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[KCLion]

My wife took her mother to a Doctor Appt at the University of Kansas Medical Center and had the opportunity to have a great conversation with a gentleman in the lobby. Somehow they started talking college football (she is an SMU alum from the Pony Express Years).

He mentioned something about being a former KU player and playing in the Orange Bowl. She said something to the effect of - and who did you play? He said Penn State. Then she mentioned that we are a house divided this weekend as her husband was a huge Penn State fan and part of the cult. He laughed and told her that I would probably know his name - Ted Abernathy - the infamous 12th man who broke up the pass on the first failed two point conversion that then allowed Bobby Campbell to run in for the PSU victory. He was quick to point out that he was not the 12th man that KU had on the field on the previous four plays in the PSU final drive.

Spoke very highly of Joe.

 

[psulongago]

My wife took her mother to a Doctor Appt at the University of Kansas Medical Center and had the opportunity to have a great conversation with a gentleman in the lobby. Somehow they started talking college football (she is an SMU alum from the Pony Express Years).

He mentioned something about being a former KU player and playing in the Orange Bowl. She said something to the effect of - and who did you play? He said Penn State. Then she mentioned that we are a house divided this weekend as her husband was a huge Penn State fan and part of the cult. He laughed and told her that I would probably know his name - Ted Abernathy - the infamous 12th man who broke up the pass on the first failed two point conversion that then allowed Bobby Campbell to run in for the PSU victory. He was quick to point out that he was not the 12th man that KU had on the field on the previous four plays in the PSU final drive.

Spoke very highly of Joe.

Down here in Naples, spoke with a few former college players, every single one spoke highly of Joe. One from Syracuse, was recruited by Joe, another from Iowa, also recruited by Joe,

 

[MacNit2.0]

My wife took her mother to a Doctor Appt at the University of Kansas Medical Center and had the opportunity to have a great conversation with a gentleman in the lobby. Somehow they started talking college football (she is an SMU alum from the Pony Express Years).

He mentioned something about being a former KU player and playing in the Orange Bowl. She said something to the effect of - and who did you play? He said Penn State. Then she mentioned that we are a house divided this weekend as her husband was a huge Penn State fan and part of the cult. He laughed and told her that I would probably know his name - Ted Abernathy - the infamous 12th man who broke up the pass on the first failed two point conversion that then allowed Bobby Campbell to run in for the PSU victory. He was quick to point out that he was not the 12th man that KU had on the field on the previous four plays in the PSU final drive.

Spoke very highly of Joe.

Great story.

Joe was the greatest!

 

[Wandering Spectator]

 

[Woodpecker]

My wife took her mother to a Doctor Appt at the University of Kansas Medical Center and had the opportunity to have a great conversation with a gentleman in the lobby. Somehow they started talking college football (she is an SMU alum from the Pony Express Years).

He mentioned something about being a former KU player and playing in the Orange Bowl. She said something to the effect of - and who did you play? He said Penn State. Then she mentioned that we are a house divided this weekend as her husband was a huge Penn State fan and part of the cult. He laughed and told her that I would probably know his name - Ted Abernathy - the infamous 12th man who broke up the pass on the first failed two point conversion that then allowed Bobby Campbell to run in for the PSU victory. He was quick to point out that he was not the 12th man that KU had on the field on the previous four plays in the PSU final drive.

Spoke very highly of Joe.

Minor point: Rick Abernathy. Here's a pretty good write-up (from Kansas perspective).

 

[Wandering Spectator]

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I noticed in this article that the penalty flag was red. A little research and I learned that they changed to yellow around 1974.

The NFL used to have white flags until 1965 when they changed to yellow.

 

[Kasparaitis]

I noticed in this article that the penalty flag was red. A little research and I learned that they changed to yellow around 1974.

The NFL used to have white flags until 1965 when they changed to yellow.

They were just talking about that last weekend on an NFL broadcast because the teams with yellow shoes and gloves are confusing. Flags used to be white. Maybe they changed because players were switching to white shoes.

 

[Lion_Backer]

They were just talking about that last weekend on an NFL broadcast because the teams with yellow shoes and gloves are confusing. Flags used to be white. Maybe they changed because players were switching to white shoes.

• NFL penalty flags were colored white until 1965, when the color was changed to yellow. Penalty flags in college football were red until the 1970s, before also being changed to yellow.
  The NFL adopted the penalty flag in 1948, but the fabric was originally white. The league shifted to yellow in 1965, coinciding with the rise of color televisions.
  

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[Wandering Spectator]

They were just talking about that last weekend on an NFL broadcast because the teams with yellow shoes and gloves are confusing. Flags used to be white. Maybe they changed because players were switching to white shoes.

There is an article talking about how High School changed from red to yellow in 1975 because shoe manufacturers were creating red-soled shoes. Another article said it was because yellow was easier to see and better for cameras. They also said that’s when they changed the bean bags to mark fumbles and punts from white to green.

Another article from Aug 1965 quoted Cardinals co-owner Bill Bidwill. He said they were going to make them orange but Art Rooney objected and they made them “bright gold”, not yellow, instead.

 

[Lion_Backer]

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Regarding the PSU vs Kansas Bowl game, a friend of mine shared a YouTube video with me of a Sermon from the Venerable Fulton Sheen. He happened to be the pastor for a young Joe Paterno and family in Brooklyn, NY and he discusses during his sermon a story that Joe's mom shared with him regarding her experience while watching wild ending to that game. I found it amusing and heartwarming.

I am going to post a link to the video. I would like to inform those who choose to listen that this is from a sermon during a Catholic mass just so you understand. I do not mean to offend anyone but for those who loved Joe, this is a part of who he was.

Amazingly, the pastor at the Catholic Church attended by the Paterno family as a youth Fulton Sheen, is now in the process of being canonized as a Saint.

We will be playing the 1st home playoff game at Beaver Stadium on what would have been Joe's 98th birthday on the 21st.

RIP Coach!

 

[Kasparaitis]

• NFL penalty flags were colored white until 1965, when the color was changed to yellow. Penalty flags in college football were red until the 1970s, before also being changed to yellow.
  The NFL adopted the penalty flag in 1948, but the fabric was originally white. The league shifted to yellow in 1965, coinciding with the rise of color televisions.
  

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Now you know… the rest of the story.

 

[KCLion]

Minor point: Rick Abernathy. Here's a pretty good write-up (from Kansas perspective).

Yes, typing too fast.

 

[KCLion]

Minor point: Rick Abernathy. Here's a pretty good write-up (from Kansas perspective).

Here’s another:

In honor of 12/12/12…Flashback to KU’s famous “12th man”

Although I’m not a big numbers person, in honor of today being 12/12/12, it seemed like a good time to re-publish this “Behind the Stats” column I wrote in December 2007 for Metro…

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