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TIL Auburn's 1958 "National Championship" was claimed because they (checks notes) "had a higher average AP Ranking throughout the course of the season" than LSU.
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There was a 138-team Playoff before, by the way. It was just called the regular season.
The untold true story of Auburn's 1958 "national championship", ahead of the LSU game
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Gruff Sparty, Wolverbear and hundreds of vintage college mascots were created by Arthur Evans of the Angelus Pacific decal company. They were often sold to campus bookstores without official university involvement. Gruff Sparty appeared in East Lansing dating back to 1950.
Despite Gruff Sparty's popularity, one thing has remained unclear: Where did he come from?
First appearing on campus in the 1950s, ousted in the 1970s and officially trademarked in the 1980s, Gruff has a history filled with mystery.
ALT The vintage \"Gruff Sparty\" logo featuring a Spartan warrior with a stern expression and a green-and-white helmet. Below, on a dark green background, white text reads: \"Gruff Sparty: The lore (and mystery) behind the logo.\"
Northwest Purple retweeted
Found a topical paragraph in the autobiography of Michigan’s Bo Schembechler.
Could you imagine a world where beating your rival for a conference title & a meaningless bowl bid is more exciting than the national championship?
Oh the horror.
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It feels like a good day to watch Keith Jackson’s intro to the 2003 Fiesta Bowl about 50 times just to feel something.
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Conocías esto?
En 1979, el arquitecto Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, creador del Azteca, propuso este diseño helicoidal de auditorio.
Totalmente novedoso y visualmente. Espectacular.
No llegó a concretarse obviamente.
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There's a new piece of hardware making its way into the WSU–OSU rivalry... and this one has quite the story. 👀🪨 WSU and Oregon State have been playing football since 1903, and now there's a new trophy on the line!
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Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1953 - This iconic Norman Rockwell-like image of a vendor selling hot dogs to boys at 1953 World Series was taken by the highly-regarded Life Magazine staff photographer Mark Kauffman
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Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Oct 1929 - View of batting practice before 1929 World Series game between Chicago Cubs and Connie Mack's Athletics, the latter winning their 4th title in beating Cubs in 5 games and was start of Mack's 2nd dynasty team (1st was 1910-1914, won 3 titles)
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Oct 6, 1959 - Down 3-1 in games in 1959 World Series against Dodgers, the White Sox have a 1-0 lead in 7th inning and they would hold on to see another day as a record crowd of 92,706 went home disappointed. Two days later LA would take the series
