Journal #18 Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant Notes and Junction Boys Video and Worksheet
Paul "Bear" Bryant - Timeline
Born 1913. Raised in Fordyce, AR
1927 given the name "Bear" from a story about wrestling a Bear at a Carnival
1931--Led his HS team to the State Championship
1931-'35. Student/Football Player at Alabama Univ. --Won the National Championship in 1934. Played a game with a broken leg vs. Tennessee
1936-'40 Asst. Coach at Alabama
1940-'41 Asst. Coach at Vanderbilt
Set to become the Head Coach at Arkansas Univ. when Pearl Harbor happens--Dec. 7, 1941. Serves as an Officer in the Navy during WWII.
1945--Head Coach of Maryland. Leaves over conflict with Univ. President.
1946-'53--Head Coach of Kentucky. Leads them to SEC title in 1950 (National Rank of #7). Leaves over Conflict with the University and it's main direction --Football or Basketball
1954-'57--Head Coach of Texas A&M. Infamous Junction Camp in '54 leads to a 1-9 Record his first year (only losing year in 38 yr. Career). Wins the SWC in '56 and a #5 National Ranking.
1958-'82--Head Coach of Alabama. Six National Champions.
38 Year Career---Winning Seasons in 37 of them with 4 schools. 323 wins tops when he retires (Div. I)
The Junction Boys
Terms/Character List
* Paul "Bear" Bryant
* Skeet Chaney
* Johnny Haynes
* Claude Gearhardt---Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned
* Smokey Harper
* Overall Conditions of Junction
Thought Question---Time to Think
Though the camp at Junction was by Coach Bryant's own admission "the worst mistake in my coaching career", it was not all that different than what other programs were doing at the time.
1) What events and attitudes led to this? Think about America and Sports in America in the 1940s and 1950s.
2) Why do you think Coach Bryant viewed Junction as a mistake?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
11/16 BCS Article + Mascots
BCS Article w/ Questions.
PAC 12 Universities and Mascots
North Division
Washington Huskies
Washington State Cougars
Oregon Ducks
Oregon State Beavers
Stanford Cardinal
University of California (Berkeley) Bears
South Division
UCLA Bruins
USC Trojans
Arizona State Sun Devils
Arizona Wildcats
Colorado Buffaloes
Utah Utes
Big 10 ---
Penn State Univ. Nittany Lions
Purdue Univ. Boilermakers
Univ. of Wisconsin (Madison) Badgers
Ohio State Univ. Buckeyes
Northwestern Univ. Wildcats
Univ. of Minnesota Golden Gophers
Michigan State Univ. Spartans
Univ. of Michigan Wolverines
Univ. of Iowa Hawkeyes
Indiana Univ. Hoosiers
Univ. of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) Fightin’ Illini
Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhuskers
Ivy League
Brown University Bears
Princeton University Tigers
Harvard University Crimson
Cornell University Big Red
Yale University Bulldogs
Columbia Univ. Lions
Univ. of Pennsylvania Quakers
Dartmouth College Big Green
PAC 12 Universities and Mascots
North Division
Washington Huskies
Washington State Cougars
Oregon Ducks
Oregon State Beavers
Stanford Cardinal
University of California (Berkeley) Bears
South Division
UCLA Bruins
USC Trojans
Arizona State Sun Devils
Arizona Wildcats
Colorado Buffaloes
Utah Utes
Big 10 ---
Penn State Univ. Nittany Lions
Purdue Univ. Boilermakers
Univ. of Wisconsin (Madison) Badgers
Ohio State Univ. Buckeyes
Northwestern Univ. Wildcats
Univ. of Minnesota Golden Gophers
Michigan State Univ. Spartans
Univ. of Michigan Wolverines
Univ. of Iowa Hawkeyes
Indiana Univ. Hoosiers
Univ. of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) Fightin’ Illini
Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhuskers
Ivy League
Brown University Bears
Princeton University Tigers
Harvard University Crimson
Cornell University Big Red
Yale University Bulldogs
Columbia Univ. Lions
Univ. of Pennsylvania Quakers
Dartmouth College Big Green
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
11/7 Football Intro
Early Football Notes
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
COLONISTS-
Inflated bladders or sawdust-filled leather balls before the American Revolution.
Jamestown , VA. Inflated Balls
COLLEGE GAME
Fisti-cuffs, wrestling, etc. Princeton 1820 “Ballown”---Mob Football similar to Rugby
1827 HARVARD: “BLOODY MONDAY” --“CLASS RUSH” Sophomore v. Frosh
1830s Dartmouth—“Old Division Football” in the 1830s. Published Rules in 1871.
1855—Rubber Balls Introduced
1860-YALE- Destruction spread to town. All Games stopped in 1860. Harvard does the same in 1861.
1855 THE BOSTON GAME--- combination of Rugby (Carrying or Running Game) and Soccer (Kicking Game)
1862 ONEIDA FOOTBALL CLUB---Led by Gerrit Smith Miller---playing the Boston Game on Boston Commons
NOV. 7, 1863 FIRST GAME WRITTEN-UP IN PAPER
1869 PRINCETON-RUTGERS RUTGERS 6-4 (probably more soccer than rugby)
NEXT GAME AT PRINCETON-- CATCH AND KICK PRINCETON WINS 8-0
THE FIRST RULES
Oct. 20, 1873---Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Rutgers meet in NYC and codify the first set of intercollegiate rules—(still more soccer than football).
Harvard played the Boston Game. May 14, 1874---Harvard vs. McGill Univ. (Montreal).
THE GAME---Annual Game between Harvard-Yale first played on Nov. 13, 1875.
Nov. 23, 1876 ---Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia meet at Massasoit House in Massachusetts to codify rules based on the Boston Game and Rugby and form the Intercollegiate Football Association (precursor to the NCAA). Yale doesn’t join until 1879 due to disagreement on players per side.
Walter Camp of Yale—Varsity Letter Winner in every sport offered at Yale, offers up these rules at the 1880 meeting of the IFA.
1. 11 men per side.
2. Line of Scrimmage, and the Center to QB Exchange.
This causes a slowdown in the game and makes it even more violent. Further Rule Changes try to fix this.
1881---
1. Field is set at same length as today—120 yds. Long and 53 1/3 yds wide.
1882---
1. Down and Distance Rules were added.
1883---
1. Points for the following: 4 pts a TD (try), 2 pts a PAT, 2 pts a Safety, 5 pts a FG.
1887---
1. Time limit---2 halves of 45 min each.
In 1880 there were only 8 universities (all Eastern Coast) that played football. By 1900, over 43 universities field teams.
Michigan was the first “Western” school to take up the game. Michigan’s team led by Coach Fielding H. Yost led them to a 56 game undefeated streak from 1901-1905.
VIOLENCE OF THE GAME
THE GAME-1894 : Nicknamed the Hampden Park Blood Bath . Four players were crippled. THE GAME is banned until 1897.
1894-1898-ARMY-NAVY Game Suspended also. Mass-formations like the FLYING WEDGE were blamed for the violence.
1905- There were 19 Fatalities because of Football nationwide. T. Roosevelt threatens to Ban the Game.
Dec. 28, 1905 Sixty-two schools meet in NYC to discuss rule changes (NCAA)
Rule Changes included:
1906---
1. Legal forward pass introduced in 1906.
2. Mass formations were illegal
1909---
1. FG lowered to 3 pts.
1910---
1. 7 Players must be on Line of Scrimmage.
2. No Pulling, Pushing or interlocking of arms, hands on belts allowed.
1912---
1. TD’s raised to 6 pts.
1914---
1. Roughing the Passer Penalty implemented
1918---
1. Eligible Receivers could catch the ball anywhere.
STRATEGY IN THE GAME
The main men who introduced strategy into the game were the coaches. The three most influential early coaches were:
AMOS ALONZO STAGG-- Introduced the huddle, the tackling dummy, and the pre-snap shift.
GLENN “POP” WARNER—Coached Jim Thorpe. Wrote Football for Coaches and Players in 1927.
Introduce the Single Wing (like Spread in today’s football), and the Double Wing formations.
Modern Blocking Schemes, the 3-Pt. Stance, and the Reverse Play
KNUTE ROCKNE—Popularized the forward pass, complex shifts (Rule Change in 1927 that players must be stopped for a full second before the snap) and emphasized Offense over Defense. [Teams would choose to kick back off if they were scored upon].
JOHN HEISMAN—Known for innovative offense and using the forward pass. Best known for coaching stint at Georgia Tech. Retired to NYC in 1927 and began writing about football, and helped craft the rules. Downtown Athletic Club in NYC began offering a trophy named after him in 1935 for the best college player in the nation.
SPORT IN THE MEDIA
GRANTLAND RICE---Early 20th Century Sports Writer.
Penned Grange’s nomiker “The Galloping Ghost”, Notre Dame’s “Four Horsemen” Backfield and Fordham’s University’s linemen known as the “Seven Blocks of Granite”.
EARLY HEROES
Jim Thorpe
Red Grange
Bronko Nagurski
AWARDS
NYC’S Downtown Athletic Club Awarded the first Heisman Trophy(Named after John Heisman a legendary early coach) in 1935 (one year before the baseball Hall of Fame opened).
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
COLONISTS-
Inflated bladders or sawdust-filled leather balls before the American Revolution.
Jamestown , VA. Inflated Balls
COLLEGE GAME
Fisti-cuffs, wrestling, etc. Princeton 1820 “Ballown”---Mob Football similar to Rugby
1827 HARVARD: “BLOODY MONDAY” --“CLASS RUSH” Sophomore v. Frosh
1830s Dartmouth—“Old Division Football” in the 1830s. Published Rules in 1871.
1855—Rubber Balls Introduced
1860-YALE- Destruction spread to town. All Games stopped in 1860. Harvard does the same in 1861.
1855 THE BOSTON GAME--- combination of Rugby (Carrying or Running Game) and Soccer (Kicking Game)
1862 ONEIDA FOOTBALL CLUB---Led by Gerrit Smith Miller---playing the Boston Game on Boston Commons
NOV. 7, 1863 FIRST GAME WRITTEN-UP IN PAPER
1869 PRINCETON-RUTGERS RUTGERS 6-4 (probably more soccer than rugby)
NEXT GAME AT PRINCETON-- CATCH AND KICK PRINCETON WINS 8-0
THE FIRST RULES
Oct. 20, 1873---Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Rutgers meet in NYC and codify the first set of intercollegiate rules—(still more soccer than football).
Harvard played the Boston Game. May 14, 1874---Harvard vs. McGill Univ. (Montreal).
THE GAME---Annual Game between Harvard-Yale first played on Nov. 13, 1875.
Nov. 23, 1876 ---Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia meet at Massasoit House in Massachusetts to codify rules based on the Boston Game and Rugby and form the Intercollegiate Football Association (precursor to the NCAA). Yale doesn’t join until 1879 due to disagreement on players per side.
Walter Camp of Yale—Varsity Letter Winner in every sport offered at Yale, offers up these rules at the 1880 meeting of the IFA.
1. 11 men per side.
2. Line of Scrimmage, and the Center to QB Exchange.
This causes a slowdown in the game and makes it even more violent. Further Rule Changes try to fix this.
1881---
1. Field is set at same length as today—120 yds. Long and 53 1/3 yds wide.
1882---
1. Down and Distance Rules were added.
1883---
1. Points for the following: 4 pts a TD (try), 2 pts a PAT, 2 pts a Safety, 5 pts a FG.
1887---
1. Time limit---2 halves of 45 min each.
In 1880 there were only 8 universities (all Eastern Coast) that played football. By 1900, over 43 universities field teams.
Michigan was the first “Western” school to take up the game. Michigan’s team led by Coach Fielding H. Yost led them to a 56 game undefeated streak from 1901-1905.
VIOLENCE OF THE GAME
THE GAME-1894 : Nicknamed the Hampden Park Blood Bath . Four players were crippled. THE GAME is banned until 1897.
1894-1898-ARMY-NAVY Game Suspended also. Mass-formations like the FLYING WEDGE were blamed for the violence.
1905- There were 19 Fatalities because of Football nationwide. T. Roosevelt threatens to Ban the Game.
Dec. 28, 1905 Sixty-two schools meet in NYC to discuss rule changes (NCAA)
Rule Changes included:
1906---
1. Legal forward pass introduced in 1906.
2. Mass formations were illegal
1909---
1. FG lowered to 3 pts.
1910---
1. 7 Players must be on Line of Scrimmage.
2. No Pulling, Pushing or interlocking of arms, hands on belts allowed.
1912---
1. TD’s raised to 6 pts.
1914---
1. Roughing the Passer Penalty implemented
1918---
1. Eligible Receivers could catch the ball anywhere.
STRATEGY IN THE GAME
The main men who introduced strategy into the game were the coaches. The three most influential early coaches were:
AMOS ALONZO STAGG-- Introduced the huddle, the tackling dummy, and the pre-snap shift.
GLENN “POP” WARNER—Coached Jim Thorpe. Wrote Football for Coaches and Players in 1927.
Introduce the Single Wing (like Spread in today’s football), and the Double Wing formations.
Modern Blocking Schemes, the 3-Pt. Stance, and the Reverse Play
KNUTE ROCKNE—Popularized the forward pass, complex shifts (Rule Change in 1927 that players must be stopped for a full second before the snap) and emphasized Offense over Defense. [Teams would choose to kick back off if they were scored upon].
JOHN HEISMAN—Known for innovative offense and using the forward pass. Best known for coaching stint at Georgia Tech. Retired to NYC in 1927 and began writing about football, and helped craft the rules. Downtown Athletic Club in NYC began offering a trophy named after him in 1935 for the best college player in the nation.
SPORT IN THE MEDIA
GRANTLAND RICE---Early 20th Century Sports Writer.
Penned Grange’s nomiker “The Galloping Ghost”, Notre Dame’s “Four Horsemen” Backfield and Fordham’s University’s linemen known as the “Seven Blocks of Granite”.
EARLY HEROES
Jim Thorpe
Red Grange
Bronko Nagurski
AWARDS
NYC’S Downtown Athletic Club Awarded the first Heisman Trophy(Named after John Heisman a legendary early coach) in 1935 (one year before the baseball Hall of Fame opened).
11/2 Baseball Heroes
Journal #15---Clemente and Williams. Journals turned in.
Baseball Heroes---Babe Ruth
Baseball Heroes---Babe Ruth
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