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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 02:31 PM
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It's college football trivia time!!
Edited on Tue Oct-28-03 02:37 PM by sasquatch
I'm home sick with the flu(it's in my lungs)and I'm posting earlier then usual. Anyway here's the qustion:think:


What was the first college football team to have an all black back field(that's tailback, fullback and quarterback), who were the players and who was their coach?



The winner get's the Sasquatch genius of the day award:bounce:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 02:39 PM
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1. I know part of this answer.
University of Southern California, head coach was John McKay and one of the backs was Sam "Bam" Cunningham. IIRC, their first game was @ Alabama and Bear Bryant. I believe that game is credited with opening Bryant's (and the 'Bama alumni's) eyes about the recruitment of black players.

Um, this was 1969 or 1970 - thereabouts anyway.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 02:43 PM
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2. Nope not it
It has to be the whole backfield not some of it. Not even the right college
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 02:45 PM
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3. Are we talking Division I-A? Or smaller colleges?
I'm sure historically black schools like Grambling, Jackson State and Prairie View had all-black backfields almost from day 1.

:shrug:
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 02:49 PM
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4. I-A
Of course.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 02:51 PM
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5. I'll guess Michigan State
but I reserve the right to guess again
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 02:52 PM
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6. You're in the right confrence
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 02:54 PM
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7. Ohio State
Damn fuck the 1997 Rose Bowl!!! :argh:
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 02:59 PM
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9. You've got the right college
But whom were the players and who was the coach.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:01 PM
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10. uhhh
Woody Hayes

Howard Cassady the RB

Hell I don't know.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:08 PM
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11. Hello?
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:13 PM
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14. You've got the right coach
But, not the right players.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:14 PM
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15. Hmm this says it was Southern Cal
Edited on Tue Oct-28-03 03:18 PM by underpants
I'm just saying

http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/852/First_allBlack_backfield_in_Division_1_college_football

When the Trojans went down to the deep South, they were the first fully integrated team to play in Alabama. An all-Black backfield of quarterback Jimmy Jones, running back Clarence Davis, and fullback Sam “Bam” Cunningham led Southern Cal.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:15 PM
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20. Hmm Interesting
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:21 PM
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27. See? I knew I wasn't crazy!
I remember that from some trivia contest I was in once.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:14 PM
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17. I have no idea
I googled several options and still can't find out who the players are.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 02:59 PM
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8. Illinois?
I dunno
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GumboYaYa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:40 PM
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38. I think the right answer is
Sam "Bam" Cunningham, Clarence Davis, and Jimmy Jones all at USC and the coach was John McKay.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:09 PM
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12. ....
Edited on Tue Oct-28-03 03:09 PM by VermontDem2004
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:12 PM
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13. More Trivia
Who was the head coach of the Miami(OH) Team that beat Arizona State in the 1951 Salad Bowl?
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:14 PM
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16. Woody Hayes
Then he went on to terrorize that "team up north"
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:16 PM
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21. Your correct
How did you know I must ask?
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:15 PM
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18. Woody Hayes
Bam! (I hope)
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:16 PM
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22. Your correct too
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:15 PM
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19. Nobody has awnsered the original question yet
:shrug:
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:17 PM
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23. I think underpants did on post 15
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:19 PM
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25. It's Ohio State
Players were Archie Griffin, Pete Johnson and Cornielius Green. Woody Hayes were there coach.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:25 PM
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29. Well that link says something different
Edited on Tue Oct-28-03 03:26 PM by VermontDem2004
First all-Black backfield in Division 1 college football

On this date in 1970, John McKay and his University of Southern California Trojans beat Bear Bryant's Alabama Crimson Tide, the final score: USC 42, Alabama 21. That USC-Alabama game remains one of the most proclaimed in college athletics, forever changing college football.

http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/852/First_allBlack_backfield_in_Division_1_college_football
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:17 PM
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24. Yet another trivia question
Edited on Tue Oct-28-03 03:18 PM by underpants
What Division 1A football team officially has three nicknames?

For triple bonus points WHAT ARE THE THREE NICKNAMES?

I'm going to take a smoke break so it will be a few minutes before I can check in.
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Darth_Ole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:19 PM
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26. VA Tech?
I know they are the Hokies and the Gobblers at least. Not sure if they have a 3rd.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:33 PM
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30. Tech no longer goes by Gobblers
And Hokies has always been the official name

Hokie hokie hokie High!
We're the boys from VPI!
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:34 PM
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32. I know It's Eastern Carolina
They are the Pirates, Raiders, and Buccaneers.

Taking a wild guess. I actually have no idea.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:39 PM
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36. No but it is one hell of a party school
Not as many good looking women as UNC-Wilmington (which is awe inspiring) but they hold their own.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:22 PM
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28. No idea
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:36 PM
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33. Northern Idaho College are the Cardinals
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:38 PM
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35. Northern Idaho is not a Division 1-A football team
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:40 PM
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37. I know I was just f**king with ya
I could have sworn it said No.Idaho
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GumboYaYa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:33 PM
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31. Plainsmen, tigers and War eagles
all apply to Auburn, but any Auburn fans on the board will point out that War Eaglesis not actualy a mascot but a cheer. It has something to do with an eagle flying in a circle above the stadium of some other crazy Alabama stuff like that. All I know for sure is LSU 31 - Auburn 7.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:38 PM
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34. Well that is what I was looking for CORRECT!
Damn that Brent Musburger I should have known not to trust him.

BTW-I thought it was War Eagle (singular)

I should have known an SEC'er would get that.
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GumboYaYa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:42 PM
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40. You are correct.
t is War Eagle or War Damn Eagle or WDM. It refers to a game when an eagle soared over the field and then landed. It was a portend of good fortune for the team that day and now is a cheer that rises up to bring back the luck. War Eagle is not actually a mascot.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:41 PM
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39. Another Trivia question
The all time leader in career passing yardage at Arizona State plays for what NFL team?

*Bonus Question* who is the player?

(note: This is extremely easy)
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GumboYaYa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:44 PM
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41. Coming from you this is just way to easy.
Does your Avatar give us a clue?
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:45 PM
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42. No
x( ok maybe
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:48 PM
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43. Plumber plays for the Denver broncos
Plummer
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 03:49 PM
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44. Correct!
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