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This game known as football eventually spawned something called professional football. But it also spawned something much more heinous: modern college football. This game resembles professional football in most respects, but bears two distinct differences. First, in modern college football, you can attempt a two-point conversion after a touchdown, while in the pros, only a one-point try is allowed. Second, in professional football the players are paid directly, via salaries; in modern college football, the players are paid indirectly, via salaries, sinecures, and sneakers...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Play Ball | 4/21/1987 | See Source »

...only points of the game came midway through the first half on a try (the equivalent of a touchdown in football) by the Crusaders' Ted Graney...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Sluggish Ruggers Crossed Out | 3/26/1987 | See Source »

...half-time and the Falcons need a touchdown...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Crimson Icemen Bowl a Strike | 3/21/1987 | See Source »

Today's game means nothing. One team could throw 10 touchdown passes. The other could rush for over 500 yards...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: With Nothing to Lose, Something to Win | 3/10/1987 | See Source »

...advised Elway to try for just half of it, recalling the cautious voice of Baltimore Coach Weeb Ewbank that Johnny Unitas never heeded in the Colt-Giant sudden-death championship game of 1958. Elway completed his 20-yd. pass to Mark Jackson, and another of 5 yds. for the touchdown. In terms a Giant can understand, pro football had a new standard for closing flourishes. No less an authority than Dallas' Tom Landry, New York's defensive coach in that legendary loss 29 years ago, says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Elway and The Giant Way | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

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