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Decoding the Decorative End Zones: A 1927 Legacy · Sports History Network

• 0:57
  Have
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  you
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  ever
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  wondered
• 0:58
  why
• 0:58
  end
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  zones
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  are
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  decorated
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  or
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  how
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  the
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  spiral
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  snap
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  actually
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  began?
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  In
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  1927,
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  the
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  relocation
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  of
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  the
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  goalpost
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  sparked
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  a
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  design
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  revolution
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  on
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  the
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  gridiron,
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  leading
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  to
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  some
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  of
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  the
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  most
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  unique
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  field
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  markings
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  in
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  history.
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  Joining
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  us
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  today
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  is
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  the
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  football
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  historian
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  Timothy
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  P.
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  Brown
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  to
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  reveal
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  the
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  fascinating
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  story
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  of
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  A.W.
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  Briggs,
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  grid
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  markings
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  and
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  how
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  his
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  brother,
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  H.R.
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  Briggs,
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  changed
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  the
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  game
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  forever
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  by
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  perfecting
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  the
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  spiral
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  snap
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  against
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  the
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  legends
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  like
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  Jim
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  Thorpe.
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  Let's
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  dig
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  into
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  the
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  archaeology
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  of
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  the
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  game
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  with
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  footballarchaeology.com's
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  Timothy
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  Brown.
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  Hey
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  there.
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  Looking
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  forward
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  to
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  chatting
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  once
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  again
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  and
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  just
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  want
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  to
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  remind
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  you
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  of
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  what
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  they
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  used
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  to
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  say.
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  It's
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  fun
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  to
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  play
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  at
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  the
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  YMCA
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  training
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  school
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  in
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  Springfield,
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  Mass.
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  I.
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  I
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  don't
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  remember
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  that
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  verse
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  from
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  the
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  Village
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  People.
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  Yeah,
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  it's
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  the
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  beginning
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  of
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  it.
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  You
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  just,
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  you
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  know,
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  it's.
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  It's
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  one
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  of
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  the
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  cutout,
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  you
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  know,
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  EP
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  kind
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  of
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  versions.
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  Yeah.
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  We
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  have
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  smaller
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  radio
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  stations
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  here
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  in
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  Erie,
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  so
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  maybe
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  they
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  just
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  condense
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  the
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  song
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  a
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  little
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  bit.
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  Yeah.
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  I
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  grew
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  up
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  in
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  a
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  big
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  city
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  of
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  Milwaukee,
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  so,
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  you
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  know,
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  we
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  were.
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  We
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  were
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  on
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  top
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  of
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  things
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  there.
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  Yeah,
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  I
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  guess
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  so.
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  Well,
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  we
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  are
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  poorly
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  trying
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  to
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  allude
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  into
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  one
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  of
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  Tim's
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  recent
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  tidbits
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  that
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  he
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  wrote.
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  And
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  this
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  is
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  a
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  lot
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  of
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  words
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  here.
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  So,
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  A.W.
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  Briggs,
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  H.R.
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  Briggs,
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  the
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  YMCA
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  and
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  Jim
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  Thorpe.
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  Now,
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  that
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  is
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  quite
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  an
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  array
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  of
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  words
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  there,
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  Tim.
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  And
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  a
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  lot
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  of
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  three
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  different
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  people,
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  an
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  institution
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  that
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  everybody
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  in
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  America
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  is
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  familiar
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  with.
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  How
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  do
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  these
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  all
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  connect
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  in
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  your
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  story?
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  Well,
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  you
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  know,
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  I
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  kind
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  of
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  alluded
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  to
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  this
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  a
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  lot
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  in
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  last
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  week's
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  episode,
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  but
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  so
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  some
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  tidbits,
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  and
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  some.
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  Some
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  of
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  my
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  favorite
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  ones
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  are
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  things
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  where,
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  like,
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  the
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  storyline
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  is
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  one
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  where
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  it's.
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  It's
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  kind
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  of
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  like
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  a
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  good
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  Seinfeld
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  episode
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  where
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  these
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  seemingly
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  unrelated
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  topics
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  and
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  actions,
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  you're
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  going,
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  where.
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  Where
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  is
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  he
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  going
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  with
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  this?
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  And
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  then
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  at
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  the
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  end,
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  the
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  golf
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  balls
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  and
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  the
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  wheels,
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  you
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  were
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  starting.
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  To
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  make
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  me
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  nervous
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  when
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  you
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  started
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  talking
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  about
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  Seinfeld
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  and
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  your
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  arms
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  were
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  moving.
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  I
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  thought
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  you're
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  gonna
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  start
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  dancing
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  like
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  Elaine.
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  And
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  we.
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  No,
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  no,
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  we
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  can't
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  have
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  that
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  on
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  this
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  program.
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  So
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  anyways,
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  this
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  is
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  one
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  of
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  those
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  where
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  it's
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  kind
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  of
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  like,
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  it's,
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  you
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  know.
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  So
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  I
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  wrote
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  a
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  tidbit
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  quite
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  some
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  time
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  ago
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  about.
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  In
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  1927,
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  when
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  they
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  put
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  the
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  goal
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  posts
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  on
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  the
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  end
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  line,
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  it
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  was,
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  like,
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  almost
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  universal.
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  Everyone
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  was
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  concerned
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  about
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  how
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  are
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  people
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  going
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  to
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  know
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  where
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  the
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  goal
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  line
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  is?
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  Because
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  everybody's
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  so
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  used
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  to
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  the
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  goal
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  posts
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  designating
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  the
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  Goal
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  line.
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  That
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  it
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  was
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  like,
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  are
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  people
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  going
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  to
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  realize
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  that
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  you
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  can
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  score
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  10
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  yards
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  in
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  front
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  of
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  the
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  goal
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  posts?
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  And
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  I
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  mean,
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  it
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  was
• 3:42
  like
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  in
• 3:43
  all
• 3:43
  the
• 3:43
  papers,
• 3:44
  everybody
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  is,
• 3:44
  you
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  know,
• 3:45
  stewing
• 3:45
  about
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  this
• 3:45
  that
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  whole
• 3:46
  summer.
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  And
• 3:47
  so,
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  you
• 3:48
  know,
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  a
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  lot
• 3:48
  of
• 3:49
  schools
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  develop
• 3:50
  solutions
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  to
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  try
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  to
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  figure
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  out
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  how
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  do
• 3:52
  we
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  distinguish
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  the
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  goal
• 3:55
  line
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  now
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  that
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  the
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  goal
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  posts
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  are
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  10
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  yards
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  further
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  back.
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  And
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  so
• 4:01
  one
• 4:01
  of
• 4:01
  the
• 4:02
  things
• 4:02
  that
• 4:02
  they
• 4:02
  did
• 4:02
  was
• 4:03
  there
• 4:03
  were
• 4:03
  a
• 4:03
  couple
• 4:04
  schools
• 4:04
  that
• 4:04
  put
• 4:04
  these
• 4:05
  little
• 4:05
  paper
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  pieces
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  of
• 4:06
  paper
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  on,
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  like,
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  it's
• 4:07
  like
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  on
• 4:08
  popsicle
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  sticks
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  or
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  something
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  that
• 4:10
  all
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  along
• 4:11
  the
• 4:11
  goal
• 4:11
  line,
• 4:11
  you
• 4:12
  know,
• 4:12
  they
• 4:12
  put
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  these
• 4:12
  little
• 4:12
  paper
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  markers
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  to
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  designate
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  this
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  is
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  the
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  goal
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  line.
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  Right.
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  More
• 4:18
  commonly,
• 4:18
  people
• 4:19
  put
• 4:20
  tackling
• 4:21
  dummies
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  at
• 4:21
  the
• 4:22
  corner
• 4:22
  of
• 4:22
  the
• 4:23
  sideline
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  in
• 4:23
  the
• 4:23
  goal
• 4:24
  line.
• 4:25
  They
• 4:25
  put
• 4:25
  flags
• 4:26
  there,
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  you
• 4:27
  know,
• 4:27
  pennants
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  on
• 4:28
  long
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  sticks,
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  you
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  know,
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  different
• 4:31
  designators
• 4:32
  like
• 4:32
  that,
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  which
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  today,
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  you
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  know,
• 4:34
  that's
• 4:34
  where
• 4:34
  the
• 4:34
  pylon
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  comes
• 4:35
  from.
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  Right.
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  I
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  mean,
• 4:37
  that's
• 4:38
  our
• 4:38
  pylon
• 4:39
  is
• 4:39
  a
• 4:39
  descendant
• 4:40
  of
• 4:40
  that
• 4:40
  kind
• 4:41
  of
• 4:41
  thinking.
• 4:42
  But
• 4:42
  probably
• 4:42
  the
• 4:43
  most
• 4:43
  common
• 4:43
  thing
• 4:43
  they
• 4:44
  did
• 4:44
  was
• 4:45
  to
• 4:45
  decorate
• 4:46
  the
• 4:46
  end
• 4:46
  zone.
• 4:47
  You
• 4:47
  know,
• 4:47
  they
• 4:47
  started
• 4:48
  doing
• 4:48
  diagonal
• 4:49
  stripes
• 4:49
  in
• 4:49
  the
• 4:50
  end
• 4:50
  zone
• 4:50
  or,
• 4:51
  you
• 4:51
  know,
• 4:51
  down
• 4:51
  south,
• 4:52
  a
• 4:52
  couple
• 4:52
  different
• 4:52
  schools
• 4:53
  did
• 4:53
  the,
• 4:54
  the
• 4:54
  checkerboards,
• 4:55
  you
• 4:56
  know,
• 4:56
  which
• 4:56
  are
• 4:56
  common
• 4:57
  today.
• 4:57
  I
• 4:57
  think
• 4:58
  Tennessee
• 4:58
  still
• 4:58
  does
• 4:59
  that
• 4:59
  and
• 4:59
  there's
• 4:59
  probably
• 4:59
  a
• 4:59
  couple
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  of
• 5:00
  others.
• 5:01
  So.
• 5:02
  But
• 5:02
  you
• 5:02
  know,
• 5:02
  it's
• 5:03
  one
• 5:03
  of
• 5:03
  those
• 5:03
  things
• 5:03
  that
• 5:03
  seems
• 5:04
  like
• 5:04
  you,
• 5:04
  you
• 5:05
  wouldn't
• 5:05
  think
• 5:05
  about
• 5:05
  it,
• 5:06
  but,
• 5:06
  you
• 5:06
  know,
• 5:06
  decorated
• 5:07
  end
• 5:07
  zones
• 5:09
  result
• 5:09
  from
• 5:10
  the
• 5:10
  1927
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  shift
• 5:12
  of
• 5:13
  the
• 5:13
  goal
• 5:13
  post
• 5:13
  to
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  the
• 5:14
  end
• 5:14
  line.
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  You
• 5:15
  know,
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  something
• 5:16
  you
• 5:16
  don't
• 5:16
  even.
• 5:16
  It,
• 5:17
  it
• 5:17
  doesn't
• 5:17
  make
• 5:17
  any
• 5:18
  sense
• 5:18
  to
• 5:18
  us
• 5:18
  now,
• 5:18
  but
• 5:18
  it
• 5:19
  made
• 5:19
  total
• 5:19
  sense
• 5:19
  to
• 5:19
  them,
• 5:20
  to
• 5:20
  them
• 5:20
  at
• 5:20
  the
• 5:21
  time.
• 5:21
  So
• 5:22
  anyways,
• 5:24
  fairly
• 5:24
  recently
• 5:25
  I
• 5:25
  came
• 5:25
  across
• 5:25
  a
• 5:26
  story
• 5:26
  about
• 5:26
  A.W.
• 5:27
  Briggs,
• 5:28
  who
• 5:28
  was
• 5:29
  the
• 5:29
  coach
• 5:29
  at
• 5:31
  Southwestern
• 5:32
  Normal,
• 5:33
  which
• 5:34
  then
• 5:34
  became
• 5:35
  Southwest
• 5:35
  Missouri
• 5:36
  State
• 5:36
  and
• 5:36
  is
• 5:37
  now
• 5:37
  Missouri
• 5:37
  State.
• 5:39
  And
• 5:40
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• 5:41
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• 5:41
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• 5:42
  everybody
• 5:42
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• 5:42
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• 5:42
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• 5:42
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• 5:42
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• 5:43
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• 5:43
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• 5:43
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• 5:43
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• 5:43
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• 5:43
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• 5:43
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• 5:44
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• 5:44
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• 5:45
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• 5:45
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• 5:45
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• 5:45
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• 5:45
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• 5:46
  And
• 5:46
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• 5:47
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• 5:47
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• 5:47
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• 5:48
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• 5:48
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• 5:49
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• 5:49
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• 5:50
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• 5:50
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• 5:50
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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
  But
• 5:51
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• 5:53
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• 5:53
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• 5:53
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• 5:54
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• 5:54
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• 5:55
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• 5:56
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• 5:56
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• 5:57
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• 5:57
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• 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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• 6:01
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• 6:01
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• 6:01
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• 6:01
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• 6:01
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• 6:02
  He
• 6:02
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• 6:02
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• 6:03
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• 6:03
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• 6:03
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• 6:03
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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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• 6:06
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• 6:07
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• 6:08
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• 6:08
  the
• 6:08
  goal
• 6:08
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• 6:09
  And
• 6:09
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• 6:10
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• 6:10
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• 6:10
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• 6:10
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• 6:11
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• 6:11
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• 6:12
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• 6:12
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• 6:12
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• 6:12
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• 6:13
  We
• 6:13
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• 6:13
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• 6:13
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• 6:14
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• 6:14
  So,
• 6:15
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• 6:15
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• 6:15
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• 6:16
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• 6:16
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• 6:16
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• 6:16
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• 6:17
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• 6:17
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• 6:17
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• 6:17
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• 6:18
  So
• 6:18
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• 6:19
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• 6:19
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• 6:19
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• 6:19
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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
  did,
• 6:22
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• 6:22
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• 6:22
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• 6:22
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• 6:23
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• 6:23
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• 6:23
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• 6:23
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• 6:24
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• 6:24
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• 6:24
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• 6:24
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• 6:24
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• 6:24
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• 6:25
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• 6:25
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• 6:25
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• 6:25
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• 6:26
  That's
• 6:26
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• 6:26
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• 6:27
  the
• 6:27
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• 6:27
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• 6:27
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• 6:27
  Yeah.
• 6:27
  Okay.
• 6:29
  And
• 6:30
  so.
• 6:31
  So
• 6:31
  that's
• 6:32
  what
• 6:32
  he
• 6:32
  did.
• 6:32
  And
• 6:33
  so
• 6:33
  I'm
• 6:33
  like,
• 6:33
  okay,
• 6:34
  well,
• 6:34
  as
• 6:35
  I'm
• 6:35
  researching
• 6:36
  A.W.
• 6:37
  Briggs,
• 6:37
  I'm
• 6:37
  trying
• 6:37
  to
• 6:37
  figure
• 6:38
  out,
• 6:38
  you
• 6:38
  know,
• 6:39
  who
• 6:39
  is
• 6:39
  this
• 6:39
  guy?
• 6:39
  Where
• 6:40
  does
• 6:40
  he
• 6:40
  come
• 6:40
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• 6:42
  And
• 6:42
  it
• 6:42
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• 6:43
  out
• 6:43
  that,
• 6:43
  you
• 6:43
  know,
• 6:43
  I
• 6:43
  learned
• 6:44
  that
• 6:44
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• 6:44
  played,
• 6:45
  you
• 6:45
  know,
• 6:45
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• 6:46
  and
• 6:46
  played
• 6:47
  for
• 6:49
  what's
• 6:49
  now
• 6:49
  Springfield
• 6:50
  College.
• 6:50
  But
• 6:51
  at
• 6:51
  the
• 6:51
  time,
• 6:51
  it
• 6:51
  was
• 6:51
  the
• 6:52
  YMCA
• 6:54
  training
• 6:54
  school.
• 6:55
  So
• 6:55
  it
• 6:56
  was
• 6:56
  the
• 6:56
  school
• 6:56
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• 6:56
  you
• 6:57
  know,
• 6:57
  if
• 6:57
  you
• 6:57
  wanted
• 6:57
  to
• 6:57
  be
• 6:58
  an
• 6:58
  athletic
• 6:58
  director
• 6:59
  type
• 7:00
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• 7:00
  person
• 7:00
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• 7:00
  YMCAs
• 7:01
  around
• 7:01
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• 7:01
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• 7:02
  you
• 7:02
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• 7:02
  there.
• 7:03
  And
• 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
  them
• 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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• 7:06
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• 7:06
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• 7:06
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• 7:06
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• 7:07
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• 7:09
  But
• 7:09
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• 7:09
  he.
• 7:09
  And
• 7:10
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• 7:11
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• 7:11
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• 7:11
  there.
• 7:11
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• 7:12
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• 7:12
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• 7:12
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• 7:12
  This
• 7:13
  is
• 7:13
  the
• 7:13
  same
• 7:13
  school
• 7:13
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• 7:14
  Amos
• 7:14
  alonzo
• 7:15
  Stagg
• 7:15
  and
• 7:15
  Dr.
• 7:16
  James
• 7:16
  Naismith
• 7:17
  invented
• 7:17
  basketball.
• 7:18
  And.
• 7:18
  Okay,
• 7:19
  yeah.
• 7:19
  And
• 7:19
  they
• 7:19
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• 7:19
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• 7:20
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• 7:20
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• 7:20
  One
• 7:20
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• 7:21
  the
• 7:21
  early
• 7:21
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• 7:22
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• 7:22
  innovator,
• 7:23
  innovator
• 7:24
  schools.
• 7:25
  They
• 7:25
  had
• 7:25
  a
• 7:25
  guy
• 7:25
  named
• 7:26
  McCurdy
• 7:27
  was
• 7:28
  their
• 7:28
  coach,
• 7:29
  and,
• 7:30
  you
• 7:30
  know,
• 7:30
  he
• 7:30
  was,
• 7:31
  you
• 7:31
  know,
• 7:31
  throwing.
• 7:32
  Throwing
• 7:32
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• 7:32
  pass
• 7:32
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• 7:33
  Harvard,
• 7:34
  you
• 7:34
  know,
• 7:35
  doing
• 7:35
  some,
• 7:35
  you
• 7:35
  know,
• 7:35
  crazy
• 7:36
  stuff.
• 7:37
  Let's
• 7:37
  take
• 7:38
  a
• 7:38
  break
• 7:38
  for
• 7:38
  a
• 7:38
  moment
• 7:38
  to
• 7:38
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• 7:39
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• 7:39
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• 7:39
  a
• 7:39
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• 7:39
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• 7:40
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• 7:40
  that
• 7:40
  you
• 7:41
  can
• 7:41
  take
• 7:41
  and
• 7:41
  put
• 7:41
  your
• 7:42
  football
• 7:42
  knowledge
• 7:43
  that
• 7:43
  we
• 7:43
  feed
• 7:43
  you
• 7:43
  each
• 7:44
  and
• 7:44
  every
• 7:44
  day
• 7:45
  to
• 7:45
  the
• 7:45
  test.
• 7:46
  It
• 7:46
  is
• 7:46
  the
• 7:47
  pigskin
• 7:47
  trivia
• 7:48
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• 7:48
  on
• 7:49
  pigskindispatch.com
• 7:50
  you're
• 7:51
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• 7:51
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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
  your
• 7:53
  play.
• 7:53
  Grind
• 7:53
  it
• 7:54
  out
• 7:54
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• 7:54
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• 7:54
  run,
• 7:54
  pick
• 7:55
  up
• 7:55
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• 7:55
  gains
• 7:55
  on
• 7:56
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• 7:56
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• 7:56
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• 7:56
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• 7:56
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• 7:57
  it
• 7:57
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• 7:57
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• 7:57
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• 7:57
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• 7:57
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• 7:58
  for
• 7:58
  a
• 7:58
  massive
• 7:59
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• 7:59
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• 7:59
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• 8:00
  It
• 8:00
  isn't
• 8:00
  just
• 8:01
  a
• 8:01
  quiz.
• 8:01
  It's
• 8:01
  a
• 8:01
  march
• 8:01
  for
• 8:02
  glory.
• 8:02
  And
• 8:03
  it's
• 8:03
  the
• 8:03
  pigskin
• 8:03
  Trivia
• 8:04
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• 8:04
  Remember
• 8:05
  when
• 8:05
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• 8:05
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• 8:06
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• 8:06
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• 8:06
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• 8:06
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• 8:07
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• 8:07
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• 8:08
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• 8:08
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• 8:08
  you
• 8:09
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• 8:09
  the
• 8:09
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• 8:09
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• 8:10
  you
• 8:10
  gain.
• 8:10
  Hesitation
• 8:11
  is
• 8:11
  the
• 8:11
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• 8:12
  of
• 8:12
  the
• 8:12
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• 8:12
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• 8:13
  Keep
• 8:13
  those
• 8:13
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• 8:13
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• 8:14
  Cross
• 8:14
  that
• 8:14
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• 8:15
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• 8:15
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• 8:15
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• 8:15
  your
• 8:15
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• 8:16
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• 8:16
  earn
• 8:16
  a
• 8:16
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• 8:17
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• 8:17
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• 8:18
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• 8:18
  a
• 8:18
  tough
• 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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• 8:21
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• 8:21
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• 8:21
  two
• 8:21
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• 8:22
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• 8:22
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• 8:22
  find
• 8:23
  your
• 8:23
  open
• 8:23
  receiver.
• 8:24
  Watch
• 8:24
  the
• 8:24
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• 8:24
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• 8:25
  You've
• 8:25
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• 8:25
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• 8:25
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• 8:26
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• 8:26
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• 8:26
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• 8:26
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• 8:27
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• 8:27
  Take
• 8:27
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• 8:27
  long
• 8:28
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• 8:28
  it's
• 8:28
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• 8:28
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• 8:28
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• 8:29
  penalty
• 8:29
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• 8:29
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• 8:30
  a
• 8:30
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• 8:30
  It's
• 8:30
  game
• 8:31
  action.
• 8:31
  In
• 8:31
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• 8:32
  stadium,
• 8:32
  your
• 8:32
  brain
• 8:33
  is
• 8:33
  the
• 8:33
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• 8:33
  but
• 8:34
  the
• 8:34
  clock
• 8:34
  is
• 8:34
  the
• 8:34
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• 8:35
  The
• 8:35
  mission
• 8:35
  is
• 8:36
  simple.
• 8:36
  Score
• 8:36
  as
• 8:36
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• 8:37
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• 8:37
  as
• 8:37
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• 8:38
  in
• 8:38
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• 8:38
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• 8:38
  And
• 8:39
  when
• 8:39
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• 8:39
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• 8:39
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• 8:39
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• 8:40
  your
• 8:40
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• 8:41
  hits
• 8:41
  the
• 8:41
  global
• 8:41
  leaderboard.
• 8:42
  Are
• 8:43
  you
• 8:43
  a
• 8:43
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• 8:43
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• 8:43
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• 8:44
  a
• 8:44
  Hall
• 8:44
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• 8:44
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• 8:45
  Step
• 8:45
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• 8:45
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• 8:45
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• 8:45
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• 8:46
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• 8:46
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• 8:46
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• 8:47
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• 8:47
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• 8:47
  pigskindispatch.com
• 8:49
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• 8:49
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• 8:50
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• 8:50
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• 8:50
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• 8:51
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• 8:51
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• 8:51
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• 8:51
  knowledge
• 8:52
  go
• 8:52
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• 8:52
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• 8:53
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• 8:53
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• 8:53
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• 8:54
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• 8:54
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• 8:55
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• 8:55
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• 8:56
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• 8:57
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• 8:57
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• 8:57
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• 8:58
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• 8:58
  into
• 8:58
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• 8:58
  program.
• 9:00
  So,
• 9:00
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• 9:01
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• 9:02
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• 9:02
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• 9:02
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• 9:02
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• 9:03
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• 9:03
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• 9:03
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• 9:03
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• 9:04
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• 9:04
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• 9:04
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• 9:05
  a
• 9:05
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• 9:05
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• 9:05
  Briggs
• 9:06
  who
• 9:07
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• 9:07
  played
• 9:07
  at
• 9:07
  ymca,
• 9:09
  who
• 9:09
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• 9:09
  the
• 9:09
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• 9:10
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• 9:11
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• 9:11
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• 9:11
  I
• 9:11
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• 9:12
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• 9:12
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• 9:13
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• 9:14
  the
• 9:14
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• 9:15
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• 9:15
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• 9:15
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• 9:16
  So
• 9:16
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• 9:17
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• 9:17
  center
• 9:17
  for
• 9:17
  them,
• 9:18
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• 9:18
  he
• 9:18
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• 9:19
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• 9:19
  there
• 9:19
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• 9:20
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• 9:20
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• 9:20
  in
• 9:21
  high
• 9:21
  school
• 9:21
  in
• 9:21
  Salem,
• 9:22
  Massachusetts.
• 9:24
  So
• 9:24
  I'm
• 9:24
  like,
• 9:24
  okay,
• 9:25
  is
• 9:25
  there
• 9:25
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• 9:25
  relationship
• 9:26
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• 9:27
  A.W.
• 9:28
  Briggs,
• 9:28
  the
• 9:29
  guy
• 9:29
  at.
• 9:30
  In
• 9:30
  Missouri,
• 9:31
  and
• 9:32
  H.R.
• 9:33
  Briggs,
• 9:33
  the
• 9:34
  guy
• 9:34
  of
• 9:34
  the
• 9:34
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• 9:35
  snap?
• 9:36
  And
• 9:36
  so,
• 9:37
  you
• 9:37
  know,
• 9:37
  I
• 9:37
  end
• 9:37
  up
• 9:37
  checking
• 9:38
  census
• 9:39
  records
• 9:39
  and
• 9:39
  whatnot
• 9:40
  and
• 9:40
  find
• 9:41
  out
• 9:42
  that
• 9:42
  AW
• 9:43
  is
• 9:43
  the
• 9:43
  older
• 9:44
  brother
• 9:44
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• 9:44
  HR
• 9:45
  you
• 9:46
  know,
• 9:47
  so.
• 9:47
  And
• 9:48
  that
• 9:48
  makes
• 9:48
  sense,
• 9:48
  right?
• 9:49
  I
• 9:49
  mean.
• 9:49
  Yeah.
• 9:50
  To
• 9:50
  go
• 9:50
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• 9:51
  So
• 9:51
  it's
• 9:52
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• 9:52
  kind
• 9:52
  of
• 9:52
  a
• 9:52
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• 9:52
  connection.
• 9:54
  And
• 9:56
  so
• 9:56
  anyways,
• 9:56
  so
• 9:57
  then
• 9:57
  as.
• 9:58
  Then
• 9:58
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• 9:59
  start
• 9:59
  looking
• 9:59
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• 9:59
  HR
• 10:00
  A
• 10:00
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• 10:01
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• 10:01
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• 10:02
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• 10:02
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• 10:02
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• 10:03
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• 10:03
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• 10:04
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• 10:04
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• 10:04
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• 10:05
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• 10:05
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• 10:06
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• 10:06
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• 10:08
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• 10:09
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• 10:09
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• 10:09
  the
• 10:10
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• 10:10
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• 10:10
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• 10:11
  kind
• 10:11
  of
• 10:11
  a
• 10:11
  famous
• 10:11
  game
• 10:13
  YMCA
• 10:14
  plays
• 10:14
  Carlisle.
• 10:15
  And
• 10:16
  they.
• 10:17
  They
• 10:17
  ran.
• 10:17
  YMC
• 10:18
  ran
• 10:19
  passes
• 10:20
  from
• 10:20
  a
• 10:20
  spread
• 10:20
  formation.
• 10:22
  And,
• 10:22
  you
• 10:22
  know,
• 10:22
  they
• 10:22
  were
• 10:23
  throwing
• 10:23
  the
• 10:23
  pee
• 10:23
  all
• 10:23
  over
• 10:23
  the.
• 10:24
  All
• 10:24
  over
• 10:24
  the
• 10:25
  field.
• 10:26
  But
• 10:26
  anyways,
• 10:26
  I
• 10:27
  found
• 10:27
  a
• 10:27
  picture
• 10:28
  of
• 10:28
  H.R.
• 10:29
  Briggs
• 10:31
  chasing
• 10:31
  down
• 10:32
  Jim
• 10:32
  Thorpe
• 10:34
  while.
• 10:35
  When
• 10:35
  they
• 10:35
  were
• 10:35
  playing
• 10:35
  one
• 10:36
  another.
• 10:36
  And
• 10:37
  so
• 10:37
  that's.
• 10:37
  That's.
• 10:38
  That's
• 10:38
  the
• 10:38
  only
• 10:38
  connection
• 10:39
  of
• 10:39
  Jim
• 10:39
  Thorpe
• 10:40
  to
• 10:40
  the
• 10:40
  rest
• 10:40
  of
• 10:40
  the
• 10:40
  story.
• 10:40
  But
• 10:41
  it
• 10:41
  was
• 10:41
  just
• 10:42
  cool
• 10:42
  to
• 10:42
  find,
• 10:42
  you
• 10:43
  know,
• 10:43
  so
• 10:44
  I'm
• 10:44
  starting
• 10:44
  in
• 10:44
  Missouri,
• 10:45
  and
• 10:45
  then
• 10:45
  I
• 10:45
  find
• 10:45
  this
• 10:46
  guy's
• 10:46
  brother
• 10:46
  who's
• 10:46
  playing,
• 10:47
  and
• 10:47
  then
• 10:48
  I
• 10:48
  find
• 10:48
  this
• 10:48
  picture
• 10:48
  of
• 10:50
  the
• 10:50
  younger
• 10:51
  brother
• 10:51
  chasing
• 10:51
  down
• 10:52
  Jim
• 10:52
  Thorpe
• 10:53
  in
• 10:54
  a
• 10:54
  game
• 10:54
  in
• 10:54
  1912.
• 10:55
  So
• 10:56
  that's
• 10:56
  kind
• 10:56
  of
• 10:56
  it.
• 10:56
  But,
• 10:57
  you
• 10:57
  know,
• 10:58
  yeah,
• 10:59
  the.
• 11:00
  You
• 11:00
  know,
• 11:00
  he
• 11:01
  passed.
• 11:01
  Jim
• 11:02
  Thorpe
• 11:02
  passed
• 11:02
  through
• 11:03
  where
• 11:03
  AWS
• 11:05
  lines
• 11:05
  would
• 11:05
  have
• 11:05
  been
• 11:06
  had
• 11:06
  the
• 11:07
  field
• 11:07
  been
• 11:07
  lined
• 11:07
  in
• 11:07
  with
• 11:08
  his
• 11:08
  things.
• 11:09
  Carlisle
• 11:10
  won
• 11:10
  the
• 11:10
  game.
• 11:10
  But.
• 11:11
  But
• 11:11
  it
• 11:11
  was.
• 11:11
  It
• 11:11
  was.
• 11:12
  I
• 11:12
  think
• 11:12
  it
• 11:12
  was
• 11:12
  reasonably
• 11:13
  close.
• 11:13
  But
• 11:14
  anyways,
• 11:15
  just
• 11:15
  one
• 11:15
  of
• 11:15
  those
• 11:15
  bizarre
• 11:16
  things.
• 11:16
  It's
• 11:16
  like,
• 11:16
  you
• 11:17
  know,
• 11:18
  when
• 11:18
  I'm
• 11:18
  researching
• 11:19
  This
• 11:19
  guy
• 11:19
  in
• 11:19
  1927,
• 11:20
  who
• 11:20
  knew
• 11:20
  that
• 11:21
  Jim
• 11:21
  Thorpe
• 11:21
  would
• 11:22
  pop
• 11:22
  into
• 11:22
  the
• 11:22
  picture.
• 11:23
  But.
• 11:23
  So
• 11:24
  that's
• 11:24
  the
• 11:24
  Seinfeld
• 11:25
  element
• 11:25
  to
• 11:25
  it.
• 11:25
  Yeah.
• 11:27
  Thorpe
• 11:27
  was
• 11:27
  everywhere,
• 11:28
  that's
• 11:28
  for
• 11:28
  sure.
• 11:29
  In
• 11:29
  all
• 11:29
  sports,
• 11:30
  he
• 11:30
  was
• 11:31
  quite
• 11:31
  the
• 11:31
  guy.
• 11:32
  Wow.
• 11:32
  I
• 11:32
  mean,
• 11:33
  that's
• 11:33
  an
• 11:33
  amazing
• 11:33
  connection
• 11:34
  that,
• 11:34
  you
• 11:34
  know,
• 11:35
  people
• 11:35
  probably,
• 11:36
  you.
• 11:36
  You
• 11:37
  might
• 11:37
  be
• 11:37
  the
• 11:37
  only
• 11:37
  one
• 11:38
  in
• 11:38
  the
• 11:38
  last,
• 11:38
  you
• 11:39
  know,
• 11:39
  century
• 11:39
  that
• 11:39
  would
• 11:39
  even
• 11:40
  probably
• 11:40
  remember
• 11:41
  that
• 11:41
  or
• 11:41
  know
• 11:42
  there
• 11:42
  was
• 11:42
  a
• 11:42
  connection
• 11:42
  there.
• 11:43
  And
• 11:43
  I'm
• 11:43
  glad
• 11:43
  that
• 11:44
  you
• 11:44
  took
• 11:45
  the
• 11:45
  wherewithal
• 11:46
  to
• 11:46
  research
• 11:46
  it
• 11:47
  and
• 11:47
  then
• 11:47
  to
• 11:47
  share
• 11:47
  it
• 11:47
  with
• 11:48
  the
• 11:48
  world,
• 11:48
  you
• 11:48
  know,
• 11:49
  not
• 11:49
  only
• 11:49
  on
• 11:49
  your
• 11:49
  tidbit
• 11:50
  with
• 11:50
  us
• 11:50
  here
• 11:51
  in
• 11:51
  this
• 11:51
  episode
• 11:52
  tonight,
• 11:52
  because
• 11:53
  we
• 11:53
  would
• 11:53
  never
• 11:53
  appreciate
• 11:54
  what
• 11:54
  these
• 11:54
  guys
• 11:55
  did.
• 11:55
  You
• 11:55
  know,
• 11:55
  the
• 11:56
  spiral
• 11:56
  snap.
• 11:56
  We
• 11:56
  take
• 11:57
  it
• 11:57
  for
• 11:57
  granted.
• 11:57
  You
• 11:57
  know,
• 11:58
  lines
• 11:58
  down
• 11:59
  near
• 11:59
  the
• 11:59
  end
• 11:59
  zone.
• 11:59
  We
• 12:00
  take
• 12:00
  it
• 12:00
  for
• 12:00
  granted.
• 12:01
  You
• 12:01
  know,
• 12:01
  you
• 12:01
  wouldn't
• 12:01
  have
• 12:02
  Tennessee's
• 12:03
  probably
• 12:03
  checkerboard
• 12:04
  if
• 12:04
  it
• 12:04
  wasn't
• 12:04
  for
• 12:05
  some
• 12:05
  of
• 12:05
  the
• 12:05
  innovation
• 12:06
  or,
• 12:06
  you
• 12:06
  know,
• 12:06
  some
• 12:07
  of
• 12:07
  the
• 12:07
  other
• 12:07
  famous
• 12:07
  things
• 12:08
  that.
• 12:08
  The
• 12:08
  commercial
• 12:09
  where
• 12:09
  the.
• 12:09
  The
• 12:10
  guy
• 12:10
  misspells
• 12:10
  chiefs
• 12:11
  in,
• 12:11
  the
• 12:11
  Snickers
• 12:12
  commercial
• 12:13
  as
• 12:13
  a
• 12:13
  chef,
• 12:15
  just,
• 12:15
  you
• 12:16
  know,
• 12:16
  just
• 12:16
  some
• 12:16
  things
• 12:16
  we
• 12:17
  take
• 12:17
  for
• 12:17
  granted.
• 12:17
  But.
• 12:20
  Part
• 12:20
  of
• 12:20
  it
• 12:20
  was
• 12:21
  I
• 12:21
  had.
• 12:23
  It
• 12:23
  wasn't
• 12:24
  too
• 12:24
  long
• 12:24
  ago
• 12:24
  that
• 12:24
  I
• 12:25
  published
• 12:25
  a
• 12:25
  book
• 12:25
  about
• 12:26
  the
• 12:26
  early
• 12:26
  forward
• 12:26
  pass.
• 12:27
  And
• 12:27
  so,
• 12:27
  you
• 12:28
  know,
• 12:28
  I
• 12:29
  spent
• 12:29
  a
• 12:29
  lot
• 12:29
  of
• 12:29
  time
• 12:30
  researching
• 12:31
  the
• 12:31
  YMCA
• 12:32
  school
• 12:32
  because
• 12:33
  they
• 12:33
  were
• 12:34
  pretty
• 12:34
  early
• 12:34
  innovators.
• 12:35
  And
• 12:35
  actually,
• 12:36
  the
• 12:36
  first
• 12:36
  book
• 12:36
  I
• 12:37
  found
• 12:37
  on,
• 12:38
  dedicated
• 12:39
  to
• 12:39
  the
• 12:39
  forward
• 12:39
  pass,
• 12:39
  is
• 12:40
  written
• 12:40
  by
• 12:40
  the
• 12:41
  guy
• 12:41
  who
• 12:41
  followed
• 12:42
  this
• 12:42
  McCurdy
• 12:43
  as
• 12:43
  the
• 12:43
  coach,
• 12:44
  guy
• 12:44
  named
• 12:44
  Elmer
• 12:45
  Barry.
• 12:45
  But
• 12:45
  anyways,
• 12:47
  you
• 12:47
  know,
• 12:47
  I
• 12:48
  was
• 12:48
  able
• 12:48
  to
• 12:48
  get
• 12:48
  a
• 12:48
  copy
• 12:49
  of
• 12:49
  that
• 12:49
  book,
• 12:49
  and
• 12:49
  so.
• 12:51
  But,
• 12:52
  you
• 12:52
  know,
• 12:52
  I.
• 12:52
  I
• 12:52
  was
• 12:52
  aware
• 12:53
  of
• 12:53
  Briggs
• 12:53
  before
• 12:53
  that
• 12:54
  even,
• 12:54
  you
• 12:54
  know,
• 12:54
  hr
• 12:55
  but
• 12:56
  it's
• 12:56
  just
• 12:56
  kind
• 12:56
  of
• 12:56
  cool
• 12:57
  that
• 12:57
  these
• 12:57
  two
• 12:57
  guys
• 12:58
  end
• 12:58
  up
• 12:58
  being
• 12:58
  brothers
• 12:59
  and.
• 12:59
  Yeah,
• 13:00
  man,
• 13:00
  that's
• 13:01
  awesome.
• 13:01
  Well,
• 13:02
  as
• 13:02
  long
• 13:02
  as
• 13:02
  you.
• 13:02
  You
• 13:03
  brought
• 13:03
  it
• 13:03
  up,
• 13:03
  why
• 13:03
  don't
• 13:04
  you
• 13:04
  tell
• 13:04
  us
• 13:04
  a
• 13:04
  little
• 13:05
  bit
• 13:05
  about
• 13:05
  your
• 13:05
  book
• 13:05
  where,
• 13:05
  you
• 13:06
  know,
• 13:06
  where
• 13:06
  people
• 13:06
  can
• 13:06
  get
• 13:06
  it
• 13:07
  a
• 13:07
  little
• 13:07
  bit
• 13:07
  more.
• 13:07
  More
• 13:07
  about
• 13:08
  what
• 13:08
  it's
• 13:08
  about
• 13:08
  and
• 13:09
  give
• 13:09
  us
• 13:09
  some
• 13:10
  props.
• 13:10
  Yes.
• 13:12
  Yeah.
• 13:12
  So,
• 13:13
  you
• 13:13
  know,
• 13:13
  I,
• 13:16
  you
• 13:16
  know,
• 13:16
  I
• 13:16
  wrote
• 13:17
  How
• 13:17
  Football
• 13:17
  Became
• 13:18
  Football,
• 13:18
  and
• 13:18
  then.
• 13:19
  Then
• 13:19
  I
• 13:19
  decided
• 13:19
  to
• 13:20
  kind
• 13:20
  of
• 13:20
  pursue,
• 13:21
  like,
• 13:21
  more
• 13:21
  targeted.
• 13:22
  That
• 13:22
  was
• 13:22
  kind
• 13:22
  of
• 13:23
  a
• 13:23
  broad
• 13:23
  survey
• 13:23
  of
• 13:23
  the
• 13:23
  game.
• 13:24
  I
• 13:24
  decided
• 13:25
  to
• 13:25
  pursue
• 13:25
  more
• 13:25
  targeted
• 13:26
  topics
• 13:26
  and
• 13:27
  just
• 13:27
  kind
• 13:27
  of
• 13:27
  dig
• 13:27
  into
• 13:28
  selected
• 13:29
  things.
• 13:29
  And
• 13:29
  so
• 13:30
  the
• 13:30
  most
• 13:30
  recent
• 13:31
  one
• 13:31
  is
• 13:34
  when
• 13:34
  football
• 13:35
  came
• 13:35
  to
• 13:35
  pass.
• 13:36
  And
• 13:37
  it's
• 13:37
  basically
• 13:38
  the
• 13:38
  first
• 13:38
  decade
• 13:38
  of
• 13:39
  forward
• 13:39
  pass,
• 13:39
  you
• 13:39
  know,
• 13:40
  so
• 13:40
  it
• 13:40
  covers
• 13:40
  a
• 13:40
  little
• 13:40
  bit
• 13:40
  of
• 13:41
  the
• 13:41
  beforehand,
• 13:42
  how
• 13:42
  it
• 13:43
  came
• 13:43
  about,
• 13:44
  but
• 13:44
  it
• 13:44
  really
• 13:44
  concentrates
• 13:45
  on,
• 13:47
  you
• 13:47
  know,
• 13:47
  the
• 13:47
  challenge
• 13:48
  of.
• 13:50
  Of
• 13:50
  formulating
• 13:51
  how
• 13:52
  to
• 13:52
  throw
• 13:52
  the
• 13:53
  ball.
• 13:53
  I
• 13:53
  mean,
• 13:53
  they
• 13:54
  had
• 13:54
  no
• 13:54
  idea
• 13:54
  how
• 13:54
  to
• 13:55
  throw
• 13:55
  a
• 13:55
  forward
• 13:56
  pass,
• 13:58
  how
• 13:58
  to
• 13:59
  design
• 13:59
  plays
• 14:00
  to
• 14:00
  do
• 14:01
  something
• 14:01
  that
• 14:01
  had
• 14:01
  never
• 14:01
  been
• 14:02
  done
• 14:02
  before
• 14:02
  in
• 14:02
  football.
• 14:04
  So
• 14:04
  there's
• 14:05
  just
• 14:05
  a
• 14:05
  lot
• 14:05
  of
• 14:05
  technique
• 14:06
  and
• 14:06
  conceptual
• 14:07
  challenges
• 14:08
  to
• 14:09
  making
• 14:09
  that
• 14:09
  happen.
• 14:09
  And
• 14:10
  then
• 14:10
  the
• 14:10
  rules
• 14:10
  were
• 14:11
  just,
• 14:11
  you
• 14:12
  know,
• 14:12
  there
• 14:12
  were
• 14:12
  a
• 14:12
  lot
• 14:12
  of
• 14:13
  bizarre
• 14:13
  rules
• 14:13
  early
• 14:14
  on
• 14:14
  that
• 14:14
  we
• 14:14
  can't.
• 14:15
  We
• 14:16
  can't
• 14:16
  even
• 14:16
  imagine,
• 14:17
  you
• 14:17
  know,
• 14:17
  them
• 14:18
  being
• 14:18
  in
• 14:18
  place.
• 14:19
  And
• 14:19
  we'll
• 14:20
  talk
• 14:20
  about
• 14:20
  those
• 14:20
  in
• 14:20
  some
• 14:20
  future
• 14:21
  episodes.
• 14:21
  But
• 14:22
  anyways,
• 14:23
  you
• 14:23
  know,
• 14:23
  it's
• 14:23
  one
• 14:24
  of
• 14:24
  those
• 14:24
  things
• 14:24
  where
• 14:26
  it's
• 14:26
  a,
• 14:26
  it
• 14:26
  was
• 14:27
  really
• 14:27
  a
• 14:27
  fun
• 14:27
  book
• 14:28
  to,
• 14:29
  to
• 14:29
  learn
• 14:30
  more
• 14:30
  about
• 14:30
  the
• 14:30
  early
• 14:31
  forward
• 14:31
  pass.
• 14:31
  It's
• 14:32
  a
• 14:32
  fun
• 14:32
  book
• 14:32
  to
• 14:32
  read
• 14:32
  and
• 14:32
  to
• 14:33
  learn
• 14:33
  about
• 14:33
  it,
• 14:33
  too.
• 14:33
  So.
• 14:34
  Well,
• 14:34
  hopefully
• 14:34
  the
• 14:35
  reader,
• 14:35
  you
• 14:36
  know,
• 14:36
  I
• 14:36
  know
• 14:36
  the
• 14:36
  writer
• 14:36
  enjoyed
• 14:37
  it,
• 14:37
  you
• 14:37
  know,
• 14:38
  you
• 14:38
  know,
• 14:38
  it's
• 14:38
  up
• 14:38
  to
• 14:39
  the
• 14:39
  reader
• 14:39
  to
• 14:39
  tell
• 14:39
  me
• 14:39
  whether
• 14:40
  they
• 14:40
  enjoyed
• 14:40
  it
• 14:40
  or
• 14:40
  not.
• 14:41
  But.
• 14:41
  Yeah.
• 14:41
  So
• 14:42
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• 14:42
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• 14:42
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• 14:42
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• 14:44
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• 14:44
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• 14:49
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• 14:50
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