The Sickos Synopsis - Our Weekly early 1900s style Old-Timey Recap for Week 13 - (Part 2) - Iowa State/Kansas State, Wazzu/Washington, and Southern/Grambling

Here at the Sickos Committee, we really love the Old-Timey newspaper headlines from college football games from the 1920s and earlier. We wanted to do a weekly recap of some randomly decided games in this Old-Timey style of writing for the fun of it. Just try to imagine an old school news reporter reading this aloud to you on an old transistor radio. 

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Nov 25th - Manhattan, KS

Over a century ago in 1917, two Morrill Act schools met on a cold November evening in Ames, IA for football. As the light flurries swirled in the air, the teams battled it out for sixty minutes with the Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts prevailing over the Kansas State Agricultural College Farmers with a score of 7-10. At the time the teams would have no idea, but this sparks a rivalry that now stands among the hallowed few that have played continuously throughout the life of the sport. This year’s contest features two of the schools’ best. Each team vying for their sixth conference win, determined to stop the other from attaining it. The contest started under the specter of a snowstorm, surrounding the stands, the students, and the supposed stewards of the game, covering the field in a crisp field of white. Most observers believed that the conditions would limit the offenses. But these bodacious, braggadocios boasting, bountiful bunches of points scored eleven total touchdowns worth of points in a game expected to be a defensive slog in the Heartland. The teams scored from the first play of the game with the Cyclones going seventy-one yards to start the game and in the second half trading five touchdown scoring drives between the two schools. The visitors then force the Wildcats to their final punt, with the ‘Clones getting their final touchdown of the night. The end of the game from there was academic, as the Wildcats went an 18-play drive deep into Iowa State territory, which then stalled and ends the game on a turnover on downs after their final fourth down.

Iowa State 42 - Kansas State 35

Nov 25th - Seattle, WA

In Seattle 123 years ago the “…best exhibition of the game ever seen in the city.” according to the Spokesman-Review, was played between the University of Washington and the Washington Agricultural College. The game ended in a score of 5-5 as the game raged on in a driving rainstorm, turning the field into a quagmire and aided in the myriad of fumbles committed by both teams. Since 1963 the Governor of the Evergreen State has awarded the “The Apple Cup” to the winning team. In a low scoring affair, the Cougars and the Huskies squared off on a game where the teams traded scores back and forth throughout the game starting with the home team getting a touchdown on a one-yard run. The Cougs responded with a 21-yard touchdown pass, tying the game. Each team raged back and forth with defensive stops, dominating offensive play, and dastardly devious trick plays. On a must have fourth down the Dawgs stepped up on and ran a wide receiver reverse and got 23 yards on a play where they were only one yard from the line to gain! This play and the drive took the Men from Seattle down into field goal range, where the home team kicked their field goal through the uprights as time expired. This game gave the Washington Huskies their second consecutive win in the recent era, the Apple Cup Trophy, and a perfect 12 and 0 record for the 2023 regular season.

Washington 24 - Wazzu 21

Nov 25th - New Orleans, LA

In the realm of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), all the traditions, features, and pageantry exist in the rest of the college football world. Among these are rivalries that persist through the ages. Southern University and Grambling State University have battled on the gridiron against one another to determine the premier football program in Louisiana since meeting in Monroe, Louisiana on November 11 of that year. The teams continue to play each other in the modern era, meeting in New Orleans yearly. This contest was played in the “Superdome” and featured two teams seeking to improve their own season with a win over their hated rival. In the 50th edition of the Bayou Classic the teams came out swinging and made the most of their opportunities. Grambling got things started with a touchdown to take the early lead, but Southern spent the rest of the first half going on a 21-point run, scoring two touchdowns of their own and then blocking a field goal attempt of Grambling’s and returning it for another touchdown to close out the half! At half time the show really began to sizzle as Southern Universities “Human Jukebox” Marching band took the field over and showed why many claim they are the best band in the land! But Grambling University’s “World Famed” Tiger Marching Band took to the field, and blew the dome off the stadium to show they are as fearsome as their mascot suggests! The second half of the game began the same way the first quarter ended, the Jaguars got another touchdown, their final of the game taking their lead to 27-7, missing the try after. But, Grambling, undeterred, unbowed, unmoved, and unwavering, forced a pick six on the Southern, sending the Tiger faithful into a frenzy. Sensing their offense needing the assistance, the Tigers then forced a safety, pushing the game to 27-16. With another touchdown added the Tigers pull the game to a one score game but miss the two point try. After another Grambling stop the offense marched down the field, and with first and goal, the Tigers strike the Southern defense like a hammer on an anvil four times, but don’t cross the goal line, ending the game with Jaguars getting the win.

Southern 27 - Grambling 22