McMurphy's Picks: Some Historical Facts Before the Rock-Solid Selections

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Funny, how time flies. It seems like it was just yesterday -- well actually it was yesterday, 71 years ago yesterday, on Sept. 30, 1939 -- when the first college football game was televised between Fordham and Waynesburg, Pa.

Contrary to popular belief, the game was not televised on ESPN-BC (Before Corso), but on W2XBS (now WNBC-TV). According to the National Football Foundation, some young kid named Mel Allen did the pre-game interviews.

Back then, there weren't many television sets that could receive the signal, but some fans watched the telecast at the nearby New York World's Fair. Fordham beat Waynesburg 34-7 in the game played at Triborough Stadium in New York City.

 

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