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The Flying Wedge and Hidden Ball Trick: Dangers of Early Football · Sports History Network

• 0:57
  Imagine
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  a
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  sport
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  so
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  brutal
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  that
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  some
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  experts
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  compared
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  it
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  to
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  bull
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  fighting
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  and
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  prize
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  fighting,
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  and
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  not
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  in
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  a
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  good
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  way.
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  A
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  sport
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  where
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  coaches
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  encourage
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  players
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  to
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  tackle
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  opponents
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  even
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  after
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  they
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  had
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  called
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  for
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  a
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  fair
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  catch
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  to
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  eat
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  a
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  penalty.
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  The
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  scene
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  wasn't
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  some
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  ancient
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  gladiator
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  contest.
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  was
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  American
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  football
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  at
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  the
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  20th
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  Before
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  the
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  complex
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  defenses
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  we
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  know
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  today,
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  football
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  was
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  a
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  grinding,
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  of
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  attrition
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  fought
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  in
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  the
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  mud.
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  It
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  was
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  a
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  game
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  defined
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  not
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  by
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  finess,
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  but
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  by
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  raw
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  brutal
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  force
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  and
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  crafty
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  deception,
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  all
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  perfected
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  through
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  plays
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  that
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  were
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  eventually
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  banned
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  for
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  being
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  too
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  dangerous
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  to
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  exist.
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  These
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  banned
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  that
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  made
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  football
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  And
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  in
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  1905
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  alone,
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  newspapers
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  reported
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  around
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  19
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  players
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  football
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  The
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  a
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  The
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  game
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  so
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  lethal
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  the
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  President
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  of
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  the
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  United
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  States,
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  Theodore
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  Roosevelt,
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  had
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  to
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  step
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  in,
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  threatened
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  even
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  to
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  abolish
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  the
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  sport
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  entirely
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  if
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  changes
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  weren't
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  made.
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  So
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  what
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  turned
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  a
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  college
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  pastime
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  into
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  a
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  national
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  bloodsport?
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  It
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  wasn't
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  just
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  tough
• 3:01
  tackling.
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  It
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  was
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  a
• 3:03
  set
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  of
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  now
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  banned
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  plays,
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  including
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  the
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  two
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  discuss
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  tonight.
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  Engineered
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  for
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  pure
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  trickery
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  and
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  terrifying
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  brute
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  force
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  plays
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  like
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  the
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  hidden
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  ball
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  trick
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  and
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  the
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  infamous
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  flying
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  wedge.
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  So
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  how
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  did
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  things
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  get
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  so
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  out
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  of
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  hand?
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  Well
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  before
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  1906,
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  the
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  American
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  football
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  game
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  was
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  totally
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  different
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  animal
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  than
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  it
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  is
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  today.
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  It
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  was
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  much
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  closer
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  to
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  rugby,
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  a
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  slow,
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  grinding
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  game
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  where
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  the
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  forward
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  pass
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  was
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  illegal.
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  Offenses
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  had
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  to
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  rely
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  on
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  relentless
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  running
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  plays
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  and
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  brute
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  strength
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  to
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  gain
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  every
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  single
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  inch.
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  In
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  response,
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  defenses
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  would
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  stack
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  the
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  line
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  of
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  scrimmage,
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  creating
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  a
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  wall
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  of
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  human
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  bodies.
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  And
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  the
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  result
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  was
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  a
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  compressed,
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  violent
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  scrum
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  where
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  pretty
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  Much
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  anything
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  went.
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  Slugging,
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  kicking
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  and
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  even
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  hair
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  pulling
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  were
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  all
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  just
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  part
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  of
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  the
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  game.
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  Now
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  in
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  the
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  chaos,
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  coaches
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  became
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  like
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  battlefield
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  generals,
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  constantly
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  inventing
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  new
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  weapons
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  to
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  get
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  an
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  edge.
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  One
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  of
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  the
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  most
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  creative
• 4:01
  minds
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  of
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  this
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  era
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  was
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  Glenn
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  Pop
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  Warner.
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  Warner
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  was
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  a
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  mastermind
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  of
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  trickery
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  and
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  he
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  became
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  notorious
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  for
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  plays
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  that
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  bent
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  and
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  sometimes
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  shattered
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  the
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  rules
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  of
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  sportsmanship.
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  One
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  of
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  his
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  most
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  famous
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  inventions
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  that
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  was
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  along
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  these
• 4:16
  lines
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  was
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  the
• 4:18
  hidden
• 4:18
  ball
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  trick.
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  Now
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  don't
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  get
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  me
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  wrong,
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  Warner
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  had
• 4:21
  a
• 4:21
  lot
• 4:21
  of
• 4:22
  more
• 4:22
  good
• 4:22
  plays
• 4:23
  and
• 4:24
  positive
• 4:24
  improvements
• 4:25
  to
• 4:25
  the
• 4:25
  game
• 4:26
  than
• 4:26
  what
• 4:26
  we're
• 4:26
  going
• 4:26
  to
• 4:27
  discuss
• 4:27
  here.
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  So
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  it's
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  not
• 4:28
  all
• 4:28
  bad.
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  But
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  before
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  a
• 4:30
  game
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  against
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  the
• 4:31
  powerhouse
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  harbor
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  team
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  in
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  1903,
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  Warner
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  had
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  the
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  Carlisle
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  schools
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  Taylor
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  so
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  elastic
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  bands
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  into
• 4:37
  the
• 4:37
  waistbands
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  of
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  his
• 4:39
  players
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  jerseys.
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  During
• 4:40
  a
• 4:40
  kickoff
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  the
• 4:42
  entire
• 4:42
  team
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  would
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  huddle
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  around
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  a
• 4:43
  receiver
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  and
• 4:44
  in
• 4:45
  Fusion,
• 4:45
  one
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  of
• 4:46
  the
• 4:46
  players
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  would
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  secretly
• 4:47
  stuff
• 4:47
  the
• 4:48
  football
• 4:48
  up
• 4:48
  the
• 4:48
  back
• 4:49
  of
• 4:49
  another
• 4:49
  player's
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  jersey.
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  Now
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  the
• 4:51
  huddle
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  would
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  then
• 4:52
  break
• 4:53
  and
• 4:53
  players
• 4:53
  would
• 4:54
  scatter
• 4:54
  with
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  every
• 4:55
  player
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  taking
• 4:56
  and
• 4:56
  faking
• 4:57
  like
• 4:57
  they
• 4:57
  had
• 4:57
  the
• 4:58
  ball.
• 4:58
  As
• 4:59
  the
• 4:59
  Harvard
• 4:59
  defense
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  scrambled
• 5:00
  to
• 5:01
  figure
• 5:01
  out
• 5:01
  who
• 5:01
  to
• 5:01
  tackle,
• 5:02
  the
• 5:02
  real
• 5:02
  ball
• 5:03
  carrier
• 5:03
  would
• 5:03
  be
• 5:04
  sprinting
• 5:04
  completely
• 5:05
  out
• 5:05
  touched,
• 5:06
  running
• 5:06
  for
• 5:07
  long
• 5:07
  gains.
• 5:08
  It
• 5:08
  was
• 5:09
  such
• 5:09
  a
• 5:09
  brazen
• 5:10
  play
• 5:11
  that
• 5:12
  later,
• 5:12
  Warner
• 5:12
  himself
• 5:13
  later
• 5:13
  admitted
• 5:14
  he
• 5:14
  didn't
• 5:15
  think
• 5:15
  the
• 5:15
  play
• 5:15
  was
• 5:16
  strictly
• 5:17
  legitimate.
• 5:19
  Now
• 5:19
  this
• 5:19
  kind
• 5:19
  of
• 5:20
  deception
• 5:20
  was
• 5:20
  one
• 5:21
  way
• 5:21
  to
• 5:21
  think,
• 5:21
  but
• 5:22
  the
• 5:22
  other
• 5:23
  far
• 5:23
  more
• 5:23
  common
• 5:24
  method
• 5:24
  was
• 5:24
  by
• 5:25
  pure
• 5:25
  force.
• 5:26
  And
• 5:26
  no
• 5:26
  play
• 5:27
  embodied
• 5:27
  that
• 5:28
  force
• 5:28
  more
• 5:28
  than
• 5:28
  the
• 5:28
  flying
• 5:29
  wedge.
• 5:30
  Flying
• 5:30
  wedge
• 5:30
  was
• 5:31
  less
• 5:31
  of
• 5:31
  a
• 5:31
  football
• 5:32
  play
• 5:32
  and
• 5:32
  more
• 5:33
  of
• 5:33
  a
• 5:33
  military
• 5:33
  tactic
• 5:34
  on
• 5:34
  grass.
• 5:35
  It
• 5:35
  was
• 5:35
  designed
• 5:36
  by
• 5:36
  Harvard
• 5:36
  coach
• 5:38
  at
• 5:38
  the
• 5:38
  time,
• 5:38
  Lauren
• 5:39
  Dealand
• 5:39
  who
• 5:40
  ironically
• 5:41
  never
• 5:41
  played
• 5:42
  a
• 5:42
  down
• 5:42
  of
• 5:42
  football.
• 5:43
  And
• 5:43
  he
• 5:44
  unleashed
• 5:44
  it
• 5:44
  against
• 5:45
  Harvard's
• 5:46
  arch
• 5:46
  rival
• 5:46
  Yale
• 5:47
  in
• 5:47
  1892.
• 5:49
  At
• 5:49
  the
• 5:49
  time
• 5:50
  the
• 5:50
  kickoff
• 5:50
  rules
• 5:50
  were
• 5:51
  different.
• 5:51
  Teams
• 5:52
  could
• 5:52
  tap
• 5:53
  the
• 5:53
  ball
• 5:53
  and
• 5:53
  then
• 5:54
  pick
• 5:54
  it
• 5:54
  up
• 5:54
  to
• 5:54
  start
• 5:54
  their
• 5:55
  advance,
• 5:56
  you
• 5:56
  know,
• 5:56
  because
• 5:57
  the
• 5:57
  ball
• 5:57
  did
• 5:57
  not
• 5:57
  have
• 5:57
  to
• 5:58
  travel
• 5:58
  10
• 5:58
  yards.
• 5:58
  So
• 5:59
  it
• 5:59
  was
• 5:59
  more
• 5:59
  like
• 5:59
  a
• 5:59
  soccer
• 6:00
  play
• 6:00
  where
• 6:01
  the
• 6:01
  kicking
• 6:02
  team
• 6:02
  would
• 6:02
  keep
• 6:03
  possession.
• 6:04
  Now
• 6:04
  Dylan
• 6:05
  exploited
• 6:06
  this
• 6:06
  perfectly.
• 6:07
  Instead
• 6:07
  of
• 6:07
  spreading
• 6:08
  out
• 6:08
  the
• 6:08
  Harvard
• 6:09
  player
• 6:09
  split,
• 6:09
  he
• 6:10
  split
• 6:10
  them
• 6:10
  into
• 6:10
  two
• 6:10
  groups
• 6:11
  about
• 6:12
  20
• 6:12
  yards
• 6:12
  behind
• 6:12
  the
• 6:13
  ball.
• 6:13
  And
• 6:14
  on
• 6:14
  a
• 6:14
  signal
• 6:15
  both
• 6:15
  groups
• 6:15
  would
• 6:15
  start
• 6:16
  to
• 6:16
  sprint
• 6:16
  forward,
• 6:17
  converging
• 6:18
  into
• 6:18
  a
• 6:19
  V
• 6:19
  shaped
• 6:20
  human
• 6:20
  battering
• 6:20
  ram
• 6:21
  with
• 6:21
  the
• 6:22
  ball
• 6:22
  carrier
• 6:22
  tucked
• 6:23
  away
• 6:23
  safely
• 6:24
  in
• 6:24
  the
• 6:24
  middle.
• 6:25
  This
• 6:25
  nearly
• 6:26
  1
• 6:26
  ton
• 6:26
  mass
• 6:27
  of
• 6:27
  players
• 6:27
  would
• 6:27
  crash
• 6:28
  into
• 6:28
  defensive
• 6:30
  offenders,
• 6:31
  you
• 6:31
  know,
• 6:31
  at
• 6:31
  full
• 6:32
  speed
• 6:32
  and
• 6:33
  often
• 6:33
  targeting
• 6:34
  a
• 6:34
  single
• 6:34
  unlucky
• 6:35
  defender.
• 6:36
  Now
• 6:36
  the
• 6:36
  result
• 6:36
  was
• 6:37
  devastating.
• 6:37
  The
• 6:38
  play
• 6:38
  was
• 6:38
  an
• 6:38
  instant
• 6:39
  sensation,
• 6:40
  terrifying
• 6:41
  opponents
• 6:41
  while
• 6:42
  thrilling
• 6:42
  fans.
• 6:43
  But
• 6:43
  its
• 6:44
  success
• 6:44
  came
• 6:45
  at
• 6:45
  a
• 6:45
  horrifying
• 6:46
  cost.
• 6:47
  Now
• 6:47
  the
• 6:47
  flying
• 6:47
  wedge
• 6:48
  was
• 6:48
  so
• 6:48
  effective
• 6:49
  and
• 6:49
  so
• 6:49
  brutal
• 6:50
  that
• 6:50
  it
• 6:51
  was
• 6:51
  banned
• 6:51
  after
• 6:51
  just
• 6:51
  two
• 6:52
  seasons
• 6:52
  in
• 6:52
  1894.
• 6:53
  But
• 6:53
  the
• 6:54
  idea
• 6:54
  it
• 6:54
  introduced
• 6:55
  using
• 6:56
  mass
• 6:56
  and
• 6:56
  momentum
• 6:57
  didn't
• 6:57
  go
• 6:57
  away.
• 6:58
  New
• 6:59
  plays
• 6:59
  designed
• 7:00
  to
• 7:00
  do
• 7:00
  the
• 7:00
  same
• 7:01
  thing
• 7:01
  kept
• 7:01
  popping
• 7:02
  up.
• 7:02
  You
• 7:02
  know,
• 7:02
  Princeton's
• 7:03
  famous
• 7:03
  V
• 7:04
  formation
• 7:05
  was
• 7:06
  a
• 7:06
  variation
• 7:06
  of
• 7:06
  it.
• 7:07
  That
• 7:07
  was
• 7:07
  during
• 7:07
  regular
• 7:08
  scrimmage
• 7:08
  plays
• 7:09
  and
• 7:10
  on
• 7:10
  the
• 7:10
  football
• 7:10
  fields.
• 7:11
  They
• 7:11
  were
• 7:11
  turning
• 7:11
  into
• 7:11
  scenes
• 7:12
  of
• 7:12
  carnage.
• 7:13
  The
• 7:13
  New
• 7:14
  York
• 7:14
  Times
• 7:14
  wrote
• 7:14
  in
• 7:14
  1893,
• 7:15
  quote,
• 7:16
  Every
• 7:16
  day
• 7:17
  one
• 7:17
  hears
• 7:17
  of
• 7:18
  broken
• 7:18
  heads,
• 7:19
  fractured
• 7:19
  skulls,
• 7:20
  broken
• 7:20
  necks,
• 7:21
  wrenched
• 7:22
  legs,
• 7:22
  and
• 7:23
  many
• 7:23
  other
• 7:23
  accidents.
• 7:24
  End
• 7:24
  quote.
• 7:25
  Some
• 7:25
  players
• 7:26
  even
• 7:26
  had
• 7:26
  leather
• 7:27
  handles
• 7:27
  sewn
• 7:27
  under
• 7:28
  their
• 7:28
  uniform
• 7:28
  so
• 7:28
  teammates
• 7:29
  could
• 7:29
  get
• 7:29
  a
• 7:29
  better
• 7:30
  grip
• 7:30
  and
• 7:30
  literally
• 7:31
  throw
• 7:31
  them
• 7:31
  into
• 7:31
  the
• 7:32
  defensive
• 7:32
  line
• 7:32
  like
• 7:33
  a
• 7:33
  human
• 7:33
  cannibal.
• 7:34
  The
• 7:35
  violence
• 7:35
  wasn't
• 7:36
  a
• 7:36
  bug.
• 7:36
  It
• 7:37
  was
• 7:37
  a
• 7:37
  failure.
• 7:38
  This
• 7:38
  all
• 7:38
  came
• 7:39
  to
• 7:39
  a
• 7:39
  head
• 7:39
  in
• 7:39
  1905,
• 7:40
  a
• 7:40
  season
• 7:41
  so
• 7:41
  bloody
• 7:42
  that
• 7:42
  it
• 7:42
  nearly
• 7:42
  killed
• 7:43
  the
• 7:43
  sport
• 7:43
  for
• 7:43
  good.
• 7:44
  Literally.
• 7:45
  That
• 7:45
  year,
• 7:46
  along
• 7:46
  with
• 7:46
  almost
• 7:47
  two
• 7:47
  dozen
• 7:47
  deaths,
• 7:47
  newspapers
• 7:48
  reported
• 7:48
  that
• 7:49
  nearly
• 7:49
  140
• 7:50
  players
• 7:50
  were
• 7:50
  seriously
• 7:51
  injured
• 7:52
  during
• 7:52
  games
• 7:53
  of
• 7:53
  football.
• 7:54
  One
• 7:54
  of
• 7:54
  the
• 7:54
  most
• 7:54
  publicized
• 7:55
  deaths
• 7:55
  was
• 7:56
  that
• 7:56
  of
• 7:56
  Harold
• 7:57
  Moore,
• 7:57
  a
• 7:57
  student
• 7:58
  at
• 7:58
  Union
• 7:58
  College.
• 7:59
  And
• 7:59
  in
• 8:00
  a
• 8:00
  game
• 8:00
  against
• 8:00
  nyu,
• 8:01
  Moore
• 8:01
  charged
• 8:02
  into
• 8:02
  a
• 8:02
  line
• 8:02
  head
• 8:03
  first,
• 8:03
  a
• 8:04
  very
• 8:04
  common
• 8:04
  tactic
• 8:05
  at
• 8:05
  the
• 8:05
  time.
• 8:06
  And
• 8:06
  no
• 8:06
  one
• 8:06
  was
• 8:06
  sure
• 8:07
  what
• 8:07
  he
• 8:07
  hit,
• 8:07
  but
• 8:08
  he
• 8:08
  dropped
• 8:08
  to
• 8:08
  the
• 8:08
  ground
• 8:09
  limp,
• 8:09
  and
• 8:10
  he
• 8:10
  died
• 8:10
  just
• 8:10
  hours
• 8:11
  later
• 8:11
  from
• 8:11
  a
• 8:11
  brain
• 8:11
  hemorrhage.
• 8:12
  After
• 8:13
  a
• 8:13
  brief
• 8:13
  delay,
• 8:14
  that
• 8:14
  game
• 8:15
  continued.
• 8:16
  Now
• 8:16
  the
• 8:17
  chancellor
• 8:17
  of
• 8:17
  nyu,
• 8:19
  along
• 8:19
  with
• 8:19
  others,
• 8:20
  others
• 8:20
  came
• 8:20
  into
• 8:21
  a
• 8:21
  public
• 8:21
  outcry,
• 8:22
  and
• 8:22
  it
• 8:22
  hit
• 8:22
  a
• 8:22
  fever
• 8:22
  pitch.
• 8:23
  University
• 8:24
  presidents,
• 8:25
  including
• 8:26
  McCracken
• 8:27
  of
• 8:27
  NYU
• 8:27
  and
• 8:28
  Harvard's
• 8:28
  own,
• 8:29
  called
• 8:29
  for
• 8:30
  the
• 8:30
  sports
• 8:30
  of
• 8:30
  abolition
• 8:31
  now
• 8:32
  labeling
• 8:33
  it
• 8:33
  more
• 8:34
  brutalizing
• 8:35
  than
• 8:36
  prize
• 8:36
  fighting.
• 8:38
  Now
• 8:38
  the
• 8:38
  game
• 8:39
  was
• 8:39
  on
• 8:39
  trial
• 8:39
  and
• 8:40
  losing,
• 8:40
  and
• 8:40
  a
• 8:40
  crisis
• 8:41
  finally
• 8:41
  reached
• 8:41
  the
• 8:41
  White
• 8:42
  House,
• 8:42
  where
• 8:43
  President
• 8:43
  Theodore
• 8:44
  Roosevelt,
• 8:44
  a
• 8:44
  champion
• 8:45
  of
• 8:45
  the
• 8:45
  strenuous
• 8:46
  life,
• 8:46
  was
• 8:47
  a
• 8:47
  huge
• 8:47
  football
• 8:47
  fan.
• 8:48
  But
• 8:49
  he
• 8:49
  even
• 8:49
  couldn't
• 8:49
  ignore
• 8:50
  this
• 8:50
  death
• 8:50
  harvest.
• 8:51
  In
• 8:51
  1905,
• 8:52
  his
• 8:52
  own
• 8:52
  son
• 8:53
  was
• 8:53
  playing
• 8:53
  freshman
• 8:54
  football
• 8:54
  at
• 8:54
  Harvard,
• 8:55
  and
• 8:55
  Roosevelt
• 8:56
  knew
• 8:56
  that
• 8:56
  the
• 8:56
  sport
• 8:56
  was
• 8:57
  going
• 8:57
  to
• 8:57
  survive.
• 8:58
  It
• 8:58
  had
• 8:58
  to
• 8:58
  change.
• 8:59
  There
• 9:00
  was
• 9:00
  images
• 9:00
  of,
• 9:01
  like,
• 9:01
  Tiny
• 9:01
  Maxwell
• 9:02
  in
• 9:02
  the
• 9:03
  scenes
• 9:04
  of
• 9:04
  newspapers,
• 9:05
  which
• 9:05
  bloodied
• 9:06
  after
• 9:06
  a
• 9:06
  game
• 9:07
  where,
• 9:08
  you
• 9:08
  know,
• 9:08
  he
• 9:08
  was
• 9:09
  playing
• 9:09
  center
• 9:10
  guard
• 9:10
  and
• 9:10
  just
• 9:11
  getting
• 9:11
  slapped
• 9:12
  around
• 9:12
  and
• 9:12
  beaten.
• 9:13
  This
• 9:14
  was
• 9:14
  a
• 9:14
  tipping
• 9:14
  point.
• 9:15
  Football
• 9:15
  was
• 9:15
  staring
• 9:16
  down
• 9:17
  a
• 9:17
  presidential
• 9:18
  ultimatum,
• 9:19
  reform
• 9:20
  or
• 9:20
  be
• 9:21
  abolished.
• 9:21
  And
• 9:21
  the
• 9:22
  story
• 9:22
  of
• 9:22
  how
• 9:22
  they
• 9:22
  pulled
• 9:22
  the
• 9:23
  sport
• 9:23
  back
• 9:23
  from
• 9:23
  the
• 9:23
  brink
• 9:24
  not
• 9:25
  only
• 9:25
  created
• 9:26
  the
• 9:26
  game
• 9:26
  we
• 9:26
  know
• 9:26
  today,
• 9:26
  but
• 9:27
  it
• 9:27
  also
• 9:27
  gave
• 9:27
  us
• 9:27
  one
• 9:28
  of
• 9:28
  the
• 9:28
  most
• 9:28
  important
• 9:28
  rules
• 9:29
  of
• 9:29
  all
• 9:29
  sports,
• 9:30
  something
• 9:31
  that
• 9:31
  differentiated
• 9:32
  football
• 9:32
  from
• 9:33
  the
• 9:33
  rest.
• 9:33
  And
• 9:34
  we'll
• 9:34
  get
• 9:34
  into
• 9:34
  that
• 9:34
  in
• 9:34
  a
• 9:34
  moment.
• 9:35
  But
• 9:35
  if
• 9:35
  you're
• 9:35
  finding
• 9:35
  this
• 9:36
  history
• 9:37
  fascinating,
• 9:37
  as
• 9:37
  I
• 9:38
  do,
• 9:38
  take
• 9:38
  a
• 9:38
  second
• 9:39
  and
• 9:39
  hit
• 9:39
  that
• 9:39
  subscribe
• 9:40
  button
• 9:40
  and,
• 9:41
  you
• 9:41
  know,
• 9:42
  maybe
• 9:42
  hit
• 9:43
  some
• 9:43
  comments.
• 9:43
  And
• 9:43
  it
• 9:44
  helps
• 9:44
  us
• 9:44
  to
• 9:44
  dig
• 9:44
  up
• 9:44
  more
• 9:44
  stories
• 9:45
  about
• 9:45
  the
• 9:45
  wild
• 9:46
  origins
• 9:46
  and
• 9:47
  of
• 9:47
  the
• 9:47
  game
• 9:47
  we
• 9:47
  love.
• 9:49
  In
• 9:49
  1905,
• 9:50
  October
• 9:51
  of
• 9:51
  that
• 9:52
  year,
• 9:52
  President
• 9:52
  Roosevelt
• 9:53
  summoned
• 9:53
  the
• 9:53
  head
• 9:54
  coaches
• 9:54
  of
• 9:54
  Harvard,
• 9:55
  Yale,
• 9:55
  Princeton
• 9:55
  and
• 9:56
  Penn
• 9:56
  and
• 9:56
  some
• 9:56
  of
• 9:56
  the
• 9:56
  other
• 9:57
  eastern
• 9:57
  powerhouses.
• 9:58
  And
• 9:58
  his
• 9:58
  message
• 9:59
  was
• 9:59
  blunt
• 10:01
  quote.
• 10:01
  Football
• 10:02
  is
• 10:02
  on
• 10:02
  trial,
• 10:03
  he
• 10:03
  told
• 10:03
  them,
• 10:04
  because
• 10:04
  I
• 10:05
  believe
• 10:05
  in
• 10:05
  the
• 10:05
  game.
• 10:06
  I
• 10:07
  want
• 10:07
  to
• 10:07
  do
• 10:08
  all
• 10:08
  I
• 10:08
  can
• 10:08
  to
• 10:08
  save
• 10:09
  it,
• 10:09
  he
• 10:09
  said,
• 10:10
  end
• 10:10
  quote.
• 10:11
  He
• 10:11
  demanded
• 10:12
  they
• 10:12
  reform
• 10:12
  the
• 10:12
  rules
• 10:13
  to
• 10:13
  get
• 10:13
  rid
• 10:14
  of
• 10:14
  the
• 10:14
  brutality
• 10:14
  and
• 10:15
  bring
• 10:15
  back
• 10:15
  good
• 10:16
  sportsmanship.
• 10:18
  This
• 10:18
  presidential
• 10:19
  push
• 10:19
  was
• 10:19
  the
• 10:19
  catalyst
• 10:20
  for
• 10:20
  massive
• 10:21
  change
• 10:22
  in
• 10:22
  the
• 10:22
  following
• 10:23
  months.
• 10:23
  Representatives
• 10:23
  from
• 10:24
  62
• 10:24
  colleges
• 10:25
  met
• 10:25
  to
• 10:25
  form
• 10:26
  a
• 10:26
  new
• 10:26
  rules
• 10:27
  committee,
• 10:27
  an
• 10:28
  organization
• 10:28
  that
• 10:28
  would
• 10:29
  eventually
• 10:29
  morph
• 10:30
  into
• 10:30
  the
• 10:30
  ncaa.
• 10:32
  Their
• 10:32
  job
• 10:32
  was
• 10:33
  simple.
• 10:34
  Crack
• 10:34
  the
• 10:34
  game
• 10:34
  wide
• 10:35
  open
• 10:35
  and
• 10:36
  end
• 10:36
  the
• 10:36
  deadly
• 10:37
  mass
• 10:37
  attack
• 10:38
  style
• 10:38
  of
• 10:39
  play.
• 10:40
  The
• 10:40
  committee
• 10:40
  introduced
• 10:41
  a
• 10:41
  whole
• 10:41
  slate
• 10:42
  of
• 10:42
  changes
• 10:42
  in
• 10:42
  the
• 10:42
  1906
• 10:43
  season.
• 10:44
  They
• 10:44
  created
• 10:44
  a
• 10:45
  neutral
• 10:45
  zone,
• 10:46
  that
• 10:46
  football
• 10:46
  length
• 10:47
  space
• 10:47
  between
• 10:47
  the
• 10:48
  offensive
• 10:48
  defense
• 10:49
  before
• 10:50
  scrimmage
• 10:50
  plays,
• 10:51
  which
• 10:51
  ended
• 10:52
  the
• 10:52
  constant
• 10:52
  brawling
• 10:53
  before
• 10:53
  the
• 10:53
  snap.
• 10:54
  They
• 10:54
  required
• 10:54
  more
• 10:55
  players
• 10:55
  on
• 10:55
  the
• 10:55
  line
• 10:55
  of
• 10:56
  scrimmage
• 10:56
  to
• 10:56
  stop
• 10:57
  teams
• 10:57
  from
• 10:57
  loading
• 10:58
  up
• 10:58
  the
• 10:58
  backfield
• 10:59
  having
• 10:59
  that
• 11:00
  momentum
• 11:01
  and
• 11:01
  those
• 11:01
  momentum
• 11:02
  plays.
• 11:02
  They
• 11:02
  also
• 11:03
  doubled
• 11:03
  the
• 11:03
  yards
• 11:04
  needed
• 11:04
  for
• 11:04
  first
• 11:04
  down
• 11:05
  from
• 11:05
  five
• 11:05
  to
• 11:06
  10,
• 11:06
  hoping
• 11:07
  to
• 11:07
  encourage
• 11:08
  more
• 11:08
  open
• 11:08
  field
• 11:08
  running
• 11:09
  instead
• 11:09
  of
• 11:09
  those
• 11:09
  low
• 11:10
  gain
• 11:10
  high
• 11:11
  impact
• 11:11
  pile
• 11:12
  ups.
• 11:13
  But
• 11:13
  the
• 11:14
  most
• 11:14
  revolutionary
• 11:15
  change,
• 11:15
  the
• 11:15
  one
• 11:15
  that
• 11:15
  would
• 11:16
  make
• 11:16
  the
• 11:16
  biggest
• 11:16
  impact
• 11:17
  eventually,
• 11:17
  not
• 11:18
  at
• 11:18
  first,
• 11:19
  the
• 11:20
  one
• 11:20
  for
• 11:20
  over
• 11:20
  alter
• 11:21
  the
• 11:21
  sports
• 11:21
  DNA
• 11:22
  was
• 11:22
  legalizing
• 11:23
  the
• 11:23
  forward
• 11:23
  pass.
• 11:24
  It
• 11:24
  was
• 11:25
  a
• 11:25
  radical
• 11:25
  idea.
• 11:25
  For
• 11:26
  decades,
• 11:26
  the
• 11:26
  game
• 11:27
  was
• 11:27
  about
• 11:27
  the
• 11:27
  ground
• 11:28
  and
• 11:28
  pound
• 11:28
  rugby
• 11:29
  style
• 11:29
  attacks.
• 11:30
  Pierce
• 11:30
  thought
• 11:30
  the
• 11:30
  forward
• 11:31
  pass
• 11:31
  was
• 11:31
  a
• 11:31
  gimmick
• 11:32
  that
• 11:32
  would
• 11:32
  turn
• 11:32
  players
• 11:33
  into
• 11:33
  sissies,
• 11:35
  making
• 11:35
  sure
• 11:36
  that
• 11:36
  it
• 11:36
  didn't
• 11:37
  take
• 11:37
  over.
• 11:38
  These
• 11:39
  advocates
• 11:40
  for
• 11:40
  the
• 11:40
  former
• 11:41
  way
• 11:41
  of
• 11:41
  playing
• 11:41
  football,
• 11:42
  mostly
• 11:42
  in
• 11:43
  the
• 11:43
  east,
• 11:43
  attached
• 11:44
  a
• 11:44
  heavy
• 11:45
  burden
• 11:45
  and
• 11:46
  penalties
• 11:47
  to
• 11:48
  an
• 11:48
  incomplete
• 11:48
  pass
• 11:49
  which
• 11:50
  resulted
• 11:50
  in
• 11:51
  loss
• 11:51
  of
• 11:51
  possession,
• 11:52
  effectively
• 11:53
  a
• 11:53
  turnover
• 11:54
  to
• 11:54
  the
• 11:54
  other
• 11:55
  team
• 11:55
  and
• 11:55
  other
• 11:56
  costly
• 11:57
  penalties
• 11:58
  for
• 11:59
  throwing
• 11:59
  a
• 11:59
  forward
• 11:59
  pass
• 12:00
  and
• 12:00
  making
• 12:01
  it
• 12:01
  very
• 12:01
  difficult
• 12:02
  where
• 12:02
  to
• 12:02
  throw
• 12:02
  it
• 12:02
  from.
• 12:03
  Now,
• 12:03
  despite
• 12:04
  the
• 12:04
  harsh
• 12:04
  rules
• 12:04
  of
• 12:05
  forward
• 12:05
  pass
• 12:05
  was
• 12:06
  the
• 12:06
  key.
• 12:06
  It
• 12:06
  was
• 12:07
  the
• 12:07
  ultimate
• 12:07
  answer
• 12:07
  to
• 12:07
  the
• 12:08
  problem
• 12:08
  of
• 12:08
  mass
• 12:08
  momentum
• 12:09
  violence.
• 12:10
  By
• 12:10
  letting
• 12:10
  teams
• 12:11
  throw
• 12:11
  the
• 12:11
  ball
• 12:11
  downfield,
• 12:12
  it
• 12:12
  forced
• 12:12
  defenses
• 12:13
  to
• 12:13
  spread
• 12:13
  out.
• 12:14
  And
• 12:14
  this
• 12:14
  opened
• 12:15
  up
• 12:15
  the
• 12:15
  game
• 12:15
  and
• 12:15
  reduced
• 12:16
  the
• 12:16
  brutal
• 12:16
  condensed
• 12:17
  collisions
• 12:18
  that
• 12:18
  made
• 12:18
  football
• 12:19
  so
• 12:19
  deadly.
• 12:21
  Now
• 12:21
  the
• 12:21
  impact
• 12:22
  was
• 12:22
  immediate.
• 12:23
  Now,
• 12:23
  even
• 12:23
  though
• 12:23
  the
• 12:24
  forward
• 12:24
  pass
• 12:25
  didn't
• 12:25
  get
• 12:25
  morphed
• 12:26
  until
• 12:27
  what
• 12:27
  we
• 12:27
  know
• 12:27
  it
• 12:28
  by
• 12:28
  rule
• 12:28
  in
• 12:29
  1912,
• 12:31
  the
• 12:31
  rules
• 12:32
  that
• 12:32
  were
• 12:32
  introduced
• 12:33
  in
• 12:33
  1906
• 12:34
  led
• 12:35
  to
• 12:35
  a
• 12:35
  huge
• 12:35
  drop
• 12:36
  in
• 12:36
  the
• 12:36
  deaths
• 12:36
  and
• 12:36
  serious
• 12:37
  injuries.
• 12:38
  The
• 12:38
  game
• 12:38
  had
• 12:38
  been
• 12:39
  pulled
• 12:39
  back
• 12:39
  from
• 12:39
  the
• 12:39
  edge
• 12:40
  of
• 12:40
  extinction.
• 12:41
  Teams
• 12:42
  and
• 12:42
  schools
• 12:42
  that
• 12:43
  had
• 12:43
  switched
• 12:44
  from
• 12:44
  American
• 12:45
  football
• 12:45
  back
• 12:46
  to
• 12:46
  rugby
• 12:46
  and
• 12:47
  association
• 12:48
  soccer
• 12:49
  style
• 12:49
  football
• 12:50
  were
• 12:50
  starting
• 12:51
  to
• 12:51
  bring
• 12:51
  the
• 12:51
  game
• 12:51
  back,
• 12:52
  the
• 12:53
  band
• 12:53
  plays
• 12:53
  the
• 12:54
  clever
• 12:54
  hidden
• 12:54
  ball
• 12:54
  trick
• 12:55
  and
• 12:55
  a
• 12:55
  brutal
• 12:55
  flying
• 12:56
  wedge
• 12:56
  became
• 12:57
  relics
• 12:57
  of
• 12:57
  a
• 12:57
  lost
• 12:58
  era.
• 12:58
  Powerful
• 12:59
  reminders
• 12:59
  of
• 13:00
  how
• 13:00
  football
• 13:01
  had
• 13:01
  to
• 13:01
  nearly
• 13:02
  destroy
• 13:02
  itself
• 13:02
  in
• 13:03
  order
• 13:03
  to
• 13:03
  be
• 13:03
  saved.
• 13:04
  The
• 13:04
  legacy
• 13:05
  of
• 13:05
  that
• 13:05
  violent
• 13:06
  period
• 13:06
  is
• 13:06
  written
• 13:07
  all
• 13:07
  over
• 13:07
  the
• 13:07
  modern
• 13:08
  game.
• 13:08
  Every
• 13:09
  time
• 13:09
  a
• 13:09
  quarterback
• 13:10
  drops
• 13:10
  back
• 13:10
  to
• 13:10
  throw
• 13:10
  that
• 13:11
  perfect
• 13:11
  spiral,
• 13:12
  it's
• 13:12
  a
• 13:12
  direct
• 13:12
  consequence
• 13:13
  of
• 13:13
  the
• 13:13
  crisis
• 13:14
  of
• 13:14
  1905.
• 13:15
  The
• 13:16
  rules
• 13:16
  that
• 13:16
  protect
• 13:17
  players
• 13:17
  in
• 13:17
  the
• 13:17
  very
• 13:17
  shape
• 13:18
  of
• 13:18
  the
• 13:18
  formations
• 13:18
  of
• 13:19
  the
• 13:19
  field,
• 13:20
  they
• 13:20
  were
• 13:20
  all
• 13:20
  born
• 13:21
  from
• 13:21
  a
• 13:22
  need
• 13:22
  to
• 13:22
  end
• 13:22
  that
• 13:23
  death
• 13:23
  harvest
• 13:24
  back
• 13:24
  prior
• 13:25
  to
• 13:25
  1905
• 13:25
  and
• 13:26
  build
• 13:26
  a
• 13:26
  safer
• 13:26
  sport.
• 13:27
  The
• 13:28
  story
• 13:28
  of
• 13:28
  how
• 13:28
  a
• 13:28
  game
• 13:29
  defined
• 13:29
  by
• 13:29
  brute
• 13:29
  force
• 13:30
  was
• 13:30
  forced
• 13:30
  to
• 13:30
  evolve,
• 13:31
  giving
• 13:32
  birth
• 13:32
  to
• 13:33
  strategic,
• 13:34
  athletic
• 13:34
  and
• 13:35
  incredible
• 13:35
  sport
• 13:36
  that
• 13:36
  millions
• 13:37
  of
• 13:37
  us
• 13:37
  love
• 13:37
  to
• 13:37
  watch
• 13:38
  every
• 13:38
  weekend.
• 13:39
  The
• 13:39
  ghost
• 13:39
  of
• 13:39
  the
• 13:40
  flying
• 13:40
  wedge
• 13:40
  still
• 13:40
  linger,
• 13:41
  a
• 13:41
  testament
• 13:42
  to
• 13:42
  the
• 13:42
  brutal
• 13:42
  origins
• 13:43
  of
• 13:43
  America's
• 13:44
  favorite
• 13:44
  game.
• 13:45
  But
• 13:45
  the
• 13:45
  evolution
• 13:46
  started
• 13:47
  to
• 13:48
  become
• 13:49
  a
• 13:49
  center
• 13:50
  and
• 13:50
  a
• 13:50
  sport
• 13:50
  piece
• 13:50
  were
• 13:51
  player
• 13:51
  safety,
• 13:52
  safety
• 13:53
  equipment
• 13:53
  and
• 13:54
  the
• 13:54
  evolution
• 13:55
  of
• 13:56
  technology
• 13:57
  to
• 13:57
  make
• 13:57
  it
• 13:58
  safer
• 13:59
  and
• 13:59
  you
• 13:59
  know,
• 14:00
  by
• 14:01
  rule,
• 14:01
  making
• 14:01
  it
• 14:02
  safer.
• 14:02
  And
• 14:03
  we
• 14:03
  still
• 14:03
  have
• 14:03
  this
• 14:03
  today.
• 14:04
  You
• 14:04
  know,
• 14:04
  the
• 14:05
  targeting
• 14:05
  rules
• 14:05
  of
• 14:06
  recent
• 14:06
  days
• 14:07
  and,
• 14:08
  you
• 14:08
  know,
• 14:08
  some
• 14:08
  of
• 14:08
  the
• 14:08
  spearing
• 14:09
  and
• 14:09
  taking
• 14:10
  some
• 14:10
  of
• 14:10
  that
• 14:10
  brutality
• 14:11
  out
• 14:11
  of
• 14:11
  the
• 14:11
  game,
• 14:11
  throwing
• 14:12
  players
• 14:12
  out
• 14:12
  of
• 14:12
  the
• 14:13
  game
• 14:13
  that
• 14:14
  are
• 14:14
  not
• 14:14
  obeying
• 14:15
  that
• 14:15
  and
• 14:15
  doing
• 14:16
  some
• 14:16
  things
• 14:17
  to
• 14:17
  harm
• 14:17
  other
• 14:17
  players,
• 14:18
  it's
• 14:18
  starting
• 14:19
  to
• 14:19
  make
• 14:19
  the
• 14:19
  game
• 14:19
  a
• 14:20
  little
• 14:20
  bit
• 14:20
  safer.
• 14:20
  But
• 14:20
  we
• 14:20
  still
• 14:21
  have
• 14:21
  a
• 14:21
  long
• 14:21
  ways
• 14:21
  to
• 14:21
  go.
• 14:22
  The
• 14:22
  helmet
• 14:22
  evolution
• 14:23
  still
• 14:24
  got
• 14:24
  a
• 14:24
  lot
• 14:24
  to
• 14:24
  go
• 14:25
  to
• 14:25
  protect
• 14:25
  these
• 14:25
  players.
• 14:26
  And
• 14:26
  we
• 14:27
  keep
• 14:28
  tweaking
• 14:28
  this
• 14:28
  game,
• 14:29
  let
• 14:29
  it
• 14:30
  keep
• 14:30
  its
• 14:30
  violence,
• 14:31
  but
• 14:32
  control
• 14:34
  and
• 14:34
  prevent
• 14:36
  accidents
• 14:37
  and
• 14:38
  people
• 14:38
  being
• 14:38
  maimed
• 14:39
  and
• 14:39
  even
• 14:39
  death
• 14:39
  out
• 14:39
  on
• 14:40
  the
• 14:40
  field.
• 14:41
  Now,
• 14:41
  we
• 14:42
  appreciate
• 14:42
  you
• 14:42
  watching
• 14:43
  this,
• 14:43
  you
• 14:43
  know,
• 14:43
  and
• 14:43
  if
• 14:43
  you've
• 14:44
  enjoyed
• 14:44
  a
• 14:44
  look
• 14:44
  at
• 14:45
  football's
• 14:45
  wild
• 14:45
  pass,
• 14:45
  let
• 14:46
  us
• 14:46
  know
• 14:46
  in
• 14:46
  the
• 14:46
  comments
• 14:46
  and
• 14:47
  what
• 14:47
  piece
• 14:47
  of
• 14:48
  sports
• 14:48
  history
• 14:48
  you'd
• 14:48
  like
• 14:48
  us
• 14:49
  to
• 14:49
  tackle
• 14:49
  in
• 14:50
  this
• 14:50
  game
• 14:50
  of
• 14:50
  football
• 14:51
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• 14:51
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• 14:51
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• 14:51
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• 14:56
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• 14:56
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• 14:56
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• 14:57
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• 14:57
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• 14:58
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• 14:58
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• 14:58
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• 14:59
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• 15:02
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• 15:02
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