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Today’s Tidbit... A Puncher’s Chance To Recover Fumbles
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Today’s Tidbit... A Puncher’s Chance To Recover Fumbles
Football instituted a rule in 1929 that prevented defenses from advancing fumbles, a rule that remained in effect at the college level until 1990.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Great Divides in Offensive Formations
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Great Divides in Offensive Formations
Pigskin Dispatch’s Darin Hayes and I discuss a 1955 publication, Everybody’s Football, and its focus on six offensive formations that are separated by snapping to the quarterback versus directs nappin...
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... What The Extra Points and the Changing Game of Football
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... What The Extra Points and the Changing Game of Football
Pigskin Dispatch’s Darin Hayes and I discuss the lowly extra point and how differences in its historical point values tell a larger story about the history of the game.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Center Snap Trickeration
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Center Snap Trickeration
Pigskin Dispatch’s Darin Hayes and I cover the issue of snapping between the quarterback’s legs.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... One or Two Feet In?
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... One or Two Feet In?
Pigskin Dispatch’s Darin Hayes and I cover the emergence of rules covering whether players are inbounds and out-of-bounds when catching punts, forward passes, or even, fumbles.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Carlisle vs. Harvard Law
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Carlisle vs. Harvard Law
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a 1910 game between students at Harvard Law School and Carlisle, coached by Pop Warner.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Walter Camp's Arresting Development
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Walter Camp's Arresting Development
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the time Walter Camp was arrested for attempted murder.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Last Heisman Winner Without A Face Mask
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Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the last Heisman Trophy winner who did not wear a face mask.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Firing Kansas' Top Coach
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss Kansas and their firing of A.
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6 months ago
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The First Nile Kinnick Stadium
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The First Nile Kinnick Stadium
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a Tidbit concerning the first Nile Kinnick Stadium, a stadium in Tokyo built for the 1940 Olympics that were never held.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... A Tricky Little Skeet
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... A Tricky Little Skeet
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a Tidbit concerning Skeets Lambert of Wabash College who brought two innovations to the forward pass, both of which were subsequently outlawed.
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College Yearbook Football Art, Vol. VI
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College Yearbook Football Art, Vol. VI
College yearbooks are a great source of old-school football and athletic art.
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All aboard for April 2 football history! From another Namath prediction to a plethora of College and Pro Football Hall of Fame Birthdays for April 2.
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PODCAST | April 2 American Football History
While April 2nd might not be as prominently marked as some other dates in American football history with singular, monumental events like Super Bowl victories or the founding of the NFL, it has witnes...
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6 months ago
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once again sat down with
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to discuss a legendary Chicago
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team, this time it was the 1941 Championship club and their phenomenal offense.
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Chicago’s T Formation Offense Really Started Cooking in 1941
In the 1940s, the Chicago Bears pushed the league into the future with their innovative wrinkle of adding motion to their T Formation. The Bears rode the offense to four championships over seven...
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... 1950s Football Home Movies
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... 1950s Football Home Movies
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a 1951 Bell & Howell brochure proving tips for home movie hobbyists filming football games.
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Today's Tidbit... Football At The Chicago Veterinary College
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Today's Tidbit... Football At The Chicago Veterinary College
It has been a long time since veterinary college teams took the field, but that time existed in football's past, just like the business college and medical, dental, and law school teams that existed b...
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Holding On
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Holding On
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the old days of holding and teeing up the football.
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On this Gridiron Day March 30, the good fortunes of events and people helped shape the game we love. Enjoy the American football history of the day.
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March 30 Adds to the Good Fortunes of American Football
What significant events of March 30 contributed to good fortune of American football history? In this episode of the Football History Headlines, we discuss football rule revisions for a rule that gave...
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We had a blast, Jeff was a an awesome guest expert!!
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Remembering the NFL’s Biggest Blowout -
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sat down with
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Remembering the NFL’s Biggest Blowout
The 73-0 score in the 1940 NFL Championship remains the largest margin of victory in NFL history
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In what could be a gridiron paradise of events, March 29 is filled with American football history. Join us for the daily Football History Headlines.
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March 29
The Deep Football History of March 29. Significant Events of the Day That Helped Shape the Game of AmericanFfootball?
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7 months ago
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Halftime Entertainment, or Not
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Halftime Entertainment, or Not
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a few odd example of halftime entertainment, all of which have an Olympic connection.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... All Wrapped Up
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... All Wrapped Up
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the evolution of sideline gear, including blankets, jackets, capes, and even visors.
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8 months ago
If you want to watch/hear me nerd out about football helmets with
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, check out this episode of the Pigskin Dispatch podcast!
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Inside the Iconic Football Helmet: History and Impact #helmets #footballhistory
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Football Helmet As Icon The usual crew is joined by Noah Cohan from Washington University in St. Louis to discuss the history of football helmets and their role as icons.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Football Helmet As Icon
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I are joined by Noah Cohan from Washington University in St.
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9 months ago
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Thus Spake Archaic Language Football evolves and so does the language used to describe it.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Thus Spake Archaic Language
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a recent Tidbit about the archaic writing used by football reporters of old.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Mother of All Overhand Spirals
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss Frank Hering, who Amos Alonzo Stagg claimed threw overhand spirals as far back as 1894.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Kicking From Dirt Tees Before football allowed artificial tees, kickers made dirt tees and liked it.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Kicking From Dirt Tees
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a 1923 Wilson publication, The Fundamentals or Football. The focus is on the section covering kicking, back when drop kicking was the norm, and kic...
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Are the CFB Brackets Broken? Many think they are but we have a different idea in today's podcast
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Upsets and Rankings: Analyzing the 2024 College Football Semifinals
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9 months ago
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9 months ago
Eight former Yale captains and fifteen first-team All-Americans took the field that day.
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Yale's 1901 Bicentennial Team, The Most Accomplished Team Ever?
It's common to see writers and panels name all-time football teams that ignore those who did not play in the last 50 years.
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10 months ago
The fair catch free kick came along with the rest of the rugby rules adopted by American football in 1876. Here's an explanation of the original rule.
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Today's Tidbit... 1876 IFA Rule #43: Fair Catch Free Kick
This is #43 in a series covering football's original 61 rules adopted by the Intercollegiate Football Association in 1876.
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10 months ago
A few articles on the history of fair catch free kicks...
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Happy Gridiron Birthday to the 1st Pro Football Player: December 20, 1867 - Minneapolis, Minnesota - William W. ‟Pudge‟ Heffelfinger, the legendary Yale Bulldogs guard, was born. @pigskindispatch
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Pudge Heffelfinger Earl Gridiron Star 1st Paid Player — Yale Bulldogs Football Program History | FOOTBALL HISTORY
December 20, 1867 - Minneapolis, Minnesota - William W. ‟Pudge‟ Heffelfinger, the legendary Yale Bulldogs guard, was born. The footballfoundation.org website bio describes Hefflefinger as being 6’-3‟ ...
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Football Flashback: On December 19, 1948, the Cleveland Browns completed their Undefeated Championship season by defeating A Buffalo team in the AAFC title game. @pigskindispatch
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