Comments for CollegeFootballExplorer.com http://www.collegefootballexplorer.com Covering the history of the world's greatest sport like no one else Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:35:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on 1984, part III: BYU steps through the looking glass by pool tables http://www.collegefootballexplorer.com/2009/06/1984-part-iii-byu-1984-national-title/comment-page-1/#comment-131 pool tables Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:57:38 +0000 http://www.collegefootballexplorer.com/?p=180#comment-131 BYU is really impressing me this year. Despite some losses early on, the big upset with Oaklahoma still stands as a great victory for the Cougars. Hopefully they'll continue with a great season BYU is really impressing me this year. Despite some losses early on, the big upset with Oaklahoma still stands as a great victory for the Cougars. Hopefully they’ll continue with a great season

]]> Comment on Long before BCS mess, there was 1949 Pacific by SJSrat http://www.collegefootballexplorer.com/2009/06/long-before-bcs-mess-there-was-1949-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-63 SJSrat Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:40:51 +0000 http://www.collegefootballexplorer.com/?p=189#comment-63 This is the best written story on east coast bias that I've ever read. I was a kid sitting with my uncle at the COP-Cal Poly blow out. My uncle gave me his binocs and asked if I could follow the ball when LeBaron had it. I couldn't. He's spin around three times faking to running backs and then bootlegging it to toss a pass. I heard later after attending San Jose State that in the '49 COP game the refs blew the whistle after a running back that LeBaron had faked a hand-off to was tackled. LeBaron was just uncorking a pass downfield when the whistle called the play dead! LeBaron was the original sleight-of-hand quarterback. Last time I saw him was over 20 years ago after a late lunch at Julius Castle on Telegraph Hill. He still looked like he could play. This is the best written story on east coast bias that I’ve ever read. I was a kid sitting with my uncle at the COP-Cal Poly blow out. My uncle gave me his binocs and asked if I could follow the ball when LeBaron had it.

I couldn’t. He’s spin around three times faking to running backs and then bootlegging it to toss a pass. I heard later after attending San Jose State that in the ‘49 COP game the refs blew the whistle after a running back that LeBaron had faked a hand-off to was tackled. LeBaron was just uncorking a pass downfield when the whistle called the play dead!

LeBaron was the original sleight-of-hand quarterback. Last time I saw him was over 20 years ago after a late lunch at Julius Castle on Telegraph Hill. He still looked like he could play.

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