Bowl bombshell: USC, Washington both miss postseason for first time in modern CFB
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MelloDawg
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American college football
Early games appear to have had much in common with the traditional "mob football" played in Great Britain. The games remained largely unorganized until the 19th centnury, when intramural games of football began to be played on college campuses. Each school played its own variety of football. Princeton University students played a game called "ballown" as early as 1820. A Harvard tradition known as "Bloody Monday" began in 1827, which consisted of a mass ballgame between the freshman and sophomore classes. In 1860, both the town police and the college authorities agreed the Bloody Monday had to go. The Harvard students responded by going into mourning for a mock figure called "Football Fightum", for whom they conducted funeral rites. The authorities held firm and it was a dozen years before football was once again played at Harvard. Dartmouth played its own version called "Old division football", the rules of which were first published in 1871, though the game dates to at least the 1830s. All of these games, and others, shared certain commonalities. They remained largely "mob" style games, with huge numbers of players attempting to advance the ball into a goal area, often by any means necessary. Rules were simple, violence and injury were common.[4][5] The violence of these mob-style games led to widespread protests and a decision to abandon them. Yale, under pressure from the city of New Haven, banned the play of all forms of football in 1860.[4]
American football historian Parke H. Davis described the period between 1869 and 1875 as the 'Pioneer Period'; the years 1876–93 he called the 'Period of the American Intercollegiate Football Association'; and the years 1894–1933 he dubbed the 'Period of Rules Committees and Conferences'.[6]
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1975 when the Pac 8 and Big 10 allowed members to go to other bowls
75 USC was rolling when McKay announced he was leaving. The Trojans lost out including their first loss to UW in 10 games
UW was 6-5. Not good enough back then
UW was 6-5. Not good enough back then
creepycoug
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Well, at least Washington is with USC where they belong. So there's that.
USC respects us... for how much more we suck than them.
Lots of mutual respect between the 2 programs.
Kaepsknee
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I don’t really get the sentiment that Lincoln Riley is going to make SC the dominant team in the PAC again. He may be able to keep some of the SoCal kids that have been getting away the last few years, but not them all, as the PAC 12 sucks and NOC.
He was truly born on 3rd base at Oklahoma and was never able to get home. He inherited a team that had won a NY6 bowl.
He was truly born on 3rd base at Oklahoma and was never able to get home. He inherited a team that had won a NY6 bowl.
Fenderbender123
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Modern Era = anything after World War 1
