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- 0:58What
- 0:58was
- 0:58the
- 0:58first
- 0:58championship
- 0:59game
- 0:59in
- 0:59American
- 1:00football
- 1:00history?
- 1:01And
- 1:01can
- 1:01you
- 1:02imagine
- 1:02that
- 1:02this
- 1:03game
- 1:03that
- 1:03the
- 1:03father
- 1:04of
- 1:04American
- 1:04football,
- 1:05Walter
- 1:06Camp,
- 1:06would
- 1:06miss
- 1:06the
- 1:07game
- 1:07to
- 1:07go
- 1:07and
- 1:07officiate
- 1:08a
- 1:08JV
- 1:09game
- 1:09down
- 1:09the
- 1:10road?
- 1:10Well,
- 1:10we
- 1:11have
- 1:11this
- 1:11and
- 1:11more
- 1:11coming
- 1:12up
- 1:12from
- 1:12our
- 1:12guest
- 1:12today,
- 1:13Timothy
- 1:13P.
- 1:13Brown
- 1:13of
- 1:14Football
- 1:14Archaeology,
- 1:15as
- 1:15we
- 1:15investigate
- 1:16the
- 1:16championship
- 1:17game
- 1:17of
- 1:17football
- 1:18and
- 1:18its
- 1:18origin
- 1:19coming
- 1:19up
- 1:20right
- 1:20after
- 1:20this.
- 1:22Check
- 1:23it
- 1:23out.
- 1:23Pigskin
- 1:24Dispatch
- 1:24video.
- 1:26Yeah.
- 1:27Woohoo.
- 1:29Foreign.
- 1:33You
- 1:34know,
- 1:34we
- 1:34just
- 1:34recently
- 1:35finished
- 1:35up
- 1:35our,
- 1:35our
- 1:36traditional
- 1:37football
- 1:37seasons
- 1:38where
- 1:38we
- 1:38end
- 1:38with
- 1:38championship
- 1:39games
- 1:39at
- 1:39the
- 1:40college
- 1:40of
- 1:40football,
- 1:41college
- 1:41football,
- 1:42the
- 1:42NFL
- 1:43and
- 1:43high
- 1:43school
- 1:43levels.
- 1:44Well,
- 1:45when
- 1:45was
- 1:45the
- 1:46first
- 1:46championship
- 1:47game?
- 1:47Well,
- 1:47we
- 1:48have
- 1:48the
- 1:48guy
- 1:48that
- 1:48has
- 1:48the
- 1:49answer
- 1:49visiting
- 1:50us
- 1:50today,
- 1:50Timothy
- 1:51Brown
- 1:51of
- 1:51Football
- 1:51Archaeology.
- 1:52Welcome
- 1:53back
- 1:53to
- 1:53the
- 1:53Pig
- 1:53Pen.
- 1:54Hey
- 1:55there,
- 1:55good
- 1:55to
- 1:56see
- 1:56you
- 1:56once
- 1:57again.
- 1:57And
- 1:58I
- 1:59was
- 1:59going
- 1:59to
- 1:59make
- 1:59a
- 2:00Campy
- 2:00joke
- 2:00here,
- 2:01but
- 2:01I,
- 2:02I've
- 2:02opted
- 2:02not
- 2:03to
- 2:04because
- 2:05Walter
- 2:05Camp,
- 2:06you
- 2:06know,
- 2:09it
- 2:09went
- 2:09right
- 2:09over
- 2:10my
- 2:10head
- 2:10there
- 2:10for.
- 2:11So
- 2:11yeah,
- 2:11you
- 2:12had
- 2:12to
- 2:12explain
- 2:12it
- 2:13to
- 2:13me
- 2:13for
- 2:13me.
- 2:15Yeah,
- 2:15that's
- 2:15generally
- 2:16the
- 2:16mark
- 2:16of
- 2:16a
- 2:16bad
- 2:17joke.
- 2:17You
- 2:18know,
- 2:18when.
- 2:18Or
- 2:19bad
- 2:19audience.
- 2:19One
- 2:20of
- 2:20the
- 2:21bad
- 2:21audience
- 2:21in
- 2:21this
- 2:22case,
- 2:22not
- 2:22the,
- 2:22the
- 2:23outside
- 2:24audience,
- 2:24but
- 2:24the
- 2:24one
- 2:24that
- 2:25can
- 2:25hear.
- 2:25Yeah,
- 2:26right
- 2:26over
- 2:26his
- 2:27head.
- 2:30Anyway,
- 2:31we're
- 2:31going
- 2:31to
- 2:31talk
- 2:31a
- 2:32little
- 2:32bit
- 2:32about
- 2:32Walter
- 2:33Camp
- 2:33because
- 2:33Tim
- 2:34wrote
- 2:34an
- 2:34article
- 2:34recently
- 2:35titled
- 2:36the
- 2:361882
- 2:37Yale
- 2:37Princeton,
- 2:38football's
- 2:39first
- 2:39championship
- 2:40game.
- 2:40What
- 2:41can
- 2:41you
- 2:41tell
- 2:41us
- 2:41about
- 2:41this,
- 2:42Tim?
- 2:43Yeah,
- 2:43so
- 2:44it's,
- 2:45in
- 2:45some
- 2:45ways
- 2:45it,
- 2:46you
- 2:46know,
- 2:47championship
- 2:48didn't
- 2:48mean
- 2:48the
- 2:49same
- 2:49thing
- 2:49back
- 2:49then.
- 2:50So
- 2:50I'll,
- 2:51and
- 2:51I'll
- 2:51explain
- 2:52that
- 2:52in
- 2:53a
- 2:53minute.
- 2:53But
- 2:54what
- 2:55was
- 2:55considered
- 2:56the
- 2:56first
- 2:56championship
- 2:57game
- 2:58was
- 2:58played
- 2:59in
- 2:591882.
- 3:01And
- 3:04you
- 3:04know,
- 3:05I
- 3:05mean
- 3:05you
- 3:06could
- 3:06say
- 3:06it's
- 3:06the,
- 3:06it
- 3:07was
- 3:07the
- 3:07national
- 3:07championship
- 3:08game
- 3:08because,
- 3:08you
- 3:09know,
- 3:11Yale
- 3:11won
- 3:11the
- 3:12game
- 3:12and
- 3:12you
- 3:12know,
- 3:12they
- 3:12ended
- 3:13up,
- 3:13they
- 3:13were
- 3:14the
- 3:14national
- 3:14champs,
- 3:15you
- 3:15know,
- 3:15retroactively
- 3:17because
- 3:17they
- 3:17were,
- 3:17you
- 3:18know,
- 3:18the,
- 3:18their
- 3:19league,
- 3:19which
- 3:20at
- 3:20the
- 3:20time
- 3:20just
- 3:20included
- 3:21Harvard,
- 3:21Yale,
- 3:22Princeton
- 3:22and
- 3:22Columbia.
- 3:23They
- 3:24were
- 3:24the,
- 3:25they
- 3:25were
- 3:25the
- 3:26premier
- 3:26football
- 3:28teams
- 3:28in
- 3:29the,
- 3:29in
- 3:30the
- 3:30world.
- 3:30There
- 3:30were
- 3:30probably
- 3:30only
- 3:31maybe
- 3:32there
- 3:32were
- 3:3220
- 3:32teams
- 3:32playing
- 3:33football
- 3:33back
- 3:33then,
- 3:34you
- 3:34know,
- 3:34if
- 3:34that.
- 3:35So,
- 3:36so
- 3:36they
- 3:36were
- 3:36the
- 3:37national,
- 3:37you
- 3:37know,
- 3:37whoever
- 3:38won
- 3:38this
- 3:38game,
- 3:39you
- 3:39know,
- 3:39were
- 3:40the
- 3:40national
- 3:40championship.
- 3:41But
- 3:41the
- 3:42odd
- 3:42thing
- 3:42about
- 3:42it
- 3:42was
- 3:43that,
- 3:44and
- 3:44this
- 3:44carried
- 3:44on
- 3:45for
- 3:45a
- 3:45while
- 3:45but
- 3:45like
- 3:46in,
- 3:46in
- 3:46their,
- 3:46like
- 3:47August
- 3:47or
- 3:48I
- 3:48think
- 3:48it
- 3:48was
- 3:48May.
- 3:49May
- 3:49meeting
- 3:50of
- 3:51the
- 3:51ifa,
- 3:51the
- 3:52Inter
- 3:53Intercollegiate
- 3:54Football
- 3:54association,
- 3:55they
- 3:56decided
- 3:56that
- 3:57whoever,
- 3:58whichever
- 3:58teams
- 3:59tied
- 3:59for
- 3:59first
- 4:00and
- 4:00second
- 4:00in
- 4:01the
- 4:01league
- 4:02or
- 4:02in
- 4:02the
- 4:03association
- 4:03the
- 4:04year
- 4:04before,
- 4:05they
- 4:06would
- 4:06play
- 4:07for
- 4:08the,
- 4:08they
- 4:08would
- 4:08play
- 4:08the
- 4:08championship
- 4:09game
- 4:10on
- 4:11Thanksgiving
- 4:12Day
- 4:12in
- 4:12New
- 4:12York
- 4:13City.
- 4:14And
- 4:14so
- 4:15you
- 4:15kind
- 4:15of
- 4:15go,
- 4:15okay,
- 4:16well,
- 4:16why
- 4:16would
- 4:16the
- 4:17two
- 4:17best
- 4:17teams
- 4:18in
- 4:181980
- 4:18or
- 4:181881
- 4:20play
- 4:20the
- 4:20championship
- 4:21game
- 4:22in
- 4:221882?
- 4:23It
- 4:23seems
- 4:24a
- 4:24little
- 4:24bit
- 4:24strange,
- 4:26but
- 4:27at
- 4:27the
- 4:27time,
- 4:27it
- 4:28made
- 4:28sense
- 4:29at
- 4:29the
- 4:29time
- 4:29because,
- 4:30you
- 4:30know,
- 4:31it.
- 4:31They
- 4:32just
- 4:32didn't
- 4:32live
- 4:32in
- 4:32a
- 4:33world
- 4:33where
- 4:34you
- 4:34could,
- 4:35you
- 4:35know,
- 4:35so
- 4:36the
- 4:36idea
- 4:36of
- 4:36postseason
- 4:37play
- 4:37would
- 4:37have
- 4:38made
- 4:38no
- 4:38sense
- 4:38to
- 4:39them
- 4:40for,
- 4:40you
- 4:40know,
- 4:41for
- 4:41college
- 4:41football.
- 4:42And,
- 4:43you
- 4:43know,
- 4:43the
- 4:44game
- 4:44was
- 4:44supposed
- 4:45to
- 4:45be
- 4:45this
- 4:45big
- 4:45spectacle
- 4:46in
- 4:46New
- 4:46York
- 4:46City,
- 4:47and
- 4:48so
- 4:48people
- 4:48needed
- 4:48to
- 4:49make
- 4:49plans.
- 4:49And
- 4:49so
- 4:50you
- 4:50couldn't
- 4:50like
- 4:50just
- 4:51have,
- 4:51you
- 4:52couldn't
- 4:52like
- 4:52finish
- 4:53the
- 4:53season
- 4:53the
- 4:54week
- 4:54before
- 4:54and
- 4:55then
- 4:55put
- 4:55the
- 4:56two
- 4:56teams
- 4:56out
- 4:57there,
- 4:57you
- 4:58know,
- 4:58and
- 4:58expect
- 4:58to
- 4:59have
- 4:59a
- 4:59good
- 4:59crowd
- 4:59in
- 4:59New
- 4:59York
- 5:00City,
- 5:00you
- 5:00know,
- 5:00and
- 5:00all
- 5:00the
- 5:01alums
- 5:01could
- 5:01get,
- 5:02you
- 5:02know,
- 5:02you
- 5:02just
- 5:03couldn't
- 5:03do
- 5:03that
- 5:03stuff
- 5:04back
- 5:05then.
- 5:05Now,
- 5:06was
- 5:06this
- 5:06the
- 5:06actual
- 5:07players
- 5:07that
- 5:08played
- 5:08in
- 5:081881?
- 5:09You
- 5:09know,
- 5:10so
- 5:10if
- 5:10you
- 5:11were
- 5:11senior
- 5:11in
- 5:111881
- 5:12and
- 5:12you
- 5:12played
- 5:12for.
- 5:13No.
- 5:14Yeah.
- 5:14Okay,
- 5:15so
- 5:16if
- 5:16it
- 5:16was.
- 5:17So
- 5:19who
- 5:19the
- 5:20two
- 5:20teams
- 5:20that
- 5:20played
- 5:21in
- 5:21the
- 5:21game
- 5:21in,
- 5:22in
- 5:221882
- 5:24were,
- 5:24based
- 5:24on
- 5:24this,
- 5:25their
- 5:25team's
- 5:26finish
- 5:27in
- 5:271881,
- 5:29but
- 5:29it
- 5:29was
- 5:30different.
- 5:30Different
- 5:31rosters.
- 5:31Yes,
- 5:32it
- 5:32was
- 5:321882
- 5:33roster
- 5:35that,
- 5:35that
- 5:36played.
- 5:36Okay,
- 5:37that's
- 5:37a
- 5:38good
- 5:38point.
- 5:38I
- 5:38hadn't,
- 5:40didn't
- 5:40mention
- 5:40that
- 5:41in
- 5:41the
- 5:41tidbit.
- 5:43So,
- 5:44you
- 5:45know,
- 5:45but.
- 5:45So
- 5:46that's
- 5:46kind
- 5:46of,
- 5:46it's
- 5:46kind
- 5:47of
- 5:47a
- 5:47weird
- 5:47setup.
- 5:48But
- 5:49it
- 5:49became,
- 5:50it
- 5:50became
- 5:51this
- 5:51massive
- 5:52social
- 5:52event.
- 5:52You
- 5:53know,
- 5:53the,
- 5:54the
- 5:54game
- 5:54in
- 5:55New
- 5:55York
- 5:55City
- 5:55on
- 5:55Thanksgiving
- 5:56Day
- 5:56was
- 5:57a
- 5:57big
- 5:57deal,
- 5:58you
- 5:58know,
- 5:59and
- 5:59whoever
- 5:59was
- 5:59playing
- 6:00and
- 6:00tip,
- 6:01you
- 6:01know,
- 6:01as
- 6:01it
- 6:01turned
- 6:02out
- 6:02most
- 6:03years,
- 6:04the
- 6:04two
- 6:05best
- 6:05teams
- 6:05the
- 6:05previous
- 6:06year
- 6:07were
- 6:07the
- 6:07two
- 6:08best
- 6:08teams
- 6:08the
- 6:08next
- 6:08year,
- 6:09and
- 6:09it
- 6:09was
- 6:10Yale
- 6:10and
- 6:10Princeton.
- 6:11You
- 6:11know,
- 6:11I
- 6:11mean,
- 6:11for
- 6:12the,
- 6:12for
- 6:12about
- 6:13a
- 6:1325
- 6:13year
- 6:13period.
- 6:14Yeah,
- 6:14you
- 6:15know,
- 6:16Harvard
- 6:17butted
- 6:17in
- 6:17there
- 6:17every
- 6:18once
- 6:18in
- 6:18a
- 6:18while,
- 6:18but
- 6:18pretty
- 6:18much
- 6:19it
- 6:19was
- 6:19yelling
- 6:19Princeton.
- 6:20So,
- 6:20you
- 6:20know,
- 6:20they
- 6:21ended
- 6:21up
- 6:21playing
- 6:21all
- 6:21the
- 6:22time.
- 6:23But
- 6:23the
- 6:23other
- 6:24side
- 6:24of
- 6:24it
- 6:24is
- 6:24that,
- 6:25you
- 6:25know,
- 6:26championship
- 6:27football,
- 6:27if,
- 6:28if
- 6:28you
- 6:28look
- 6:28at
- 6:28old
- 6:29NFL
- 6:29rule
- 6:30books,
- 6:30a
- 6:31lot
- 6:31of
- 6:31times
- 6:31they,
- 6:31they'll
- 6:32talk
- 6:32like,
- 6:33I,
- 6:33I
- 6:33got
- 6:33confused
- 6:33about
- 6:34this
- 6:34and
- 6:34somebody
- 6:34straightened
- 6:35me
- 6:35out
- 6:35on
- 6:35it
- 6:36because
- 6:36it,
- 6:36like
- 6:36the,
- 6:37there
- 6:37was
- 6:37a
- 6:37rule
- 6:38like
- 6:38when
- 6:38they
- 6:38first
- 6:38required
- 6:39helmets
- 6:39to
- 6:39be
- 6:39worn,
- 6:40which
- 6:40is
- 6:40like
- 6:41NFL
- 6:41was
- 6:41like
- 6:411939
- 6:42or
- 6:42something
- 6:43like
- 6:43that.
- 6:44And
- 6:44it
- 6:45said,
- 6:45you
- 6:45know,
- 6:45helmets
- 6:46must,
- 6:46you
- 6:46know,
- 6:47protective
- 6:47headgear
- 6:48must
- 6:48be
- 6:48worn
- 6:48in
- 6:49all
- 6:49championship
- 6:50games.
- 6:51I
- 6:51was
- 6:51like,
- 6:51okay,
- 6:51well
- 6:52that
- 6:52means
- 6:52they
- 6:52don't
- 6:52have
- 6:52to
- 6:52wear
- 6:53it
- 6:53during
- 6:53the
- 6:53regular
- 6:53season.
- 6:54Well,
- 6:54no,
- 6:54what
- 6:55they
- 6:55meant
- 6:55was
- 6:55any
- 6:56game
- 6:56that
- 6:56counts
- 6:56towards
- 6:57the
- 6:57championship
- 6:59is,
- 6:59you
- 6:59know,
- 6:59they
- 7:00had
- 7:00to
- 7:00wear
- 7:00it
- 7:00because
- 7:01NFL
- 7:02teams
- 7:02back
- 7:02then
- 7:02they
- 7:03play
- 7:03all
- 7:03these
- 7:03exhibition
- 7:04games
- 7:04and
- 7:04they
- 7:04play
- 7:04somebody
- 7:05midweek
- 7:05or
- 7:06on
- 7:06the
- 7:06road
- 7:06back
- 7:07from,
- 7:07you
- 7:07know,
- 7:08New
- 7:08York
- 7:08or
- 7:08something.
- 7:09And
- 7:10so
- 7:11championship
- 7:12sometimes
- 7:13met
- 7:13league.
- 7:15It
- 7:15equated
- 7:15to
- 7:16league
- 7:16game.
- 7:16So
- 7:17what
- 7:17we
- 7:17would
- 7:17call
- 7:17today
- 7:18meaningful
- 7:19games.
- 7:21Yeah,
- 7:21well,
- 7:22I
- 7:22think
- 7:22it's,
- 7:23I
- 7:23think
- 7:23it's
- 7:23more
- 7:24that
- 7:24it's
- 7:24a
- 7:24league
- 7:25game,
- 7:26you
- 7:26know,
- 7:26that
- 7:26it
- 7:26counted
- 7:27in
- 7:27the
- 7:27standings.
- 7:29Okay,
- 7:29okay.
- 7:30And
- 7:31so
- 7:32anyways,
- 7:34so
- 7:34in,
- 7:34in
- 7:341882,
- 7:35what
- 7:35happened
- 7:36is
- 7:38so
- 7:38there's
- 7:39four
- 7:39teams,
- 7:39Columbia
- 7:40loses
- 7:40to
- 7:40all
- 7:41three,
- 7:41they
- 7:41lose
- 7:42to
- 7:42Harvard,
- 7:42Yale,
- 7:42Princeton,
- 7:43Harvard
- 7:44beats
- 7:44Princeton
- 7:45and
- 7:45then
- 7:46Yale
- 7:46beats
- 7:47Harvard.
- 7:48So
- 7:49you
- 7:49know,
- 7:49at
- 7:49the,
- 7:50going
- 7:50into
- 7:51this
- 7:51Thanksgiving
- 7:52Day
- 7:52game,
- 7:53Columbia's
- 7:54own
- 7:54three
- 7:55Yellen,
- 7:56Princeton
- 7:56are
- 7:56both
- 7:571
- 7:57and
- 7:571
- 7:57and
- 7:57Yale's
- 7:582
- 7:580.
- 7:58So
- 7:59if
- 7:59Yale
- 7:59wins,
- 8:00boom,
- 8:00they're
- 8:003
- 8:000.
- 8:01And
- 8:01then,
- 8:02but
- 8:02if,
- 8:03if,
- 8:04if
- 8:04Princeton
- 8:05beat
- 8:05them,
- 8:06then
- 8:06Harvard,
- 8:07Yale
- 8:07and
- 8:07Princeton
- 8:08would
- 8:08all
- 8:08be
- 8:082
- 8:09and
- 8:091,
- 8:09right?
- 8:10So
- 8:10they
- 8:10tie
- 8:10for
- 8:11the
- 8:11championship.
- 8:14So
- 8:14it
- 8:14was
- 8:15just
- 8:15one
- 8:15of
- 8:15those
- 8:15games
- 8:15where
- 8:16it's
- 8:16like,
- 8:16you
- 8:16know,
- 8:16it,
- 8:17there
- 8:17was
- 8:17a
- 8:17lot
- 8:17of
- 8:18snow
- 8:18the
- 8:18day
- 8:18before,
- 8:19so
- 8:19they
- 8:19had
- 8:19to
- 8:19hire
- 8:20all
- 8:20these
- 8:20guys
- 8:20to
- 8:20come
- 8:21in
- 8:21and
- 8:21dig
- 8:21the
- 8:21place
- 8:21out.
- 8:22And
- 8:23I,
- 8:23I
- 8:23don't
- 8:23know
- 8:23what
- 8:23it
- 8:24was
- 8:24like,
- 8:24you
- 8:24know,
- 8:25you
- 8:25know,
- 8:25they
- 8:25didn't
- 8:25have
- 8:25snow
- 8:26wars,
- 8:26you
- 8:26know,
- 8:27so
- 8:27that
- 8:28they
- 8:28talk
- 8:28about
- 8:28pickaxe
- 8:29use
- 8:29pickaxes
- 8:30and
- 8:30all
- 8:31kinds
- 8:31of
- 8:31stuff.
- 8:32So
- 8:32I'm
- 8:32sure
- 8:32the
- 8:32field
- 8:33was
- 8:33in
- 8:33really
- 8:33fine
- 8:34condition
- 8:34the
- 8:35next
- 8:35day.
- 8:36But
- 8:36in
- 8:37the
- 8:37game
- 8:37itself,
- 8:37it
- 8:37turns
- 8:38out
- 8:38that,
- 8:38you
- 8:38know,
- 8:38both
- 8:39teams
- 8:39kick
- 8:39a
- 8:39goal
- 8:40because
- 8:40this,
- 8:40and
- 8:40actually
- 8:41that's
- 8:41the
- 8:41other
- 8:41thing.
- 8:411882
- 8:42was
- 8:43the
- 8:43last
- 8:43year
- 8:44that
- 8:45football
- 8:45was
- 8:46played
- 8:46without
- 8:46a
- 8:47points
- 8:47based
- 8:47system.
- 8:48You
- 8:48know,
- 8:48the
- 8:49only
- 8:49way
- 8:49to
- 8:49score
- 8:49was
- 8:50to
- 8:50kick
- 8:50a
- 8:50goal.
- 8:52Touchdowns
- 8:53didn't
- 8:53count
- 8:53for
- 8:53anything.
- 8:53There
- 8:54were
- 8:54no
- 8:54safeties
- 8:54yet,
- 8:55or
- 8:55at
- 8:55least
- 8:55not
- 8:56those
- 8:56didn't
- 8:56count
- 8:57as
- 8:57a
- 8:57score.
- 8:59So
- 8:59anyways,
- 9:01both
- 9:02teams
- 9:02kicked
- 9:03a
- 9:03goal
- 9:03in
- 9:04the
- 9:04first
- 9:04half,
- 9:04so
- 9:04it's
- 9:05one
- 9:05to
- 9:05one.
- 9:06And
- 9:06then
- 9:06in
- 9:07the
- 9:07second
- 9:07half,
- 9:07one
- 9:08of
- 9:08the
- 9:08all
- 9:08time
- 9:09great
- 9:09things
- 9:09happens.
- 9:10A
- 9:10guy
- 9:11named
- 9:11Tom
- 9:12Tompkins
- 9:13for
- 9:13Yale
- 9:14carries
- 9:14the
- 9:14ball
- 9:15over
- 9:15the
- 9:16goal
- 9:17line.
- 9:18And
- 9:18back
- 9:18then
- 9:20you
- 9:20had
- 9:20to
- 9:20touch
- 9:21the
- 9:21ball
- 9:21to
- 9:22the
- 9:22ground,
- 9:22you
- 9:22had
- 9:22to
- 9:23touch
- 9:23down,
- 9:24you
- 9:24had
- 9:24to
- 9:24touch
- 9:24it
- 9:25down,
- 9:25which
- 9:25is
- 9:25why
- 9:26it's
- 9:26called
- 9:26a
- 9:26touchdown,
- 9:27right?
- 9:27And
- 9:29so
- 9:29they
- 9:30had
- 9:30this
- 9:30thing
- 9:30called
- 9:30a
- 9:31mall
- 9:31in.
- 9:31So
- 9:32if
- 9:32you
- 9:32were,
- 9:32you
- 9:33know,
- 9:33the
- 9:33other
- 9:34team
- 9:34could
- 9:34keep
- 9:34you
- 9:35from
- 9:36touching
- 9:36it
- 9:36down,
- 9:37they
- 9:37could
- 9:37hold
- 9:37you
- 9:37up
- 9:38and
- 9:38try
- 9:38to
- 9:38push
- 9:38you
- 9:39back
- 9:39out
- 9:39of
- 9:39the
- 9:39end
- 9:39zone,
- 9:40in
- 9:40which
- 9:40case
- 9:40you
- 9:41wouldn't
- 9:41have
- 9:41scored.
- 9:42And
- 9:43so
- 9:43anyways,
- 9:44they
- 9:44had
- 9:44a
- 9:44mall
- 9:45and
- 9:45that
- 9:45went
- 9:45for
- 9:45about
- 9:46like
- 9:4610
- 9:46minutes.
- 9:46Fans
- 9:47were
- 9:47coming
- 9:47out
- 9:47of
- 9:47the
- 9:47stands
- 9:48and
- 9:48getting
- 9:49involved
- 9:49in
- 9:49it.
- 9:50And
- 9:50eventually
- 9:50to
- 9:51is,
- 9:51you
- 9:51know,
- 9:51is
- 9:52able
- 9:52to
- 9:52get
- 9:52down
- 9:52to
- 9:52the
- 9:53ground,
- 9:53touch
- 9:53the
- 9:53ball
- 9:53down,
- 9:54and
- 9:54then
- 9:54a
- 9:55guy
- 9:55named
- 9:55Richards
- 9:56kicks
- 9:57the
- 9:57goal.
- 9:57So
- 9:58Yale
- 9:58ends
- 9:58up
- 9:58winning
- 9:59two
- 9:59to
- 9:59one.
- 10:01But
- 10:01now
- 10:01I
- 10:02mentioned
- 10:02at
- 10:02the
- 10:02beginning
- 10:03about
- 10:03the
- 10:03whole
- 10:03Campy
- 10:04thing.
- 10:05I
- 10:05haven't
- 10:05mentioned
- 10:05camp
- 10:06since
- 10:06then,
- 10:06have
- 10:06I?
- 10:07No,
- 10:08no.
- 10:08You've
- 10:08been
- 10:09very
- 10:09silent
- 10:09on
- 10:09him.
- 10:10Yes.
- 10:11Turns
- 10:12out
- 10:12he
- 10:12wasn't
- 10:12there.
- 10:15So
- 10:15he's.
- 10:15He's
- 10:15in
- 10:16the
- 10:16books
- 10:16all
- 10:16the
- 10:16time
- 10:17as
- 10:17having
- 10:17played
- 10:17in
- 10:171882.
- 10:18But,
- 10:18like.
- 10:19And
- 10:19I
- 10:19didn't
- 10:19look
- 10:19at
- 10:20early
- 10:20season,
- 10:20but
- 10:20he
- 10:21didn't
- 10:21play
- 10:21in
- 10:21the
- 10:21last
- 10:22couple
- 10:22of
- 10:22games,
- 10:23and
- 10:23he
- 10:23was
- 10:24not
- 10:24there.
- 10:24And
- 10:24in
- 10:24fact,
- 10:25he
- 10:25was
- 10:25refereeing
- 10:26the
- 10:27Harvard,
- 10:27Yale
- 10:27freshman
- 10:28game
- 10:29up
- 10:29in
- 10:29Cambridge
- 10:31at
- 10:31the
- 10:31same
- 10:31time
- 10:32this
- 10:32game
- 10:32was
- 10:32going
- 10:32on.
- 10:33So
- 10:34anyways,
- 10:34seems
- 10:35like
- 10:35kind
- 10:35of
- 10:35a
- 10:36strange
- 10:36thing
- 10:36to
- 10:36have
- 10:36the
- 10:36championship
- 10:37game.
- 10:37Yeah.
- 10:38And
- 10:38then
- 10:38you
- 10:38got
- 10:39the
- 10:39freshman
- 10:40game
- 10:40going,
- 10:41but
- 10:41that
- 10:41was
- 10:42Harvard,
- 10:42Yale.
- 10:42It
- 10:42wasn't
- 10:43Yale,
- 10:43Princeton,
- 10:44which
- 10:44was
- 10:45a
- 10:45championship
- 10:45game.
- 10:46So
- 10:46anyways,
- 10:47so
- 10:47Walter
- 10:48wasn't
- 10:48there.
- 10:49He
- 10:50missed
- 10:50it.
- 10:50He
- 10:50missed
- 10:51a
- 10:51good
- 10:51one.
- 10:52And
- 10:52Yale
- 10:53still
- 10:53won,
- 10:53so.
- 10:54Without
- 10:55one
- 10:55of
- 10:55their
- 10:55better
- 10:55players.
- 10:57Yeah.
- 10:58Interesting.
- 10:59I
- 10:59did.
- 10:59I
- 10:59didn't
- 10:59realize
- 11:00that.
- 11:01That
- 11:01is
- 11:01kind
- 11:01of
- 11:01strange.
- 11:02You
- 11:02know,
- 11:02that's.
- 11:02That's
- 11:02a.
- 11:03The
- 11:03big
- 11:03game
- 11:03of
- 11:04the
- 11:04year,
- 11:04and
- 11:04he's
- 11:05one
- 11:05of
- 11:05the,
- 11:05you
- 11:06know,
- 11:06the
- 11:06premier
- 11:06players
- 11:07for
- 11:07Yale
- 11:07at
- 11:07that
- 11:07time.
- 11:08And
- 11:08he
- 11:08goes
- 11:09to
- 11:09officiate
- 11:09a
- 11:10freshman
- 11:10game.
- 11:11Yeah,
- 11:11you
- 11:11know,
- 11:11maybe,
- 11:12you
- 11:12know,
- 11:12like
- 11:12he
- 11:13was
- 11:13in
- 11:13med
- 11:13school
- 11:13by
- 11:13then,
- 11:14so
- 11:14who
- 11:14knows?
- 11:15I
- 11:15don't
- 11:15know.
- 11:15I
- 11:16thought
- 11:16you're
- 11:16gonna
- 11:16tell
- 11:16me
- 11:16you
- 11:16got
- 11:17called
- 11:17the.
- 11:17The
- 11:18clock
- 11:18factory.
- 11:19He
- 11:19had
- 11:19to
- 11:20wind
- 11:21a
- 11:21watch
- 11:21or
- 11:21something.
- 11:21No,
- 11:22he
- 11:22wasn't
- 11:22working
- 11:23for
- 11:23them
- 11:23yet.
- 11:23He
- 11:23wasn't.
- 11:23He
- 11:24wasn't.
- 11:24Oh,
- 11:25okay.
- 11:25Didn't
- 11:25do
- 11:25the
- 11:25time.
- 11:26He
- 11:26wasn't
- 11:26doing
- 11:26his
- 11:26time
- 11:27yet.
- 11:32That's
- 11:32a
- 11:32whole
- 11:32nother
- 11:33one
- 11:33with.
- 11:33Yeah,
- 11:34that
- 11:35was
- 11:35another
- 11:35episode
- 11:35we
- 11:35did
- 11:36before
- 11:36that.
- 11:36You
- 11:36did
- 11:36before
- 11:37with
- 11:37him.
- 11:38Him
- 11:39being
- 11:39caught
- 11:39in
- 11:39a
- 11:39slammer
- 11:40and
- 11:40everything
- 11:40else.
- 11:40But
- 11:40that's
- 11:41a
- 11:41good
- 11:41one,
- 11:41though,
- 11:41folks.
- 11:41You
- 11:42want
- 11:42to
- 11:42check
- 11:42that
- 11:42one
- 11:42out,
- 11:43too?
- 11:44That's
- 11:44a
- 11:44good
- 11:44one.
- 11:45But,
- 11:45Tim,
- 11:45you.
- 11:46You
- 11:46have
- 11:46these
- 11:47great
- 11:47stories
- 11:47of
- 11:48yesteryear
- 11:49in
- 11:49the
- 11:49game
- 11:49of
- 11:49football,
- 11:50the
- 11:50game
- 11:50we
- 11:50love.
- 11:51And
- 11:51you
- 11:51explain
- 11:52so
- 11:52much
- 11:52and,
- 11:52you
- 11:53know,
- 11:53you
- 11:53enlighten
- 11:54us
- 11:54on
- 11:54things
- 11:54like
- 11:54Walter
- 11:55camp
- 11:55not
- 11:55being
- 11:56at
- 11:56the
- 11:56big
- 11:56game
- 11:56like
- 11:57you
- 11:57did
- 11:57today.
- 11:58And
- 11:58you
- 11:58do
- 11:59you
- 11:59do
- 11:59this
- 11:59in
- 11:59your
- 11:59tidbits
- 12:00and
- 12:00maybe
- 12:00you
- 12:00could
- 12:01share
- 12:01with
- 12:01folks
- 12:01where
- 12:01they
- 12:02can
- 12:02catch
- 12:02on
- 12:02to
- 12:02some
- 12:03of
- 12:03these
- 12:03tidbits.
- 12:03Sure,
- 12:04yeah.
- 12:05Just
- 12:05go
- 12:05to
- 12:05footballarchaeology.com
- 12:06it's
- 12:07substack
- 12:07site,
- 12:08and
- 12:09you
- 12:10can
- 12:10subscribe,
- 12:10in
- 12:10which
- 12:10case
- 12:11you'll
- 12:11get
- 12:11an
- 12:11email.
- 12:11Every
- 12:11time
- 12:12I
- 12:12publish
- 12:12a
- 12:12story,
- 12:13you
- 12:14can
- 12:15follow
- 12:16on
- 12:16the,
- 12:17on
- 12:17the
- 12:17substack
- 12:17app,
- 12:18which
- 12:18just
- 12:18means
- 12:19it
- 12:19kind
- 12:19of,
- 12:19it's
- 12:19like
- 12:20it'll
- 12:20come
- 12:20into
- 12:21your
- 12:21little
- 12:21inbox
- 12:23and
- 12:23otherwise
- 12:24bookmark
- 12:24it
- 12:26or
- 12:26just,
- 12:26you
- 12:26know,
- 12:27check
- 12:27it
- 12:27out
- 12:27whenever
- 12:27you
- 12:27want
- 12:27to.
- 12:28And,
- 12:28and
- 12:29I've
- 12:29said
- 12:29this
- 12:29a
- 12:29couple
- 12:30times,
- 12:30but,
- 12:30you
- 12:31know,
- 12:32I've
- 12:32got
- 12:32like
- 12:321400
- 12:33articles
- 12:33out
- 12:34there
- 12:34on
- 12:34all
- 12:34kinds
- 12:34of,
- 12:34you
- 12:34know,
- 12:35football,
- 12:35you
- 12:35know,
- 12:36stuff.
- 12:37So
- 12:37if
- 12:37you're
- 12:37looking
- 12:38for
- 12:38some
- 12:38little
- 12:38factoid
- 12:39on
- 12:39football
- 12:39history
- 12:40there,
- 12:40there's,
- 12:41you
- 12:41know,
- 12:41maybe
- 12:41less
- 12:42so
- 12:42if
- 12:42it's
- 12:42NFL,
- 12:43you
- 12:43know,
- 12:44but
- 12:44especially
- 12:45college
- 12:45football,
- 12:46you
- 12:46know,
- 12:46I've
- 12:47covered
- 12:47a
- 12:47lot
- 12:47of
- 12:47territory.
- 12:48So
- 12:49use
- 12:49a
- 12:49search
- 12:49function,
- 12:50see
- 12:50if
- 12:50you
- 12:50can
- 12:50find
- 12:51what
- 12:51you're
- 12:51looking
- 12:51for.
- 12:53All
- 12:53right,
- 12:53Tim.
- 12:53Well,
- 12:53we
- 12:54appreciate
- 12:54you
- 12:54writing
- 12:55all
- 12:55this
- 12:55and,
- 12:56you
- 12:56know,
- 12:56preserving
- 12:57this
- 12:57football
- 12:57history,
- 12:58and
- 12:58we
- 12:58appreciate
- 12:59you
- 12:59joining
- 12:59us
- 12:59here
- 13:00today,
- 13:00and
- 13:00we'd
- 13:00love
- 13:01to
- 13:01talk
- 13:01to
- 13:01you
- 13:01again
- 13:01next
- 13:01week.
- 13:02Very
- 13:02good.
- 13:03Look
- 13:03forward
- 13:03to
- 13:03it.
- 13:04That's
- 13:05all
- 13:05the
- 13:05football
- 13:05history
- 13:06we
- 13:06have
- 13:06today,
- 13:06folks.
- 13:07Join
- 13:07us
- 13:07back
- 13:07tomorrow
- 13:08for
- 13:08more
- 13:08of
- 13:09your
- 13:09football
- 13:09history.
- 13:11We
- 13:11invite
- 13:12you
- 13:12to
- 13:12check
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- 13:18to
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- 13:18positive
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- 13:20articles
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