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Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:28 pm to phil4bama
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:28 pm to phil4bama
Wish they would redo the old SEC one and have Florida as the Rats, Miss. St. as the Blacksmiths, and Auburn which was known as the Plainsmen even into the late 60's.
Reading the very old newspapers from 1892-1920, you find out some nice information.
Reading the very old newspapers from 1892-1920, you find out some nice information.
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Posted on 1/16/17 at 12:20 am to tigger1
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Reading the very old newspapers from 1892-1920, you find out some nice information.
Interesting. Post links please.
Posted on 1/16/17 at 12:31 am to CapstoneGrad06
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That's racist.
Posted on 1/16/17 at 1:51 am to AshleySchaeffer
Ashley, I am writing a book on 1908 football. The newspapers are from all over the country, mainly New Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis papers.
Those four locations have the best sport writers in the business at that time in the south. The Nashville sport writer is Grantland Rice at that time. I also use the Baton Rouge, Houston, and Austin papers, but these are local type sports in more depth than you see in papers today.
In 1908 Florida's nickname was the Rats, Arkansas was the Cardinals, Miss. St. was the Blacksmiths, and LSU went to Auburn to play the plainsmen.
Arkansas took a train trip to play a Texas team in 1908, when getting off the train the coach of Arkansas heard a local call out to the effect there are the Razorbacks from Arkansas. In 1909 that coach had the nickname of Arkansas changed to Razorbacks.
Those four locations have the best sport writers in the business at that time in the south. The Nashville sport writer is Grantland Rice at that time. I also use the Baton Rouge, Houston, and Austin papers, but these are local type sports in more depth than you see in papers today.
In 1908 Florida's nickname was the Rats, Arkansas was the Cardinals, Miss. St. was the Blacksmiths, and LSU went to Auburn to play the plainsmen.
Arkansas took a train trip to play a Texas team in 1908, when getting off the train the coach of Arkansas heard a local call out to the effect there are the Razorbacks from Arkansas. In 1909 that coach had the nickname of Arkansas changed to Razorbacks.
This post was edited on 1/16/17 at 1:53 am
Posted on 1/16/17 at 3:44 am to tigger1
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Arkansas took a train trip to play a Texas team in 1908, when getting off the train the coach of Arkansas heard a local call out to the effect there are the Razorbacks from Arkansas. In 1909 that coach had the nickname of Arkansas changed to Razorbacks.
Do you have a link for this because I don't think that's accurate.
Posted on 1/16/17 at 5:52 am to Gullah Gullah Island
Coach Hugo Bezdek Arkansas team traveled to play Texas in Austin on November 2 1908, it is on that trip the local called out the Razorback name.
The team changed nicknames in the off season between 08-09 season.
The story is in a number of newspapers from that time.
Check the Memphis, Little Rock and Nashville papers. The Mephis paper has a great writer who covered Arkansas at that time, as well as western Tennessee football. That writer watched the LSU-Arkansas game of 1908.
The team changed nicknames in the off season between 08-09 season.
The story is in a number of newspapers from that time.
Check the Memphis, Little Rock and Nashville papers. The Mephis paper has a great writer who covered Arkansas at that time, as well as western Tennessee football. That writer watched the LSU-Arkansas game of 1908.
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