The Wolverines were playing a Division II team for the first time in the school’s history and as a result, not going to be on ESPN, instead relegated to the new BigTen channel. Therefor, for the first time I could remember, the Michigan game wasn’t on TV in Ann Arbor.
by Scott Jones (courtesy of keepingitheel.com) September 6, 1980. As is the case with many great undertakings, I had no idea on that day the many different impacts it would have on my future. I was 12 years old on that day. Carolina was opening its football season against Furman. I wasn’t much into sports [...]
by Donald Mallard My cousin was a Midshipman at the United States Naval Academy and he invited my family to go to the Army vs. Navy Football in 1973 game. The game was held at the old JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pa. This year the game ended in the worst lost that the Army Black [...]
by Brian Clair I recently celebrated the big 5-0 birthday. Leading up to the blessed event my sweetie dropped many a hint about my big present. She tends to hide packages in her car or deep in the closet. With a few days to go to the big birthday there was nary a clue or [...]
by Gary S. My cousin was a Midshipman at the United States Naval Academy and he invited my family to go to the Army vs. Navy Football in 1973 game. The game was held at the old JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pa. That year the game ended in the worst lost that the Army Black [...]
Cotton Bowl – January. 1984 2 guys drive from Orlando, Florida to the airport in Pensacola and pick up 2 more buddies – and all 4 drive to New Orleans and party in New Orleans for a couple days including New Years Eve and THEN drive to Dallas from New Orleans for the Cotton Bowl. [...]
Alabama – Dedicated to Excellence… except occasional misspelling. They tell everyone, “The University of Alabama is dedicated to excellence in teaching, research and service”. Heck, even in football Alabama dominates about every year and even won the National Championship 2009-2010. This year in 2010, they showed we all can make mistakes, even those dedicated to [...]
