Army Scheduling Note

Army switched around their upcoming home and home dates with Boston College.

The Army Athletic Association and Boston College have announced an agreement to exchange home dates for their scheduled meetings in 2012 and 2013. The Eagles will now visit Michie Stadium on Oct. 6, 2012 with the Black Knights traveling to Chestnut Hill on Oct. 5, 2013.

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 "With the latest round of conference realignment and the additions to the Atlantic Coast Conference, we felt it was in the best interests of both programs to make this schedule change, Army Director of Athletics Boo Corrigan said."

I don't know if Corrigan's quote indicates that Pitt and/or Syracuse will make the jump to the ACC any sooner than planned, but it's enough to get me thinking about it.

The scheduling move gives Army seven home games at Michie Stadium after having only four games at Michie last year. 







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Yearbook; West Virginia Wesleyan

In doing a little bit of research on hall of fame coach Earl "Greasy" Neale I turned up these West Virginia Wesleyan yearbooks.

Another entry hosted by the Internet Archive and another top quality yearbook both in content and in its reproduction.

The "Greasy" Neale angle got me very interested in this yearbook as Neale starred at end at West Virginia Wesleyan before he took on coaching duties at his alma mater. In my eyes, Greasy Neale's best work came between 1919 and 1922. In those 4 years Neale went 30-4-2 including the 1921 Washington and Jefferson Rose Bowl appearance.

The 1922 Rose Bowl ended in a 0-0 tie, a number and a result that I somehow always get back to. Further,  this Rose Bowl is notable as it was the last one to feature one team playing only 11 men in the historic postseason contest.






The yearbooks as represented by the Internet Archive are stellar. Most paint a very vivid picture of life in and around the WV Wesleyan campus.


Another good one - Hail to West Virginia Wesleyan and Greasy Neale!

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Yearbook: Rice University Campanile

West Virginia's Orange Bowl outburst was incredible, but pales in comparison to a game I found today:   Rice 143 - SMU 3 in 1916. The game gave me the impetus to post the Rice yearbooks.

The game's writeup can be found at the bottom of page 128 in the 1917 yearbook. Of note is how delicately the yearbook staff phrased the thrashing of their soon-to-be arch-rival.

There are two repositories of these yearbooks as the Rice library has a downloadable version and the Internet Archive has their traditional searchable online view, as well as options to read the full text or download each yearbook. At both locations yearbooks are available online from 1916-1936. This misses some of Rice's best football years in the 1950's, but I have the feeling that more will be added to this collection in the future.

Take a minute to check out Rice's Campanile yearbooks - another great addition to the yearbook page.

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Happy New Year

I don't know what it is about the Sun Bowl, but I just love it. Utah took the prize today as they came from behind to nip Georgia Tech in a matchup of two teams I don't particularly like, but respect nonetheless.

CBS did yeoman's work streaming the game online for free, but surely CBS knows that Georgia Tech spent the last 30+ years in the ACC? "http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/sec-live"

Here's the Sun Bowl story and stats.


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Time flies, folks. There are 15 games left this season and only a handful of those take place in 2011.

Enjoy the rest of 2011, and accept my best wishes for a happy, healthy and wealthy new year!





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Merry Christmas

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Yearbook: N.C. State

North Carolina State has a collection of their yearbooks digitized and available online. The N.C. State Agromeck chronicles the history of the school and provides us with an in-depth look at the athletic history of the Wolfpack.

I find it hard to believe that the Wolfpack have been playing football since 1892 and in all that time they have achieved just one season of 10 wins or more (2002).

Through the years these yearbooks have had some great writing and some really nice photographs, to boot. The Historical State retrospective also has a nice collection of athletics photos if you want to check out some of the library's online photograph collection. The yearbooks can be easily searched, but some of the scans are particularly light - making them a little bit hard to read, especially without a zoom feature.

In all, it's a very good collection with a lot of athletic history - a worthy addition to my list of online yearbooks!

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Hilarious Pitt Coaching Rumors

My alma mater Pittsburgh has found themselves in their seemingly annual quandry, their head coach Todd Graham left for Arizona State after just one year on the job (6-6).

Keep this in mind, this guy is from the Rich Rodriguez school of coaching. From his spread option system right down to his assistant coaches... hand picked from RR's Michigan fallout. In fact, Graham lost some of those assistants to Rodriguez just a couple short weeks ago.

So Pitt got duped, but are they really that much worse for wear? Graham is a scumbag and was clearly not a good fit for that football program. I've heard every head coaching rumor from Turner Gill to Jim Tressel. Basically every coach whose name isn't Sandusky has gotten some sort of mention from the fans.


A short list of the most ridiculous rumors:


Sal Sunseri - Another much ballyhooed "Pitt guy" Sunseri is not only an alum, but coached post-Paul Hackett Pitt back in 1992 on an interim basis. The fact that his interim hc work at Pitt is his only experience at the top spot pales in comparison to the fact that his son is the starter at QB. If Pitt wants any chance in attracting good QBs in this crucial recruiting cycle they have to make sure they don't Hawkins themselves.

K.C. Keeler - There is no way Keeler leaves Delaware for Pitt. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see Coach K take the Big East by storm... I just understand that it would have to be with the Delaware Blue Hens. At this point Keeler is lined up to be Delaware's Joe Paterno, just with more titles and more class. Which brings me to:

Joe Paterno - Surely mentioned as a joke. For years Paterno provided for Penn State exactly what Pitt is desperate for: stability at the top spot.

Jim Tressel - If I recall correctly one of the reasons Dave Wannstedt was let go was due to pervasive off-field issues. Well that sweater-vest carries the heavy musk of off-field issues. No chance for Tressel becomng the next coach at Pitt.

Dave Wannstedt - The most awkward choice might also be the most logical: Like his dinosaur offense or not, Wannstedt coached winners at Pitt. If only Pitt could just take him back and forget that the last 365 days ever happened.





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