In this episode: We get to hear all about one of the game of football's great innovators Amos Alonzo Stagg who was around football near the beginning and saw it almost 100 years later with an author that had the privilege to talk with both Stagg's family and the University of Chicago where he really found his gridiron groove!

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We also feature great music by Mike and Gene Monroe along with Jason Neff & great graphics from time to time from the folks at Gridiron-Uniform Database.

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