What It Was, Was Football 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer has a fascinating article on John Heisman, the Penn alumnus for whom the Heisman trophy of college football is named. A nugget:
Heisman also once used a hidden team trick, in 1902, when he coached Clemson to a victory over Georgia Tech, two years before he switched schools. Wilkinson wrote how Clemson got off the train the night before the game, “checked into a hotel and proceeded to party until dawn.” Tech fans saw all this and bet heavily on the home team. Except the Clemson partyers were decoy scrubs. The varsity showed up well-rested the next morning and annihilated Georgia Tech, 44-5.
