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October 7, 2016 12:26 PM Subscribe
You've probably heard of the most lopsided game in the history of football.
100 years later Jon Bois has arrived to explain how the score is just the beginning of the story.
Oh, that's why the Nobel Prize for Literature is going to be late this year.
posted by Etrigan at 12:53 PM on October 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Etrigan at 12:53 PM on October 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
An Old Testament football god.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 12:59 PM on October 7, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by the man of twists and turns at 12:59 PM on October 7, 2016 [8 favorites]
After this one, and his one on the 1904 St. Louis Marathon I'm starting to wonder what the 2116 version of Jon Bois will be saying about the sporting events of today.
The stories are both fascinating and horrible at the same time.
posted by nubs at 1:00 PM on October 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
The stories are both fascinating and horrible at the same time.
posted by nubs at 1:00 PM on October 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
I love Jon Bois so much. That is all.
posted by Joey Michaels at 1:06 PM on October 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Joey Michaels at 1:06 PM on October 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
That poor quarterback.
posted by tobascodagama at 1:49 PM on October 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by tobascodagama at 1:49 PM on October 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
schadenfreude is the best part of college football fandom.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:58 PM on October 7, 2016
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:58 PM on October 7, 2016
John Heisman was such a bastard.
posted by dudemanlives at 2:11 PM on October 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by dudemanlives at 2:11 PM on October 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
Go Jackets.
posted by dudemanlives at 2:12 PM on October 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by dudemanlives at 2:12 PM on October 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
A Jon Bois video without rat poison or BEEFTANK is considered a rather dull affair.
Just kidding; this was hilarious. "They couldn't gain yards because they kept running out of them."
posted by supercres at 3:36 PM on October 7, 2016
Just kidding; this was hilarious. "They couldn't gain yards because they kept running out of them."
posted by supercres at 3:36 PM on October 7, 2016
John Heisman would fit in seamlessly into today's NFL braintrusts. Esp. with the Patriots.
posted by Keith Talent at 5:45 PM on October 7, 2016
posted by Keith Talent at 5:45 PM on October 7, 2016
Oh my god... the player being chased by a dog... !!! It's too bad Madden doesn't have dog simulation capabilities, because I think Bois could really do a lot with that.
posted by codacorolla at 6:51 PM on October 7, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by codacorolla at 6:51 PM on October 7, 2016 [3 favorites]
It's always wise to remember: “Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.” Cumberland might have chosen a better opponent for their team of pro-Baseball players.
Also, I freeze framed Heisman's letter to Cumberland from the video, the pertinent bit: "I hereby offer you the sum of $500.00 [Approx $11K in 2016 money] and an all-expenses paid trip to Atlanta for your football team on the condition that you honor your contract..." The fact that there was a contract for the game and it wasn't Heisman acting in a capacity as any sort of overseeing official make it a bit less bastard-y.
More than that though, it makes it a bit clearer how Cumberland rounded up their team of sacrificial lambs. "Hey, you like football right, how would you like [a few hundred bucks] and a free trip to Atlanta to play in a game?" is probably sufficient inducement for a student who had no goddamn clue that they were stepping into a feud with an angry god.
posted by Grimgrin at 12:25 AM on October 8, 2016 [5 favorites]
Also, I freeze framed Heisman's letter to Cumberland from the video, the pertinent bit: "I hereby offer you the sum of $500.00 [Approx $11K in 2016 money] and an all-expenses paid trip to Atlanta for your football team on the condition that you honor your contract..." The fact that there was a contract for the game and it wasn't Heisman acting in a capacity as any sort of overseeing official make it a bit less bastard-y.
More than that though, it makes it a bit clearer how Cumberland rounded up their team of sacrificial lambs. "Hey, you like football right, how would you like [a few hundred bucks] and a free trip to Atlanta to play in a game?" is probably sufficient inducement for a student who had no goddamn clue that they were stepping into a feud with an angry god.
posted by Grimgrin at 12:25 AM on October 8, 2016 [5 favorites]
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