Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia

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I'll guess there are a few oddball schools on the list from the olden days when they still played in cages:

Holy Cross
Loyola Chicago
City College of New York
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Nope. As a hint, here are the years for the latest person who got it for the remaining four teams:

2017
2015
1957
1953
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Holy Cross, Loyola and CCNY are incorrect.
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Yes. Kaminsky (2015)
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Like fuckin' DePaul or Marquette or Xavier
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You don't even have to ... that!
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No, no, and no.
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Purdue?
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Purdue is correct. Caleb Swanigan in 2017.
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I'll give it until after lunch, but Carwash was obviously thinking correctly.
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Penn
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Penn is correct! Ernie Beck 1953. All but two were pre-1930.
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Army
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Nope.
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Well the Coast Guard then
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Yale
Dartmouth
Columbia
Cornell
Harvard

(Not guessing the last one - I have standards)
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How about the team with the 6th most program wins in America, Temple?
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Columbia is correct. Also only two after 1930.
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I looked my guess up before risking humiliation. I will not be making a guess.
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Name the all-time leader (by far - like 25% over the next guy) in career rushing attempts without a touchdown. He retired in 2010 and it's not a QB
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A_B wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:14 am Columbia is correct. Also only two after 1930.
If Columbia is in, then how about Stanford? Home of the great Hank Luisetti?
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sancarlos wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 11:55 am
A_B wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:14 am Columbia is correct. Also only two after 1930.
If Columbia is in, then how about Stanford? Home of the great Hank Luisetti?
Stanford has 4. Luisetti was 3 of them. Casey Jacobsen - 2001.
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Ryan wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 11:22 am Name the all-time leader (by far - like 25% over the next guy) in career rushing attempts without a touchdown. He retired in 2010 and it's not a QB
Wendell Brown.
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11 NFL Records That Will Never Be Broken

Most tackles in a season was 217 (and in 14 games.) Didn;t even make the Pro Bowl...
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Here's an amazing stat - LaDanian Tomlinson had 1,001 consecutive carries without a fumble.
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Pruitt wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:32 pm 11 NFL Records That Will Never Be Broken

Most tackles in a season was 217 (and in 14 games.) Didn;t even make the Pro Bowl...
[+] spoiler
By Steve Towle of the Dolphins in 1976
Here's an amazing stat - LaDanian Tomlinson had 1,001 consecutive carries without a fumble.
I remember a piece by Dr. Z, where he said he paid no attention to tackle stats, because he thought home stat keepers blatantly fudged them to benefit certain players.
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sancarlos wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:02 pm
Pruitt wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:32 pm 11 NFL Records That Will Never Be Broken

Most tackles in a season was 217 (and in 14 games.) Didn;t even make the Pro Bowl...
[+] spoiler
By Steve Towle of the Dolphins in 1976
Here's an amazing stat - LaDanian Tomlinson had 1,001 consecutive carries without a fumble.
I remember a piece by Dr. Z, where he said he paid no attention to tackle stats, because he thought home stat keepers blatantly fudged them to benefit certain players.
I think the dividing line between "real" and "fake" stats on defense starts when sacks became an official stat (I believe 1982), so you can safely disregard almost any defensive counting stat other than interceptions and fumbles recovered before then.
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brian wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:06 pm
sancarlos wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:02 pm
Pruitt wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:32 pm 11 NFL Records That Will Never Be Broken

Most tackles in a season was 217 (and in 14 games.) Didn;t even make the Pro Bowl...
[+] spoiler
By Steve Towle of the Dolphins in 1976
Here's an amazing stat - LaDanian Tomlinson had 1,001 consecutive carries without a fumble.
I remember a piece by Dr. Z, where he said he paid no attention to tackle stats, because he thought home stat keepers blatantly fudged them to benefit certain players.
I think the dividing line between "real" and "fake" stats on defense starts when sacks became an official stat (I believe 1982), so you can safely disregard almost any defensive counting stat other than interceptions and fumbles recovered before then.
That makes sense. I was shocked when I saw that stat as I couldn;t for the life of me remember that guy.
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Ryan wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 11:22 am Name the all-time leader (by far - like 25% over the next guy) in career rushing attempts without a touchdown. He retired in 2010 and it's not a QB
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Tecm-no
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I've tried to find the answer to Ryan's question on Football Reference and can't seem to come up with anything close to what might be right.
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I can’t either now
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Yeah I found it but never would have guessed that.
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Which of these acronyms got its name from a fictional character?

TASER
SCUBA
JPEG
ZIP
LASER
DARPA
AWOL
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Zip?
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Yay, no!
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Pruitt wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2019 10:10 amZip?
Ha!
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TASER -- Flash Gordon I think?
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Yes, but no.
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There have been two NFL players who have made the Pro Bowl as undrafted rookies. I'm assuming this doesn't count like the 1940s and stuff but just to be safe let's say post-merger (1970). Who be them?
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