lightning, faulty lighting systems, or other issues that cause games to stretch across two days. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Football archaeology explores some of the more famous games in college football that were played on two different days in order to complete.
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