Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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OK, it is a strange thing to post. But where else are you going to find this kind of information on the internet. If some graduate of Lowell Textile yearns to know when the big game with Panzer took place in 1940 this is the ideal place to find out. Maybe the only place left.
If any of these games greatly interests you let me know and I can look for Times coverage when the time comes. Otherwise, college football coverage won’t be exactly comprehensive
Notably missing is the University of Chicago, where atheist jerk president Maynard Hutchins had abolished football in 1939. He believed that sports, religion, among other things, were distractions.
Thanks for posting this. Brings back memories, not from the 1940 season, since I was pushing 1 at that time, but later.
Don’t know when Dad got the battery operated radio, but if it was in action that season, I probably was exposed to “Llyle Bremser KFAB and voice of the Huskers 1939-82 (Retired from KFAB 1987, passed away 1990)” quite early and became an early fan. I know that in later years the games were always on. Even latter I listened between loads during silo filling on the radio in the barn. One of Llyle’s significant influences was that every boy in Nebraska wanted to play football.
Looking at the schedule, one wonders how the teams traveled. One of the Nebraska games was in Pittsburgh. Train travel, although much more advanced than anything we have today, would still have taken quite a while. What were the passenger planes available? Don’t believe a Ford Tri-motor would carry the team.
Do remember that by 1960, the team traveled by charter air. Don’t remember what the planes were, but we on the cross country team flew along with the football team from Lincoln to Denver for action in Boulder.
USC started the Forties on a positive note by winning the Rose Bowl Game, but it looks as though the Trojans will have a tough schedule this fall. Nonetheless, I have confidence Coach Jones will rise to the occasion.
Fight on and cage the Cougars!
Thanks. I love this stuff. Reminds me of a time (although I wasn’t around that long ago) when college football really had some tradition, before TV basically destroyed it.