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MrMarcello

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Speaking of the forward pass, ol' Teddy Roosevelt had a big role in a few changes to the collegiate sport.
-- The unnecessary fatalities had reached a point where something drastic needed to be done. Even President Theodore Roosevelt, the famous Roughrider and a big supporter of football, grew alarmed when he saw the condition of his son, Theodore Jr., following a particularly brutal Harvard-Yale freshman football game.--


https://wvusports.com/news/2019/7/5/football-cfb150-the-history-of-the-forward-pass
On January 16, 1906, a group of leading authorities got together in New York City to create the most sweeping rule changes college football had seen since its inception in 1869. They abolished mass formation plays that were causing so many injuries, created a neutral zone between the offense and the defense, doubled the distance for first downs from five to 10 yards, and, most significantly, legalized the forward pass.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-early-history-of-footballs-forward-pass-78015237
The forward pass was ridiculed by college football’s powerhouse teams only to be proved wrong by Pop Warner and his Indians
 

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That was no catch. He stepped out and even when he caught I'm not sure if he had possession before he touched out. Wtf are those officials seeing on the footage?
 

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Is Spencer Rattler a bastard child of Wes Brown??? Overrated player as well, helps playing in a vacuum offense against opposition that play little to no defense.

Robinson is a stud. He'll be in the NFL soon, no idea if he'll do anything of note at that level.
 

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South Carolina getting boat raced so far at Tennessee.

And I don’t care what they say, those “black” Vols uniforms look purple on TV