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Tips for Surviving the College Football OffSeason
A couple of weeks ago, I phone into EDSBS Live, the online talk radio show hosted by EDSBS’s Orson Swindle and BON’s Peter Bean. My recommendation was that they should start to provide a public service in giving tips to those of us who struggle through the off-season waiting for the...
Football History: Clark Shaughnessy and the T Formation
There are only two things I watch on TV with any consistency: sports and the History Channel. Lately I've been reading and reviewing books about college football history. A while back, I reviewed a book named 'The Wow Boys' about the 1940 Stanford Indians football team. In 1940, Coach Clark...
Review: The Wow Boys - The 1940 Stanford Indians and the T Formation
'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" formation. The result was to change football forever. Most teams ran a single wing offense at the...
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