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Digging into football's past via footballarchaeology.com and five books: https://tinyurl.com/TPBAuthorPage
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... 1932 Colgate-Brown Thanksgiving Game
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... 1932 Colgate-Brown Thanksgiving Game
Pigskin Dispatch’s Darin Hayes and I discuss the 1932 Colgate-Brown Thanksgiving Day game that many touted as the contest to determine the Eastern Rose Bowl invitee.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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The Carlisle Indians And Their First Thanksgiving Day Football Game
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The Carlisle Indians And Their First Thanksgiving Day Football Game
Thanksgiving Day commemorates a 1691 feast between the Wampanoag tribe and the Pilgrims following a bountiful harvest.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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A college football national championship was decided today. Montreal beats Saskatchewan 30-16 in the Vanier Cup.
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Diamonds and the Rough: Football in Baseball Stadiums
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Diamonds and the Rough: Football in Baseball Stadiums
There was a time when coaches told football players with minor aches and pains to rub some dirt on it, but the rise of artificial turf and the disappearance of multi-purpose stadiums now leave players...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for The Chronicle Herald
Halifax Nova Scotia
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Rerun: The Tower Play and Pyramid Defense
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Rerun: The Tower Play and Pyramid Defense
Yesterday, I received messages from several long-term subscribers asking whether I had ever written about particular topics or pointing out an interesting event in football history.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Today’s Tidbit... Marietta and Sowle Face Masks
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Today’s Tidbit... Marietta and Sowle Face Masks
When researching football’s past, I sometimes come across information that doesn’t catch my attention until I stumble upon something else that connects the dots.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Puncher's Chance
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Puncher's Chance
Pigskin Dispatch’s Darin Hayes and I discuss the days when defenses could not advance fumbles that hit the ground, and the reason that rule came about.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Today's Tidbit... There Was No Joy in Yaleville
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Today's Tidbit... There Was No Joy in Yaleville
Harvard and Yale will play for the 141st time this Saturday when they meet at Fenway Park, but this story concerns their 70th meeting, played in New Haven in 1953.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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I just published my first YouTube video. There's plenty of room for improvement, but the content is solid.
I tell the story of Frank Birch, who invented the system of hand and body movements football officials use to communicate their on-the-field rulings.
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Ep 1 Football Archaeology Hall of Fame - Frank Birch
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November 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Factoid Feast XVIII
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Factoid Feast XVIII
As discussed in Factoid Feasts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, and XVII, my searches through football history sometimes lead to topics too important to ignore but...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Fun article aboot the early days of television and a more welcoming America.
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Veterans Day and Johnny Poe
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Veterans Day and Johnny Poe
The Poe family of Baltimore is central to Princeton’s football lore.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Bibb Graves, WWI Veteran
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Bibb Graves, WWI Veteran
Pigskin Dispatch’s Darin Hayes and I discuss Bibb Graves, who had the distinction of playing on the first varsity football teams at Alabama and Texas, a feat no on else could claim.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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I know Nathan Rourke is not an NFL guy. They cut him after all, but he's still a damn good quarterback and fits the Canadian game.
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Thick Six or Thicc Six? The Birth of Girth TDs
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Thick Six or Thicc Six? The Birth of Girth TDs
The Sickos Committee posted a video yesterday from a high school game showing a fabulous interception return by an exceptionally large defensive lineman.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Blocking Pads: Ain’t That A Kick In The Ribs
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Blocking Pads: Ain’t That A Kick In The Ribs
Since football players began padding up in the 1890s, the game has had a love-hate relationship with pads.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Prosecution of sandwich guy was half baked.
Sandwich guy no longer in a pickle.
Sandwich guy wearing loafers once again.
Sandwich guy sporting a cheesy smile.
Sandwich guy hamming it up.
Sandwich guy likes tossed salad.
Sandwich guy throws away opportunity.
Sorry.
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Today’s Tidbit... A History Of Blocking Below The Waist
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Today’s Tidbit... A History Of Blocking Below The Waist
Since people first set down football rules on paper, some traditionalists have opposed proposed new rules by arguing that you could not play the game properly if restrictions A or B came to be.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Early Incomplete Pass Penalties
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Early Incomplete Pass Penalties
Pigskin Dispatch’s Darin Hayes and I discuss early incomplete pass penalties, which were far different than those of today.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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1,000 Words: The Mount Hermon-Deerfield Fire
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1,000 Words: The Mount Hermon-Deerfield Fire
This article concerns a picture that is worth 1,000 words —the exact number of words in this story, including the title and image captions.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Today’s Tidbit... Before Uniforms Were Uniform
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Today’s Tidbit... Before Uniforms Were Uniform
Earlier this year, I wrote that teams once wore uniforms that were not always uniform, and went on to discuss and show images of teams with the interlocking logos the well-funded once wore.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Pop Warner and the Bizarro World of Early Forward Passing
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Pop Warner and the Bizarro World of Early Forward Passing
Dickinson College is not a place you’d think of as a source of information on football history.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... When Football Came To Pass
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... When Football Came To Pass
Pigskin Dispatch’s Darin Hayes and I discuss my new book, When Football Came To Pass. We have a good time discussing several stories from the book, including the various methods used to throw the ball...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Today’s Tidbit... Lighting A Fire Under Your Team
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Today’s Tidbit... Lighting A Fire Under Your Team
We often describe football teams as fired up, sometimes as burned out, but we use those terms analogously, not literally.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM