FReeper Canteen ~ Football Facts ~ 8 November 2007

November 7, 2007 | The Coach

[beachn4fun]

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.

FOOTBALL FACTS

Thanks for joining us once again as we look at some football facts. This time we’ll look at "From a regional to a National sport. From 1930-1958"

In the early 1930s, the college game continued to grow, particularly in the south, bolstered by fierce rivalries such as the "Third Saturday in October"—a rivalry between Alabama and Tennessee. While prior to the mid-1920s most national powers came from the northeast or the midwest, the trend changed when Wallace Wade's 1925 Alabama team won the 1926 Rose Bowl en route to its first national title. Because the South lacked any professional major league sports presence, college football quickly became its most popular spectator sport.

As it grew beyond its regional affiliations in the 1930s, college football garnered increased national attention. Four new bowl games were created: the Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, the Sun Bowl in 1935, and the Cotton Bowl in 1937.

In 1935, New York City's Downtown Athletic Club awarded the first Heisman Trophy to Chicago halfback Jay Berwanger, who was also the first ever NFL Draft pick in 1936.

The 1950s saw the rise of yet more dynasties and power programs. Oklahoma, under coach Bud Wilkinson, won three national titles (1950, 1955, 1956) and all ten Big Eight Conference championships in the decade while building a record 47 game winning streak that still stands today.

Woody Hayes led Ohio State to two national titles, in 1954 and 1957, and dominated the Big Ten conference, winning three Big Ten titles—more than any other school.

Nine out of ten Heisman trophy winners in the 1950s were runners. Notre Dame, one of the biggest passing teams of the decade, saw a substantial decline in success; the 1950s were the only decade between 1920 and 1990 when the team did not win at least a share of the national title. Paul Hornung, Notre Dame quarterback, did however win the Heisman in 1956, becoming the only player from a losing team ever to do so.

(All information found on websites.)

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[luvie]

I don’t know what’s in it, but I have eaten Hummingbird cake
and it is AWESOME!!!....and rich!

[luvie]

Naptime!!!

See ya later. We’ll have fun with the nightowls! :D

[MEG33]

Hummingbird Cake

PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 350°.Grease and flour bundt pan..

INGREDIENTS:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda (I use 1 and 1/2
1 to (2) teaspoons ground cinnamon (I use 2)
3 eggs, beaten
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil I tried 1 and 1/3..think 1/4 will work
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract I spilled a bit more ..LOL
1 can (8oz) crushed pineapple, well drained ( I don’t drain mine at all)
1 cup chopped pecans
2 cups chopped firm ripe banana

My little chopper makes any pineapple crushed in an emergency..if I picked up the wrong can..LOL.
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Cream Cheese Frosting:
16 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup butter, room temperature
2 pounds confectioners’ sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 to 1 cup chopped pecans

Sift flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon together into mixing bowl several times. ( I sift once and use my spatula to throughly mix dry ingredients)Add eggs,vanilla, and vegetable oil to the dry ingredients. Stir and fold with a wooden spoon until ingredients are moistened..Fold in bananas, pineapple,nuts.
BAKE in 350 degree oven for 45 to 60 minutes..I bake mine about 55 minutes.
Let cool on rack for 20 minutes before taking it out of pan. Then I let the cake cool completely before covering.

Do not beat batter! I don’t frost this cake to cut down on calories as I bake it often and use it like coffee cake as well as dessert..

[AZamericonnie]

I put some slightly stale tacos out for the birds this afternoon.. Knowing how greedy Blue Jays are, I left one whole instead of crushing it, just for fun..

I have no idea what your talking about so here's a blue jay with a taco on his head!:)

[AZamericonnie]

Ha...you remembered Meg!

Now we know why Meg is always luring the little birds with her bird seed! She makes cakes out of them!!!!!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

LOL!
BRATT!!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

YUM!!!
Bookmarked!!
Thank you!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, ms feather, for sharing. And thanks to your ex for serving his country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks to Michael Yon for getting out to see and hear of these stories, unlike the MSM, and thanks for posting the “story”.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, ms b....stay warm.

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

TS.....#600!!

[SandRat]

Day is done, whew! Started out slow and progressed to panic ville. Scouts tonight, Thank GOD!

How’s your’s going? Issues from last night get cleared off?

[AZamericonnie]

wh!!

Ma.....#650!!

wh!!

Ma.....#650!!

[MEG33]

Knowing how you love to cook..Recipe at 643

;o)

[MS.BEHAVIN]

LOL
Oh, that’s terrible!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
Good afternoon, Ma!
No problem staying warm..
I’ve been cooking all afternoon!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Ya hungry, my?
Shepards pie and biscuits for supper..
Two desserts, Cherry pie and hummingbird cake!
Gonna clang the Canteen dinner bell at 7 pm!

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! Thanks...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Day started well. Matching is still going well, but.....

I went to Wally World at noon for Christmas stockings for my troops. I came out to a BIG puddle under my car, and it has a spinning feel instead of the first shift. *sigh* I drove slowly to my mechanic’s shop (not too far from work). Transmission fluid is the leak. We are hoping that a line broke and not the transmission. They brought me back to work and I will call my Dad tonight and he will pick me up, and maybe have to bring me in the morning.
More *sighs*

Sounds like you got yours under control. Have a good Scout meeting. We will leave the light on.

[AZamericonnie]

No, you cannot have a soda: Japanese designer Aya Tsukioka's skirt can be flipped up to disguise the wearer as a vending machine. The urban camouflage option is supposed to make women feel safer in the sketchier parts of Tokyo.