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Exploring the Landmark Year of 1936 in American Football · Sports History Network

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  It
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  may
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  not
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  be
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  fully
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  appreciated,
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  but
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  90
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  years
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  ago
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  in
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  1936,
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  it
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  might
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  be
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  one
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  of
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  the
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  most
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  important
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  years
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  that
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  the
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  game
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  of
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  American
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  football
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  has
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  ever
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  faced.
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  And
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  culminate
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  this
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  week
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  of
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  celebrating
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  1936
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  by
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  sort
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  of
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  having
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  an
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  overall
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  view
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  of
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  that
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  1936
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  year
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  and
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  the
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  season
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  of
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  1936
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  in
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  American
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  college
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  and
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  pro
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  football.
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  Very
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  impactful
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  in
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  both
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  of
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  those
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  levels
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  of
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  football.
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  now,
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  we
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  have
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  introduced
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  the
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  American
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  find
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  of
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  the
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  key
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  and
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  significant
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  events
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  in
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  American
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  football
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  from
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  each
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  year
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  from
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  1869.
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  We're
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  If
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  you
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  see
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  something
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  that
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  we're
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  missing
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  you
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  our
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  January
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  1,
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  1936,
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  sort
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  of
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  kicked
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  off
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  that
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  year
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  of
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  1936.
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  It
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  was
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  the
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  end
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  of
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  the
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  35
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  season,
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  but
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  the
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  22nd
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  Rose
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  bowl
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  game
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  featured
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  the
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  the
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  Stanford
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  Valboys.
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  Now,
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  if
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  you're
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  not
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  familiar
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  with
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  the
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  story
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  of
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  the
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  Valboys,
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  we
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  have
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  multiple
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  stories
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  on
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  pigskindispatch.com
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  but
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  basically
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  the
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  Valboys
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  were
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  a
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  group
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  of
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  Stanford
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  Indians.
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  Yes,
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  they
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  were
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  the
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  Stanford
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  Indians
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  back
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  then
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  that
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  played
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  football
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  together.
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  They
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  just
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  had
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  a
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  lot
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  of
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  fun
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  together.
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  They
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  were
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  very
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  close
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  and
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  they
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  made
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  a
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  vow
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  to
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  each
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  other
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  that
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  they,
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  when
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  they
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  were
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  freshmen,
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  I
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  think
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  they
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  were
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  like,
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  when
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  they
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  couldn't
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  play,
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  they
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  witnessed
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  their
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  team,
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  the
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  varsity
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  team,
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  getting
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  defeated
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  by
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  USC
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  and
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  Cal,
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  the
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  two
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  big
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  rivals.
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  The
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  big
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  game
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  against
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  Cal,
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  of
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  course.
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  And
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  USC
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  was
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  a
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  big
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  rival
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  too,
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  back
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  then.
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  So
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  they've
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  made
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  a
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  vow
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  that
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  during
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  their
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  playing
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  days
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  at
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  Stanford,
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  they
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  would
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  not
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  lose
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  to
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  USC
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  or
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  Cal.
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  And
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  they
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  made
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  good
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  on
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  it.
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  And
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  one
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  of
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  those
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  games
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  was
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  the
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  22nd
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  Rose
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  Bowl.
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  The
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  Valboys
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  played
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  SMU.
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  They
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  had
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  already
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  beaten
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  Cal.
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  They
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  had
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  already
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  beaten
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  USC,
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  had
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  earned
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  the
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  right
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  to
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  represent
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  the
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  west
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  coast
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  in
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  the
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  the
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  rose
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  bowl,
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  the
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  22nd
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  Rose
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  Bowl.
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  And
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  they
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  ended
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  up
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  beating
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  Southern
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  Methodist
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  University
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  7
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  to
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  nothing
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  in
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  a
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  game
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  that
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  featured
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  both
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  teams
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  hailing
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  from
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  west
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  of
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  the
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  Mississippi.
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  First
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  time
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  that
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  that
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  happened
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  that
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  was
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  not
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  in
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  wartime.
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  So
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  that's
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  a
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  very
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  significant
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  event
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  there.
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  And
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  so
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  the
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  Valvoys
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  continued
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  on
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  in
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  that
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  march
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  of
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  keeping
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  their
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  promise.
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  Then
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  a
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  month
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  later,
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  a
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  little
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  over
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  A
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  month
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  later,
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  2-8-19,
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  the
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  very
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  first
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  national
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  Football
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  League
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  draft
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  takes
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  place.
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  The
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  Ritz
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  Carlton
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  Hotel,
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  Philadelphia.
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  The
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  Eagles
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  whose
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  owner
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  was
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  Burt
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  Bell,
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  who
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  basically,
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  according
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  to
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  many
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  accounts,
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  including
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  Burt
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  Bell's
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  son
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  Upton,
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  who
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  we've
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  had
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  on
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  this
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  program,
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  it
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  was
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  Burt
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  Bell's
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  idea
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  to
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  have
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  the
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  draft.
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  You
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  know,
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  back
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  then,
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  you
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  know,
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  you
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  just
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  was.
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  It
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  was
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  a
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  free
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  for
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  all
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  as
• 4:05
  free
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  agency
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  basically
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  all
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  the
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  time.
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  The
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  teams
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  with
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  the
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  deeper
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  pockets
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  got
• 4:09
  the
• 4:09
  players.
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  You
• 4:10
  know,
• 4:10
  the
• 4:10
  Bears
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  and
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  the
• 4:11
  Giants
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  of
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  the
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  world
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  got
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  almost
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  anybody
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  they
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  wanted.
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  You
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  know,
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  teams
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  like
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  Green
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  Bay
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  was
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  struggling,
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  having
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  to
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  get
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  innovative.
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  Pittsburgh,
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  Philadelphia
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  were
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  newer
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  teams,
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  only
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  three
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  years
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  in
• 4:22
  Washington
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  struggling
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  to
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  get
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  these
• 4:23
  players.
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  So
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  the
• 4:25
  Eagles
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  ended
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  up
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  proposing
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  this.
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  You
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  know,
• 4:28
  Burt
• 4:28
  Bell
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  of
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  the
• 4:29
  Eagles
• 4:29
  owner
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  proposes,
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  you
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  know,
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  the
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  worst
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  team
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  from
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  the
• 4:32
  year
• 4:32
  prior
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  gets
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  the
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  first
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  pick.
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  And
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  so
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  on
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  the
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  way
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  we
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  do
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  it
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  now,
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  it
• 4:37
  spread
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  to
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  all
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  American
• 4:38
  sports.
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  The
• 4:39
  Eagles
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  ended
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  up
• 4:40
  selecting
• 4:40
  Jay
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  Burwanger
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  of
• 4:42
  the
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  University
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  of
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  Chicago
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  with
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  a
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  first
• 4:44
  pick.
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  Burwanger
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  that
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  year,
• 4:47
  that
• 4:47
  1935
• 4:48
  season
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  going
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  in,
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  he
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  was
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  the
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  very
• 4:50
  first
• 4:51
  Heisman
• 4:52
  Trophy
• 4:52
  winner,
• 4:52
  which
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  that
• 4:53
  first
• 4:53
  year
• 4:54
  was
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  called
• 4:54
  the
• 4:54
  Downtown
• 4:55
  Athletic
• 4:55
  Trophy.
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  They
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  later
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  the
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  next
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  year,
• 4:59
  1936,
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  as
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  a
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  matter
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  of
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  fact
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  in
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  December
• 5:01
  renamed
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  it
• 5:01
  the
• 5:02
  Heisman
• 5:02
  Trophy
• 5:03
  after
• 5:03
  John
• 5:03
  Heisman
• 5:04
  who
• 5:04
  ended
• 5:04
  up
• 5:04
  being
• 5:04
  the
• 5:04
  athletic
• 5:05
  director
• 5:05
  of,
• 5:05
  of
• 5:06
  the
• 5:06
  Downtown
• 5:07
  Athletic
• 5:08
  Club
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  in
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  Manhattan.
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  So
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  bunch
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  of
• 5:10
  firsts
• 5:11
  going
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  on
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  here.
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  So
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  the
• 5:12
  first
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  draft
• 5:13
  pick
• 5:13
  is
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  the
• 5:14
  first
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  Heisman
• 5:16
  winner,
• 5:17
  basically
• 5:18
  to
• 5:19
  the
• 5:19
  Eagles,
• 5:19
  who
• 5:19
  were
• 5:20
  the
• 5:20
  team
• 5:20
  that
• 5:20
  suggested
• 5:20
  that
• 5:21
  so
• 5:21
  very
• 5:21
  important
• 5:22
  items
• 5:22
  there.
• 5:23
  September
• 5:24
  2nd
• 5:24
  that
• 5:24
  year,
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  1936,
• 5:25
  the
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  third
• 5:26
  Chicago
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  charities
• 5:27
  all
• 5:28
  Star
• 5:28
  game
• 5:28
  took
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  place
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  as
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  the
• 5:29
  defending
• 5:30
  NFL
• 5:30
  champion
• 5:31
  Detroit
• 5:31
  Lions
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  played
• 5:32
  against
• 5:33
  the
• 5:33
  best
• 5:33
  players
• 5:33
  from
• 5:34
  the
• 5:34
  Chicago
• 5:34
  ranks.
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  And
• 5:36
  the
• 5:36
  Lions
• 5:36
  had
• 5:36
  defeated
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  the
• 5:37
  giants
• 5:38
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• 5:38
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• 5:38
  1935
• 5:39
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• 5:39
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• 5:40
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• 5:40
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• 5:40
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• 5:41
  from
• 5:41
  our
• 5:41
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• 5:41
  series
• 5:42
  last
• 5:42
  year.
• 5:43
  And
• 5:44
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• 5:44
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• 5:44
  you
• 5:44
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• 5:45
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• 5:45
  is
• 5:45
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• 5:45
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• 5:45
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• 5:46
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• 5:46
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• 5:46
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• 5:46
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• 5:46
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• 5:47
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• 5:47
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• 5:47
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• 5:47
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• 5:47
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• 5:47
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• 5:48
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• 5:49
  But
• 5:49
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• 5:49
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• 5:50
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• 5:50
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• 5:51
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• 5:51
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• 5:51
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• 5:51
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• 5:51
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• 5:52
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• 5:52
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• 5:52
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• 5:53
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• 5:53
  was
• 5:53
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• 5:53
  7
• 5:54
  all
• 5:54
  tie
• 5:55
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• 5:55
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• 5:56
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• 5:57
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• 5:57
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• 5:57
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• 5:57
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• 5:58
  Field
• 5:58
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• 5:58
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• 5:59
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• 5:59
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• 5:59
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• 6:00
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• 6:00
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• 6:00
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• 6:00
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• 6:00
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• 6:00
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• 6:01
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• 6:02
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• 6:02
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• 6:03
  September
• 6:03
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• 6:04
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• 6:04
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• 6:04
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• 6:05
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• 6:05
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• 6:05
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• 6:06
  Football
• 6:06
  League.
• 6:07
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• 6:07
  know,
• 6:07
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• 6:07
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• 6:07
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• 6:08
  AFL
• 6:08
  was
• 6:08
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• 6:08
  Red
• 6:08
  Grange
• 6:09
  League.
• 6:09
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• 6:09
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• 6:10
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• 6:10
  the
• 6:10
  mid-1920s.
• 6:11
  A
• 6:11
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• 6:12
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• 6:12
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• 6:12
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• 6:13
  AFL
• 6:13
  comes
• 6:14
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• 6:14
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• 6:15
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• 6:15
  Los
• 6:15
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• 6:16
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• 6:17
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• 6:18
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• 6:18
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• 6:19
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• 6:19
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• 6:19
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• 6:20
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• 6:20
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• 6:20
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• 6:21
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• 6:21
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• 6:21
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• 6:21
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• 6:21
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• 6:22
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• 6:22
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• 6:22
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• 6:22
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• 6:22
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• 6:24
  September
• 6:24
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• 6:25
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• 6:25
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• 6:25
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• 6:26
  Redskins
• 6:26
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• 6:26
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• 6:26
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• 6:27
  Dodgers
• 6:27
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• 6:27
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• 6:27
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• 6:28
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• 6:28
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• 6:29
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• 6:29
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• 6:29
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• 6:29
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• 6:29
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• 6:30
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• 6:30
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• 6:31
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• 6:31
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• 6:31
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• 6:31
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• 6:32
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• 6:32
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• 6:32
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• 6:32
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• 6:33
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• 6:33
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• 6:34
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• 6:34
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• 6:34
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• 6:35
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• 6:35
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• 6:36
  profootball
• 6:37
  reference.com
• 6:39
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• 6:39
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• 6:40
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• 6:40
  controversy
• 6:41
  happened
• 6:41
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• 6:41
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• 6:41
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• 6:42
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• 6:42
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• 6:42
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• 6:43
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• 6:43
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• 6:43
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• 6:44
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• 6:44
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• 6:44
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• 6:44
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• 6:44
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• 6:44
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• 6:45
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• 6:45
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• 6:45
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• 6:45
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• 6:46
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• 6:46
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• 6:47
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• 6:47
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• 6:47
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• 6:47
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• 6:48
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• 6:48
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• 6:49
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• 6:49
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• 6:50
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• 6:50
  Shipman.
• 6:51
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• 6:51
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• 6:52
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• 6:52
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• 6:52
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• 6:52
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• 6:53
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• 6:54
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• 6:54
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• 6:54
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• 6:55
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• 6:56
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• 6:56
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• 6:56
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• 6:56
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• 6:56
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• 6:57
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• 6:57
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• 6:57
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• 6:57
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• 6:58
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• 6:58
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• 6:58
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• 6:58
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• 6:59
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• 6:59
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• 6:59
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• 6:59
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• 6:59
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• 7:00
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• 7:00
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• 7:00
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• 7:01
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• 7:01
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• 7:01
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• 7:01
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• 7:02
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• 7:02
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• 7:02
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• 7:02
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• 7:03
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• 7:03
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• 7:04
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• 7:04
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• 7:04
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• 7:04
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• 7:05
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• 7:05
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• 7:05
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• 7:05
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• 7:06
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• 7:06
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• 7:07
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• 7:07
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• 7:08
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• 7:08
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• 7:08
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• 7:09
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• 7:09
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• 7:09
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• 7:09
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• 7:09
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• 7:09
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• 7:12
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• 7:13
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• 7:13
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• 7:14
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• 7:14
  very
• 7:15
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• 7:15
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• 7:16
  Press
• 7:17
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• 7:17
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• 7:17
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• 7:18
  football
• 7:18
  came
• 7:19
  out
• 7:19
  that
• 7:19
  year.
• 7:19
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• 7:20
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• 7:20
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• 7:21
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• 7:21
  think
• 7:21
  the
• 7:21
  coaches,
• 7:22
  the
• 7:22
  writers
• 7:22
  are
• 7:22
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• 7:23
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• 7:23
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• 7:23
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• 7:24
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• 7:24
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• 7:24
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• 7:25
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• 7:25
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• 7:25
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• 7:25
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• 7:26
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• 7:26
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• 7:26
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• 7:26
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• 7:26
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• 7:27
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• 7:28
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• 7:28
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• 7:29
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• 7:30
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• 7:30
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• 7:30
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• 7:30
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• 7:31
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• 7:31
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• 7:31
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• 7:32
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• 7:32
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• 7:32
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• 7:33
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• 7:33
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• 7:34
  system
• 7:34
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• 7:34
  some
• 7:34
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• 7:34
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• 7:35
  other
• 7:35
  ones
• 7:35
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• 7:35
  you
• 7:36
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• 7:36
  use
• 7:36
  mathematical
• 7:37
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• 7:37
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• 7:38
  try
• 7:38
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• 7:38
  figure
• 7:38
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• 7:38
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• 7:39
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• 7:39
  top
• 7:39
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• 7:39
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• 7:39
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• 7:40
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• 7:40
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• 7:41
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• 7:41
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• 7:41
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• 7:41
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• 7:41
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• 7:42
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• 7:42
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• 7:43
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• 7:43
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• 7:43
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• 7:44
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• 7:44
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• 7:44
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• 7:44
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• 7:44
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• 7:45
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• 7:45
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• 7:45
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• 7:46
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• 7:46
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• 7:47
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• 7:47
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• 7:47
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• 7:47
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• 7:47
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• 7:48
  Grounds,
• 7:48
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• 7:48
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• 7:49
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• 7:49
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• 7:50
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• 7:50
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• 7:51
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• 7:51
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• 7:52
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• 7:52
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• 7:52
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• 7:53
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• 7:53
  Fordham
• 7:54
  Rams
• 7:54
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• 7:55
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• 7:55
  New
• 7:55
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• 7:55
  City
• 7:56
  turf
• 7:56
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• 7:56
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• 7:56
  powerful
• 7:57
  Pit
• 7:57
  Panthers
• 7:58
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• 7:58
  an
• 7:58
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• 7:59
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• 7:59
  We
• 8:00
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• 8:00
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• 8:00
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• 8:00
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• 8:00
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• 8:01
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• 8:01
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• 8:03
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• 8:03
  Pit
• 8:04
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• 8:04
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• 8:05
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• 8:05
  Some
• 8:06
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• 8:06
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• 8:06
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• 8:06
  You
• 8:07
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• 8:07
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• 8:07
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• 8:07
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• 8:07
  our
• 8:07
  timeline.
• 8:08
  Pitt
• 8:09
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• 8:09
  Penn
• 8:09
  State
• 8:09
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• 8:10
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• 8:10
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• 8:10
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• 8:10
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• 8:12
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• 8:12
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• 8:12
  7th
• 8:13
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• 8:13
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• 8:14
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• 8:14
  won
• 8:15
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• 8:15
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• 8:16
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• 8:16
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• 8:16
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• 8:18
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• 8:18
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• 8:19
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• 8:19
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• 8:20
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• 8:20
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• 8:20
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• 8:20
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• 8:21
  They
• 8:21
  ended
• 8:21
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• 8:21
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• 8:21
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• 8:22
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• 8:22
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• 8:22
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• 8:22
  week
• 8:22
  later
• 8:23
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• 8:23
  beat
• 8:23
  number
• 8:24
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• 8:24
  Nebraska
• 8:25
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• 8:27
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• 8:27
  Lincoln,
• 8:28
  Nebraska.
• 8:29
  So
• 8:29
  that
• 8:29
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• 8:30
  a
• 8:30
  big
• 8:30
  game
• 8:31
  then.
• 8:32
  You
• 8:32
  know,
• 8:32
  Larry
• 8:33
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• 8:33
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• 8:33
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• 8:34
  earlier
• 8:34
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• 8:35
  Yale
• 8:35
  won
• 8:36
  the
• 8:36
  Downtown
• 8:37
  Athletic
• 8:37
  Club's
• 8:38
  Heisman
• 8:38
  trophy
• 8:39
  award.
• 8:39
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• 8:39
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• 8:39
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• 8:40
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• 8:40
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• 8:40
  called
• 8:40
  the
• 8:40
  Heisman
• 8:41
  Trophy.
• 8:41
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• 8:41
  2,
• 8:42
  1936,
• 8:43
  Varsity
• 8:44
  Stadium
• 8:44
  in
• 8:44
  Toronto,
• 8:45
  the
• 8:45
  24th
• 8:46
  grade
• 8:46
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• 8:47
  The
• 8:47
  Sarnia
• 8:48
  Imperials
• 8:49
  defeated
• 8:49
  the
• 8:49
  Ottawa
• 8:50
  Rough
• 8:50
  Riders
• 8:50
  26
• 8:51
  to
• 8:51
  20
• 8:51
  for
• 8:52
  Sarnia's
• 8:52
  second
• 8:53
  championship
• 8:53
  banner.
• 8:54
  Back
• 8:54
  then
• 8:55
  you
• 8:55
  didn't
• 8:55
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• 8:55
  to
• 8:56
  be
• 8:56
  a
• 8:56
  pro
• 8:56
  team.
• 8:56
  They
• 8:57
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• 8:57
  have
• 8:57
  the
• 8:57
  Canadian
• 8:58
  Football
• 8:58
  League
• 8:58
  back
• 8:58
  then.
• 8:59
  It
• 8:59
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• 8:59
  just
• 8:59
  the
• 8:59
  best
• 8:59
  teams
• 9:00
  of
• 9:00
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• 9:00
  west
• 9:00
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• 9:01
  the
• 9:01
  best
• 9:01
  Teams
• 9:01
  east
• 9:01
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• 9:02
  the
• 9:02
  great
• 9:02
  country
• 9:03
  of
• 9:03
  Canada.
• 9:05
  On
• 9:05
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• 9:05
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• 9:06
  of
• 9:06
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• 9:06
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• 9:06
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• 9:06
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• 9:06
  Polo
• 9:06
  Grounds,
• 9:07
  the
• 9:07
  Green
• 9:08
  Bay
• 9:08
  packers
• 9:08
  secured
• 9:09
  their
• 9:09
  first
• 9:09
  ever
• 9:10
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• 9:10
  Football
• 9:11
  League
• 9:11
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• 9:12
  game
• 9:12
  win
• 9:13
  against
• 9:13
  the
• 9:14
  Boston
• 9:14
  Redskins.
• 9:15
  It
• 9:15
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• 9:16
  Boston's
• 9:16
  final
• 9:17
  game
• 9:18
  before
• 9:18
  they
• 9:18
  moved
• 9:18
  to
• 9:18
  Washington,
• 9:19
  D.C.
• 9:20
  the
• 9:20
  packers
• 9:20
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• 9:21
  216
• 9:22
  victory
• 9:22
  stemmed
• 9:23
  from
• 9:23
  Arnie
• 9:23
  Erber's
• 9:24
  passing
• 9:26
  and
• 9:26
  Don
• 9:26
  Hudson
• 9:26
  catching
• 9:27
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• 9:27
  of
• 9:27
  those
• 9:27
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• 9:28
  passes
• 9:29
  and
• 9:29
  Milt
• 9:30
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• 9:31
  grabbed
• 9:32
  another.
• 9:32
  But
• 9:32
  it
• 9:33
  was
• 9:33
  interesting
• 9:33
  about
• 9:33
  that
• 9:34
  we
• 9:34
  had
• 9:34
  a
• 9:34
  YouTube
• 9:34
  short
• 9:35
  on
• 9:35
  this
• 9:35
  that,
• 9:36
  you
• 9:36
  know,
• 9:36
  the
• 9:36
  George
• 9:37
  Preston
• 9:37
  Marshall,
• 9:38
  the
• 9:38
  owner
• 9:38
  of
• 9:38
  the
• 9:39
  Redskins,
• 9:39
  very
• 9:40
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• 9:40
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• 9:40
  the
• 9:41
  city
• 9:41
  of
• 9:41
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• 9:41
  at
• 9:42
  that
• 9:42
  point.
• 9:43
  You
• 9:43
  know,
• 9:43
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• 9:43
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• 9:44
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• 9:44
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• 9:44
  field
• 9:44
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• 9:45
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• 9:45
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• 9:45
  the
• 9:45
  NFL
• 9:46
  to
• 9:46
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• 9:46
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• 9:46
  game
• 9:47
  to
• 9:47
  the
• 9:47
  Polo
• 9:47
  Grounds
• 9:48
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• 9:48
  New
• 9:48
  York
• 9:48
  City
• 9:49
  to
• 9:49
  play
• 9:49
  the
• 9:50
  Packers.
• 9:50
  That's
• 9:50
  why
• 9:50
  it
• 9:50
  was
• 9:51
  sort
• 9:51
  of
• 9:51
  played
• 9:51
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• 9:51
  a
• 9:51
  neutral
• 9:52
  site.
• 9:52
  And
• 9:53
  of
• 9:53
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• 9:53
  they
• 9:53
  get
• 9:54
  hammered
• 9:54
  21
• 9:54
  to
• 9:55
  6
• 9:55
  by
• 9:55
  the
• 9:55
  Packers.
• 9:56
  They
• 9:56
  get
• 9:56
  that
• 9:57
  first
• 9:57
  championship
• 9:58
  game
• 9:58
  win
• 9:59
  to
• 9:59
  win
• 9:59
  the
• 9:59
  NFL
• 10:00
  title
• 10:00
  in
• 10:01
  that.
• 10:01
  So
• 10:02
  some
• 10:02
  great
• 10:02
  stuff
• 10:03
  in
• 10:03
  the
• 10:04
  year
• 10:04
  of
• 10:04
  1936.
• 10:05
  We
• 10:05
  hope
• 10:05
  you
• 10:06
  enjoy
• 10:06
  it.
• 10:06
  You
• 10:06
  can
• 10:06
  find
• 10:06
  all
• 10:07
  of
• 10:07
  this
• 10:07
  in
• 10:07
  more
• 10:08
  detail
• 10:09
  on
• 10:09
  our
• 10:09
  pigskindispatch.com
• 10:10
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• 10:11
  We
• 10:12
  have
• 10:12
  a
• 10:12
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• 10:12
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• 10:12
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• 10:12
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• 10:13
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• 10:13
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• 10:13
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• 10:13
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• 10:13
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