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re: No Foolin': Interesting college football facts
Posted on 4/1/22 at 2:15 pm to SidewalkTiger
Posted on 4/1/22 at 2:15 pm to SidewalkTiger
In 1912, Florida played the Cuban Athletic Club
in the Bacardi Rum Bowl in Havana. At some point,
Florida coach George Pyle became irate with
officials because the refused to call any
penalties against the Cuban Athletic Club. Pyle
then learned that one of the officials was
a former coach for the Athletic Club. He
refused to continue the game and was immediately
arrested by Cuban authorities because gate money
was taken and fans were denied completion of
the game. A judge ordered Pyle to take his team out
of the country or he would have them all arrested.
in the Bacardi Rum Bowl in Havana. At some point,
Florida coach George Pyle became irate with
officials because the refused to call any
penalties against the Cuban Athletic Club. Pyle
then learned that one of the officials was
a former coach for the Athletic Club. He
refused to continue the game and was immediately
arrested by Cuban authorities because gate money
was taken and fans were denied completion of
the game. A judge ordered Pyle to take his team out
of the country or he would have them all arrested.
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Posted on 4/1/22 at 2:33 pm to TouchdownTony
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The true Texas "burnt orange" is really an orange mixed with saddle brown. Darrell Royal wanted a color that could not be duplicated and they worked to mix in more brown which gave it a hue that was not orange as he wasn't fond of the color. Today, Texas is strictly burnt orange like Auburn but look at jerseys in the 70's and you see a more brown, darker hue vs today.
One little known fact. Vince Dooley was a fan of brighter colors. He had the UGA red revamped to be bringter upon arriving. UGA didn't bring silver pants into the fold until 1980 replacing the white but Dooley offset that with red road pants for some games that began in 79 against AU. Ray Goff, who was more a fan of black decided to drop the stripes from the sleeve to make the black stronger. Goff also went to a darker silver pant vs the Dooley "light gray". Mark Richt brought back the lighter gray pants but the no stripes on the sleeves and went to black socks. The red pants and stripes on the sleeves returned in 2020 for one game.
Auburn wore orange jerseys for some games between 78 and 80. The Aubie players had saw Notre Dame wear green jerseys for the first time against USC in 1976 and brought it to Doug Barfield. Barfield dismissed it but surprised the players before the UGA game when the players came in after warmups to find orange jerseys hanging in the their locker. Pat Dye upon arriving asked the equipment manager if they still had orange jerseys. The manager said yes, they were scheduled for production for the 1981 season. Dye said to cancel it as he hated orange. The orange jerseys have never been seen again. Auburn also had orange facemasks from 80-83 but switched to blue in 1984. Orange facemasks would return in 2021 for the first time since 83 for the Iron Bowl.
That's interesting, I really had no idea that the head coach had so much say in what uniforms looked like. I've never even really thought about it I guess.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 3:19 pm to Funky Tide 8
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That's interesting, I really had no idea that the head coach had so much say in what uniforms looked like. I've never even really thought about it I guess.
There have been a couple of tidbits about the Texas color change that have been posted here.
The story about the dye thing changing their color to a lighter orange after the burnt orange period from the 1920s period is true.
It was controversial when Royal then changed the colors back to burnt orange in 1962 and it took four or five years for it to settle down and burnt orange become "official".
However, Royal's true motivation for the change was that he thought Burnt Orange was closer to the color of a football. He felt like that would be advantageous to his QBs and running backs with carrying out fakes and the like.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 3:48 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
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Here's another A&M one.
The "Spirit of 1902", which is the name of the cannon fired after scores, was actually found in 1974
Great read, and very cool. Restored at Ft. Sill!
Posted on 4/1/22 at 5:56 pm to SidewalkTiger
Great stuff here! Thanks for sharing! 
Posted on 4/1/22 at 6:59 pm to TouchdownTony
quote:Auburn wore green jerseys with orange numbers in 1938 and 1939.
Auburn wore orange jerseys for some games between 78 and 80. The Aubie players had saw Notre Dame wear green jerseys for the first time against USC in 1976
excerpt from "Auburn Jerseys":
"1938. This is when things get wild. Yes, Auburn wore green jerseys. It actually happened.
Head coach Jack Meagher played and coached at Notre Dame under legendary coach Knute Rockne. Notre Dame alums, especially at this time, were revered as the best of the best and were highly coveted as head coaches. The brotherhood of ND coaches kept in touch, in fact, to the point of facing off against each other often. Auburn played many cross-country games, traveling as far as California, to face such teams. In an attempt to show just how much Meagher loved his alma mater, he outfitted his Tigers in green uniforms. The War Eagle Reader has a fantastic telling of the story and a few newspaper clippings from the era.
The 1938 football uniforms featured much of the same items from previous season – blue leather helmet, blue pants, orange jersey with blue stripes and numbers. The green jerseys with orange numbers and stripes were added and worn for, as far as I’ve been able to find, seven of the ten games.
1939
The final season of the 1930s was also the final year of the green jerseys. Oddly enough, per the photographs I have been able to find, the orange stripes were removed from the green tops. Auburn dialed back the Notre Dame-inspired jerseys, wearing them only five times on the year. The players reportedly didn’t like the green. I believe that was a major factor in Auburn retiring the jerseys.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 7:29 pm to JetDawg
I’ve had a bit of interest in fight songs. My favorite is that the University of Maine fight song, the stein song, developed when sale of alcohol was prohibited in 1905, was the only one to reach the top of the charts. It was sung by Rudy Vallee in 1930. The song is also unusually popular in South Korea to this day. No one knows why.
Not sure it would fly today; however, with all the toasting to girls and careless days.
Not sure it would fly today; however, with all the toasting to girls and careless days.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 9:01 pm to Pig Soiee
Kentucky used to do that against LSU at games in Lexington in the 1970's and early 80s.
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