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INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL RESEARCHERS ASSOCIATION ™

The Historian ™

ISSN: 1526-233x Vol. 1...No. 9 Established: Jan. 2008

Tex Noel, Editor ([email protected])

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In Search of a National as the inaugural national Champion champion? As you can see, things are not always as simple as they seem. By Richard Billingsley The popularity of college football The sophisticated game of college spread widely in the early 1900’s. football we know today scarcely What began in 1869 with two resembles that first game played teams grew to almost 90 major in 1869. Those games were teams by 1920. The NCAA was brutal by some accounts, and founded in 1906 to regulate the one dimensional by today’s sport and points for scores, size standards. In the early years of field, and penalties etc were all teams just lined up and used standardized by 1912. But the brute strength to move the ball NCAA failed to address the one forward. Today we have complex issue that burned in the hearts offensive and defensive schemes and minds of players, alumni, that make the mental part of the and fans of all ages…the game just as important as the question of “who is #1”. Perhaps physical. But the simplicity of the if they had addressed it 130 game in the pioneer era of the years ago we would not have the sport was not without controversy we have today. controversy. Instead we have a plethora of Like determining a national polls and ranking systems which champion for instance. don’t always agree.

In 1869 there were two games The History of Polls played, Rutgers beat Princeton 6- The first widely recognized 4 and in a rematch Princeton college football poll did not beat Rutgers 8-0. So, who do you originate until 1926. It was a think should have been crowned mathematical rating system The College Football Historian-2- developed by Frank Dickinson, a professor of economics at the University of . Later, an on from the Golden Dome to the onslaught of pollsters came onto Tiger Den, from the Coliseum to the scene, all prepared to crown the Swamp, from Happy Valley to college football’s best. The list Death Valley, and everywhere in was staggering; 1927 Deke between. Eventually everyone got Houlgate; 1929, Dick Dunkel; in on the action, from the New 1930, William Boand; 1932 Paul York Times, Football News, Williamson; 1934 Edward Sports Illustrated, Sporting Litkenhouse; and in 1935, News, Sears, and McDonalds. Richard Poling. Mathematical Heck fire, there are more polls systems were considered to be than bowls and God knows we’ve the “norm” for determining got more than we need of both. national championships in those Over the years there have been days. But all of that changed in many fine rating systems 1936 when the developed, and with the advent of (AP) began publishing a poll the internet you may easily voted on by a national board of access all of them simply by sportswriters and broadcasters. clicking a button. Check out Because of their national David Wilson’s Library of College distribution, the AP poll instantly Football Polls at: became gospel. The United Press www.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc International (UPI) joined the /rate/index.html hoopla in 1950. Their theory I suppose was that coaches know This past summer college football more about football than writers lost a great pollster, historian and broadcasters. and wonderful human being. Herman Matthews died on It was bound to happen sooner August 22, 2008 at his home in or later, but it wasn’t until 1954 Middlesboro, Kentucky. Herman that the AP and UPI disagreed on was part of the BCS from 1999- who the national champion 2001, but politely resigned as the should be. The AP chose Ohio BCS moved towards a no margin State and the UPI favored UCLA. of victory status. The Matthews Both teams were undefeated as Grid Ratings were a staple in was Oklahoma. Ever since that college football from 1966-2007. fateful day when the two “biggies” couldn’t agree, the controversy of He appeared regularly in the “Who’s Number One” has raged Football News and later provided The College Football Historian-3-

He was a good friend and will be rankings for the Scripps-Howard greatly missed. news service. * * * Paul Hornung of Notre Dame, who Maisel had in the number Jay Langhammer two slot. Among Heisman reviews… winners in his overrated top ten were George Rogers, Tim Brown, The Maisel Report (Triumph Gino Torretta, Andre Ware and Books), written by Ivan Maisel, Tim Tebow. Moving next to the reviews college football's most national champions overrated & underrated players, category, Maisel went with the coaches, teams and traditions. 1966 Notre Dame team as most overrated and the 2003 USC Since 1987, he has covered team as the most underrated college football for Sports champion. He also covers the Illustrated, Newsday, the Dallas most overrated/underrated Morning News and ESPN.com moments, coaches, stadiums & (over the last six years). The campuses plus traditions, fight book's format is similar to songs and mascots. One of the and pro football books most interesting categories was done recently by Jayson Stark his selection of the most and Sal Paolantonio, which also overrated and underrated players address the overrated & from the 19 winningest college underrated issues. programs (plus Army, for historical reasons). Maisel's first few chapters focus on school football programs, Maisel's 240 page book is very conferences and rivalries. Next well researched and covers as comes his review of overrated & many as 10 selections in a underrated number of categories. I was winners. His most overrated surprised at how many of his Heisman pick was Charles choices I agreed with. The Maisel Woodson of Michigan (instead of Report is available at all major Tennessee's Peyton Manning). My bookstores and online. personal pick would have been

Used by permission of Eye Witness to * * * History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com.

College Football, 1884 Major college football is big business. Each autumn weekend millions of fans pack stadiums (Mass.). In The College Football Historian-4- 1892 he became and football coach at the around the country to root for University of , remaining their favorite team. Millions more there for the next 41 years. His watch on television. A major age forced him to retire, but he college football program, such as was not done coaching. In 1933 Ohio State, Notre Dame or Texas, he became a coach at the College generates big bucks - an average of the Pacific and left that post in of over 29 million dollars 1947 at the age of 85. But wait, annually with some topping 50 he's not done yet, for in that million dollars a year. same year he becomes an assistant coach at Susquehanna It all started shortly after the University (Pa.) and does not go Civil War when students at a few into final retirement until 1952 eastern colleges combined at the age of 90. elements from rugby and soccer to make a new game they called During his long career, Coach football. Students at Princeton Stagg helped codify the rules of led the way in 1867 by football and introduced several establishing the first rules for the innovative plays such as the game. The first intercollegiate and the man in game was played in 1869 motion. He was elected to the between Princeton and Rutgers. Football Hall of Fame as a player The game was taken up by the and a coach in its inaugural Ivy League schools and by 1873 year. an agreed upon set of rules was established. Football was on its "There were no coaches, trainers, way to becoming the dominate rubbers, or even a water boy." college sport. Amos Stagg published his contributed memoirs of early football in 1927. much to the development of the We join his story after his sport and remains a football admission to Yale: legend. He entered Yale in 1884 as a divinity student which "The recruiting officers already qualified him for a reduction in were at work, it will be seen, and tuition from $50.00 to $39.80 per not always so unobjectionably, semester. He was a natural apparently, for in 1881 the athlete whose skill on the intercollegiate convention had baseball diamond was a major agreed to bar players whose factor in his admission. college expenses were paid.

He joined the fledgling football Months before, I had written team and after graduation in President Noah Porter, of Yale, 1888 became football coach at and in due time he had answered football team, but the captain The College Football Historian-5- still was a captain, not a coach's foreman. He chose the team, ran it, and was not always above me personally in his own hand. playing favorites. 'To good scholars the college has given from the Ellsworth Fund Once elected, he was answerable $175 a year,' President Porter to no one. was in wrote. 'Beyond this the college, business in New Haven and as such, can do little or nothing; interested in the team, of course. but opportunities for self-help Once under Camp's captaincy present themselves and are soon the Yale squad came near discovered by those who keep dissolving in mid-season over a their eyes open to discern them.' quarrel between the forwards and the backs. Camp and his fellow I arrived at Yale in September, backs favored the newer running 1884, and turned out for the mass style of play. The rush line squad. The college bought its was unanimous naturally for the first athletic field that year old open, kicking, passing, ...Paying good money for a individual running game in playground caused talk and which they could be as revived faculty criticism of the spectacular as the backs. attention being given to athletics. Camp was particularly fearful of Prof. E. L. Richards, who a muddy field for the promoted the present Yale gym, Thanksgiving Day game with dug into the records on his own Princeton, with Eaton and Fred initiative, proved that disciplinary Remington, heavy ends, and cases had decreased sharply and insisted on drilling the line in progressively since 1875, and mass formations. The line silenced the conservatives. revolted. That night Camp summoned the squad to his room The old gym was a primitive in Durfee Hall, told them that the thing where freshmen were responsibility was his, that he marshaled in street dress and either would run the team or get forced to swing Indian clubs and off, resigned and left the room. dumbbells. No bath followed and Ten minutes of heated debate the drill probably did as much followed. The rush line was as harm as good. One of the joys of little convinced as ever, but so growing to sophomore stature disturbed at the threatened loss was escaping the gym... of Camp's leadership that they coaxed him back. Camp led the There were no coaches, trainers, eleven against Princeton and rubbers, or even a water boy. won, but Yale played the old Occasional graduated players open game. were drifting back to advise the

In those years at Princeton the The College Football Historian-6- team customarily practiced at noon and jog-trotted half a mile to a mile at sundown. A full Camp resigned another time. three-quarters of-an-hour period There were no training rules or of continuous playing against the training table, but the squad had scrubs was Yale's daily practice, pledged themselves not to leave and injuries were disregarded. the campus for ten days before There was no freshman rule, but the Princeton game, and to be in no particular attempt was made bed by eleven each night. to interest the incoming class. Two or three dependable Catching Johnny Moorehead substitutes were all that a team sneaking back from the theater thought of needing. The one night late, Camp called every freshman who made the varsity man out of bed and quit on the was either a natural player or spot. Moorehead offered his own had played in prep school. The resignation instead, and Camp bulk of the newcomers never had reconsidered. As Moorehead seen the game. If they turned played in the Princeton game, he out, they were expected to teach seems to have been restored to themselves." " grace. References: At Princeton as early as 1879 the Amos Stagg's account appears in: students had so criticized the Stagg, Amos Alonzo, Touchdown! football squad for smoking that (1927); Hill, Dean, Football thru the players gradually gave up the Years (1940). tobacco during the season. I Champ from 1970-1996, 1976 * * * Texas A&I, but lost 28-34. 1976 Texas A&I continued to advance WHICH TEAM IS THE in the Champions Round. This BEST? issue will feature NCAA Division I-AA teams from 1978 through NCAA DIVISION I-AA 2007. As I stated previously, I (1978-2007) am using Tex Noel’s rankings to pair these champions, with the By Patrick M. Premo proviso that no individual school is represented more than once in In the previous issue, we saw each tournament. 1969 North Dakota St. capture the College Division (1958-1974) THE FIELD: all-time best crown. 1969 North Dakota St. then battled the NAIA 1. 1996 Marshall 16. 1988 Furman 2003 Delaware 48-41. 2006 Appalachian St. had little trouble The College Football Historian-7- with 2002 Western Kentucky, winning 31-21. 1995 Montana had a very close game with 2004 9. 1994 Youngstown St. James Madison, but eked out a 8. 1981 Idaho St. 42-37 win. 1987 NE Louisiana could not stop 1978 Florida 12. 1984 Montana St. A&M, but gave them a tough 5. 2003 Delaware game before losing 38-41. 1982 Eastern Kentucky defeated 1983 13. 2002 Western Kentucky Southern Illinois, 42-35, by 4. 2006 Applachian St. scoring a late touchdown to win in a slight upset. The first major 3. 1995 Montana upset of this tournament came 14. 2004 James Madison when the fifteen seed, 1980 Boise St., stunned the number 2 seed, 6. 1978 Florida A&M 1999 Georgia Southern, by 11. 1987 NE Louisiana kicking a game winning field goal as time ran out and won 35-33. 7. 1983 Southern Illinois 10. 1982 Eastern Kentucky ROUND TWO:

15. 1980 Boise St. 1981 Idaho St. gave 1996 2. 1999 Georgia Southern Marshall all it could handle and seemed to have the game in the ROUND ONE: bag, but Marshall intercepted a pass near the of the game 1996 Marshall had a tough time and ran it back to score the go- with 1988 Furman, but managed ahead and winning touchdown, to pull out a close victory, 39-33. 34-29. 1984 Montana St. could 1994 Youngstown St. could not not pull off another upset as hold off 1981 Idaho St., losing 2006 Appalachian St. won a very 32-46. 1984 Montana St. and close game, 34-31. 1978 Florida 2003 Delaware staged a very A&M delivered an upset of 1994 exciting game. With time Montana 43-42. 1982 Eastern running out, Delaware scored a Kentucky ended the Cinderella touchdown to tie the game at 41 run of 1980 Boise St., easily all, but then missed the extra winning, 35-21. point that would have won it. In overtime, Delaware won the coin ROUND THREE: toss and deferred to Montana St. which scored a touchdown. 1996 Marshall defeated 2006 Delaware could not score, thus Appalachian St., 45-35, in a allowing 1984 Montana St. to game that was not as close as the pull off a mild upset, defeating score seemed; Appalachian St. The College Football Historian-8- underdog against 1996 Marshall, the NCAA Division I-AA winner. scored a late and rather The game pretty much played out meaningless touchdown. In that way as Texas was finally another game that was not as dethroned, 38-42, by 1996 close as the score indicated, Marshall who now advances in 1982 Eastern Kentucky the Champions Round. seed 1978 Florida A&M, 32-24, and advanced to the NEXT MONTH: Championship game against 1996 Marshall. In the next couple of issues we shall feature the Major College THIRD PLACE: teams from 1883 through 2007.

In somewhat of an upset, 1978 Since I am using Tex’s ratings, he Florida A&M defeated 2006 has requested that I conduct two Appalachian St., 40-31. tournaments: 1883-1936 teams and then 1936-2007 teams. The CHAMPIONSHIP: winners of each of those tournaments will then play to 1982 Eastern Kentucky’s luck determine the best Major College ran out as the number one seed, Team of all-time. 1996 Marshall, dominated and won 42-27. And the winner of that tournament will take on 1996 Marshall, the NCAA 1-AA CHAMPIONS ROUND: champion, to determine the best college team of all-time, 1976 Texas A&I, the NAIA regardless of division. Division I champ, was a slight See you then!

EPILOGUE:

Remember, if you were to conduct these tournaments again using my FAST-ACTION COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOARD GAME, your results will most likely vary. Just as in real life, when two teams play one another twice (or more) in the same season, the results are not always the same. [NOTE: As I mentioned in the last issue, after 40 years of designing and distributing sports board games, I have decided to discontinue operations. Annual updates will no longer be prepared. My web site features a half- price close-out sale (except the computer games) that will be on a first-come, first serve basis. Some games are in very short supply; in fact, the Major League Baseball game is already sold out. My web site address is: members.tripod.com/newaction. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected].]

* * * President Gerald R. Ford Legends Award

The College Football Historian-9- Team Notables...

• Southern California won its 400th victory at Los In honor of… Angeles Coliseum against Recent Respective Schools Hall Arizona State, on Oct. 11. of Fame or Ring of Honor inductees: • Western Michigan captured

its 500th victory, Saturday Miami (Fla.)—RB Edgerrin Oct 4 James, QB Jim Kelly, DT Cortez

Kennedy, C Jim Otto and QB • Oklahoma recently became Gino Torretta…Texas A&M—R. the first college football C. Slocum, its winningest football team to score 30,000 coach…Rutgers—DB Ron points all-time. Allen…Baylor—Ray Crockett and former AD Tom Stanton… • West Virginia honored its Kansas State—retired head 1988 Fiesta Bowl team, the coach Bill Snyder and New only Mountaineer team to Mexico State—Pervis Atkins, play for a national Denvis Manns and Walt Williams championship, prior to its

game against Rutgers. Retired Numbers...

SMU had retired the uniform number of Don • TCU celebrated its 40th Meredith…Princeton will honor annual Frog Club Hall of 1951 Heisman Trophy winner Fame Class with additions and NFF Hall of Famer Dick of football standouts W.C. Kazmaier. Nix, Dr. John Richards and the remaining members of Coaches Receiving Awards... the 1938 TCU national championship squad not already admitted to the • (St. John's, school's Hall of Fame. Six Minn.) was named the members of the '38 squad 2009 recipient of AFCA's attended the celebration.

• New Georgia State head football coach, standout In Memory of... center at Georgia Tech and television commentator Bill • Charles Walemon Curry has been named as "Cotton" Price, 90, winner of the 2008 of the 1939 season that did not meet and The College Football Historian-10- match them in a national championship game. For national champion Texas example, how about Tennessee A&M…Dick Lynch, 72, vs. Michigan State in 1952, at Notre Dame…Bert Auburn vs. Ohio State in 1957, Robinson, 86, San Jose State LSU vs. Iowa in 1958, Mississippi HB…Wally Hilgenberg, 66, vs. Syracuse in 1959,Mississippi lineman at Iowa…Plato Gus vs. Iowa in 1960, Alabama vs. Andros, 86, guard at Ohio State in 1961 or Mississippi Oklahoma…Dom Rosselli, 93, vs. USC in 1962. Do you know former assistant football coach who would win all those games? for 21 seasons at Youngstown Michigan State in 1951 and State…Bill "Moose" Matthews, 1952, Ohio State in 1957, Iowa 73, former assistant AD at in 1958, Syracuse in 1958, Iowa Virginia Tech from 1964- in 1960, Ohio State in 1961, and 86…Craig Fertig, 66, Southern USC in 1962. California QB great…John Godfrey, 87, at And how would they win? By Whittier (Calif.) from 1960- forfeit. These Southern teams 79…*Larry Birleffi, 90, former would not play against integrated voice of the Wyoming Cowboys. opponents. Suppose you had a national championship game and * * * one team didn’t show up!

From Bob Kirlin… The following concerns Georgia Tech’s 1955 football team and it Was Alabama of 1961 college is taken from Allison Danzig football’s greatest team? Well, “The History of American compared to a team of today, Football” copyright 1956 by they would be outweighed by at Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood least 0ne hundred pounds per Cliffs, New Jersey. man. They were an all-white segregated team who would not Then once again Dodd took his play an integrated opponent. And team to a bowl game. It was back they did not play two-platoon to the Sugar Bowl for the fourth football since the rules did not time, to play Pittsburgh, winner of allow it. Have you ever thought the Lambert Trophy as Eastern about the disadvantages of a Champion. Though outgained by one-platoon football team, trying as good margin, 311 yards to to play against a two-platoon 142, and having failed to team? complete one of its three passes it launched, Tech won the game, 7- Suppose you could pick two 0, to maintain its perfect bowl leading teams from the same record in six appearances under Dodd. A pass interference penalty burned in effigy by rioting Tech The College Football Historian-11- students, the regents permitted the Engineers to go through with their commitment but took steps to called against Bobby Grier of prevent any state team in the Pittsburgh, the first Negro to play future from taking part in games in the Sugar Bowl, led to the only in the South where segregation touchdown of the game, It gave customs were not carried out. Tech, which had recovered a fumble on Pitt’s 33-yard line before throwing the pass, the ball In conclusion, Bob said ”The on the 1-yard line, and above was inspired by the College quarterback Wade Mitchell carried Football Historian/Intercollegiate it over. Football Researchers Association issue Volume one, Number four: Because of Greer’s presence on Best All-Time NCAA College the Pitt team, the Governor of Football Team by Mo Johnson, Georgia had called on the state SEC Sportsfan.com stating that board of regents to bar Tech from 1961 Alabama was the best playing in the Sugar Bowl game. NCAA college football team. After the governor had been

Consecutive * * * Community College/Junior College THIS MONTH'S HISTORICAL Record for Consecutive INSIGHT… Losses College Football’s version of: Been there, saw that, wrote this about it! College of Marin a community college in California established the National Junior/Community The Funny side of College record for consecutive football defeats, with its 42-27 setback to West Valley College. The game By George Jean Nathan was played Oct. 4. FELL WITH ALL HIS WEIGHT ON A 35-31 loss to San Jose City WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE THE College made it 50 losses in-a- BALL, BUT WHAT IN REALITY row, tying the standard of WAS THE HEAD OF HIS TEAM- Coahoma Community College of MATE. Clarksville, Miss which was winless between1978-84. "Ned" Torney, one of the best football players at Cornell in the confused and started at top The College Football Historian-12- speed for his own goal line.

late nineties, was extremely The Lafayette players, naturally nearsighted. allowed him to keep on, making feeble attempts to tackle him in During a fierce scrimmage in a order to urge him all the faster. game in the season of 1899, he "Tar" Young, one of Torney's ran madly down the field and fell fellow players, dashed after him with all his weight on what he when he saw what the believed to be the ball but what nearsighted man was about to do in reality was the head of Frank and a beautiful race resulted Porter, his team-mate, encased in between the Cornell man who a leather head-guard. Porter's was trying his level best to score nose was broken and as a result a touchdown against his own of Torney's falling on the "ball" team and the other Cornell man the Cornell team lost an able who was trying to stop him. player for several weeks. Two yards from the goal line, On another occasion, during a Young finally caught up with game with Lafayette, Torney, Torney, tackled him, and then after receiving the ball, became told him what he had been about to do.

* * * Outing, by J. Parmly Paret 1898 December (as is)

PRINCETON, 6; YALE, 0. Arthur Poe, the right end of the The annual game between Yale Tigers, was the bright, particular and Princeton was held this year star of the game, and the only at Princeton, November 12th, at score of the game was due to his the new Brokaw Field, and quickness and a fumble by one of resulted in a victory for Princeton the Yale backs. by 6 to 0, exactly the same score as that of Yale on her home grounds last year.

Princeton………………Positions…………………………..Yale Poe...... right—end—left ...... Eddy Hillebrand ...... right—tackle—left ...... Stillman Edwards...... right—guard—left ...... Brown Booth ...... center ...... Cutten The College Football Historian-13-

Geer ...... left—tackle—right ...... Chamberlain Crowdis...... left—guard—right ...... Marshall Palmer ...... left—end—right ...... Coy Duncan ...... quarter-back ...... …...De Saulles Kafer...... right—half-back—left ...... Durston Beardsley...... left—half-back—right ...... Benjamin Ayres...... full-back ...... McBride

Princeton substituted Mills Yale substituted Ely for De for Crowdis, Hutchinson for Saulles, Townsend for Duncan, Black for Durston, and Corwin for Beardsley, and Wheeler for Benjamin. Kafer. * * *

Bo Carter Reports on the first decade (1998-2007) of the BCS Poll Florida, Michigan, Texas, and Texas is the first school to Virginia Tech appeared in at be included in 60 different least one BCS Standings every surveys and has appeared year since 1998. Florida State in 69 of the first 76 made each year’s Standings standings (91 percent). from 1998-2005 before not Florida is next with 68 being included on any 2006 or appearances through the ‘07 worksheets. 2007 season.

Ohio State – 52 Top 12 Schools by Appearance Tennessee – 52 (Through Dec. 2, 2007) Florida State – 50 Miami (Fla.) – 50 Texas – 69 Southern California – 49 Florida – 68 Georgia – 46 Michigan - 62 LSU - 44 Oklahoma – 60 Nebraska – 44 Virginia Tech – 60

Ohio State 8, Oklahoma 8, Most Seasons in BCS Standings Tennessee 8, LSU 7, Miami (Fla.) (1998-2007): Texas 10, Florida 7, Nebraska 7, Oregon 7, 10, Michigan 10, Virginia Tech Southern California 7. 10, Florida State 8, Georgia 8, The College Football Historian-14- Missouri 1, Texas 1; UCLA 1 – total of 11 schools. Hawai’i, Rutgers, Tulsa, and Wake Forest all made their first All-time appearances at No. 2 appearances in the Standings in (through 2007): Miami (Fla.) 9; 2006 to bring the total Oklahoma 9; Ohio State 7; representation to 72 schools.

Cincinnati, Connecticut, Kansas, Southern California 7; Texas 7; Kentucky, and USF in 2007 Florida State 5; Michigan 5; raised the tally to 77 of 119 Virginia Tech 5; UCLA 4; LSU 3; current total FBS members. Tennessee 3; Boston College 2; Florida 2; Nebraska 2; Oregon 2, Oklahoma has been one of most Penn State 2; USF 1; Kansas 1, active “latecomers” to the West Virginia 1 – 19 schools. Standings. After not being among the Top 15 in either 1998 or ’99, Ohio State (1998), Oklahoma the Sooners have been in 60 polls (2000) and USF (2007) each since Oct. 2000 and have been made their standings’ debuts at No. 1 on a record 18 occasions. the No. 2 locale. They are tied for fourth in total BCS standings’ appearances with No. 1 By Conferences Virginia Tech. (memberships at the time of standings through 2007) – ACC, Appearances at No. 1 (through 7; Big East, 7; Big Ten, 14; Big 2007): Oklahoma 18; Southern 12, 25; Pac-10, 16; SEC, 7. California 15; Ohio State 14; Florida State 7; Miami (Fla.) 7; Nebraska 5; Tennessee 5, LSU 2, Total Appearances by MAC - 20 Conference (through 2007): MWC – 51 Pacific-10 - 213 ACC – 243 SEC – 297 Big 12 - 290 WAC – 40 Big East – 111 Independent – 37 Big Ten - 261 C-USA - 23

Total Schools Represented by Conferences (through 2007): 3, MWC – 5, Pacific-10 – 10, ACC – 10, Big 12 – 10, Big East – SEC – 11, WAC – 3, 8, Big Ten -10, C-USA -6, MAC - Independent – 1. 3, • Florida State All-Time Teams and Dates at No. 1 1999: 10/25; 11/1; 11/8; 11/15; 11/22; 11/29; 12/5 The College Football Historian-15- 2000: 10/30; 11/6; 11/13; 11/20; 11/27; 12/3 2001: 10/22 2002: 10/21; 10/28; 11/4 • LSU 2003: 10/20; 10/27; 11/3; 11/10; 11/17; 11/24; 2007: 11/11; 11/18 21/1; 12/7

• Miami (Fla.) • Southern California 2001: 11/26; 12/3; 12/9 2004: 10/18; 10/25; 11/1; 11/8; 11/15; 11/22; 2002: 11/18; 11/25; 12/2; 12/8 11/29; 12/5 2005: 10/17; 10/31; 11/7; 11/14; 11/21; 11/28; • Missouri 12/4 2007: 11/25

• Tennessee • Nebraska 1998: 11/9; 11/16; 11/23; 11/30; 12/6 2000: 10/23 2001: 10/29; 11/5; 11/12; 11/19 • Texas

2005: 10/24 • Ohio State • UCLA 1998: 11/2 1998: 10/26 2002: 11/112006: 10/15; 10/22; 10/29; 11/5; 11/12; 11/19; 11/26; 12/3 2007: 10/14; 10/21; 10/28; 11/4; 12/2 * * *

• Oklahoma *Bo Carter National Football The Lynn “Pappy” Waldorff Foundation Award will be awarded for *Paul Gallegos the first time in 2008; IFRA member honoring the Walk-on Player *Tex Noel of the Year. 1st-N-Goal / IFRA *Travis Normand Five members of IFRA are www.CollegeRivals.org part of the 88-man selection *Kent Stephens committee. www.collegefootball.org

The winner will be announced in a future issue of The College Football Historian.

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Greatest Football Players of the first half of the Gipp (Notre Dame), Charlie Trippi, (Georgia), Sid 20th Century* Luckman (Columbia), Steve Van Buren (LSU), Willie Heston (Michigan), and Chick Harley (Ohio State). *Selected by the Associated Press in 1950

Jim Thorpe (Carlisle), (Illinois), Bronko • The current membership of IFRA is 72…THANK Nagurski (Minnesota), Ernie Nevers (Stanford), YOU…keep spreading the word. Sammy Baugh (TCU), Don Hutson (Alabama), George