Month: December 2021

Daily Almanac for Thursday, December 9, 2021; Day 343 of the Year

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS John Jacob “Jay” Berwanger (March 19, 1914 – June 26, 2002) was an American college football player and referee. He was the first winner of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy in 1935 (the following year the award was renamed the Heisman Trophy); the trophy is awarded annually to the nation’s most […]

UC Bearcats Football News: More honors for Coach Fickell; Named Home Depot National Coach of the Year

Led the Bearcats to the CFP Semifinals at the Cotton Bowl December 07, 2021 CINCINNATI – After leading the Cincinnati football team to the only undefeated record in college football this season and a second-consecutive American Athletic Conference Championship, Bearcats head coach Luke Fickell was named The Home […]

Cincinnati Bearcats earn second straight AAC Football Championship with 35-20 win over Houston; Postgame press conference with champion UC

CINCINNATI – Led by three touchdown passes from senior quarterback Desmond Ridder and 187 rushing yards and two scores from junior running back Jerome Ford, the No. 3/4-ranked Cincinnati football team captured its second consecutive American Athletic Conference Championship on Saturday at Nippert Stadium. The Bearcats improved to 13-0 for […]

Brian Kelly continues to put his football staff together at LSU; names Brian Polian, Special Teams Coordinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021 BATON ROUGE – Brian Polian, whose experience coaching special teams spans nearly two decades, has been named special teams coordinator at LSU, head coach Brian Kelly announced on Wednesday. Polian replaces Greg McMahon, who announced his retirement from LSU on Tuesday. “Brian […]

Daily Almanac for Wednesday, December 8, 2021; Day 342 of the Year

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a socialist state that spanned Eurasia during its existence from 1922 to 1991. It was nominally a federal union of multiple national republics; in practice its government and economy were highly centralized until its final years. The country was a one-party state (prior to 1990) governed by the Communist Party of […]

Ohio State Buckeyes News: QB C.J. Stroud, a Top 4 Heisman Trophy candidate, going to New York City Saturday night

December 6, 2021 Is the fourth Buckeye in the last four seasons to be a finalist for college football’s most prestigious award COLUMBUS, Ohio – Riding a right arm that is etching his name throughout the Ohio State University football records book, redshirt freshman quarterback C.J. Stroud […]