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The Gipper

On December 6, 1925, a young football team called the Pottsville Maroons crushed the Chicago Cardinals in what was widely considered to be the 1925 NFL championship game. The Maroons were only playing their first season in the fledgling National Football League, but they had already taken the league by storm, racking up a 9-2 record. The Chicago Cardinals were 9-1-1 heading into the showdown with the Maroons. At the time, the NFL did not have an official championship game. The 1925 championship was simply awarded to the team with the highest win percentage at the end of the season, and Pottsville was clearly the champion.

Despite finishing the 1925 season with the best record in the NFL, however, the small town of Pottsville was not awarded a league title. Because the Maroons scheduled an illegal game shortly after winning the title, the 1925 trophy went to the Chicago Cardinals, the second place team in the NFL. The controversy over this "stolen" crown is a major source of contention between Pennsylvania and the NFL to this day.

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The Maroons' trophy (carved out ofanthracite coal), made by surviving team members in 1964 and now in the Pro Football Hall of Fame^[1]

The 1925 National Football League (NFL) Championship, claimed by the Chicago Cardinals, has long been the subject of controversy. The controversy centers on the suspension of the Pottsville Maroons by NFL commissioner Joseph Carr, which prevented them from taking the title.

The Maroons were one of the dominant teams of the 1925 season, and after defeating the Chicago Cardinals 21–7 on December 6, came away with the best record in the league. However, Carr suspended and removed the team from the NFL after they played an unauthorized exhibition game in Philadelphia, on the grounds that they had violated the territorial rights of the Frankford Yellow Jackets. Chicago played and won two more games against weak NFL opponents, but were sanctioned because a Chicago player, Art Folz, hired four Chicago high school football players to play for the Milwaukee Badgers under assumed names to ensure a Cardinals victory.

Pottsville supporters argue that the suspension was illegitimate because the League did not then grant exclusive territory rights and that, in any event, they had verbal League approval to play the game in Philadelphia. Further, they argue that the Maroons, who were reinstated the next year, would have had the best record had they not been suspended. Others claim that Chicago was the legitimate champion based on the rules of the time. In 1963, the NFL investigated and rejected Pottsville's case, and in 2003 refused to reopen the case. Both the NFL and the Pro Football Hall of Fame continue to list the Cardinals as the 1925 NFL champions.^[2]^[3]

dusty

There were alot of "small towns" that had nfl teams. Any of these could have so here is my guess for a couple that didn't.

Columbus

Mansfield

Ft Wayne

South Bend

Muncie

The Gipper

@dusty said:

There were alot of "small towns" that had nfl teams. Any of these could have so here is my guess for a couple that didn't.

Columbus

Mansfield

Ft Wayne

South Bend

Muncie

Only South Bend is correct.

The Gipper

Helpful Hints.....I will line out the wrong guesses so far, and highlight the correct. I will also give you St. Louis as you all know they had a team until like 5 years ago.

Name the 5 cities that never had a team:

Akron, Ohio;

Canton, Ohio

~~Columbus, Ohio~~

Dayton, Ohio

Duluth, Minn.

Erie PA

Evansville, Indiana

~~Ft. Wayne, Indiana~~

~~Hammond, Indiana~~

~~Hartford, Conn.~~

Kenosha, Wisc.

~~Louisville KY~~

~~Mansfield, Ohio~~

Massillon, Ohio

~~Muncie, Ind.~~

Newark, NJ

Portsmouth, Ohio

Pottstown PA

~~Pottsville PA~~

Providence, Rhode Island

Racine, Wisc.

Rochester NY

Rock Island, Illinois

~~St. Louis, Missouri~~

South Bend, Indiana

Staten Island NY

~~Toledo, Ohio~~

~~Tonawanda NY~~

Youngstown, Ohio

The Gipper

Today's Trivia Question:

Name the 10 Largest Metropolitan areas in the USA that do NOT have a team in one of the 4 major sports leagues: NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL

Icecube

VA Beach

Richmond VA

Hartford

Birmingham

Grand Rapids

Rochester

Tuscan

Fresno

Tusla

Urban Honolulu

The Gipper

@icecube said:

VA Beach #2

Richmond VA

Hartford...#6

Birmingham....#8

Grand Rapids....#7

Rochester

Tuscan

Fresno....#9

Tusla

Urban Honolulu

You got half of them....highlighted above with their rank.

Rochester is #13 on the list; Tulsa is #17 and Tuscon #18, Richmond is way way down the list...so far I didn't even count. And Honolulu is not on either of the lists I consulted....so I don't know what the issue is there.

ATOM

austin tx

omaha ne

The Gipper

@atom said:

austin tx

omaha ne

Austin #1

No on Omaha..it comes in at #23 on the list.

Still have 4 of the Top Ten to go. I think some of these may surprise you.

TexasAg1969

@the-gipper said:

Austin #1

No on Omaha..it comes in at #23 on the list.

Still have 4 of the Top Ten to go. I think some of these may surprise you.

Austin & surrounding area has grown so much they are way overdue for a major sports franchise.

How about Baton Rouge?

The Gipper

@texasag1969 said:

Austin & surrounding area has grown so much they are way overdue for a major sports franchise.

How about Baton Rouge?

No not BR. Which sport are you suggesting?

TexasAg1969

@the-gipper said:

No not BR. Which sport are you suggesting?

Baseball. LSU has always had a great following with their baseball teams there. So why not?

nickers

How about Portland, Oregon..

The Gipper

@texasag1969 said:

Baseball. LSU has always had a great following with their baseball teams there. So why not?

LsU? We are talking about Austin, not Baton Rouge or New Orleans.

The Gipper

@nickers said:

How about Portland, Oregon..

Portland has an NBA team.....the Trailblazers. Doh!

The Gipper

You jumped the gun on the merge. I was still giving time to this one....but, OK I will give the answers:

Name the 5 cities that never had a team:

Akron, Ohio;

Canton, Ohio

~~Columbus, Ohio~~

Dayton, Ohio

Duluth, Minn.

Erie PA

Evansville, Indiana

~~Ft. Wayne, Indiana~~

~~Hammond, Indiana~~

~~Hartford, Conn.~~

Kenosha, Wisc.

~~Louisville KY~~

~~Mansfield, Ohio~~

Massillon, Ohio

~~Muncie, Ind.~~

Newark, NJ

Portsmouth, Ohio

Pottstown PA

~~Pottsville PA~~

Providence, Rhode Island

Racine, Wisc.

Rochester NY

Rock Island, Illinois

~~St. Louis, Missouri~~

South Bend, Indiana

Staten Island NY

~~Toledo, Ohio~~

~~Tonawanda NY~~

Youngstown, Ohio

So, of the list: Erie, Pottstown, South Bend, Youngstown, and Massillon have never had an NFL team. All the other cities did have one at one time.

Additionally: the Portsmouth Ohio franchise....known as the Spartans there is still with us now known as the Detroit Lions. Some claim there is a lineage for the Indianapolis Colts going back to the Dayton Triangles...but I personally am not sure about that.

nickers

@the-gipper said:

Portland has an NBA team.....the Trailblazers. Doh!

I thought you were asking about Football Doh lol.. My bad..

The Gipper

@nickers said:

I thought you were asking about Football Doh lol.. My bad..

I said all 4 major sports

The Gipper

Name the 10 Largest Metropolitan areas in the USA that do NOT have a team in one of the 4 major sports leagues: NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL

Answers:

1. Austin TX 2. Virginia Beach/Norfolk 3. Greensboro NC 4. Louisville KY 5. Greeneville/Spartanburg SC 6. Hartford Conn. 7. Grand Rapids Mich. 8. Birmingham Ala. 9. Fresno CA 10. Harrisburg Pa. and 11 is Ft. Myers/Naples Fla.

While I did not include the MLS.....which maybe in a few years will have to be included in what constitutes a "Major" sports league in the US and Canada......Austin IS scheduled to have an MLS expansion team begin play in 2021. When that happens it will be the ONLY city with an MLS team but not a team in the other major sports.

TexasAg1969

@the-gipper said:

Name the 10 Largest Metropolitan areas in the USA that do NOT have a team in one of the 4 major sports leagues: NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL

Answers:

1. Austin TX 2. Virginia Beach/Norfolk 3. Greensboro NC 4. Louisville KY 5. Greeneville/Spartanburg SC 6. Hartford Conn. 7. Grand Rapids Mich. 8. Birmingham Ala. 9. Fresno CA 10. Harrisburg Pa. and 11 is Ft. Myers/Naples Fla.

While I did not include the MLS.....which maybe in a few years will have to be included in what constitutes a "Major" sports league in the US and Canada......Austin IS scheduled to have an MLS expansion team begin play in 2021. When that happens it will be the ONLY city with an MLS team but not a team in the other major sports.

Soccer is big in the school system all around Austin & surrounding area, so that's a good move.

Trivia trick question: Who is the most famous soccer player ever to come out of the Central Texas High School system? Here's a hint. Someone still pays him after more than 20 years as a pro.