Did Rutgers, not Ohio State, start helmet stickers in college football?
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Scarlet - yes - thank you for posting this.
This piece by Ryan Dunleavy is one of - if not the - the best articles I've read on RU football from that web site in recent memory.
It includes good, original research (amazing!), positive, constructive themes (even more remarkable!), and the author actually wraps all it up by asking Coach Ash about it - and he leaves the door open.
I strongly - strongly - recommend that RU re-adopt this when it's appropriate, i.e when the team improves a bit.
It ties so well into RU's theme as the birthplace of college football and its rich football history, and it is such a cool thing for the players. Plus, we were the first!
Well done.
This piece by Ryan Dunleavy is one of - if not the - the best articles I've read on RU football from that web site in recent memory.
It includes good, original research (amazing!), positive, constructive themes (even more remarkable!), and the author actually wraps all it up by asking Coach Ash about it - and he leaves the door open.
I strongly - strongly - recommend that RU re-adopt this when it's appropriate, i.e when the team improves a bit.
It ties so well into RU's theme as the birthplace of college football and its rich football history, and it is such a cool thing for the players. Plus, we were the first!
Well done.
Also, when the Hale Center becomes football only, they really need to create a Rutgers Football museum. There are so many cool items that are out of sight and sadly out of mind that Rutgers and visiting fans would get a real kick out of.
When I first played football and another team had stickers, we would use that as motivation. "Look at the FANCY boys with their STICKERS!" etc.
A later season on another team when we now used stickers, THEY WERE AWESOME!
A later season on another team when we now used stickers, THEY WERE AWESOME!
Our St. Peter's (New Brunswick) Pop Warner team started that tradition back in the sixties. Star stickers were given for touchdowns, fumble recoveries, interceptions etc.
hey look at that. some low paid none power 5 coach being creative and effective and unique. coming up with a motivation that was different and effective.
cool story. there's a short video to play during a time out on Sat. :boxing:
this snippet ought to makes its way up to the announcers as part of the games notes they read to ground themselves. (and the Big 10 network)..
Larry Makarevich (RU football letter winner 1958-60) was the back-up center to Rutgers All-American Alex Kroll at center. On September 24, 1960, he caught a deflected pass by Princeton quarterback Hugh Scott with 70 second left in the game and won college football's first helmet sticker. Rutgers, by the way, won that day, 13-8 at Palmer Stadium in Princeton.
it seems pretty simple.... Ohio state would have to show evidence that they started using stickers before 1968 as the article seems to indicate.....RU has evidence of starting
around 1960-1961...... pictures of the big star stickers and all
there could be another university that did it before us that comes forward....
around 1960-1961...... pictures of the big star stickers and all
there could be another university that did it before us that comes forward....
Finally took a few seconds to look up some threads:
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/was-ru-1st-to-put-decals-on-helmets.3414/#post-62466
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/helmet-stickers.89283/
Some interesting info in these threads to complement this one.
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/was-ru-1st-to-put-decals-on-helmets.3414/#post-62466
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/helmet-stickers.89283/
Some interesting info in these threads to complement this one.
Please let's not complicate things. Stars only for interceptions. Its clean and simple and recognizes what Coach King wanted to stress....good pass defense.
This is one of the best researched and factual articles done by any reporter. Thanks Ryan because it also focused on our undefeated season....this first ever for Rutgers and possibly in any sport according to my research on this. It also brings attention to the fact tnat succesful Rutgers football existed before Greg Schiano although he brought it back from the dead.
Thanks again Ryan. You made me a folk hero!!
This is one of the best researched and factual articles done by any reporter. Thanks Ryan because it also focused on our undefeated season....this first ever for Rutgers and possibly in any sport according to my research on this. It also brings attention to the fact tnat succesful Rutgers football existed before Greg Schiano although he brought it back from the dead.
Thanks again Ryan. You made me a folk hero!!
If this is not mentioned during the BTN telecast on Saturday night, someone is not doing their homework.
Not little cardinals instead of stars ?
NBHS couldn't have them because nothing would stick to leather.
And add it to the media guide and to broadcasters briefs when they are here.. give them something to talk about.. during the Ohio State game would be perfect if we could get them to do a little video piece on the origins of the use of helmet stickers. Now that we are in the Big Ten it is still a Big Ten first.
Source is slipping.. how did he not know this one?
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well, if the issue is, what school awarded Helmet stickers first, it seems to be RU...the reason for stickers could vary from university to university.....but Ohio state now appears to have no claim as to being first.
He knew. Source knows all!
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/helmet-stickers.89283/page-2#post-1927917
Suggest the stickers are much smaller than those shown in the 60's (everything was bigger back then): Scarlet "R"'s!
MO
Buckeye here.........Woody Hayes started the helmet stickers at OSU in 1968.I don't believe OSU has ever claimed to be the first school to do it.I know UM did it back in the day, and Harbaugh brought it back when he arrived.
Best of luck to the Knights this week! Hope for a good, injury free game for both teams. Believe it or not, alot of Buckeye fans are rooting for you guys every week except one!
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