An Illustrious American Tradition

Tonight, right now, It is February 6th and in USA it is still February 5th. This means Super Bowl Sunday. 
 For me, this is a time to sit with my family and enjoy the game. I would have cooked a few things for tonight. I love cooking. I would have made the usual Pizza, Nachos and bought Hot wings from Papa Johns, made hot spinach dip and had caramel corn and it would have been a Bad A$$ Super Bowl Party. I love watching the Super Bowl. I do not really have a favorite team per say. I love the Broncos, the Green Bay Packers and I very much like the Dallas Cowboys. Those three are my top. I like the 49'ers but I have to say I very much like the Broncos right now. I have known about the Patriots because my best friend's dad in High School was a Professional Player for them. He went on the Coach at B.Y.U. 
  I have always wanted to go to a Professional Football Game. I have gone to a couple Professional Base Ball Games. 
For some of you that wanted to know about this wonderful All American Sport, Let me give you a little bit of a back ground. 
 First off, The Early Settlers have said that Native Americans had played a game with an inflated ball and they would tackle each other to get to avoid the ball getting to the  "Goal". 
 The Game evolved from that and a game in England called "Mob Football". 
 The first known game from Universities in USA were between Harvard Freshmen and Harvard Sophmores called "Bloody Monday" this tradition is believed to start around 1820 and went until 1861,until Princeton and Yale banned it. As Universities were banning the game, which was violent and a lot of injuries were common, a couple of factories on the East Coast started making the balls. This made them easier to carry and kick, as they were far more symmetric. 
So, Kicking and Running games were developed. becomming more strategic. 
 In 1870 members from Yale, Columbia, Princeton and Rutgers got together and came up with Codes of Conduct for Intercollegiate Teams. 
 Using some of the rules to Soccer and some rules in Rugby, College Football set a standard for all of that time, what is considered American Football now. 
 we can not mentnion the development of American Football wityh out saying anything about Walter Camp. We call him the Father of Football. 
Between 1930 and 1950, the game had developed into Bowls for the Universities. As you can see, University Football is bigger than the NFL, if that can be possible. 
There is just about the same amount of money in the University or College football than the NFL. Texas A&M being one of the biggest if not the biggest Univeristy for the funding of College Football. 
 Games and equipment have improved, the fact that Southern Schools allow Arican American Players to play, which was started in the 1940-1950. This has increased for the love of the game.
Super Bowl has only been around since 1966. 
 Super Bowl Sunday is the second largest day of food sonsumption in the USA, after Thanksgiving Day. over 111 million viewers watch the Super Bowl every year and increasing numbers. It is the biggestt Commercial day, as well and large companies will spend millions of dollars for the 2 minute time slot for a Super Bowl Sunday Commercial. 

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First Game between Princeton and Rutgers

First known American Football Team circa 1820