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...winners snake-danced around U.S. college towns all through the night. And even the losers-for once-could take comfort in how the game was played. For in 1963 it is played by brilliant quarterbacks who spin and dance and fill the air with leather. 150mething Borrowed. College football has neither the studied grace nor the unbridled violence of the pro game. Its quarterback stars are not polished professionals who read the Wall Street Journal, belong to the P.T.A., and get birthday cards from their insurance agents. Their game is still a game. They make mistakes, and if they ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: Jolly Roger | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

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