Ancient football

[couch 'em]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FmoT1RKPhs&NR=1&feature=fvwp

What a different game. What do you think the average 40 time is on that field?

[SMU21TCU10]

I am 6'1 180 and would have been a good sized guard back then

[Mustangsabu]

What I want to know is why the background music is the old Czarist national anthem of Russia?

[OR-See-Nee]

That team was very advanced. They are running a variation of the "Wild <insert name of school mascot>" formation.

[Mexmustang]

Everyone seemed to be the same size and speed...very few missed tackles...

[CalallenStang]

For a good overview of how American college football has evolved from its origins as a rugby-style game to its current form (including societal pressures to change rules, etc.), this book is a good read.

http://www.amazon.com/College-Football- ... 0801864283

Also covers some of the controversial elements of college sports as big business. Great chapter on the Death Penalty at SMU.

[Caballo]

That does not look all that much different than the DVD that I have of the 1969 Texas-Arkansas game. When you are my age that does not seem all that ancient.

[SmooBoy]

I clicked the link and fell asleep for 9 minutes.