# darin (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover darin. Page: Feed: --- ## [William A. Richardson and U.S.S. Connecticut Football](https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/william-a-richardson-and-uss-connecticut) _2026-08-20 · Football Archaeology · Football Archaeology_ Detective work reveals the location and likely date of several U.S.S. Connecticut football team images. ## [Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The 22-Team Continental Football League](https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/pigskin-dispatch-podcast-the-22-team) _2026-08-18 · Football Archaeology · Football Archaeology_ On the Pigskin Dispatch Podcast, Darin Hayes and I discuss the Continental Football League of the 1960s, which was similar to the UFL and other minor leagues that have popped up from time to time. ## [Giving Voice to Football: Crying “Down” and “Held”](https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/giving-voice-to-football-crying-down) _2026-08-15 · Football Archaeology · Football Archaeology_ Voice commands are verbalizations that tell football players what to do during games or what they cannot do. Here's the history of two. ## [Today’s Tidbit... When Football Became A Contact Sport](https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/todays-tidbit-when-football-became) _2026-08-12 · Football Archaeology · Football Archaeology_ The story of Princeton's William Thacher Longstreth, the first football player to wear contact lenses. ## [Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Losing Yardage for a First Down](https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/pigskin-dispatch-podcast-losing-yardage) _2026-08-11 · Football Archaeology · Football Archaeology_ Pigskin Dispatch Podcast’s Darin Hayes and I discuss the pre-1900 rule that awarded teams a first down when they lost 10 yards, and a few years laters when losing 20 yards. ## [Joe Lipp, Walter Eckersall, and Innovations in Football’s Chains and Down Markers](https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/joe-lipp-walter-eckersall-and-innovations) _2026-08-09 · Football Archaeology · Football Archaeology_ Although many tried, there have been few improvements on football’s chains since they debuted in 1894. ## [Football’s First Numbers on Jersey Fronts](https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/footballs-first-numbers-on-jersey) _2026-08-07 · Football Archaeology · Football Archaeology_ The first teams to wear numbers on their football jerseys during a game were Drake and Iowa State, in their 1905 season-ender, when both teams wore numbers only on the back of the jersey. ## [Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... 1943 Tulsa Football](https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/pigskin-dispatch-podcast-1943-tulsa) _2026-08-04 · Football Archaeology · Football Archaeology_ Pigskin Dispatch Podcast’s Darin Hayes and I discuss Tulsa’s 1943 football team and its assortment of freshmen and 4-F players who were good enough to reach the Sugar Bowl. ## [Non-Football Gear in the 1910 Spalding Catalog](https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/non-football-gear-in-the-1910-spalding) _2026-08-02 · Football Archaeology · Football Archaeology_ A look at the 1910 Spalding catalog, focusing on interesting non-football items. ## [Today's Tidbit... U.S.S. Oklahoma Football Between the Wars](https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/uss-oklahoma-football) _2026-07-31 · Football Archaeology · Football Archaeology_ A story about the U.S.S. Oklahoma football team from WWI to WWII. ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2nX76kJcTYe2) _2026-07-31 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... NCAA Sanctions, Sooner or Later](https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/pigskin-dispatch-podcast-ncaa-sanctions) _2026-07-28 · Football Archaeology · Football Archaeology_ Pigskin Dispatch Podcast’s Darin Hayes and I discuss Oklahoma’s 1970 football staff, as talented a crew as you will find, but many were ethically challenged.