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"A blog whose name is self-explanatory" –@nytimes
Joined February 2017
RT @ASchatzNFL: Big news, as I have shared the NFL PBP data that @QuirkyResearch and I put together back to 1978 with @pfref and it is now….
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Massive Expansion of Play-by-Play and Stats on Pro Football Reference
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On this date in 1967, Joe Namath left training camp, went on an all-night bender, and led the Jets to four touchdowns in the first quarter.
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The other major colleges that didn't throw a touchdown pass in a season since 1975:. Air Force 1990.Kent State 1984.Penn 1978 (the Ivies were in I-A through 1981).Virginia Tech 1977.Purdue 1976.
A Seemingly Forgotten NCAA Record - The Last Season A Team Didn't Throw A Touchdown Pass - 1993 .
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I can't find much else on the snowball fight, but here's a picture of the water pipe that exploded on the Indiana side of the field during the game.
@SickosCommittee @QuirkyResearch Need more info on the snowball fight.
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RT @QuirkyResearch: On this date in 1969, Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall used the break between training camp practices to make a pitch….
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1876: The year of the individually-colorful baseball uniform.
Before players wore numbers to help fans identify them, in 1876 each of the Chicago nine wore a different colored fez. This innovation made players like Ross Barnes (below) look from the stands like “a Dutch bed of tulips,” the Tribune noted. Illustration by @garybaseballart.
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RT @BigBlueVCR: Here is the video of it. I wonder if it did have to do with the penalty on the extra point which was enforced on the kickof….
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The 1979 Giants kicked off once from the 37 for reasons I've yet to figure out.
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Kicking off from the 34 is not new.
The NFL's owners have passed a rule change that would allow teams to declare onside kicks at any point during a game if they are trailing. They will be kicked from the 34 instead of the 35, per source.
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On this month in 1910, Yale's football captain reacted to the new rules that prohibited pushing of the man with the ball.
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RT @QuirkyResearch: On this date in 1931, the president of the NFL promised Milwaukee an expansion franchise.
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If the listed game times are accurate, the Jets and Giants are both playing in the 1 pm Sunday time slot in Weeks 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, and 16 (Week 18 is TBD).
On this date in 2009, the Jets and Giants played separate games in the same time slot for the first time in 25 years. Jets & Giants overlapping games:.1970-78: 8 to 12 per year.1979: 1.1982: 1.1984: 1.2009: 2.2012-16: 1 or 2 per year.2017-23: 4 to 7 per year
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Great moments in NFL schedule releases, November 1982.
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The New York Jets franchise has never had a winning record during any papacy, but did have a winning record (2-1) during the brief interregnum between Popes John Paul I and II.
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