Down and Distance

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ESPN Senior Writer Ivan Maisel tells eight stories from the history of college football that examine how the sport has contributed to and reflected American culture through its 150 years.

  • 32 minutes 24 seconds
    We Interrupt This Season
    Ivan Maisel tells the story of two college football teams who found themselves marooned on Oahu on December 7, 1941, the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

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    12 September 2019, 11:19 am
  • 33 minutes 22 seconds
    Sooner Sabotage
    Ivan Maisel describes how the greatest dynasty in the modern history of college football came apart one night in 1959. The culprit? Fruit salad.

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    9 September 2019, 11:11 am
  • 31 minutes 48 seconds
    The Fall Of Troy
    Ivan Maisel explores how the USC Trojans came within 19 seconds of making college football history with three back to back championships - and then slowly receded from the top.

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    5 September 2019, 11:01 am
  • 36 minutes 27 seconds
    Standing at Armageddon
    Ivan Maisel explores how Pitt's Bobby Grier found himself in an unexpected position in 1956 when he became the first college football player to break the color line in the Deep South. But his appearance in the Sugar Bowl wasn't without controversy.

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    2 September 2019, 4:09 am
  • 35 minutes 29 seconds
    The Tie that Wasn't
    Ivan Maisel tells the story of the most controversial game in one of college football's greatest rivalries - the 1973 tie between Bo Schembechler's Michigan and Woody Hayes's Ohio State University.

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    29 August 2019, 11:04 am
  • 28 minutes 33 seconds
    Michael Vick: A Three-Play Guy
    ESPN's Ivan Maisel explores how redshirt freshman Michael Vick took the world of college football by storm in 1999 and argues that his standout season changed the face of the game.

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    26 August 2019, 11:12 am
  • 30 minutes 30 seconds
    Jimmy Johnson And The House of Speed
    ESPN's Ivan Maisel explains how Coach Jimmy Johnson's lifelong reverence for speed transformed not only the Miami Hurricanes - but all of college football.

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    22 August 2019, 10:50 am
  • 29 minutes 51 seconds
    America Mourns Rockne
    Notre Dame icon Knute Rockne died in a plane crash in 1931. Veteran sportswriter Ivan Maisel tells the story of how the beloved coach served as the vehicle for how we celebrate the lost lives of our national icons.

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    19 August 2019, 11:27 am
  • 1 minute 9 seconds
    Down & Distance
    ESPN Senior Writer Ivan Maisel tells eight stories from the history of college football that examine how the sport has contributed to and reflected American culture through its 150 years.

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    15 August 2019, 11:02 am
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