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re: Alabama was shut out by Centre College
Posted on 9/21/17 at 6:07 am to Yellerhammer5
Posted on 9/21/17 at 6:07 am to Yellerhammer5
Dammit. Will read thread before posting in the future.
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Posted on 9/21/17 at 6:16 am to BigBlue8Titles
to all of those that posted in this thread. enjoyed reading it all
Posted on 9/21/17 at 6:23 am to BigBlue8Titles
Okay, there's a school named Transylvania. Or at least there was.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 6:36 am to Cobb Dawg
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Okay, there's a school named Transylvania. Or at least there was.
CM Newton coached there before going to Alabama and Vandy.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 6:39 am to BigBlue8Titles
Texas Aggies handled them. Sorry about Bama.....We turned those praying Colonels into atheist....
Jan. 2: A&M upset Centre College in the Dixie Classic
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The 12th Man statue honors E. King Gill's willingness to help his team in 1921. The statue stands outside Kyle Field.
Eagle file photo
E. King Gill
Texas A&M student E. King Gill came down from the stands and was ready to play for the Aggies in the Dixie Classic game, which started the 12th Man tradition.
Courtesy of Cushing Memorial Library
Jan. 2, 1922: A&M defeated defending national champions Centre College 22-14 in the Dixie Classic. The Aggies were the named the Southwest Conference champions, but the Praying Colonels were undefeated and un-scored upon.
Sophomore E. King Gill had been on the football team as a back up running back, but left in the middle of the season to focus on basketball. At the Dixie Classic, Gill, a native of Dallas, was spotting in the press box for sportswriters to help record game stats and recognize players on the field.
By halftime, most of the Aggie players were out due to injuries, so coach Dana X. Bible waved Gill from the press box. Gill told The Houston Post in 1971 that when he got to the sideline, Bible told him, "Boy, it doesn't look like I'm going to have enough players to finish the game. You may have to go in there and stand around for a while."
Gill put on a uniform and stood on the sidelines. The Aggies were able to pull it together and surprise everyone with a victory. The Eagle called it "the most spectacular, most nerve tingling football game ever staged in the history of the game in the southwest."
Gill said in a 1956 interview with The Houston Post, "I wish I could say that I went in and ran for the winning touchdown. But I did not. I simply stood by in case my team needed me."
The game was recalled during the 1939 national championship season as a story to use on the radio, and the 12th Man tradition was born. A&M's student body is known as the 12th Man and stands during the entire game to show their support.
A bronze statue of Gill in his football uniform is located at the north side of Kyle Field. Coach Jackie Sherrill created the 12th Man Kickoff Team in 1983, which was comprised of all walk-on players. The tradition has evolved to having one walk-on player on the special team wearing the No. 12 jersey.
Jan. 2: A&M upset Centre College in the Dixie Classic
Jan 2, 2014 0
12th Man statue3
The 12th Man statue honors E. King Gill's willingness to help his team in 1921. The statue stands outside Kyle Field.
Eagle file photo
E. King Gill
Texas A&M student E. King Gill came down from the stands and was ready to play for the Aggies in the Dixie Classic game, which started the 12th Man tradition.
Courtesy of Cushing Memorial Library
Jan. 2, 1922: A&M defeated defending national champions Centre College 22-14 in the Dixie Classic. The Aggies were the named the Southwest Conference champions, but the Praying Colonels were undefeated and un-scored upon.
Sophomore E. King Gill had been on the football team as a back up running back, but left in the middle of the season to focus on basketball. At the Dixie Classic, Gill, a native of Dallas, was spotting in the press box for sportswriters to help record game stats and recognize players on the field.
By halftime, most of the Aggie players were out due to injuries, so coach Dana X. Bible waved Gill from the press box. Gill told The Houston Post in 1971 that when he got to the sideline, Bible told him, "Boy, it doesn't look like I'm going to have enough players to finish the game. You may have to go in there and stand around for a while."
Gill put on a uniform and stood on the sidelines. The Aggies were able to pull it together and surprise everyone with a victory. The Eagle called it "the most spectacular, most nerve tingling football game ever staged in the history of the game in the southwest."
Gill said in a 1956 interview with The Houston Post, "I wish I could say that I went in and ran for the winning touchdown. But I did not. I simply stood by in case my team needed me."
The game was recalled during the 1939 national championship season as a story to use on the radio, and the 12th Man tradition was born. A&M's student body is known as the 12th Man and stands during the entire game to show their support.
A bronze statue of Gill in his football uniform is located at the north side of Kyle Field. Coach Jackie Sherrill created the 12th Man Kickoff Team in 1983, which was comprised of all walk-on players. The tradition has evolved to having one walk-on player on the special team wearing the No. 12 jersey.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 6:44 am to BigBlue8Titles
I watched that game on TV, black and white was the only option back then.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 7:10 am to BigBlue8Titles
Officiating crew were sons of Kentucky Yankee soldiers. Sickening.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 7:12 am to Cobb Dawg
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quote:this is danny sheridans alma mater
Okay, there's a school named Transylvania. Or at least there was.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 7:17 am to Cheese Grits
God damnit. I didn't get hit by no train.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 7:52 am to Cobb Dawg
Transylvania was in the SIAA but gave up football in 1941
They have a tradition where students enter a lottery and 4 are picked (2 male, 2 female) to spend Halloween night in the tomb of a professor who taught there in the 1800's (and was fired for getting it on with the school president's wife, but was so popular with students that alums brought him back and buried him there. It's pretty likely that it's not even the old prof buried in the tomb, but that's another story .)
They have a tradition where students enter a lottery and 4 are picked (2 male, 2 female) to spend Halloween night in the tomb of a professor who taught there in the 1800's (and was fired for getting it on with the school president's wife, but was so popular with students that alums brought him back and buried him there. It's pretty likely that it's not even the old prof buried in the tomb, but that's another story .)
Posted on 9/21/17 at 7:54 am to kyrik92
Transy was also Jefferson Davis' alma mater and the Old boarding house where he lived in Lexington while going to school was a popular bar/music joint for many years
Posted on 9/21/17 at 7:57 am to BigBlue8Titles
The Alabama Crimson Tide - 1924 Southern Conference Champions!
We played 9 games that season and only one team scored more than seven points on us (Centre). Kentucky scored a TD while everyone else on the schedule was shut out.
It was also the first time in program history that we won a conference championship. There were many more to come.
We played 9 games that season and only one team scored more than seven points on us (Centre). Kentucky scored a TD while everyone else on the schedule was shut out.
It was also the first time in program history that we won a conference championship. There were many more to come.
This post was edited on 9/21/17 at 7:58 am
Posted on 9/21/17 at 7:58 am to BigBlue8Titles
That was long before the Rec and Bama refs. ?That game actually was pivotal in those things coming about
Posted on 9/21/17 at 7:59 am to Cobb Dawg
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Okay, there's a school named Transylvania. Or at least there was.
it's a few blocks away from UK
Posted on 9/21/17 at 8:15 am to BigBlue8Titles
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Of Danville, KY at Rickwood Field in Birmingham 17-0. Wonder if they are brave enough to ask for a rematch??
Kentucky played Centre much closer, losing 7-0. The following week, Bama blew out UK 42-7.
ETA...Center closed out their season beating Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. They only allowed 20 points scored on them (one in a 13-6 loss to WVU) all season.
This post was edited on 9/21/17 at 8:17 am
Posted on 9/21/17 at 8:58 am to madmaxvol
My favorite thread in a while.
I had never heard the story, never heard of Centre, but now I hate them almost as if they were in the SEC.
I had never heard the story, never heard of Centre, but now I hate them almost as if they were in the SEC.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 10:00 am to Alabiker
Actually, Centre, despite being Division III, is wading back into big time college athletics this year with a November 3 visit to Rupp Arena to play Kentucky. If they win that game, it will probably rival the C6 H0 game as one of the biggest upsets.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 10:06 am to kyrik92
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Transylvania
Are they still NAIA? I ask because my cousin played them in basketball when he was at Lambuth. Lambuth folded a few years ago and became a branch of the University of Memphis.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 10:09 am to Bankshot
"The Bear would not have lost to those fricks." -- Gump born in 1998
Posted on 9/21/17 at 10:25 am to Dr RC
An Alabama vs Centre game thread turns into a lecture about “Aggie lore”. Nobody wants to be constantly reminded of why y’all do what y’all do dude.
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