The early days of football were marked by brutality as several young men died playing the sport. A group rose up to abolish the game. This book tells the story of how Teddy Roosevelt saved the game of football.
Nebraska's 1940 season lead to their first-ever bowl game against the Stanford Indians in the 1941 Rose Bowl. The next 20 years would not be so kind to Husker football.
Review of "The Nebraska Football Vault" - a unique book about Nebraska Cornhusker football history, complete with reproductions of paraphernalia.
Review of "The Galloping Ghost" an autobiography of Red Grange. Grange was one of the main sports celebrities of his time along with Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, and Jack Dempsey. Grange helped establish professional football as a legitimate sport.
This thing is a behemoth. Over 1300 pages and a lot of it is in small type. So, what is 50 Years of College Football? Authors Bob Boyles have compiled something that has to be the most inclusive...
The legend of early college football goes as follows: In 1905, there were many injuries and several deaths heavily related to the use of the flying wedge. Teddy Roosevelt stepped in and told the...
'The Wow Boys' tells the story of the 1940 Stanford Indians (Stanford's mascot was the 'Indian' until 1972) football team. Coach Clark Shaughnessy arrived at Stanford in 1940 and installed the "T"...
