#American Football Conference East

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CBS Sports: NFL 1989-Preseason Opener: Dallas Cowboys @ San Diego Chargers: Intro

I am not so much interested in Troy Aikman’s first NFL pass, since it was in a preseason game and technically didn’t count. What I am interested in is Pat Summerall’s intro to this game, because he was the master of that, with his great voice, knowledge of the game, and pure intelligence. He not only could have written his own intros, but he also had a great sense of humor. Then combine him with…

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The Kansas City Chiefs will face the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII

CNN — The Kansas City Chiefs advance to Super Bowl LVII after a 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in Sunday’s AFC Championship game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. After suffering a serious sprained ankle in the Chiefs’ Divisional Round win against the Jacksonville Jaguars last week, Patrick Mahomes led the team to victory in a back-and-forth game. Kansas City went 6-0 after…

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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa placed in NFL concussion protocol for second time | CNN

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa placed in NFL concussion protocol for second time | CNN

CNN  —  Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is in the NFL’s concussion protocol, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said at a Monday news conference. The announcement comes a day after Tagovailoa played the entire game as the Dolphins lost to the Green Bay Packers. It is the second time this season the 24-year-old quarterback has landed in the concussion protocol. It also comes several months…

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I have come to you to ask a question related to football: today the chiefs played in New York against the jets, which fine New York can have two teams. But they are not in the same conference so if conferences are not based on geography, what are they based on?

(Full disclosure: my experience here comes from hockey where your conference and division are usually based on who is physically closest to you. So for example, New York has 2 hockey teams (and there’s also one in jersey which I think the jets might have been) and they are all in the same division.)

OOOOOOH FOOTBALL QUESTION. Bless. So short answer: business politics. Long answer, originally there was the NFL (National Football League) and it was small, like 16 teams total. Other people wanted to start teams, but the nfl wouldn't let the new teams in so the AFL was created (American Football League, started by Lamar Hunt actually- the founder of the KC Chiefs. His son still owns the Chiefs (Clark Hunt) which is why the AFC Championship trophy is called the Lamar Hunt trophy and every time we win it they talk about bringing it home). So they ended up merging the two (fascinating story- KC and Dallas kinda went behind the nfl to start talking about it) to create the NFL we know now which became two conferences- the AFC and NFC. The AFC was all the AFL teams and 3 of the nfl teams, and the rest of the nfl teams went to the NFC. Then they created divisions within them so AFC East, AFC West, AFC South, AFC North and same for NFC East, West, South, North. The divisions are a little more based on geography but still not perfect. For example, AFC West is KC, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, LA Chargers. The 4 most west teams in the AFC.

So the Jets were in the AFL originally so they joined the AFC. The Giants were in the NFL and they moved to NFC. Giants are NFC East and Jets are AFC East.

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Events 8.20 (1920-1990)

1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit 1920 – The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio 1926 – Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established. 1938 – Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez. 1940 – In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ram��n Mercader. He dies the next day. 1940 – World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few". 1940 – World War II: The Eighth Route Army launches the Hundred Regiments Offensive, a successful campaign to disrupt Japanese war infrastructure and logistics in occupied northern China. 1944 – World War II: One hundred sixty-eight captured allied airmen, including Phil Lamason, accused by the Gestapo of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp. 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive. 1948 – Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob M. Lomakin is expelled by the United States, due to the Kasenkina Case. 1949 – Hungary adopts the Hungarian Constitution of 1949 and becomes a People's Republic. 1955 – Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals. 1960 – Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence. 1962 – The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage. 1968 – Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate. 1975 – Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars. 1975 – ČSA Flight 540 crashes on approach to Damascus International Airport in Damascus, Syria, killing 126 people. 1977 – Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft. 1986 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide. 1988 – "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park 1988 – Iran–Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war. 1988 – The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone. 1989 – The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.

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John “Jack” Green Trice (May 12, 1902 - October 8, 1923), an only child, was born in Hiram, Ohio to Green and Ann W. (Wilcoxson) Trice. His father died when he was seven, and during his teen years, his mother sent him to live with the Wilcoxson family in Cleveland. He graduated from East Technical High School, where he played football.

He enrolled in Iowa State College, where his major was animal husbandry. He was a defensive lineman, became the first Black football player at Iowa State, which immediately created controversy in the Big Six Conference. The University of Missouri’s athletic director warned Iowa State they would forfeit an upcoming game that season if he played. He did not but Iowa State won the game.

He married Cora Mae Starland (1922), who was only fifteen, but the couple had lied about her age to obtain a license. The couple was required to live off campus and encountered difficulty finding suitable housing. He worked as a custodian.

When traveling with the football team, he was not allowed to stay with his teammates. During Iowa State’s second game of the 1923 season against the University of Minnesota, he stayed in the Curtis Hotel in downtown Minneapolis.

He was subject to unusual and unnecessary roughness against opposing teams. During the game with Minnesota, he sustained a broken collarbone but continued to play. He was trampled by three University of Minnesota players.

After returning to Ames, he died. The cause of death was hemorrhaged lungs and internal bleeding sustained during the Iowa State-Minnesota football game.

Iowa State University did not play against the University of Minnesota again for 66 years. In 1988, a bronze statue of him was erected near two campus residence halls. In 1997, the university officially changed the name of its stadium from Cyclone Stadium to Jack Trice Stadium. It is the only Division I football stadium named after an African American. In 2019, Iowa State University relocated the statue of him to the center of campus. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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College Football By State - Michigan.

FBS: Central Michigan Chippewas - Mount Pleasant, Michigan - They first played in 1896. They are in the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

Eastern Michigan Eagles - YpSilanti, Michigan - They first played in 1891. They are in the MAC.

Michigan Wolverines - Ann Arbor, Michigan - They first played in 1879. They are in the Big Ten.

Michigan State Spartans - East Lansing, Michigan - They first played in 1885. They are in the Big Ten.

Western Michigan Broncos - Kalamazoo, Michigan - They first played in 1905. They are n the MAC.

D2: Davenport University Panthers - Grand Rapids, Michigan - They are in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC).

Ferris State University Bulldogs - Big Rapids, Michigan - They are in the GLIAC.

Grand Valley State University Lakers - Allendale, Michigan - They are in the GLIAC.

Hillsdale College Chargers - Hillsdale, Michigan - They are in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC).

Michigan Tech Huskies - Houghton, Michigan - They are in the GLIAC.

Northern Michigan University Wildcats - Marquette, Michigan - They are in the GLIAC.

Northwood University Timberwolves - Midland, Michigan - They are in the G-MAC.

Saginaw Valley State University Cardinals - University Center, Michigan - They are in the GLIAC.

Wayne State University Warriors - Detroit, Michigan - They are in the GLIAC.

D3: Adrian Bulldogs - Adrian, Michigan - They first played in 1892. They are in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).

Albion Britons - Albion, Michigan - They first played in 1984. They are in the MIAA.

Alma Scots - Alma, Michigan - They first played in 1894. They are in the MIAA.

Hope Flying Dutchmen - Holland, Michigan - They first played in 1902. They are in the MIAA.

Kalamazoo Hornets - Kalamazoo, Michigan - They first played in 1892. They are in the MIAA.

Olivet Comets - Olivet, Michigan - They first played in 1884. They are in the MIAA.

And for the first time in the series, NAIA: Concordia University (MI.) Cardinals - Ann Arbor, Michigan

Lawrence Technological University Blue Devils - Southfield, Michigan.

Madonna University Crusaders - Livonia, Michigan.

Siena Heights University Saints - Adrian, Michigan.

All four of them are in the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA).

Awards: Favorite Mascot - The Flying Dutchmen of Hope University. The Olivet Comets get an honorale mention. (I'm not picking Comets as my favorite mascot in back to back states.) The "Pack Hunters" Award - The Timberwolves of Northwood University. "King Of The Who?" Award - The Albion Britons. "Get Into The Groove" Award - The Madonna University Crusaders. The "Mustelids Are Assholes, But Cool" Award - The Michigan Wolverines.

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Plaxico Burress Net Worth, Biography, Career, Income, Home & Age

  What is Plaxico Burress' Net Worth? American professional football player Plaxico Burress has a $1 million fortune. Wide receiver Plaxico Burress spent 12 seasons in the NFL. Before joining the Pittsburgh Steelers again for his final NFL season, he originally played for the New York Giants, New York Jets, and Pittsburgh Steelers. Burress defeated the previously unbeaten New England Patriots in the Super Bowl XLII while playing for the Giants. Burress is also relatively well-known for a gunshot incident from 2009 in which he unintentionally shot himself in a nightclub in New York City. According to reports, Burress entered a club with a loaded gun and shot himself in the thigh. Two days later, he handed himself up on charges of unlawful possession of a pistol. Because of the ongoing legal saga, the Giants released him. Burress agreed to a plea agreement that resulted in a two-year jail sentence. He has engaged in a number of additional court cases including claims of moving violations, auto accidents, and contract violations with automobile dealerships. Career Earnings Plaxico Burress earned approximately $29.5 million in salary over the course of his NFL career. Here is a breakdown of his salary by year: - 2000: $1.23 million (including signing bonus) - 2001: $450,000 - 2002: $550,000 - 2003: $650,000 - 2004: $2.2 million - 2005: $1.5 million (including signing bonus) - 2006: $6.75 million - 2007: $3.29 million - 2008: $3.46 million - 2009: Did not play (suspended) - 2010: Did not play (suspended) - 2011: $3 million - 2012: $925,000 Total career earnings: ~$29.5 million Financial Problems In Totowa, New Jersey, a 5,500 square foot estate was purchased by Plaxico for $1.5 million in 2005. The property was reportedly in foreclosure in 2018, a year after Burress allegedly stopped making mortgage payments. For $999,00, the house was sold in 2015. Early Life Plaxico Burress was born on August 12, 1977 in Norfolk, Virginia. He has two brothers. As a teenager, Burress attended Green Run High School in Virginia Beach, and graduated in 1996. He went on to spend one year at Fork Union Military Academy. Collegiate Career When he was in college, Burress played football for Michigan State. As a Spartan, he was an immediate success, catching 65 passes in his debut season to set a new mark for the most in a single Big Ten Conference season. The following year, Burress outperformed himself with 66 receptions for 1,142 yards and 12 touchdowns. He had 131 receptions, 2,155 receiving yards, and 20 touchdown catches in his two seasons at Michigan State. With a school-record 13 receptions for 185 yards and three touchdowns in a victory over the University of Florida in the 2000 Citrus Bowl, Burress wrapped up his undergraduate career. Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Burress with the eighth overall pick in the 2000 NFL Draft. His role in a historic mistake, in which he spiked a ball he thought was dead but was actually live, allowing the Jacksonville Jaguars' Danny Clark to recover it and gain 44 yards, made his first season with the team somewhat difficult. Burress improved in his second season with the Steelers, breaking the 1,000-yard barrier. However, his best season was his third with the team, with new career highs in receptions (78) and yards (1,325). Burress also participated in his first playoff game. Altogether, Burress recorded 261 receptions for 4,164 yards and 22 touchdowns during his five seasons and 71 games with the Steelers. New York Giants In 2005, Burress shifted to the New York Giants. His first season with the organization was productive; he caught 76 receptions for 1,214 yards, which helped the Giants win the NFC East. In the end, the Carolina Panthers eliminated the team in the first round of the playoffs. Burress set a new career best in touchdowns in 2006, scoring 10 despite playing in only 15 games due to injuries. His best NFL season may have been the following one, when he assisted the Giants in their run to Super Bowl XLII. The Giants defeated the previously unbeaten New England Patriots 17-14 after Burress grabbed the game-winning touchdown pass. Burress was unhappy with his salary after his outstanding performance in Super Bowl XLII and refused to participate in mandated mini-camp practices with the Giants. In his opinion, he received a lower salary than other notable NFL receivers. He was briefly suspended in September 2008 after failing to arrive for work. Burress eventually made a comeback, but not before receiving four fines for various unsportsmanlike conduct offenses. In the midst of his accidental shooting court case, he played his final game with the Giants in late November before being released by the team in April 2009. Final Playing Years With the New York Jets, Burress returned to the NFL in 2011. Before re-signing with his first squad, the Steelers, in late 2012, he spent one season with the group. He grabbed a touchdown pass from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on December 30 for the first time since 2004. The pass was a 12-yard score. Burress later agreed to a contract to stay with the Steelers until 2013. Nevertheless, his NFL playing career came to an end when he was placed on injured reserve in August after tearing his rotator cuff during practice. Legal Troubles Over the years, Burress has run into numerous legal issues. The most serious incidents happened in late 2008 and early 2009, starting with his unintentional self-inflicted gunshot wound at the LQ nightclub in New York City. When Burress grabbed for a revolver that had become loose in his pants pocket, the gun shot into his right leg. He spent a short time in the hospital before turning himself in to the police, who had strangely not been informed of the occurrence. Burress only had a Florida concealed carry license that had expired, it turned out. He was charged by a Manhattan grand jury in the summer of 2009 with two counts of second-degree felony criminal possession of a firearm and one count of second-degree misdemeanor reckless endangerment. Burress later consented to a plea agreement that included a two-year prison term and an extra two-year period of supervised release. He finally served 20 months before being freed in 2011. Beside the unintentional shooting event, Burress has faced other civil lawsuits for a variety of reasons, such as failing to uphold a publicity arrangement with Chevrolet, which had also leased him a car that was wrecked, and for allegedly inflicting lasting harm on a woman whose car he struck. Then, in 2015, Burress ran into difficulties after being charged by the State of New Jersey with failing to pay income taxes. He might have received a conditional jail sentence and up to five years of probation during his sentencing hearing in early 2016. Personal Life In 2005, Burress married Tiffany Glenn. The couple has a son named Elijah and a daughter named Giovanna, and lives in Totowa, New Jersey.   Read the full article

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EA COLLEGE FOOTBALL 25 GAMEPLAY SEASON 1 THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS ACC-SMU AMERICAN-WICHITA STATE BIG EAST-UCONN BIG TEN-NEBRASKA BIG 12-BOISE STATE MOUNTAIN WEST-MONTANA SEC-ALABAMA BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 1 VS 2 ALABAMA VS BOISE STATE-WINNER ROSE BOWL 3 VS 4 NEBRASKA VS SMU-WINNER ORANGE BOWL 5 VS 6 UCONN-WINNER-OT-2 VS WICHITA STATE SUGAR BOWL 7 VS 8 COLORADO VS MICHIGAN-WINNER COTTON BOWL CLASSIC 9 VS 10 BYU-WINNER VS OREGON PEACH BOWL 11 VS 12 LIBERTY VS WEST VIRGINIA-WINNER FIESTA BOWL 13 VS 14 VILLANOVA VS GEORGIA-WINNER SUN BOWL 15 VS 16 MONTANA VS ST.JOHN'S-WINNER-OT-3 GATOR BOWL 17 VS 18 OKLAHOMA STATE-WINNER VS TEXAS CITRUS BOWL 19 VS 20 IOWA VS WISCONSIN-WINNER LIBERTY BOWL 21 VS 22 UCF-WINNER VS USC INDEPENDENCE BOWL 23 VS 24 PITTSBURGH VS SACRAMENTO STATE-WINNER-OT-3 HOLIDAY BOWL 25 VS 26 BUFFALO VS FLORIDA ATLANTIC-WINNER TAMPA BAY BOWL 27 VS 28 MARYLAND-WINNER VS TEXAS TECH PHOENIX BOWL 29 VS 30 ARIZONA VS NAVY-WINNER LAS VEGAS BOWL 31 VS 32 IOWA STATE VS LSU-WINNER ALAMO BOWL 33 VS 34 TCU-WINNER VS ARKANSAS BOISE BOWL 35 VS 36 OREGON STATE VS OLE MISS-WINNER NASHVILLE BOWL 37 VS 38 RUTGERS VS SOUTHERN MISS-WINNER MOBILE BOWL 39 VS 40 TEXAS A&M VS PURDUE-WINNER HAWAII BOWL 41 VS 42 FIU-WINNER VS MEMPHIS CHARLOTTE BOWL 43 VS 44 WASHINGTON-WINNER-OT-1 VS CLEMSON FORT WORTH BOWL 45 VS 46 OLD DOMINION VS NC STATE-WINNER HOUSTON BOWL 47 VS 48 MIDDLE TENNESSEE VS NORTH TEXAS-WINNER BIRMINGHAM BOWL 49 VS 50 LOUISIANA TECH VS VIRGINIA-WINNER ALBUQUERQUE BOWL 51 VS 52 UTAH VS TULANE-WINNER WASHINGTON DC BOWL 53 VS 54 MARQUETTE VS MARSHALL-WINNER-OT-1 NEW YORK BOWL 55 VS 56 ARMY-WINNER VS KANSAS STATE BAHAMAS BOWL 57 VS 58 FRESNO STATE VS UNLV-WINNER BOCA RATON BOWL 59 VS 60 AIR FORCE VS NEW MEXICO-WINNER MONTGOMERY BOWL 61 VS 62 UTSA VS UCLA-WINNER DETROIT BOWL 63 VS 64 VANDERBILT VS IDAHO-WINNER-OT-3 TUCSON BOWL 65 VS 66 SOUTH CAROLINA-WINNER-OT-1 VS CINCINNATI FRISCO BOWL 67 VS 68 MONTANA STATE VS LOUISVILLE-WINNER MYRTLE BEACH BOWL 69 VS 70 VIRGINIA TECH-WINNER VS NEVADA BOSTON BOWL 71 VS 72 OHIO STATE VS TENNESSEE-WINNER LOS ANGELES BOWL 73 VS 74 CREIGHTON-WINNER VS UTEP MIAMI BEACH BOWL 75 VS 76 USF VS BUTLER-WINNER SAN FRANCISCO BOWL 77 VS 78 WASHINGTON STATE-WINNER VS COLORADO STATE SEATTLE BOWL 79 VS 80 HAWAII-WINNER VS BOSTON COLLEGE SILICON VALLEY FOOTBALL CLASSIC 81 VS 82 INDIANA VS SETON HALL-WINNER NEW JERSEY BOWL 83 VS 84 SOUTH ALABAMA-WINNER-OT-1 VS NORTE DAME PICHU LONDON BOWL 85 VS 86 BAYLOR VS ILLINOIS-WINNER JOHNJAKE GAMING BOWL 87 VS 88 ECU VS PENN STATE-WINNER KTO BOWL 89 VS 90 UAB-WINNER VS TEXAS STATE DEAD MEAT BOWL 91 VS 92 MISSISSIPPI STATE-WINNER VS GEORGETOWN BUTLERLION NETWORK BOWL 93 VS 94 GEORGIA TECH-WINNER VS KANSAS OLYMPICS BOWL 95 VS 96 XAVIER-OT-9 VS NORTH CAROLINA

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League Park (Baseball Heritage Museum)

Lexington and 66th Sts.

Cleveland, Ohio.

League Park was a baseball park located at 6601 Lexington Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Currently the site is a public park. It was situated at the northeast corner of Dunham Street (now known as East 66th Street) and Lexington Avenue in the Hough neighborhood. Built in 1891 as a wood structure for the Cleveland Spiders, who were founded in 1887 and played first in the American Association before joining the National League in 1889, it was rebuilt using concrete and steel in 1909-1910. The park was home to a number of professional sports teams, most notably the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. League Park was first home to the Cleveland Spiders of the National League from 1891 to 1899 and of the Cleveland Lake Shores of the Western League, the minor league predecessor to the Indians, in 1900. From 1914 to 1915, League Park also hosted the Cleveland Spiders of the minor league American Association. In the 1940s, the park was also the home field of the Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro American League.

In addition to baseball, League Park was also used for American football, serving as the home field for several successive teams in the Ohio League and early National Football League (NFL) during the 1920s and 1930s, as well as for college football. Most notably, the Cleveland Rams of the NFL played at League Park in 1937 and for much of the early 1940s. Later in the 1940s, the Cleveland Browns used League Park as a practice field. The Western Reserve Red Cats college football team from Western Reserve University played a majority of homes games at League Park from 1929 to 1941, and all home games after joining the Mid-American Conference from 1947 to 1949.

Although Cleveland Stadium opened in 1932 and had a much larger seating capacity and better access by car, League Park continued to be used by the Indians through the 1946 season, mainly for weekday games. Weekend games, games expecting larger crowds, and night games were held at Cleveland Stadium. The Indians continued to own League Park until March of 1950 when they sold it to the city of Cleveland for $150,000. After the demise of the Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro American League during the 1950 season, League Park was no longer used as a regular sports venue. Most of the League Park structure was demolished in 1951 by the city to convert the facility for use by local amateur teams and recreation and to prevent any competition with Cleveland Stadium, although some remnants still remain, including the original ticket office built in 1909.

The Cleveland Browns again began using League Park as a practice field in 1952, including the former clubhouse, until 1965. All of the remaining seating areas were removed in 1961 except for the area above the former clubhouse, which was finally torn down in 2002. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 8, 1979. On February 7, 2011, the Cleveland City Council approved a plan to restore the ticket house and remaining bleacher wall, as well as build a new diamond on the site of the old one. Local schools' youth teams still compete on the ball field. The ticket house building from 1910 was renovated in 2014 to house the Baseball Heritage Museum. After extensive renovation, the site was rededicated on August 23, 2014, as the Baseball Heritage Museum and Fannie Lewis Community Park at League Park.

[thenewdemocratus]

Dan Marino: The Best Pure Passer Ever

Source:Lee G– throwing for 5000 yards and 48 TD’s when teams were still allowed to play great defense and get to the QB. Source:The New Democrat “Dan Marino’s “Quick Release” Career Highlights! The NFL Throwback is your home for all things NFL history.” Source:NFL Throwback– Dan The Man Marino. From NFL Throwback People can talk about statistics, especially wins and championships and if that’s…

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Army Black Knights Football - from Independent to AAC

The Army Black Knights Football team, or Army for short, is the United States Military Academy outfit in college football. The team's colors are black, gold, and gray, and they have been playing since 1890. Army is in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Army has played independent football since its inception except between the years of 1998 and 2004 when they were with Conference USA. Things will change for the team in 2024 since Army announced it was joining the American Athletic Conference, becoming the 14th member.

NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision independent institutions (FBS independents), such as the United States Military Academy (Army West Point), run football programs separate from NCAA-affiliated conferences. Army West Point chose to be independent mainly because it did not need the income from television.

Army plays annual games against the Air Force Falcons and Navy Midshipmen, with the three teams competing for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. College football teams typically play 12 games per football season. The Black Knights of West Point schedule games with non-service teams to reach this mark.

West Point's six-year run with Conference USA, from 1998 to 2004, was largely unsuccessful. The team recorded 3-33 in its last three years in the league.

With West Point's past conference experience, one would expect them to remain independent. However, the revenue from TV and bowl appearances is making college football playoffs important for teams. Also, scheduling games outside of conferences is increasingly complicated.

The athletic director of the United States Military Academy, Mike Buddie, said Army will be more competitive in AAC than in Conference USA, and that college football dynamics have changed. The AAC entry will see Army in eight conference games, with four at West Point's home, Michie Stadium.

The games against Air Force and Navy will continue as non-conference games for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. Army football has partnered with CBS Sports Network for TV rights, with the contract extending to 2028. The network will exclusively show Army home games, while ESPN, AAC's TV partner, will carry Army away games. As a football-only member of AAC, West Point will have a share of college football earnings from ESPN.

West Point has produced three Heisman Trophy winners: in 1945, 1946, and 1958. The conference entry might see the team having more shots at the Heisman since it will be involved in more games. The Army-Navy football teams' rivalry may get a boon from this move as well. The regular end-of-the-season Commander in Chief's trophy game between the two rivals will continue to be held while the two teams may also meet in the AAC championship. If the two teams finish as first and second in the league, they will play the final against each other. While it is a small chance, fans can hope for it.

In the Black Knights' first season, they will play UAB, East Carolina, Rice, and UTSA at home, then Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Temple, and Tulsa for away games. Army's most recent meeting with any of the teams was with UTSA in 2023, ending at 37-29 in favor of the Black Knights.

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Rose Bowl

The college football season culminates each year in the granddaddy of bowl games on New Year’s Day. For over one hundred years the pinnacle of college football has been the Rose Bowl Game played in Pasadena, California.

In the game’s early years, except during World War I, the Rose Bowl always pitted a team from the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the predecessor of the current Pacific-12 Conference, against an opponent from the Eastern U.S. Then came World War I, and so many college players were drafted for military service that colleges were unable to field teams in 1918 and 1919. To boost morale, President Wilson decided that it would appropriate for teams from military bases to play in the Rose Bowl.

In 1918 the game was played with players from Vallejo, California’s, Mare Island Marines and the Camp Lewis Army Base from American Lake, Washington. Not only did Mare Island field a team in the Rose Bowl, but they also won. The Mare Island Marines also fielded a team in 1919, but in that year their opponent was Navy, and, in that contest, they lost.

The Rose Bowl is nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All" because it is the oldest bowl game. Originally titled the "Tournament East–West football game." The first Rose Bowl was played on January 1, 1902, starting the tradition of New Year's Day bowl games. The inaugural game featured a dominating 1901 Michigan team, representing the East, which crushed a previously 3-1-2 team from Stanford University, representing the West, by a score of 49–0 after Stanford quit in the third quarter.  Michigan finished the season 11–0 and was crowned the national champion.

In 1918 the Mare Island Marines defeated Army ending the game on top 19 to 7. Within weeks of the 1918 Rose Bowl Game, most of the players from both teams were deployed overseas. John Beckett, left tackle for Mare Island, acknowledged this fact and said that “this would be the last battle that we would fight in the name of sports."

So next time you drive by Morton Field on Mare Island, imagine those warriors from the turn of the century practicing doing battle in the Rose Bowl.  A sporting event that they would fight and win before being deployed in one of the bloodiest conflicts in our history.

Dennis Kelly

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How I would realign college football

Here's my best idea for to save college football from itself, the best compromise between the money of a national super league and the tradition of the regional conferences...

Regions and history

Make winning your conference a big deal again. A conference title is a thing to be celebrated in its own right, for teams and fans to cherish and remember over generations.

Go back to 6 "power" conferences. Embrace the beauty of the regional rivalries and traditions. Embrace the symmetry and simplicity of the 12-teams conference structure: 2 divisions per conference, 8-game regular season schedule, 5-game round robin inside the division, 3 inter-division games. Rivalry games last weekend of November, championship games first weekend of December.

SEC, Big XII and ACC are simple, they go back to circa 2010. Mizzouri, Texas A&M, Colorado and Nebraska stay in the Big XII. ACC keeps Maryland, and they leave the Big East alone. The B1G adds Notre Dame not Nebraska. I wanted to make it work to keep ND independent, but the structure I am proposing below won't allow for it. Pac 12 adds Utah but BYU instead of Colorado.

The Big East might need a rebrand. But they'll have Syracuse, Connecticut, Rutgers, WVU, Pitt and Cincinnati for their north division. We'll give them Louisville, UCF, USF, TCU, SMU and Houston for their south division. This is only loosely a "power" conference, essentially they're the middle between the top 5 and bottom 5 leagues, because we are going back to 11 conferences. The bottom 5, or "group of 5," are the Mountain West, CUSA, Sun Belt, MAC, WAC. The American isn't needed because the Big East still exists.

National title and the big money

National title is determined via the Super League, the big money league that the big schools seems to be leading us toward. Qualification for Super League is based on last year's results. This is new for American sports, but normal for European soccer. I think we can get used to it. We'll need some sort of calculation to stack rank the "power" conferences to determine how many teams they get in next year's Super League.

Super League runs concurrently to conference regular season, 20 teams, 4 groups of 5, round robin format inside each group, top 2 teams in each group advance to playoff. Round 1 is 3rd weekend of December, so there's a rest week after conference championship games, each group winner hosts a second place team. Use some method to mix up 1st v 2nd matchups so they don't come from same group. Rotate the New Year's 6 bowls so 2 of them host the semifinals and 1 hosts the National championship game.

Have a next level down league from the Super League with the same format, call it Next League or Futures League or Ascension League, something creative. Their semifinals and finals are the other 3 major bowls per the rotation.

So the Super League 20 teams are top 5 from #1 conference, top 4 from #2 conference, top 3 from #3, #4 and #5 conferences, top 1 from #6 conference, and winner of Ascension League. If winner of Ascension League qualifies in one of those spots, we pick the next team in that league standings.

And the Ascension League 20 teams are 2 teams from #1 and #2 conferences, 3 teams from #3, #4 and #5 conferences, 2 teams from #6 conference, top teams from the group of 5 conferences, i.e. Mountain West, CUSA, Sun Belt, MAC, WAC.

So each conference could have it's only TV deal. Plus, there's a separate TV deal for the Super League and Ascension League. Could have "super weekends" or stagger them throughout, whatever works best for TV. So those 40 teams have their 12 games figured out. Teams outside of the top 40 on a given year would have to fill out their other 4 games against each other. Bowls can still exist for teams not involved in Super League or Ascension League semifinals.

Example overview:

Let's say the "power" conference rankings in a given year are 1- SEC, 2- B1G, 3- Pac 12, 4- Big XII, 5- ACC, 6- Big East:

SEC gets 7 teams in, 5 Super/2 Ascension

BIG gets 6, in 4/2

Pac 12, Big XII, ACC get 6 each, 3/3

Big East gets 3, 1/2

Group of 5 get 5, 0/5

So next year's Super League that would run concurrent to conference leagues could look something like this (no Ascension league winner to start, so I just grabbed the next highest ranked team, that's why the Big XII gets 4):

Group 1

Michigan (B1G)

FSU (ACC)

Oklahoma (Big XII)

LSU (SEC)

Louisville (Big East)

Group B

Washington (Pac 12)

Ohio St (B1G)

Tennessee (SEC)

Clemson (ACC)

Missouri (Big XII)

Group C

Texas (Big XII)

Georgia (SEC)

Notre Dame (B1G)

Arizona (Pac 12)

NC St (ACC)

Group D

Alabama (SEC)

Oregon (Pac 12)

Penn St (B1G)

Oklahoma St (Big XII)

Ole Miss (SEC)

One team example:

Let's take a look at what Michigan's season would look like. They play Ohio St, Michigan St, Penn St, Indiana and Purdue every year in their division. They play 3 from the other division, maybe the make an annual inter-division rivalry like the SEC does with Florida/LSU, Auburn/Georgia, Alabama/Tennessee and make ND an annual opponent. Picking the other 2 at random, make it Illinois and Minnesota.

Since they have a #1 seed in their Super League group from winning the 2nd toughest conference the prior year, they likely avoid a top SEC team. Maybe the get something like FSU, Oklahoma, LSU, Louisville.

That's a very compelling 12-game schedule. Annual games against OSU, MSU, PSU and ND would be huge. Super League games against FSU, OK and LSU would be huge. 2 annual garbage games against IU and Purdue, 2 rotating garbage games against Illinois and Minnesota, 1 decent Super League game against Louisville.

They have 2 distinct titles to play for: 1) beating OSU+PSU to make/win the B1G title game and 2) winning their Super League group to put them on track for the national title.

This obviously can't happen, it's too late

But this is the best compromise. Gives a little taste of promotion/relegation but without the jeopardy of being relegated out of your historic league. Indiana doesn't have to worry about getting relegated to the MAC.

And if the B1G and SEC fancy themselves as the top 2 leagues, their big dogs--OSU, Mich, Alabama, Georgia--going into each season knowing top 4 keeps them in the Super League for next season, some years top 5. The other true "power" leagues is top 3. Big East, or whatever its rebrand after becoming 5/12ths TX+FL, knows it's a distant 6th and should be happy with 1 Super League spot.

I will think about this over the coming weeks/months, edit for clarity, be more concise where I can, and turn this into a Twitter/X thread before the college football season starts later this year.

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It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812. 1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River. 1805 – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premieres his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. 1831 – Pedro II becomes Emperor of Empire of Brazil. 1862 – American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee. 1868 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist. 1906 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. 1906 – The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco. 1922 – Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior Albert B. 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Lula stayed imprisoned for 580 days, after being released by the Brazilian Supreme Court. 2018 – Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War. 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its lockdown in Wuhan. 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigns for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt and the dismissal of Brett Crozier. 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States. 2022 – Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming the first black female justice.

[lboogie1906]

Larry Christopher Allen Jr. (November 27, 1971 – June 2, 2024) was a football player who was a guard in the NFL for 14 seasons, primarily with the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for the Butte Roadrunners and the Sonoma State Cossacks and was selected by the Cowboys in the second round of the 1994 NFL draft. He is regarded as one of the NFL’s physically strongest players ever, while capable of using his speed against defenders.

He earned ten Pro Bowl selections and six first-team All-Pro honors. He was part of the team that won a Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXX over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played his final two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, where he received his 11th Pro Bowl selection. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013.

He grew up in Compton, California, and had a troubled childhood, including contracting meningitis and almost dying at six weeks old, as well as being stabbed 12 times in the head, shoulder, and neck by a young neighbor while trying to protect his brother at the age of 10. He attended a different school in each of his four years of high school.

He was not academically eligible to play NCAA Division I football, so he attended Butte College. The team went 10–1 while winning the Golden Valley Conference, and he was named to the All-Conference and All-State teams both seasons. He was recognized as a J.C. All-American after his sophomore year. After a year away from school, he enrolled at Sonoma State University, a Division II school. He gave up just one sack and was a two-time All-American. The Cossacks were primarily a passing team and established 10 new school records, including most yards gained, most touchdown passes, best gain-per-completion rate, and highest passing efficiency. During his senior season, the team set a school mark with 334 rushing yards. As a senior, he participated in the East-West Shrine Game and the Senior Bowl.

His son, Larry Allen III, played guard for the Harvard Crimson football team. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys in 2019 as an undrafted player. His nephew is Dakarai Allen, a professional basketball player in the NBA G League.#africanhistory365 #africanexcellence