Higher Ed History HEd History – Football Violence has been an Issue for >100 Years 12/22/2024 Taken from Oriard, M. (2014). Chronicle of a (Football) Death Foretold: The Imminent Demise of a National Pastime?. International Journal of the History of Sport, 31(1-2), 120-133. Michael Oriard, was…
Higher Ed History HEd History – Paying College Athletes to Play at the Root of College Football 12/22/2024 Taken from Oriard, M. (2014). Chronicle of a (Football) Death Foretold: The Imminent Demise of a National Pastime?. International Journal of the History of Sport, 31(1-2), 120-133. Michael Oriard, was…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascot Battles – Who Wins the 2024 College Football Playoffs (FBS) 12/20/202412/21/2024 Answers informed by ChatGPT, decided by me. I tried to select the toughest, meanest, image of the mascot I could find. No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Indiana ChatGPT…
Higher Ed Mascots The Only College Mascot Named a Number 11/09/202411/09/2024 U. of North Carolina Charlotte 49ers In 1946 the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina opened to educate returning World War II veterans. It was struggling to survive…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! College Towns, Enrollments, & Football Stadiums 06/19/202407/02/2024 Found an analysis by someone on Reddit named e8odie and although their data was originally from 2012, I updated it to 2023. How many of these did you know? Football…
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