INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL RESEARCHERS ASSOCIATION ™ The College Football Historian ™ Expanding the knowledge and information on college football’s unique past—today! ISSN: 1526-233x [February 2011 Vol. 4 No. 1] circa: Jan. 2008 Tex Noel, Editor (
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