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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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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The History of Game Balls
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the number of balls used per game in early football, how that number grew, and the origins of…
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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When Defenses Lose Their Point (One-Point Safeties)
There's a string of social media posts working their way around the site previously known as Twitter concerning the oddest opponents various college…
Apr 24
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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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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The History of Huddling
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the development of huddling, how the game functioned before it arrived in the 1920s, and how its…
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... 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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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Before Intentional Grounding
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the development of intentional grounding during the early history of forward passing. Watch the…
Apr 16
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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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