Missouri was apparently pretty good in 1969. Good enough to end the season Big Eight co-champs. Good enough to destroy Michigan, 40-17, in the Big House no less. Sheesh. Stats below. Inside we have a great Coke ad. On the back cover… oh man… O.J. Simpson pitching not a white Ford Bronco but a 1970…
Bully Bob’s Boilermakers Blowout Bobcats. Perfectly alliterative, perfectly accurate. All-American legend Bob Griese threw and kicked eventual Rose Bowl champs Purdue to a 42-3 win at home over a mediocre Ohio squad on Band Day. Video of the slaughter below. Here’s Griese from the 1967 Purdue yearbook.
What is that thing? Herbie Husker? Doesn’t look like any of the Herbie Husker Google knows anything about, even the 70s versions. I mean he’s tall and has a cowboy hat and stuff. But that dang massive kiddie punching bag corn prop isn’t popping up anywhere. Was that a thing, Nebraska fans? Oh well, at…
Texas A&M 7, TCU 0. The player is running with the pack of Oasis Cigarettes. Brilliant.
The Buckeyes beat the Hoosiers 46-7 in Columbus on Oct. 1, 1949.