NOTE: This blog has been revised. Asa of Saturday, January 27 I have just found an earlier picture than the one for 1898 so it has been added to the blog. More about this in a later story. 1898 team picture from the Grant County Historical Society I am working on several blogs, one dealing with some notes on early football games that wouldn’t have made for a blog of their own but combined I think they are very informative.  However, sometimes a story jumps out at me and de

The record book has been updated with, of course, some new additions as well as a few new categories.  11-Player Stats Leading the way is Colton Brunell of Columbus, the new state all-time leading rusher with 7,416 yards.  His 106 career rushing touchdowns places him in second place, behind Random Lake’s Luke Hagel (1995-99) who scored 112 times (All rushing).  Colton had 109 overall touchdowns in his career and places in the fourth spot on the career list with 656 points. Bu

The seven-yard rule: In the last blog I discussed some major rule changes in the early days of “modern” football.  I say “modern” but as I said in the blog it would be a while before the game would reflect the game of today. The game was evolving slowly from a rugby scrum to a more polished offensive attack. An April 2, 1898 article in the Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper told of an Appleton convention of over 100 teachers and administrators that gathered in a semi-annual event