The history of football
Its pretty exciting times for football these days. Last night Florida laid the smack down on the huge favorite in the BCS national championship game, Ohio State. I am pretty excited about that because it shows that the BCS system got things right. No one but Florida can contend that they should be national champions. Boise State could claim they are undefeated, but when you go into overtime against 11th ranked Oklahoma that lost to both Oregon and Texas then you can’t claim that you would have a chance against anyone in the top four. Their fifth place finish is very fair, and next year they will need to do a better job scheduling non conference games.
So all that being said, where did football get started, anyway? In fact it began at Rutgers University in 1869, and you can read all about its origins and evolution in this popular mechanics article.
One last note, this Sunday’s game between the Patriots and Chargers should be really good. Being from New England I have alwasy favored the Pats. I also have really enjoyed following the chargers this year because of Philip Rivers. Who am I pulling for? Dunno.
Warren Said,
January 10, 2007 @ 11:46
Go Chargers!